All about the Roland Jupiter-series

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Gibbons [mailto:scott.gibbons@...]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 4:31 PM
To: analogue
Subject: Re: [AH] Re: good replacement for MKS-80?

> Nord Modular, can, IMO, peg the Sequential sound..

The character of it's filters is closer to Sequential than to ARP or Moog,
but the NM really isn't great at VA. It sounds like a wet fly next to a real
analog. It's really cool for digital manglements though :-))

- Scott
whose DK600 has been in the shop for 10 out of the last 12 months and I
still love that gal :-/

-----Original Message-----
From: Inform3r [mailto:inform3r@...]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 7:39 PM
To: Scott Gibbons; analogue
Subject: Re: [AH] Re: good replacement for MKS-80?

> JX8P with PG controller ($600ish):
> http://www.taigkyo.com/scott/synthfarts/roland-jx8p.mp3
>

Wow! That sounds sick! Maybe I'll look into that. I want to get rid of
my MKS80 because I believe its a mediocre synth, considering its price.
Maybe it it was in the 400-500 range I would think different. I'm sure if I
had the mpg-80 to go with it I'd keep it, but that costs something like
$700!! Thats out of hand.
Without the mpg, the mks sounds very "dco-ish" to me.

-John

-----Original Message-----
From: Giles Ward [mailto:Giles.Ward@...]
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:23 PM
To: analogue
Subject: Re: [AH] Re: good replacement for MKS-80?

> > JX8P with PG controller ($600ish):
> > http://www.taigkyo.com/scott/synthfarts/roland-jx8p.mp3
>
>
> Wow! That sounds sick! Maybe I'll look into that. I want to get rid of
> my MKS80 because I believe its a mediocre synth, considering its price.
> Maybe it it was in the 400-500 range I would think different. I'm sure if

I

> had the mpg-80 to go with it I'd keep it, but that costs something like
> $700!! Thats out of hand.
> Without the mpg, the mks sounds very "dco-ish" to me.

Well the JX8P above is a DCO synth! It's got the same filter as the MKS80
on rev 5s I believe. Have you looked into a software editor for the MKS80?
Or maybe get a Doepfer Drehbank? With 64 knobs it does a good job at making
my MKS70 more hands-on, and you can use it on other things.

Did you hear what CoolColJ produced when he had his MKS80 (armed with
SoundDiver)? He's got the mp3s up here:
http://members.optushome.com.au/coolcolj/SoundBites/Mks80/