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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:26 pm Post subject: Some new Roland VA Synths
They're apparently going to be officially announced on Thursday but a retailer accidentally put them on on their site last week: JX-03, JU-06 and JP-08 (emulating the JX-3P, Juno 106 and Jupiter 8 synths). They're only 4 voice polyphonic but you can apparently chain multiple units together to make 8 voice, 12 voice etc synths. Apparently based on the same "ACB" technology in the AIRA System 1 and TR-8 machines. You can also buy a mini keyboard if you want to run them standalone.
Few pictures:
They're apparently really small. Thinking of getting one to perch on my Juno Stage.
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:33 pm Post subject:
Oh, and there's a predictably hilarious nerd rage thrad on Gearslutz if you fancy a laugh.
Merkin pricing was $299 for the JX-03 and JU-06 and $399 for the JP-08 on the site that jumped the gun a bit on the announcement. Based on a rather unscientific peek at other Roland pricing that might make the JX-03 and JU-06 about £219 and the JP-08 about £319? _________________
Fran wrote:
I love how this place is basic as fuck.
ekwatts wrote:
I'm just going to smash it in with a hammer and hope it works. Tone is all in the fingers anyway.
Leaked on a pre-order list, not sure if it wasn't planned.
But the funniest thing has to be the Akai Tom Cat and Timbre Wolf, they were on pre-order on a lot of sites, but got taken down because of constant delays (I think there have been already 3 or 4 missed release dates, all in different months). _________________
dezb1 wrote:
I only buy synths with mini keys as I like the shortscale synths.
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:04 pm Post subject:
Yeah, seen a few people suggest the "leak" might have been part of the marketing campaign. Apparently it has happened before with Roland product launches. No idea if there's anything in that theory though. _________________
Fran wrote:
I love how this place is basic as fuck.
ekwatts wrote:
I'm just going to smash it in with a hammer and hope it works. Tone is all in the fingers anyway.
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:04 pm Post subject:
I'm happy for other people who are happy and excited about these. Seems like a really smart way to go, considering the 80's sound is also today sound because the youngsters hate me. _________________ High quality, low popularity Ecstatic Fury
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i got excited about these, but they're 'very limited edition' (why??) and they don't have a mains power input (bang goes using it onstage without a laptop then). i'm not in a position to buy the jupiter module right now, so i guess i'll never get one, as they'll sell out immediately. _________________
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:37 pm Post subject:
Not sure how "limited edition" they are. Might just be marketing speak to drive sales to people who think they might miss out.
I hope they're not too limited as I wouldn't mind picking at least one up. They're bound to use the tech in something else though (polyphonic AIRA synth probably). _________________
Fran wrote:
I love how this place is basic as fuck.
ekwatts wrote:
I'm just going to smash it in with a hammer and hope it works. Tone is all in the fingers anyway.
the main problem I have with these is that they are 4 voice. the jupiter was obviously 8 voice, and with this sort of modern virtual analog tech there is no reason you couldn't have 16 or more voices. the roland sh-01 is 64 voices. I would have much rather seen this in a 49-key version like the sh-01, with at least 16 voices and more performance features. This just seems very artificially handicapped to me. _________________ cogito ergo sum...thing or other...
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:56 pm Post subject:
I saw a chick with dual JU-O8s in her setup, play a gig last weekend.
They sounded fantastic but she seemed to have a bit of a hard time tweaking them on the fly.
At one point, she had to break out a mini flashlight, in order to work something out. I think that the small form factor and the bright LEDs on these might be a bit much for stage use. _________________ Last edited by laterallateral on Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:05 pm; edited 115,726 times in total
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