[sdiy] Roland Jupiter 6 / MKS-80 sync feature

[MTG]

Yeah this reminds me of one setting that the JX-3P can get, that's 
unavailable from the programmer. It's one of those 2 bits gives you 4 
states and all 4 states are interesting, but you only get 3 of them to 
play with.

;----------------------------------------------------------------------
;       .------.------.------.------.------.------.------.------.
;       | DCO1 | DCO1 | DCO2 | DCO2 | VCA  | VCF  |   DCO 2     |
; 0x2E: | LFO  | Env  | LFO  | Env  | Mode | ADSR |   Cross     |  MODS
; b2Eh: |Mod On|Mod On|Mod On|Mod On|Env/Gt| Pol  | Modulation  |
;       `------^------^------^------^------^------^------^------'
;          b7     b6     b5     b4     b3     b2     b1     b0
;       /      /        /      /     /        |      |-------|
;    1=on   1=on   1=on   1=on   1=env   1=norm  11=noise (panel only)
;    0=off  0=off  0=off  10=off 0=gate  0=rev   10=metal
;                                                01=sync
;                                                00=off
;----------------------------------------------------------------------

On 8/27/2019 8:20 AM, ColinMuirDorward wrote:
> Hi Tom, I forwarded your message to my brother, who recently sold his 
> mks80. Here is his reply:
> 
> Yes you can only sync one osc to the other on the mks-80, not both at 
> the same time. That's definitely the case via the MPG-80 because of how 
> they designed the switch, but I can't eliminate the possibility that you 
> can get them to sync each other via the front panel on the MKS-80. Too 
> bad he didn't ask this question a month ago!
> 
> Cheers,
> Colin
> 
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 6:31 AM Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net 
> <mailto:tom at electricdruid.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     Could someone who has a Jupiter 6 answer a question for me?
> 
>     I see from the panel that it has two Sync buttons, allowing sync
>     from VCO1->VCO2 or vice versa. Can someone confirm that it’s
>     impossible to switch them both on at once? The possibility doesn’t
>     seem to make much sense to me, but you never know.
> 
>     The same question applies to the MKS-80 (which is basically a rack
>     Jupiter 6 with 8 voices), but the interface there makes the
>     possibility even less likely.
> 
>     I’m doing a write-up for my website on Roland’s various “Cross Mod”
>     and “Sync”/“Metal Sync” features, so I’d like to make sure I get all
>     my facts straight. I’ll post a link once I’ve got something readable up.
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Tom
> 
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