Roland Boutique

[Jay Vaughan (ibisum)]

> I'm curious about the Jupiter, I have never liked the sound in various emulations - and even the real "classic sounds" I've heard in actual demos. It was always super cheese, and without balls. Have I just not heard the right stuff? Or is it possible I don't like the sound of one of the most famous synths?


There is something very warm and endearing about it, but I’ve not heard/felt it in simulations/factory-presets.  Out of the box, you can hit bank0/patch0 and move into wild territory very easily.  For me, its the playability of the user interface, mostly, which makes the synth so appealing - I can’t resist tweaking the hell out of it while playing, and I think - whatever the engine - this fact makes a huge difference to adoption/cult-status. Also, there’s that whole ‘analog/digital’ thing.  In that era, at that time, it was: DX7, or Jupiter-8. This path is still divergent, even today.

The interface is really approachable - its just enough of Grandma’s organ, plus some ‘new-school’ (80’s style) synthesizer mechanics.


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Jay Vaughan
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