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RKfan Senior Member
Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 402 Location: Cambridge, England
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject: It's tomorrow!!!! |
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Korg team this is mission control:
RichF - new pacman joke tested and ready to go! - Check
Rudess - got those fingers up to 480 notes per second - Check
KayS - can you come down from the Yamaha stand please you're supposed to be firing up the Challenger Tribute - Check
European Sales and Marketing - ready for Musikmesse launch?
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...... Crackle..... Hiss....
Hello this is Frankfurt where are the pilots, still back at base?
...... Crackle .....
What, what's this - they're on their way!!....
OK count resumed 17 hours, 20 minutes till launch.... |
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RKfan Senior Member
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RKfan Senior Member
Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 402 Location: Cambridge, England
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:26 pm Post subject: Jupiter 80 |
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My German is not great - but I thought I understood - release is September and it will cost about €3,000
The coloured buttons are for different instrument types.
Four sounds can be layered
Touch screen
Did not mention what the buttons underneath the keyboard are for.
I hope the other demos are better because on the basis of these vids - I don't want one...
So where do I order a Kronos... |
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sodapop
Joined: 15 Mar 2011 Posts: 22 Location: seattle
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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worst demo i ever heard |
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jimknopf Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 3374
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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It has become more clear what they have put into that box.
It seems to be essentially a SH01/Gaia as VA (confirmed by the Roland Clan moderator who programmed some presets) along with (in part?) "supernatural" enhanced sampling sounds. Perhaps also their B3 clone?
All that in a keyboard neither sounding remotely as good as a Jupiter 8 nor allowing direct sound shaping like one of these, instead rather delivering fancy colours.
The real dealbreakers are what they seem to call a "live/performance keyboard" and price:
- how can a keyboard with just 4 sliders and 4 knobs (and some ugly colour buttons at the front where you will hardly want to push them during play) ever suit a musician who wants some (any!) advanced live control???
- and how can a VA sounding as mediocre as the Gaia mixed with some advanced ROMpler sounds, "supernatural or not", be the heart of a 3000€ keyboard without sufficient live control and without any sequencing functionality???
I had thought, that after having completely blown the Fantom G development opportunity, followed by things like all the cheap Junos and the V-Combo, that we had already seen the low end in Roland keyboard history. But it seems they are well capable of even sinking lower.
I begin to feel pity instead of anger (about my Fantom G misinvestment) and wish them a significantly more intelligent management, bringing them back on track to keep the competition alive, and REALLY become able to amaze musicians again, like in Juno 6 and Jupiter 8 times.
Expensive toys like the "Jupiter 80" (how pathetic!), which will be joked about in no time even by good willing musicians using Roland gear, are hardly the way to go, are they? |
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Citizen Klaus Full Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 171 Location: Bloomington, IN
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:06 am Post subject: |
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sodapop wrote: | worst demo i ever heard |
That's definately some nasty recording quality on the DI bits. |
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NuSkoolTone Approved Merchant
Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 1069
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:57 am Post subject: Re: Jupiter 80 videos |
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I'll reserve my full impressions for better quality demos and more information, but that did NOT look impressive! Almost kind of a joke where I feel embarrassed FOR Roland given that they pulled out the Jupiter name for this.
Let's hope the rumored price is WAY off and they have some good videos prepared or this is going to be dead in the water before it even ships! _________________ Korg: KRONOS 73, M50-61, 01W/r
Yamaha: Motif XS7, FS1R
Kawai K5000S, Roland JD-990 w/Vintage Synth |
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sparkie Platinum Member
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 743 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:34 am Post subject: |
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Wow I hope that guy in the youtube video doesnt work for Roland? If that is a product demo then Roland needs new employees! |
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RKfan Senior Member
Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 402 Location: Cambridge, England
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jimknopf Platinum Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:07 am Post subject: |
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No, the guy is not from Roland.
It's just a kind of "sound news" guy from a German company, and he had probably never kaid his hands on a "Jupiter 80" before. He was luky to be allowed a preview one day before Musikmesse.
Now that the specs are out:
yes, there is a B3 clone on board. You will have to operate it with a maximum of four sliders
And none of the "supernatural" sounds is demoed in some depth so far.
I would have thought that they would focus on them and on articulation stuff, looking at the medicre Gaia VA synth in the keyboard, which certainly doesn't impress too much. |
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RKfan Senior Member
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Rosen Sound Approved Merchant
Joined: 06 Jan 2010 Posts: 1056 Location: Los Angeles, California
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Well, im impressed! sounds pretty good!
Roland on competing with Kronos -1
Roland making a good sounding synth +1 _________________
Current gear: Korg Kronos 61, Oberheim OB-8, Alesis Vortex
Past Gear: Triton Extreme w/moss & ram, Korg Radias, Kurzweil Micropiano, Triton classic, & Karma
Come visit my Burbank California repair shop/recording studio! Rosensound.com
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kimu Platinum Member
Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 1133 Location: Italy,Milan
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:05 am Post subject: |
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but which sound engines are inside the Jupiter80?
it's not clear to me... some SuperNatural expansion (ROM-based), clonewheel organ model too?
V-synth engine with AP synthesis? |
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jimknopf Platinum Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:24 am Post subject: |
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The VA is no V-Synth. It's a 3 Osc SH01/Gaia. My first impression is that some of the synth sounds still don't come from the Gaia, but are sampled classical sounds, mixed into the presets. Just an impression: I could be wrong.
Anyway, I would NEVER want to use a synth with such a lousy control surface plus some idiotic preset knobs down at the bottom.
Concerning sounds: Some of the preset sounds aren't bad (especially some warm pads and 80s power style sounds). But I'm no fan of muddy massive layering, and prefer defined, clear sounds and soundscapes.
So to me this synth is no temptation at all. Concerning VA sounds it offers nothing I couldn't get equally good or better from my synths (Acess TI and Moogs). And concerning live control, it is a desaster compared to these. |
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EnjoyRC Platinum Member
Joined: 26 Aug 2008 Posts: 746 Location: John 3:16
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:35 am Post subject: |
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Nice demo of the Jupiter-80... didn't know Howard was still around. _________________
Korg (Kronos 88, RK-100S 2), Behringer DeepMind 12, Roland (GAIA, A-800-Pro) |
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