Nick Rhodes is the living proof that you don't have to be the ultimate virtuoso to be a genius!!! If we listen closely, the pallet of sounds and effects that Nick uses in EVERY Duran Duran song is unique!!!!
Yeah. Same to me. I started being interested into sythesizers after listening to the pads in Faster Than Light and the New Religion intro. Then also the incredible sequencer pattern in Plaent earth which perfectly matches with the bass line.
Quality guy. This synth, the JD-XA is one I am excited about. The Jupiter 4 is excellent, super fast LFO! Great filters and quite distinctive sound, which takes effects very well!
Nick Rhodes is amazing and so underrated. NO ONE sounds like him. Particularly the guys who play a lot of notes. Good luck trying to cop his sounds. He's one of the few who always plays and arranges for the song. Gotta love his sense of style too.
Wow! This is a subject I did not know about. He is a genious and the Roland engineers Wow! reinvented music. There would have been no Duran Duran without the geniouses of Roland inventors and Nick Rhodes.
+peace and love I'm sure they would have managed with the Prophet 5 and Crumar performer etc that they used already but yeah, the Jupiters and SH-2 really helped seal their sound.
Dear ROLAND - please take PRE-ORDERS and re-issue the ACTUAL Jupiter 8 ... with 8 ANALOG oscillators, 61 full size keys, memory bank for 1,000 sounds, (digital effects section will be OK) - and a rack mount version. If you take PRE-ORDERS enough people will order it and you will NOT loose money! Please someone start a WEBSITE and collect all the names and emails of everyone who wants a "NEW" Jupiter 8. There has got to be a way !!
@@Oakine while the boutique JP08 is fun and can get similar types of sounds, it has some latency issues and it still NOT a Jupiter 8. None of the boutiques is a replacement for the real thing. Now, that being said, I believe using modern SMD technology in place of the original IC's would work for modern analog reissue/reimagining. As far as digital, an 8-16 voice JP08 *plus* built into a full keyboard, and replacing the digital vcf and VCA emulation with reissued roland analog VCF's/VCA's could be great.
It could be from their live album "Arena." That album has a companion concert film "As the Lights Goes Down," you can search UA-cam for "As the Lights Go Down, Duran Duran, Save a Prayer."
Looking back at this, I wonder where Nick got 12 DSPs from? There's 2x ESC2 chips and an SSC chip. ESC2 are suspected to be quad core ARM, maybe SSC has 4 cores too
"Er, my Jupiter 8 is worth $10,000 now due to the fact that you can't buy one EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY AND WANT ONE they refuse to take your money and sell you one, so I am forced to use these plastic imitations. But don't worry they have sampled all my sounds from the old Roland back when it sounded good."
There are 150 bucks plug ins these days that come 95% close when listening dry and unnoticable in the mix. You can keep your Jup 8 for 10.000 :-). By the way, the more powerful computers become, the closer the plugs will come. In a few years you can have the entire Roland range in 1 synth with the exact sound quality. And then the real Jup breaks and bye bye money :-) No disrespect intended to the mighty old Jup. But times change.
System 8 does a pretty good J8 impression and the JD-XA sound great too. I can guarantee nobody in the audience can tell the difference and that's really all that matters
Dear ROLAND. Please release a ROLAND JUPITER 12, fully analog! 12 VOICES, the original vintage design, but with SHAPE MOD for the oscillators, additional SUB OSC, DIGITAL FX and maybe the ANALOG CHORUS of the Juno 60. For 3000...3500 Euro, I buy one. Keyboard with AFTERTOUCH. Best move you could do ...
Deleted previous grumpy comment. NR fan and Roland fan here. And yes JD-Xa is a very interesting synth, it's like nothing else out there. Don't judge it from its flashy lights or plastic cover. Played one for real last week and, was nicely surprised by the depth of it and the analog sound (And I've got Juno 106, JXs, Polysix, Moog etc). 8-)
they taught themselves by playing with it in the early days synths. If they had prior training in playing a piano then they would have a greater advantage at learning to play a synth.
By the way Nick Rhodes should make a solo instrumental album with his Roland sinths, a la Robert Miles. Great beautiful, dance and relaxing music he would creat. His solos to me are the best part of the Duran Duran legacy.
Ouch! He says "when you hear the filter stepping through". The filter NEVER steps, none of the controls do. I don't know what he was trying to say there.
They're analog filters but since it's digitally controlled it's going to have it's sweep divided into 128 "steps." That doesn't mean you can hear them though. There's probably some type of interpolation going on or it's such small increments you don't hear it.
I love Nick, but I have no interest in the JD-XA. Only 49 keys and thin sound. Nick seems to use it only as a sample trigger anyways. There's cheaper stuff you can use for that, such as the Roland A800 Pro. I'd like to get my hands on a Jupiter 4 or 8 someday. Also I wonder, what synths were used for the flanger synth parts on a view to a kill?
Haha, using them as controllers! So he'll be sampling his JP8 sounds because the JDX-A doesn't cut it! Build a proper analog synth Roland the way you use to!
Indeed, if you see interviews with keyboard players, they have rushed towards reliable ways of bring in the sounds as much as they would love the original instruments.
you can`t play analogs live as you have to reset the knobs for each song its fuking hard not impossible. He did back in the 80s on jupiter 4 and 8 which is very tough i give him that. Jupiter 8 is aroun 10 - 15k that's the only way to bring that sound on their live shows to sample them .You just can`t carry around your analogs on your live shows from state to state .Even depeche mode use digital keyboards during their live shows .Whatever produced in the studio can`t be played live its impossible.
@@depecheddurand it is doable, It takes planning though and multiple analogs that are tweaked as you go. Look at gary numan's old tour's, Depeche Mode's early tours before the Emulator II/emax, and prophet 2000's (Little cheap monosynths from roland, moog, yamaha, kawai, and then the PPG 2.3 and Roland Promars), and John Foxx around Metamatic. Also, Rush, yes, ELP, Blondie, et al The Jupiter 8, Prophet 5, CS80 made it MUCH easier.
@@depecheddurand the first synths I had in the mid 90's were Roland juno 6/60, Moog mg1, minimoog, Sonic six, arp string ensemble, moog taurus II pedals. There was a lot of tweaking quickly between songs, you'd also learn how to quickly eyeball certain types of sounds FAST. I can make several Juno/ Moog sounds from the panel with out even hearing them and get DAMNED close to what I want from memory/years of use
Not a synth-related question, I know but... Why do I find the non-Duran Duran projects that you have worked on (TV Mania, The Devils) a lot more interesting than your Duran Duran material?
Why use one when you could use both? The JD-XA is capable of replicating most of the sounds with its analog engine, but it doesn't sound identical, so you'll still want the JP-8. Then on top of that the JD-XA offers many of its own possibilities that the JP-8 can't match. For those who want something that sounds almost identical to the JP-8 and provides many more possibilities in one unit, there is the SYSTEM-8. I don't think its native synthesis engine, while surprisingly versatile, is as deep or powerful as that of the JD-XA, though, which is why the JD-XA exists.
I've seen him up close and personal playing live, either right in front of the stage or just one or two rows back, when Duran Duran performed at the House of Blues in Las Vegas in 2000 and 2001. If he wasn't truly playing I would've been able to spot it sometime during any one of the four concerts total I attended during that time (they played two dates each instance). He was really playing. Also, there was a moment during one of those concerts when Nick exchanged places with Warren Cuccurullo and Nick strummed a little on the guitar while Warren played a couple of keys on a synth. The sounds were all genuinely being played live.
What a freaking genius. His contributions are paramount and incredibly important. Respect!
Well said sir !
This man is the reason I have 4 Roland synths in my studio......
This man is the reason why I Play keyboards since 1985.
Me too, well I have one 😂
What a man... what an incredible soul... what an incredible artist... he's everything
Such an underrated trail blazer. Nick Rhodes is a treasure.
He’s the reason I play synths
Nick Rhodes is the living proof that you don't have to be the ultimate virtuoso to be a genius!!! If we listen closely, the pallet of sounds and effects that Nick uses in EVERY Duran Duran song is unique!!!!
Roland picked the best pitchman for the JD XA. Nick Rhodes plays that keyboard like a boss. Pure wizard...
Nick Rhodes + Roland = MASTERPIECE
Nick Rhodes and Howard Jones took Roland to the out of this world, and both still use Roland Synths. They are Rolandmaniacs!!!!!!
Yes, but Howard actually ‘played’ his Roland’s.
Nick Rhodes, Vince Clarke and Martin Gore... they are beyond the geniality!
I would say: Nick, Martin, and *THEN* Vince. But yes - totally agree.
nope, Alan Wilder, then MG, then VC, then NR.
You're all wrong, it's Vince Clarke, Alan Wilder, Martin Gore, and then Nick Rhodes (with all due respect).
Geniality means friendliness :) I mean, all these guys seem friendly enough but is that what you meant?
@@rbrtck Paul Humphreys before vince
Nick Rhodes rules!!
what about Vins Clark? ;)
@@quazar912 - LMAO!!!! Not even in the same league, sweetie.
Jupiter 8 was one the synth I used 20 yrs ago on TV shows we did. And one never sounds bad using it 👌🏻
Nick Rhodes is a God on those keyboards!!! Congratulations 🎉 Nick for your Amazing Award!!!!
The Rio Arpeggio is what got me interested in learning to play keyboards....
Yeah. Same to me. I started being interested into sythesizers after listening to the pads in Faster Than Light and the New Religion intro. Then also the incredible sequencer pattern in Plaent earth which perfectly matches with the bass line.
Classiest act in the business. Duran Duran’s impact on me is huge.
Nick you are the coolest, classiest, awesome-est keyboardist ever. A true genius.
Love Nick Rhodes he is one of the greatest keyboardists in a band and of the greatest keyboard genius’s of all time!
I'm a happy camper now that my favorite keyboardist growing up vouches for my favorite synth maker.
+opwave79 He's been vouching for them since 1982 (adverts), you could have been happy for decades if you knew ;)
lol! That's what I get for paying too much attention to Roger and Simon!
opwave79 lol thats cute
Nick Rhodes is a wizard.
He's an absolute LEGEND!
The most Beautiful Synth Ive ever seen! Keep Rockin!!!
Saw them live a while ago. The show was insane!
Nick es un músico fenomenal con sus instrumentos pone melodías hermosas y fenomenales a las canciones de Duran duran
NICK YOU ROCK!!!
I could listen to Nick talk all day
Nick Rhodes Genius. JD-XA so much beautiful product!
日本語の翻訳ありがとう！Nickの大ファンで、jupiter8などの話しが出た時はやっぱりかーなんてすごくうれしかったよ！
Quality guy. This synth, the JD-XA is one I am excited about.
The Jupiter 4 is excellent, super fast LFO! Great filters and quite distinctive sound, which takes effects very well!
Nick is impressive: amazing that all Duran Duran guys just kind of fell together as nightclub band
Nick Rhodes ROCKS ...and so does Duran Duran
Nick Rhodes is amazing and so underrated. NO ONE sounds like him. Particularly the guys who play a lot of notes. Good luck trying to cop his sounds. He's one of the few who always plays and arranges for the song. Gotta love his sense of style too.
Nick congratulations🎶
Love his style. True dude.
I always wondered how y'all did what you did back then...Love all your works...God speed mates!
I love Roland products, currently collecting Roland Boutiques
Oh Nick Rhodes sound on Axial site wish he did some for JD-XI as well that would be heaven.
+WulfCry jd-xi is a toy dude....
What makes it a toy then how does it not fit as a workable keyboard.
Wow! This is a subject I did not know about. He is a genious and the Roland engineers Wow! reinvented music. There would have been no Duran Duran without the geniouses of Roland inventors and Nick Rhodes.
+peace and love I'm sure they would have managed with the Prophet 5 and Crumar performer etc that they used already but yeah, the Jupiters and SH-2 really helped seal their sound.
Living legend
you're a legend.
To be a fly on the wall while Nick is playing with his Synths.
Nick Rhodes - the Master of Keyboards
the scientist of sound
This was actually informational unlike the DM video I just watched on midi controllers.
Dear ROLAND - please take PRE-ORDERS and re-issue the ACTUAL Jupiter 8 ... with 8 ANALOG oscillators, 61 full size keys, memory bank for 1,000 sounds, (digital effects section will be OK) - and a rack mount version. If you take PRE-ORDERS enough people will order it and you will NOT loose money!
Please someone start a WEBSITE and collect all the names and emails of everyone who wants a "NEW" Jupiter 8. There has got to be a way !!
@@Oakine while the boutique JP08 is fun and can get similar types of sounds, it has some latency issues and it still NOT a Jupiter 8. None of the boutiques is a replacement for the real thing. Now, that being said, I believe using modern SMD technology in place of the original IC's would work for modern analog reissue/reimagining. As far as digital, an 8-16 voice JP08 *plus* built into a full keyboard, and replacing the digital vcf and VCA emulation with reissued roland analog VCF's/VCA's could be great.
@Nobody Tube you're looking at around $4k-$8k, that technology is expensive to do as it was
But for all that there is a Jupiter 80, big deal!
Problem is, the components (analog circuits) used in Jupiter 8 havent been manufactured in tens of years. So in any case it would be replica.
Roland has moved on from those days. You should too.
Admiro a este artista 😊
I would like to see an album made by nick, alan wilder +martin gore+Chris lowe as a four-piece synth band.
A dream❤️
Very good
Great video
@3:45 Damn Nick! You are bending the shit out of that pitch bender!
Nick Rhodes is so smart. It’s funny that we’re only children. 👍🏻s up if you are observant.
1:19 Where is this version of save a prayer from?????
One of their live performance maybe
It could be from their live album "Arena." That album has a companion concert film "As the Lights Goes Down," you can search UA-cam for "As the Lights Go Down, Duran Duran, Save a Prayer."
ARENA (live album)
That’s the original track
Looking back at this, I wonder where Nick got 12 DSPs from? There's 2x ESC2 chips and an SSC chip. ESC2 are suspected to be quad core ARM, maybe SSC has 4 cores too
Whenever I see the world roland I think of Nick.
Olá, qual é o nome do timbre que ele usa na música Save a Prayer? Tenho um XPS10
Genius.
Is patch C07 at 3:40 a factory or custom sound ?
I love keyboards my fave
Awesome
Thanks for posting this it is interesting le bon girl 71 xx
"Er, my Jupiter 8 is worth $10,000 now due to the fact that you can't buy one EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY AND WANT ONE they refuse to take your money and sell you one, so I am forced to use these plastic imitations. But don't worry they have sampled all my sounds from the old Roland back when it sounded good."
+Wavestrike Electronics
On ebay it will stay for weeks or even months for $10,000>
There are 150 bucks plug ins these days that come 95% close when listening dry and unnoticable in the mix. You can keep your Jup 8 for 10.000 :-). By the way, the more powerful computers become, the closer the plugs will come. In a few years you can have the entire Roland range in 1 synth with the exact sound quality. And then the real Jup breaks and bye bye money :-) No disrespect intended to the mighty old Jup. But times change.
System 8 does a pretty good J8 impression and the JD-XA sound great too. I can guarantee nobody in the audience can tell the difference and that's really all that matters
Genius
Thank you
Nick Rhodes, Billy Currie, Chris Lowe and Dave Ball.
Chris Lowe didn't tend to use Roland so much. More Yamaha / EMU.
... you forgot to add Mick MacNeil of Simple Minds to that list... a truly talented analog 80s synth player!
always thought this synth looked really playable, so many controls
Dear ROLAND. Please release a ROLAND JUPITER 12, fully analog! 12 VOICES, the original vintage design, but with SHAPE MOD for the oscillators, additional SUB OSC, DIGITAL FX and maybe the ANALOG CHORUS of the Juno 60. For 3000...3500 Euro, I buy one. Keyboard with AFTERTOUCH. Best move you could do ...
Epic!
Anyone know Nick’s view of the D-50?
Love to have this ! Is this available?
MAESTRO
I see a Jupiter X synth in his future soon
RANDY JUDAH TALK 🎼❤️
great
como os senhores criam uma musica tal como "save a prayer" ? e outras, a inspiração vem de quem ?
Rapaz ,ano de 1982 ,save a prayer e a copa de 82 não existe explicação rsrs.
Um abraço!!
You should ask Roland to provide an Editor for this great synth
l want to know what these he used on the bases sound of Valentine Stones ....
+Sandra da Silva Probably a moog (they use Moog voyager and Sub 37 now for monos - also think they have a poly moog of some type)
Thank you !!!
Super !
Super ALL ANALOG Jupiter 8 replica is what I'm waiting for from Roland
Deleted previous grumpy comment. NR fan and Roland fan here. And yes JD-Xa is a very interesting synth, it's like nothing else out there. Don't judge it from its flashy lights or plastic cover. Played one for real last week and, was nicely surprised by the depth of it and the analog sound (And I've got Juno 106, JXs, Polysix, Moog etc). 8-)
what's he using it as a controller for?
zszsz all the sequenced parts in theirsongs
When Duran Duran won't take their Jupiter 8 out anymore, I'd say it's safe to say it's a legand lol.....
Y ninguna mención para el Micro Korg?
René Inostroza In a Roland ad?
NEAT!!!
How did they learn this? Did they have any training at the time?
they taught themselves by playing with it in the early days synths. If they had prior training in playing a piano then they would have a greater advantage at learning to play a synth.
rickprime83 but how would they know their sounds are in tune
What sampler did you use?
By the way Nick Rhodes should make a solo instrumental album with his Roland sinths, a la Robert Miles. Great beautiful, dance and relaxing music he would creat. His solos to me are the best part of the Duran Duran legacy.
listen to the devils its pretty much a nick project
I think his biography is way past due.
How many times can he mention ROLAND in this interview ?
genius!
Ladies & Gents, “The Controller”.
Check out my DD - Chauffeur / Blade Runner tribute:
ua-cam.com/video/95UlVYSuLz8/v-deo.html
Roland: It has 49 keys
Rhodes: what are the other 48 for?
What's a dsp?
Digital Signal Processor.
@@kiskadar69
Ok, Thank-You! 👍
Ouch! He says "when you hear the filter stepping through". The filter NEVER steps, none of the controls do. I don't know what he was trying to say there.
Well, if it's a digital filter, it is indeed stepping.
Stepping in such small steps the human ear cannot hear it. Do you have an example of stepping of the JD-XA? I bet you don't.
They're analog filters but since it's digitally controlled it's going to have it's sweep divided into 128 "steps." That doesn't mean you can hear them though. There's probably some type of interpolation going on or it's such small increments you don't hear it.
His best for the synthesizer is last chance on a stairway
I absolutely love that song, the strings are amazing
I love Nick, but I have no interest in the JD-XA. Only 49 keys and thin sound. Nick seems to use it only as a sample trigger anyways. There's cheaper stuff you can use for that, such as the Roland A800 Pro. I'd like to get my hands on a Jupiter 4 or 8 someday. Also I wonder, what synths were used for the flanger synth parts on a view to a kill?
of course its hard to carry their expensive synths around during tour this is better this way sample it up.
think nick knows his Rolands.wonder if he's used a Juno 106?
He has a full complement of Juno's........
Haha, using them as controllers! So he'll be sampling his JP8 sounds because the JDX-A doesn't cut it! Build a proper analog synth Roland the way you use to!
Indeed, if you see interviews with keyboard players, they have rushed towards reliable ways of bring in the sounds as much as they would love the original instruments.
you can`t play analogs live as you have to reset the knobs for each song its fuking hard not impossible. He did back in the 80s on jupiter 4 and 8 which is very tough i give him that. Jupiter 8 is aroun 10 - 15k that's the only way to bring that sound on their live shows to sample them .You just can`t carry around your analogs on your live shows from state to state .Even depeche mode use digital keyboards during their live shows .Whatever produced in the studio can`t be played live its impossible.
depecheddurand look up Kebu and tell me it's impossible
@@depecheddurand it is doable, It takes planning though and multiple analogs that are tweaked as you go. Look at gary numan's old tour's, Depeche Mode's early tours before the Emulator II/emax, and prophet 2000's (Little cheap monosynths from roland, moog, yamaha, kawai, and then the PPG 2.3 and Roland Promars), and John Foxx around Metamatic. Also, Rush, yes, ELP, Blondie, et al The Jupiter 8, Prophet 5, CS80 made it MUCH easier.
@@depecheddurand the first synths I had in the mid 90's were Roland juno 6/60, Moog mg1, minimoog, Sonic six, arp string ensemble, moog taurus II pedals. There was a lot of tweaking quickly between songs, you'd also learn how to quickly eyeball certain types of sounds FAST. I can make several Juno/ Moog sounds from the panel with out even hearing them and get DAMNED close to what I want from memory/years of use
Grandi
👏👏👏👍🎹👏
Not a synth-related question, I know but... Why do I find the non-Duran Duran projects that you have worked on (TV Mania, The Devils) a lot more interesting than your Duran Duran material?
arcadia
he is been working on bloom twins album
No D-50?
That was taken by OMD
why use a jd-xa when you have a jupiter 8 ???
Why use one when you could use both? The JD-XA is capable of replicating most of the sounds with its analog engine, but it doesn't sound identical, so you'll still want the JP-8. Then on top of that the JD-XA offers many of its own possibilities that the JP-8 can't match. For those who want something that sounds almost identical to the JP-8 and provides many more possibilities in one unit, there is the SYSTEM-8. I don't think its native synthesis engine, while surprisingly versatile, is as deep or powerful as that of the JD-XA, though, which is why the JD-XA exists.
куда катится мир... выбрать это после лет работы с Jupiter-8? может я чего то не понимаю
3:44 just looks strange to me....
Only keyboardist to be endorsed by every synth manufacturer on the planet and still have ZERO FOOTAGE of him playing.
I've seen him up close and personal playing live, either right in front of the stage or just one or two rows back, when Duran Duran performed at the House of Blues in Las Vegas in 2000 and 2001. If he wasn't truly playing I would've been able to spot it sometime during any one of the four concerts total I attended during that time (they played two dates each instance). He was really playing. Also, there was a moment during one of those concerts when Nick exchanged places with Warren Cuccurullo and Nick strummed a little on the guitar while Warren played a couple of keys on a synth. The sounds were all genuinely being played live.