What impacts me most about the JP-8 is how well balanced it sounds. It’s also probably because of this that’s the “better behaved” of the classic Rolands. It must have been amazing to hear such a precise and stable sounding synth at the time it came out. I’d be torn between this and the Memorymoog for general polyphonic usage.
The synth is very satisfying to play and organic When I first got it, I was surprised all those sounds I thought came from an OB-8 actually came from a Jupiter 8- the brass sounds are so warm and fat
The Memorymoog wins the per-voice sound competition due to 3 oscs per voice and the famous patented ladder filters. The T8 wins for keyboard but the filters are meh. The Chroma and the Matrix-12 win for routing complexity, and the Chroma especially isn't as quick and intuitive to edit especially live, but the -12 as well. The OBX sounded great but the OB-Xa and OB-8 didn't quite sound as good. The Jupiter-8 also had an excellent filter, not as tough as the Moog but is often said to fit into a mix better. If I could have my choice, it'd be the T8, with velocity and pressure sensitivity, but with the Moog voice, a choice of Moog or Roland filter (or the 2044, my favorite), and ideally the Chroma routing options. I wouldn't need the Matrix-12 features (I've owned two). Of the synths here, I cannot accept a synth without velocity, so I can only consider the T8 or Chroma, and would absolutely choose the T8 for editing power.
I wouldn't say it's their "first professional synthesizer" at all. All their products before this were also used by pros in hit albums and could stand the rigors of touring. Remember this had a CPU, a piece of electronic equipment that didn't even exist 5 years before they started work on this. Earlier gear like the Jupiter-4 for instance had good sound... there are probably a few that would even say better, and certainly it wasn't stair-stepped by the digital electronics... but the Jupiter-8 I think was the first Roland gear with a CPU, no? It's going to have a lot of added power from that, but furthermore, it costs so much that it makes no sense to build an entire PC of the era into it for just 4 voices, hence the 8 voices.
I really don’t get Roland at all. It’s like they jammed their fingers in their ears and refuse to read the room, and throw the synth community a bone with a genuine reissue or two. In the last few years we’ve had reissues of the Prophet 5/10, MS-20, Minimoog Model D, ARP Odyssey, ARP 2600, Korg Mini 700FS and Oberheim’s 3 best synths all in one rig, plus Oberheim’s Two Voice Pro. But Roland’s response is “Subscribe to our cloud for this VST of the thing.” I suppose one could be generous and say the D-05 was a decent reissue since the original was digital and the Boutique’s programming and presets are pretty much 1:1. But there’s no one in that company that gets the soul of keyboard players who want an analog growl rumbling and terrorizing the monitors and having the original knobs and sliders and layout that their favorite music influences had in their own studios. It isn’t about “Oh. but it sounds really close.” It’s about having the tactile and aural experience of the real instrument as your own, with a warranty! and not fearing that some 40 year old chip will suddenly give up the ghost or the cloud will one day be discontinued, because business reasons. Their obstinance is confounding to me.
Yes the last time I got excited about buying a Synth was when I bought a mini Moog model D reissue in 2016 - I had to wave station as a plug-in for a bit but every time I updated the computer - it stopped working and you really feel like you don’t own the synth that u bought when they’re soft synths I now have two original korg waystationS I agree - if they can make a prophet 5 - they can make a Jupiter 8 reissue Or a cs80 reissue
The Memorymoog wins the per-voice sound competition due to 3 oscs per voice and the famous patented ladder filters. The T8 wins for keyboard but the filters are meh. The Chroma and the Matrix-12 win for routing complexity, and the Chroma especially isn't as quick and intuitive to edit especially live, but the -12 as well. The OBX sounded great but the OB-Xa and OB-8 didn't quite sound as good. The Jupiter-8 also had an excellent filter, not as tough as the Moog but is often said to fit into a mix better. If I could have my choice, it'd be the T8, with its velocity and pressure sensitivity and knob-for-everything layout, but with the Moog voice, a choice of Moog or Roland filter (or the 2044, my favorite), and ideally the Chroma routing options. I wouldn't need the Matrix-12 features (I've owned two). Of the synths here, I cannot accept a synth without velocity, so I can only consider the Matrix, T8 or Chroma, and would absolutely choose the T8 for editing power.
Well there is still one more synth to go which does have a velocity sensitive keyboard But an amazing summary Whilst I like the curtis oscillators ( I’ve certainly bought into them) I do like the Yamaha and Roland alternatives
@@AndyWhitmore I can guess what the last one is and while I love the performance controls (ribbon controller, no?), I actually absolutely hate the filters on it. And the portability 😀
@@lqr824 there definitely isn't a simple "ones better than the other" - in fact I like that they are all so different - but I have to say - I enjoy the synth - you are talking about - so much & whilst it doesn't do many of the jobs a synth needs to do - it does something so different from the other synths that makes me feel its an essential part of my collection! - Thanks for taking the time to watch & comment.
Funny you should say that but I can’t actually think of any - I have a new track coming out on my sister channel Awaji jazz blues - that has some polyphonic glide on the CS80 but I really need to do the same on the Jupiter 8 too
Wow, that was incredible! Thanks for the blast from the past!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
My dream synhesizer.
Really wished I had one in my studio, but the prices are getting higher for these.
Just had a look and they aren’t cheap- thanks for watching!
What impacts me most about the JP-8 is how well balanced it sounds. It’s also probably because of this that’s the “better behaved” of the classic Rolands. It must have been amazing to hear such a precise and stable sounding synth at the time it came out. I’d be torn between this and the Memorymoog for general polyphonic usage.
The synth is very satisfying to play and organic
When I first got it, I was surprised all those sounds I thought came from an OB-8 actually came from a Jupiter 8- the brass sounds are so warm and fat
The Memorymoog wins the per-voice sound competition due to 3 oscs per voice and the famous patented ladder filters.
The T8 wins for keyboard but the filters are meh.
The Chroma and the Matrix-12 win for routing complexity, and the Chroma especially isn't as quick and intuitive to edit especially live, but the -12 as well.
The OBX sounded great but the OB-Xa and OB-8 didn't quite sound as good.
The Jupiter-8 also had an excellent filter, not as tough as the Moog but is often said to fit into a mix better.
If I could have my choice, it'd be the T8, with velocity and pressure sensitivity, but with the Moog voice, a choice of Moog or Roland filter (or the 2044, my favorite), and ideally the Chroma routing options. I wouldn't need the Matrix-12 features (I've owned two).
Of the synths here, I cannot accept a synth without velocity, so I can only consider the T8 or Chroma, and would absolutely choose the T8 for editing power.
i would call it polite
The stab patch a 0:32 sounds like the 80s soul record, it's a love thing. Lovely patches.
wow - you are right!! thanks for watching
I wouldn't say it's their "first professional synthesizer" at all. All their products before this were also used by pros in hit albums and could stand the rigors of touring. Remember this had a CPU, a piece of electronic equipment that didn't even exist 5 years before they started work on this. Earlier gear like the Jupiter-4 for instance had good sound... there are probably a few that would even say better, and certainly it wasn't stair-stepped by the digital electronics... but the Jupiter-8 I think was the first Roland gear with a CPU, no? It's going to have a lot of added power from that, but furthermore, it costs so much that it makes no sense to build an entire PC of the era into it for just 4 voices, hence the 8 voices.
Well I have to agree
And the Jupiter 4 is one of my favourites
Thanks for watching
I really don’t get Roland at all. It’s like they jammed their fingers in their ears and refuse to read the room, and throw the synth community a bone with a genuine reissue or two. In the last few years we’ve had reissues of the Prophet 5/10, MS-20, Minimoog Model D, ARP Odyssey, ARP 2600, Korg Mini 700FS and Oberheim’s 3 best synths all in one rig, plus Oberheim’s Two Voice Pro. But Roland’s response is “Subscribe to our cloud for this VST of the thing.” I suppose one could be generous and say the D-05 was a decent reissue since the original was digital and the Boutique’s programming and presets are pretty much 1:1. But there’s no one in that company that gets the soul of keyboard players who want an analog growl rumbling and terrorizing the monitors and having the original knobs and sliders and layout that their favorite music influences had in their own studios. It isn’t about “Oh. but it sounds really close.” It’s about having the tactile and aural experience of the real instrument as your own, with a warranty! and not fearing that some 40 year old chip will suddenly give up the ghost or the cloud will one day be discontinued, because business reasons. Their obstinance is confounding to me.
They don't chase ghosts, in their words.
@@80ssynthfan48They don’t sell me synths either.
Yes the last time I got excited about buying a Synth was when I bought a mini Moog model D reissue in 2016 - I had to wave station as a plug-in for a bit but every time I updated the computer - it stopped working and you really feel like you don’t own the synth that u bought when they’re soft synths
I now have two original korg waystationS
I agree - if they can make a prophet 5 - they can make a Jupiter 8 reissue
Or a cs80 reissue
@@entropybentwhistle I hear you. Guess we should thank them for saving us so much money?!
@@kierenmoore3236The silver lining is we still have silver lining our pockets, I guess.
The Memorymoog wins the per-voice sound competition due to 3 oscs per voice and the famous patented ladder filters.
The T8 wins for keyboard but the filters are meh.
The Chroma and the Matrix-12 win for routing complexity, and the Chroma especially isn't as quick and intuitive to edit especially live, but the -12 as well.
The OBX sounded great but the OB-Xa and OB-8 didn't quite sound as good.
The Jupiter-8 also had an excellent filter, not as tough as the Moog but is often said to fit into a mix better.
If I could have my choice, it'd be the T8, with its velocity and pressure sensitivity and knob-for-everything layout, but with the Moog voice, a choice of Moog or Roland filter (or the 2044, my favorite), and ideally the Chroma routing options. I wouldn't need the Matrix-12 features (I've owned two).
Of the synths here, I cannot accept a synth without velocity, so I can only consider the Matrix, T8 or Chroma, and would absolutely choose the T8 for editing power.
Well there is still one more synth to go which does have a velocity sensitive keyboard
But an amazing summary
Whilst I like the curtis oscillators ( I’ve certainly bought into them)
I do like the Yamaha and Roland alternatives
@@AndyWhitmore I can guess what the last one is and while I love the performance controls (ribbon controller, no?), I actually absolutely hate the filters on it. And the portability 😀
@@lqr824 there definitely isn't a simple "ones better than the other" - in fact I like that they are all so different - but I have to say - I enjoy the synth - you are talking about - so much & whilst it doesn't do many of the jobs a synth needs to do - it does something so different from the other synths that makes me feel its an essential part of my collection! - Thanks for taking the time to watch & comment.
king of the kings
agreed!!
Hey man, i love this Synth!! Is it yours or did you rent it?
Thanks for the love! This synth is actually mine, and I’m really enjoying it!
Those harmonic transitions @ 3:19 are beyond beautiful. Are there any actual music pieces produced using this technique? Please share!
Funny you should say that but I can’t actually think of any - I have a new track coming out on my sister channel Awaji jazz blues - that has some polyphonic glide on the CS80
but I really need to do the same on the Jupiter 8 too
@@AndyWhitmore I will check that track out, thanks!
Just get the integra7 .. it is like 8 of those in one.
The integra 7 is an amazing sound module
Thanks for watching