All about the Roland Jupiter-series

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:30:00 -0700
From: "Cary Roberts" <cary.roberts@...>
Subject: MKS-80

>The MKS -80 is a Jupiter 8 not a JX-10,
>the MKS-70 is two JX-8P's in a rack, as
>is the JX-10, (except it's a keyboard)..

No No No. The MKS80 has Jupiter 6 voice boards. It is nothing like a
Jupiter 8 even though they have the same number of voices. Early MKS80s
have CEM3340s for oscillators just like JP6s, and later MKS80s have Roland
oscillators. That being said I think a rev4 is much more suitable for
punchy bass than the rev5. You just can't go wrong with 3340s for bass
sounds. (okay, so discrete is better, but lets not go there)

-Cary

--- In Roland_Jupiters@yahoogroups.com, "Verschut, Ricardo" <ricardo.verschut@a...>
wrote:

> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:30:00 -0700
> From: "Cary Roberts" <cary.roberts@r...>
> Subject: MKS-80
>
> >The MKS -80 is a Jupiter 8 not a JX-10,
> >the MKS-70 is two JX-8P's in a rack, as
> >is the JX-10, (except it's a keyboard)..
>
> No No No. The MKS80 has Jupiter 6 voice boards. It is nothing like a
> Jupiter 8 even though they have the same number of voices. Early MKS80s
> have CEM3340s for oscillators just like JP6s, and later MKS80s have Roland
> oscillators. That being said I think a rev4 is much more suitable for
> punchy bass than the rev5. You just can't go wrong with 3340s for bass
> sounds. (okay, so discrete is better, but lets not go there)
>
> -Cary

So do the later MKS-80's (serial 511801 UP) with the custom Roland IR-3R03 VCO have
the same VCF chip as the earlier MKS-80's and JP8's? Remember ALL the MKS80's, the
JP6's and JP8's use the same VCA chips. If the JP6 uses the same VCF chip as the early
MKS then i would predict the units would sound very similar. Coincidently, my question
is raised from this....is, which VCF chips did the JP6 use? The Curtis CEM 3350 or the
custom Roland IR-3R05 VCF or some other (SSM perhaps)??

Don't know how accurate this is, from here:
http://www.synthtech.com/cem/cemsynth.html
******************************************
Jupiter 6
12 CEM3340 VCO
6 CEM3360 Dual VCA
******************************************
Roland SH101 and MC202
1 CEM3340 VCO
******************************************
MKS-20
5 CEM3360 Dual VCA
******************************************
MKS-80 to Serial #511800
8 CEM3340 VCO
4 CEM3360 Dual VCA
******************************************
MKS-80 Serial #511800 up
8 IR-3R03 Roland VCO
4 CEM3360 Dual VCA
4 IR-3R05 Roland VCF/VCA
******************************************
Seems like none of the Jups used CEM/SSM VCF chips.
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--- In Roland_Jupiters@yahoogroups.com, "drayon6" <drayon6@l...>
wrote:

> --- In Roland_Jupiters@yahoogroups.com, "Verschut, Ricardo"

<ricardo.verschut@a...>

> wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:30:00 -0700
> > From: "Cary Roberts" <cary.roberts@r...>
> > Subject: MKS-80
> >
> > >The MKS -80 is a Jupiter 8 not a JX-10,
> > >the MKS-70 is two JX-8P's in a rack, as
> > >is the JX-10, (except it's a keyboard)..
> >
> > No No No. The MKS80 has Jupiter 6 voice boards. It is nothing

like a

> > Jupiter 8 even though they have the same number of voices. Early

MKS80s

> > have CEM3340s for oscillators just like JP6s, and later MKS80s

have Roland

> > oscillators. That being said I think a rev4 is much more

suitable for

> > punchy bass than the rev5. You just can't go wrong with 3340s

for bass

> > sounds. (okay, so discrete is better, but lets not go there)
> >
> > -Cary
>
> So do the later MKS-80's (serial 511801 UP) with the custom Roland

IR-3R03 VCO have

> the same VCF chip as the earlier MKS-80's and JP8's? Remember ALL

the MKS80's, the

> JP6's and JP8's use the same VCA chips. If the JP6 uses the same

VCF chip as the early

> MKS then i would predict the units would sound very similar.

Coincidently, my question

> is raised from this....is, which VCF chips did the JP6 use? The

Curtis CEM 3350 or the

> custom Roland IR-3R05 VCF or some other (SSM perhaps)??