All about the Roland Jupiter-series

From: Cary Roberts [mailto:Cary.Roberts@...] 
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 4:00 PM
To: G; Analogue Heaven
Subject: Re: [AH] Installing the JP8-MK (& Looking for Tony Garcia/Tweak
Records)


>I'm slightly daunted by the prospect of installing it myself.  Whilst I
>solder my own audio and midi leads, and I've fixed up a few MMT8's,
>including installing new EPROMs, the thought of drilling through the
>case is a bit intimidating, especially when you consider what a great
>synth the now fairly rare JP8 is.
>
>What do you people think?  Should I do it myself, or get someone else to
>do it?  Anyone, particularly those of you who have installed this mod,
>got any thoughts of this?

First off, I'd suggest purchasing the molded triple DIN jack that Roland
uses in their synths.  You can buy these from the Roland parts department
for around $5.  I bought a whole pile of them to use with my
MIDI-retrofitted
synths.  I drill pilot holes with a template then use a 3/8"-to-3/4" 
stepped "Uni-bit" to open the hole up to the proper diameter.  The
results look very professional.  You can see a picture of my P5 install
at: http://www.retrosynth.com/docs/p5/p5midi/p5_7.jpg.  In my opinion
it looks far better than using individual panel-mount MIDI jacks.

While I haven't installed the JP8-MK MIDI kit, I've installed Tony's
OBX kit, and installation was easy and straight forward.  A good bit
easier than the Kenton kits.  The only part even a tad bit challenging
is mounting the MIDI jacks.  You should have no problem.

-Cary