All about the Roland Jupiter-series

-----Original Message-----
From: FibrOptic7@... [mailto:FibrOptic7@...]
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 3:47 AM
To: analogue@...
Subject: [AH] MKS-80 and Virus - apples and oranges and pears


At 5:13 PM -0000 3/31/00, Royce Lee wrote:

> At 5:13 PM -0000 3/31/00, Royce Lee wrote:
> >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?

I have the original Virus tabletop and an MKS-80 with the MPG-80 programmer.

With only money for one, I would buy the Virus. If you had $1800 to burn
and
a repeat of all the synths you hear over and over, then go for the mks-80.

When I got mine, I was very excited from reading everything to know of the
unit, but sadly, was to find out the mks-80 was as thrilling as the waldorf
pulse. The fun is in owning an mks-80, not really how it sounds. In having

had a Jupiter 4 and 6, it was the same issue. Fun in having, but really,
other than that, the sound.....snore.

Same thing goes for my MKS-70, and the MKS-50 I want to buy.
MKS-50.....juno
in a rack....I don't need it, but it's fun having. Know what I mean,
jellybean? :)

Heck, I even have a PG-800 programmer for the MKS-70.....woooohoooo....

Get a Virus. Filters are cooler. You can do more with it.

mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe (redshift) [mailto:redshift3@...]
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 6:46 AM
To: FibrOptic7@...; analogue@...
Subject: Re: [AH] MKS-80 and Virus - apples and oranges and pears


I have a big pile of dog shit to sell, its not usefull, but its fun to own
:)
-Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: <FibrOptic7@...>
To: <analogue@...>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 8:47 PM
Subject: [AH] MKS-80 and Virus - apples and oranges and pears


> At 5:13 PM -0000 3/31/00, Royce Lee wrote:
>
> > At 5:13 PM -0000 3/31/00, Royce Lee wrote:
> > >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?
>
> I have the original Virus tabletop and an MKS-80 with the MPG-80
programmer.
>
> With only money for one, I would buy the Virus. If you had $1800 to burn
and
> a repeat of all the synths you hear over and over, then go for the mks-80.
>
> When I got mine, I was very excited from reading everything to know of the
> unit, but sadly, was to find out the mks-80 was as thrilling as the
waldorf
> pulse. The fun is in owning an mks-80, not really how it sounds. In
having
> had a Jupiter 4 and 6, it was the same issue. Fun in having, but really,
> other than that, the sound.....snore.
>
> Same thing goes for my MKS-70, and the MKS-50 I want to buy.
MKS-50.....juno
> in a rack....I don't need it, but it's fun having. Know what I mean,
> jellybean? :)
>
> Heck, I even have a PG-800 programmer for the MKS-70.....woooohoooo....
>
> Get a Virus. Filters are cooler. You can do more with it.
>
> mike