Roland Jupiter-80 Explained

Synth Manufacturer:Roland Corporation
Synth Name:Roland Jupiter-80
Synthesis Type:virtual Analog subtractive
Polyphony:256 voices
Memory:64 patches
Dates:2011
Price:$3499
Fx:Upper & Lower: Four MFX processors per Live Set Five configurations (version 2 only)
76 types One reverb processor for each Live Set Five effect types
Solo & Percussion: Compressor/Equaliser/Delay: One of each for each Part One common reverb processor, five types
Master Effects: 4-band EQ
Keyboard:76 keys
Velocity:yes
Aftertouch:yes

The Jupiter-80 is a discontinued 256-voice polyphonic virtual analog subtractive synthesizer introduced by Roland Corporation in 2011. The Jupiter-80 is a part of Roland's flagship long-running synthesizer series, which began with the Jupiter-4 between the years of 1978 and 1981. The Jupiter-80 was shortly followed by the Jupiter-50, which is a combination of both the JP-80 and the JUNO series.[1] [2] It was succeeded by the Jupiter-X and Jupiter-Xm in 2019.[3]

Features and architecture

The Jupiter-80 maintains the visual style of the Jupiter-8, and includes Roland's SuperNATURAL, an extensive synthesis engine that includes virtual analog synthesis, which is digital recreation of earlier Roland analog synths, along with PCM-based recreations of purely digital synths by the company and acoustic modelling of real instruments. Emulations of the original Jupiter-8 sounds were later released as a software instrument for both keyboards on Roland Axial as part of the Synth Legends series.[4] [5] [6]

The Jupiter utilizes MIDI control, D Beam Control, and Audio File format of WAV, AIFF, and MP3. The synthesizer's memory is external, by way of USB Flash.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roland - JUPITER-50 | Synthesizer. Roland. Corporation. Roland.
  2. Web site: Roland Jupiter-80 Synthesizer .
  3. Web site: Roland revisits its classic synths in new Jupiter-X range. September 5, 2019.
  4. Web site: Axial - JUPITER Synth Legends. axial.roland.com.
  5. Web site: Sound On Sound Reviews: Roland Jupiter 80. Gordon. Reid. www.soundonsound.com. August 2011.
  6. Web site: Encyclotronic: Roland Jupiter-80. www.encyclotronic.com.