All about the Roland Jupiter-series

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From: M.Strijbos [mailto:M.Strijbos@...]
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 10:04 AM
To: Analogue Heaven (E-mail)
Subject: [AH] JP-8 and more


Dear Loggers,

Last week i've fulfilled one of my life-long dreams in purchasing a 
beautiful "near mint" and Midified Jupiter 8 (S/N 171735)
for a little under 1700 bucks at the infamous Dutch synth shop Music House 
(http://www.the-music-house.com). Twenty years ago i had the opportunity to 
play around with one for half an hour and this made quite an impression on 
me. And after a week of farting around with it i'm happy to say that this 
still holds true today; it really is an amazing synth. No F/X tricks or 
exotic feature list and a very simple user interface but an amazing depth 
and great variety of sounds.

I've already gathered loads of relevant info from the AH archives and other 
online resources but i was wondering if anybody knew how many of these 
monsters were actually built? I remember reading an interview with a senior 
Japanese Roland official who stated that the actual sales of the JP-8 had 
been very disappointing for such a critically acclaimed model. Anyone know 
the score???

PS: i was back in that shop this weekend and noticed a nice s/h Pulse + 
there for only 250 bucks. How could i resist? So now i can confirm that the 
JP-8 and Pulse compliment each other very nicely indeed :)

In analog heaven,

Mark R. Strijbos
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