JP-8000 thoughts
Rob Martino
I tried it out yesterday.
It's very rich and warm sounding. I've always though Roland
synths in general were fairly lush and rich sounding, but
even the XP-80 next to it sounded somewhat thinner compared to
the JP.
I don't have a lot of experience with analog synths but
have some rough ideas how to get particular types of sounds,
and I was pleased to get some ideas in my head realized
fairly quicky by messing around with the oscillators
and filter/amp envelopes.
Does the synth have a feature that lets you initialize
a new patch by setting it's parameters to all the current
knob/slider settings? Sometimes I found it confusing
to be editing a patch and realizing that most of
the knobs I was looking at weren't reflecting the true
patch parameters until I moved each one around.
Not many of the presets were that interesting to me (I'm
into progressive/art rock rather than dance/techno) but
then again this is not a preset machine.
The price is definately a barrier for me. For a little more
I could get an XP-80 which would be a lot more practical
and useful, and it sounds great it's own right. Hopefully
we'll see the price come down in future months, if it
were closer to (or under) $1000 I'd consider it.
Rob
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charlene sebastian and b stone
I went to my local music store to see if they had one yet and how much
it cost, does the cost reflect to donating one's kidney?
Todd Brewer
charlene sebastian and b stone wrote:
>
> I went to my local music store to see if they had one yet and how much
> it cost, does the cost reflect to donating one's kidney?
Yes, your kidney costs less. The JP-8000 is about $1800, if u get a
good price. What an incredible machine, though. I have a Jupiter6, & I
would never sell it. The JP-8000 is ALL MIDI, though,which makes it
behave moreso than my Jupiter 6. I just bought one. Wow! I could have
taken a overseas vacation(!) for what it cost. Oh well, I love music.
My vacation is listening to all the stuff it can do. Keyword: Filter.
'Nuff said. Worth the investment. That is, unless, you've found a
Jupiter 8 (with the MIDI option) for $1000.
Otherwise, sell your kidney; you have another one & it can't make the
sounds the JP-8000 can.
Happy dialysis,
Todd.
Daphne
> I tried it out yesterday.
Me too. Unfortunetely it was straight after playing with a Jupiter 6, so I
couldn't help be let down. I have a JV-1080, and to me the thing sounded
exactly the same but with a bunch of controllers on the front. Personally
I'd rather have an MC-303 and a JV-1080. Maybe I didn't spend enough time
with it though...
Steve Gregory
Lotus Major Domo
IMHO,
the MC303 sounds like a casio keyboard on Xmas morn in
comparison to the JP8000.
Yes, it is expensive, but the price will drop. I strongly suggest that a
JV1080 (unless you already have one) is the thing to buy now. In Australia
the price dropped to $2495 (Aus). You can pick them up for $1800 if you
shop hard.
The JP8000 will drop in 6 months or so, when they release the JP16000
(imaginary name, whatever comes next i mean)
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Lotus Major Domo
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Cliff Chang
Lotus Major Domo <lo...@zip.com.au> wrote:
>Yes, it is expensive, but the price will drop. I strongly suggest that a
>JV1080 (unless you already have one) is the thing to buy now. In Australia
>the price dropped to $2495 (Aus). You can pick them up for $1800 if you
>shop hard.
>The JP8000 will drop in 6 months or so, when they release the JP16000
>(imaginary name, whatever comes next i mean)
>
If the JP-8000 proves to be successful, I think Roland will launch a
little brother called the JP-6000 and a big brother called the JP-10000
next. They'll probably add a rackmount version called JP-88000 too.
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Cliff
Karl Helmer Torvmark
Cliff Chang (ze...@u.washington.edu) wrote:
: If the JP-8000 proves to be successful, I think Roland will launch a
: little brother called the JP-6000 and a big brother called the JP-10000
: next. They'll probably add a rackmount version called JP-88000 too.
: --
: Cliff
Yep, and in 15 year's time they'll make a JP-8000000 if the JP-8000 becomes
successful. ;->
Karl H.
Drew A. Neumann
Cliff wrote:
>If the JP-8000 proves to be successful, I think Roland will launch a
>little brother called the JP-6000 and a big brother called the JP-10000
>next. They'll probably add a rackmount version called JP-88000 too.
Yes! they will follow the progression of the 80's all over again!
Then they will do the JX8000 (With harsher sounding oscillators and a
"virtually noisy" chorus) followed by the long awaited D-5000 Virtual
Linear Synthesizer, complete with simulated cheap reverb. Next, they
will do the Virtual S-7500, the JD-800000000 (with 472 sliders), and the
Virtually Useful SoundCanvas
SC-5555555555555555555555555555555555555555.
Sorry. Stuck key.
Anyone out there sick of numbers for synths? How about animal names?
(e.g. Aardvark)