Offtopic: Cool new synth? - Roland JP-8080

[KA4HJH]

>The Jp8000/jp8080 are amogst the most useless machines you can come
>accross. the only nice thing about them is the Feedback Osc and euhmmm..
>euhmmm.. yeah thats it.
>
>They are WAY to overpriced (2000$us +/- last time i checked) for what
>they do. At that price I would expect a synth with more than one type of
>synthesis, multitimbrality and a more 'professional' look to it. The
>8000/8080 looks and sadly plays like toys.
>
>For the same amount of money you can get a k2000 or a MiniWave. IMHO, go
>testdrive it before you even consider saving money to buy it.

The Crystal Method use both a JP-8000 and a Nord Modular (and a fuzz pedal)
live. For the money, I'd rather have the (virtual synthesis) Nord. You can
download a demo of the editor software from their website. Alas, it's
Windows95 only.

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"