Howard Jones and the Roland Jupiter-80 Synthesizer

http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Roland_Jupiter-80_Performance_Synthesizer_Key... Howard Jones, he of the amazing haircut and baggy jumpers, knows a thing or two about synths and live performance. Here, Howard Jones talk about the new Roland Jupiter 80 synthesizer.
Launched at Musik Messe 2011, the Roland Jupiter-80 revives one of the great names in music synthesis and it's a recognition of the renewed interest in synths by musicians of all genres.
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• howard jones
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• jupiter 80
• roland jupiter
• electro
• synth music

[drkam6]

Howard, how much did Roland pay you to promote this junk?

[TomZentra]

@xpjv XP-60? LOL! You better recount the voices. You're quite a few short.

And the J-80 isn't a sample machine. It goes well beyond sampling with Roland's Behavior Modeling and Super NATURAL technology. The era of 4-layer velocity switched samples is over. You're stuck in the past with your antiquated synth.

[ncheriyan]

Roland defends their stance by saying the Roland founder initially intended the Jupiter 8 to model realistic sounds using real analog, but there was only so much he could do with real analog. This synth (Jupiter 80) can emulate realistic instruments much better than the 8 with supernatural but ofcourse the analog sounds are not real analog...it would have been better if Roland had integrated SuperNatural with real analog circuitry (osc,filters) similar to Jupiter 8.

[weegerri1sm]

Well at least he's making it sound like a synth! :P

Who wants a synth to sound like a flute? You want a flute, buy a flippin' flute!

I want a synthesizer to SOUND like a synthesizer!

[xpjv]

STUPIDER 80 & HOMMIE JERK...!!!

[ComandoForce]

What the heck is this shit? --'

The new KORG Kronos is much better!

I'm disapointed with Roland..

[Riezz73]

any decent VSTi can make these sounds.. and even better

sorry Roland.. i dumped you from the JV series,.. and i will contineu to ignore you

[harrymerchant456]

Fair enough Howard if you get a free synth out of it. But you know it's reLly just carp and Roland are taking the piss trying to pass this thing of as a Jupiter. Just shows how low and out of touch Roland have become.

[simeoneukable]

@MrUAV100 I agree buy a Jupiter 4 or yes an 8. Both unique synths this 80 sounds like everything else out there such as Z1 by Korg which is better than this junk it is. Good video though and nice to see Howard enjoying himself. Peace

[MrUAV100]

Hey Howard just say how good it is and you'll get a free 0 and a nice fat cheque for lying through your teeth. I would do that too if I was Howard but this 80 is just a complete pile of junk and anyone who knows the 80 would laugh at this.

[renegadesoundwaves]

@drkam6

Haha I was thinking the same. I Don't blame Howard though. Someone might as well turn a profit though as Roland definately won't be. This kind of promotion will only work on the kids and naive who fall for the word "Jupiter". Surely no self respecting musician would blow thousands on this awful contraption?