All about the Roland Jupiter-series

From: Cary Roberts [mailto:Cary.Roberts@...] 
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 5:49 AM
To: Analogue Heaven
Subject: Re: [AH] MKS-80 and Virus - the final word


>I know this may seem like a tired issue, and it was to me until I came up
>with around 800$ and started to think about which synths to buy.  Does
>anybody own both an MKS-80 and a Virus?  What are there relative strengths
>and weaknesses?  If you only had the money for one, which would you go
>for. . .or rather, which would you go for first?

MKS80.  Autotune button.  'Nuff said.


Well, almost.  While I believe the Virus is the most realistic
sounding VA on the market right now, (not necessarily the best, just
the most realistic) it can't hold a candle to a MKS-80.  I have
and love my MKS-80 rev4.  The thing is almost as fat as my OBX,
and the longer you leave it on, the fatter it gets.  Well, up
until you hit autotune.....  I had my MKS-80 at AHMW2000 being
triggered from my Prophet2000 arpeggiator - it really sounds fantastic.
It certainly ranks up there with the memorymoog, P5, and OBX.
I'm sure there were some others at the event that can attest to
its fatness.

-Cary