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Anyone using a Roland Jupiter 6?
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Hex Osirus
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 08:31:46
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So was thinkin of pickin up my first hardware synth....cant really be arsed with virtual analog stuff....want the real deal...
So anyone have any experience with this one? Specifically how are the envelopes??? Nice fast and snappy???
Was looking between this one and the much more modern moog little phatty....
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Nectarios
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 10:27
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Its not going to be easy finding a mint condition JP6. I use JP8 sampler instruments a lot in my tunes, but that is a bit different sounding as the Jupiter 8 was a descrete circuits synth, whereas the JP6 (if I remember correctly) used CEM VCO and VCA.
IF you find a good one, grab it!
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gutter
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 10:41
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must cost a fortune due to the analogue "fever" of the last years, good luck
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Hex Osirus
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 11:58
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well ive found one in pretty mint condition thats been professionally serviced and had its midi capabilities upgraded makin it easy to integrate into a digital workspace....costs about as much as a virus TI...
anyway just wondering if anyone in the psytrance circle has had some experience with these...and what they thought....
online reviews are pretty good but not very detailed...
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 12:22
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On 2009-04-23 11:58, Hex Osirus wrote:
....costs about as much as a virus TI...
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Is not nearly as flexible, but sounds 100 times better, imho always.
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Hex Osirus
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 12:49
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Posted : Apr 23, 2009 13:09
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Yeah, I mean synths with a zillion of modulation sources and intuitive modulation matrixes are good, but when it comes down to raw sound, you can't go wrong with the JP6. Great sounding VCOs and the high pass filter is off the hook!
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piXan
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Posted : Apr 4, 2010 07:36
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i have one roland jupiter 6 working condition just 2 of the keys are busted , apart from that everything works,
the sound is just awesome although i havent done any midi upgrade , resampling has great sound!
fattt!!!!
vitual analog has nothing to do here
might be interested in selling, make ur offer!
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Eleusene
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Posted : Apr 4, 2010 22:01
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as a first hardware synth I'd maybe consider a cheaper one. especially one with an up to date midi or usb implementation. if you wanna stay in the higher price range maybe something like andromeda or voyager.
if the jupiter 6 has the europa upgrade the price (for a virus ti2) should be ok. without the upgrade it's a little bit pricy.
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Eleusene
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Posted : Apr 4, 2010 22:24
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haven't seen that this thread is nearby one year old.
so did you buy the jupiter?
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Hex Osirus
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Posted : Apr 5, 2010 12:58
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nope...got a moog voyager old school and oberheim sem instead as the jp6 europa was turning a bit expensive with shipping and stuff...and for a true happy ending my music partner came across a jp8 for a real killa price...so now ive got access to to one whenever i need 
But when i can afford a nice poly the jp6 is def on the top of my list...
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Posted : Apr 6, 2010 01:12
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Hex Osirus
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Posted : Apr 6, 2010 05:04
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i am super happy with the new sem....got a very different character to the moog...its a bit dirtier, buzzier and brighter sounding...wheras the moog is well creamy...i have the cv version (no midi) so i can control it with the moog (like in the above video) or motu's volta...the cv version is awesome because you have alot of flexibility with the sound as compared to the midi version...you can do all sorts of crazy fm modulation with this....the filter is just fantastic....as you turn the resonance up it just gets louder n louder unlike other analogs where the oscillators level drops as you turn up the reso....Turn up that reso...patch an osc to modulate the filter and hear it scream!! i use mine for basses, leads, arps, fx....all the usual stuff a mono synth excels at...
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