I think Arturia actually sells a VST plugin version of the Jupiter 8. Granted: not the SAME thing, however, I purchased their OBXaV synth, and I would say the sound is about 90% the same... considering the plugin costs 160$ as compared to, what, 10K+? Worth it.
🤠 Behringer is in the design stage of making one. It may very well be the first B synth I get. I don't even know if I like the sound. I was watching Christian Henson review a Lyra-8 yesterday & I thought that sounded much better, if not the same synth format.
Bought mine from a Baptist church that was closing down 10 years ago, I paid $50.00 for it in pristine condition with all the manuals and original power cable. Manufacture date was 1982. Sold it for $14,500 to a studio in the UK.
After inflation it has never really moved. It's worth it. Play one. It's not just some synth... it's a tour de force of what was possible at the time. And it looks, feels, and sounds godly.
Its all down to supply and demand. The supply is short and demand still fairly high. Its also how much someone would want to part with it. My JP8 is 100% mechanically and 90% cosmetically. If someone offered me $2k (£1630) I would laugh at them. I wouldn't expect to get the premium $14k either but it would have to be close ish for me to want to let it go.
@@Bikerboythousand Ok, $2K is little, but $3-$4k is max. There is nothing gold inside, it's just greed to raise prices such high. You can have 2 highend performance computers for that price, just think if it is inside something worth it. They should cost less than good computer. They have quite simple electronics inside, much simpler than computer.
@@jaggassno he took the name from the famous (song of Roland de Roncevaux) a French knight that was beaten up during a middle age War against the Arabian knight he was very unlucky, so they made a poetry and song about his misfortune...
To think many of us sold our Jupiters, Prophets and OB’s for DX7’s, D50’s and M1’s back in the great decade. Kicking myself right in the pie hole for that fail. Too bad Marty didn’t find a synth almanac.
I think its what alot of people did back then. Digital keyboards, VST's , samplers are great but it will never do what an analog synth can do. Im even renting a Minimoog Model D and OB-8 in the future just to get a feel for them and makea few songs.
That is why I will never sell my vintage synthesizers :) Got the majority of them between 2000-2010 (it was still a good time to grab them), and they are increasing in value every passing year... these days I feel like living surrounded by a museum. The best time was before Mark Vail published his "Vintage Synthesizers" book (1994), displaying prices of $600-$800 for a Jupiter-8. After that, and the arrival of dance-techno, all hell broke loose. Some decent machines started to appear in the early 2000's, like the Alesis Andromeda A6 but unfortunately it was too buggy. I needed to have a master keyboard on top of my Hammond C-3, so I went first with a Kurzweil K2000, then an Emulator E4K, then the Andromeda. Returned the Andromeda and grabbed a Jupiter 6, which was nice but not enough voices. Then a JP-8 suddenly appeared, sold the JP-6 for $800 and grabbed the 14-bit JP-8 for about $1500. That was around 2003 I think. Fifteen years later, my JP-8 is still going strong, now sitting on its own tier as it's been replaced from being on top of the Hammond by a Yamaha EX5 (another monster machine). Advice, if I may: In this day and age, NEVER SELL any piece of gear. Keep it and take utmost care of it. You never know if it's going to become a highly sought after piece of gear in the next 10 years...
That's so true, I have an analog Roland Microcomposer that really to me was just a piece of outdated junk (still is to my mind except for the fact it can create seismic disturbances with subsonic frequencies that are inaudible but make walls shake). Someone gave it to me for nothing and now they fetch more than a thousand US bucks ! Ridiculous...
The X-Mod section paired with S&H lfo takes you into a whole other dimension; especially when the second OSC is using the noise....little percussive rhythm machine. ;)
It's also an 11 minute video. Also, everything this can do is about 5% of what Zebra2 can do. Analog purists are blow-hards. No one complained about the "non-ANALOG" sounds on any of Hanz Zimmer's soundtracks. All hardware synths coming out now are only trying to approach the capability of VSTs available, and Zebra2 is the best of both worlds. Capable of modern sounds and also fabulous vintage vibe.
I never really appreciated this beast as a lowly stagehand loading these monstrosities in and out of venues. I can't even count how many of these awesome instruments I've handled over the years and now that I'm getting into playing, my memories are slapping me.
@@HappyBeezerStudios Exactly, except the price. When we know that a midified Jupiter 8 is at more than 40. 000 euros, it hurts a little to the wallet, but, this price is justified (or not) by the rarity of the product: only 2000 copies released, and few copies on the market at the moment.
@@jimbotron70, Yes, I totally agree with you. It's totally staggering. Which explains the flight of its price,on the second-hand market it is rarity, Only 2000 copies were made, and few models circulate today. I want to say that it is better to fall back on the latest models of Roland (Jupiter X, Juno X ...) even if we lose heat and grain. With the new models, fewer breakdowns specific to the old models, no more waiting to heat the electronic components for a good quarter of an hour... This is what I tell myself for reason to keep (French expression). Thank you for responding to my comment, it made me happy. :)
sir edzonko diva has some really great presets but where the Jupiter 8 vst and a lot of the other Roland cloud synths outshine diva is the apreggiator. It works really nicely and very easily and sounds great
Doctor Mix...your love and passion for keyboards makes me believe in the power of finding a purpose... you know what you do, and you sure rock at it! Keep it up man 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This thing would've been far too advanced for the NES. The NES sound chip only had 4 monophonic channels; 2 squares, 1 triangle, and a noise channel. If you dedicated the three wave channels, you could only have a triad, whereas the Jupiter-8 could play 8 notes polyphonically. Not only that, the NES wasn't even coming close with things like automated oscillating. But then again, compare the size of the two machines!
Most subtractive synths are like that. They start with chiptune like waveforms and they can be manipulated with envelopes, filters, LFOs, effects, etc.
They probably werent pushed by management to get the product out the door. My sister works in quality control and they constantly try to push software out quickly with bugs, and then release service back updates. It's the world. Make money, get the money. Cell phones, fast computers, iphones, etc didnt exist in the 70s and 80's, everything moves too fast these days to put lots of time and care into product development and instead in our race to market we try to skimp and produce as cheaply as possible. They had time to care about the product they were making and put their heart and soul into developing it. In the 70s the engineers had time to call up the musician and say hey come down and listen to this new sound and tell me does it sound good? There was time for the engineers to rework, and rework and rework the same sound until it was right. In fact, they were designing the equipment for musicians who had good ears. Even though the hardware and software back then was primitive, it's all about the sound in the end.
Yeah!! Let's pretend the Jupiter 4, and dozens of other Roland synths weren't released before the Jupiter 8. As OP says, they got it right "first time", genius!
Tom Breadsell sound engineers before are different from those sound engineers now. And also only few of the original sound engineers are left. But you can still get the sound of the jupiter 8 on some other synthesizers.
I've already said this in other videos, but it's my forbidden dream: If time travel were possible, I would like to bring one of these jewels to Mozart or Bach and tell them: "Please, try it!". Who knows what would come out...
It’s a cool synth but it’s incredibly overrated. The new Roland Jupiter-X has all of its strengths and none of its weaknesses for a fraction of the price. Now this IS NOT the case for the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5/10 and Oberheim OB-Xa (for which I think sounds the best of them all), but the Jupiter-8 is more legend than anything else. People want them because of the ‘80s bands who used them and then they get them home and realize they fall out of tune, have no MIDI, and need new caps, solder, etc and realize they just bought a very cool but expensive synth. I’ll take the remake Prophet-5/6/10, the Jupiter-X, and even the Oberheim OB-6 over this thing any day.
My friend scored a perfectly working one in ‘97 for $350 from an older fellow who used in at one point in some kind of country band. Crazy crazy once in a lifetime deal.
Tonnes of people made a big mistake ditching these for digital keyboards and samplers. They aren't laughing now because they want to buy them back for silly money.
Just learned more in this 11 minute video than ever before. Nothing like having the hardware in front of you, it all seems so clear now. New subscriber here.
just saw a video of HJ playing Jup8 in the 80s, his was modified, it didn't have any panel markings. I thought it was interesting, search YT for "Howard Jones - New Song on Saturday Superstore"
Woody Piano Shack I was too busy laughing at the guy dancing. And I couldn't even pay attention to the Jupiter. I saw Howard Jones recently and he was using a midi controller and a computer. It made me a little sad not to see at least one Hardware synthesizer up there on the stage. At least the band survive the guys who did the music for stranger things had vintage synthesizers from Korg and Roland and Dave Smith it was like a museum. Tonight I saw Chromeo and they had Model D minimoog and other various Chrome colored synthesizer.
hi sam, so you liked jed! yeah, +1 pretty funny. yeah, i too would be disappointed not to see the vintage synths, i do understand they are valuable, irreplaceable and flaky, but nevertheless they are the instruments that made him famous. probably though 95% of his fans don't know or care about the synths.
You can never be sure that the instrument they use in TV recordings is the one they actually own or used on the recording as they are often miming and they may be using a borrowed one or something. I saw HJ in concert about 1985. I had low expectations as I thought it would be one bloke stood behind keyboards all night, but they had anticipated that and there was a live drummer who drummed standing up on electronic pads, and Jones himself walked freely around the stage interacting with the audience. Much better than I expected.
The 80s Japanese music that is now known as City Pop featured the Jupiter 8 extensively, Even after the DX7's arrival, the Jupiter 8 was still the go-to synth for the bright brass sound. Check out Anri, Mariya Takeuchi, Tatsuro Yamashita. Miki Imai, etc...
Roland had pulled all the stops for this synth, and it shows big time. I just wish that they would do a modern re-issue of it, a faithful re-issue with real discrete electronic components (although it could be SMD) and none of that ACB modeling crap. Great review/presentation, thanks for sharing !
James Reeno If it would be as good as the original, I'd be willing to pay $5K for it, since it would be a bargain compared to the prices of those few original ones left (in as good a condition as this one is).
Adamski A. Agreed. Behringer could be the one to do it. Unless Roland finally gets off their asses, and hop on the analog bandwagon like Korg did with their Prologue.
Back in the 80s on the Groove and funk tracks, I would always look at the back of the album to see what instruments were used (don’t get that on CDs or downloads) and yep Roland Roland Roland were there all the time and the Jupiter 8 would be seen
ok. i wasn't trying to be that technical but I appreciate the info... by the way, if you added some nice reverb to that sound patch he's using to play "jump", it would probably be damn close! just saying thats the first second of the intro. yay! now go have a nice day
@@markushutto4017 - Nope, on an Oberheim. Eddy Van Halen plays his Oberheim for the solo in "Jump" right on the official video... th-cam.com/video/SwYN7mTi6HM/w-d-xo.html @2:31. You must not be a child of the 70's or 80's. Everyone saw that video played on MTV a million times when it was a hit.
Incredible. I can name so many old that this Synth sounds like it produced sound for. Here's a couple: 4:21 - PS2 - Ape escape music 6:33 - Amiga 500 - Hybris Music games and old music
Doctor, I'm a fan. I always dreamed of having a Jp8 and a Prohet-5. Now at least I have the Arturia versions. These are cool for my SoHo (New York City) film scoring studio.
I love using arturia Jupiter 8 with strings for voice with envy 2 for release and mini moog for sequence for arpeggios as it feels very Jean michel jarre style
@@Alexander_Tronstad I can say that both the Tal and the JP-8 from Arturia are awesome. I am intimately familiar with the JP-8 and can really say that both are amazing. For me though the latest Arturia is just soooo close to the original that I know, some patches are basically indistinguishable. Was quite impressed!
Indeed, haha, exactly. Fully yes, so unfortunately, such weirdoes wank off all too pathetically (...) + never produce more interesting music with these instruments. Besides, the technology has long since reached the point where all these analog sounds can be produced without audible sound differences (this has been proven in depth) with appropriate and affordable software. It is the musical result that counts, not the focus of irrelevant forced collecting. Thus always ignoring the decisive factor. ...Only a few can be called real musicians at all at present. --
C. C. even if you could reproduce the sound 100% acurate the plugin would not have the mojo. it‘s the same with digital watch... it shows the exact time so its all you need but isn‘t it much more appealing to know there is a wonderful mechanism inside, and its rare just like a piece of art? think you get the idea.. it‘s more thinking in terms of an „instrument“ rather than „sound generator“
@@Ader1 🤦♂️ Here, in context, it was about the completely exorbitant prices for these certain analog sound generators, all too often in the hands of focused collectors and less by sufficiently talented musicians. This was the aspect that I examined. Of course, some analog synthesizers have a special high quality + so to say in the very end an unique pleasant sound (...), but that's exactly why they should be available (less money-oriented when sold) to capable musicians (...!) and not only to pure collectors or people who even believe that they will become more assertive musicians. And this is what many crackpots believe, who are willing and able to pay so much money for it. Simply too absurd.
I repaired two of the first ones in the US in the underground below Portland Music Co. in the early 80's. The schematics were photocopies labeled in Katana before there was a service manual. I spent a bunch of time on the tuning of one of them before we figured out that the spec for the computer tuned analog oscillators was + or - 3 cents. The customer could hear that, and by the time we found out it was in spec, I could too. This synth got me an all access pass to Oregon Jam 82. This was used on the Journey video too.
Great informative video on a legend of a synth ツ I first discovered the JP-8 at a music store in 83, then made the decision to get the JP-6 (at that time the JP-6 was a few hundred US dollars less than the 8) I should had went with my instincts on the JP-8, when playing it thru headphones at the store I could not leave it alone. Really an amazing instrument. Love that 80's sound in the Roland oscillators Cheers!
Honestly the most celebrated keyboard of the Golden Era 80s production. Oberhiem & other companies had gotten close but Roland nailed it. Once the Jupiter8 came out it was literally all over the radio. In all genres.
A nice demo! The Jupiter 8 is such an iconic synth used on so many countless songs throughout the 80s and in decades until now! It’s fair to say that this is Roland’s Flagship synthesizer! What a legendary instrument but also being covered by a legend!
I can't play...but I'm a nerd for these (and the even more obscure) synths. These are are like speaking of epic space ships and interstellar travellers like the Voyager exploration crafts. Think of all the timeless music they helped create.
I had access to one of those babies back in ‘83 but I was so new to synths that I learned more about it from your video. Imagine you seeing your fist real synth and it being a Jupiter 8? Even though I didn’t know how to really use it, just messing around with it for a few weeks I got some unmatched sounds that were so amazing. Nice video Claudio!!
it was 1989 and i bought a juno 6 from dougies music for £169 and i thought it was amazing,then 6 months later i chanced upon the jupiter 8 in jan 1990 for £450 incl case ,still got her and she is off the planet-even this v good vid doesnt do this beast justice.just have 2 synths,this one and a good mono and you can forget the rest
If you want a good Jupiter 8 synth, either buy the Jupiter X or (preferably) get a VST for the jupiter 8, specifically either Roland Cloud (with a lifetime key) or Arturia, where you can get the whole V collection for $300 or the synth itself for $150.
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It's me again at 3 am watching a tutorial on how to use a synth I'll never own
relatable
Relatable
I think Arturia actually sells a VST plugin version of the Jupiter 8. Granted: not the SAME thing, however, I purchased their OBXaV synth, and I would say the sound is about 90% the same... considering the plugin costs 160$ as compared to, what, 10K+? Worth it.
@@jibb1451 you can get the arturia v collection, it has 18 Plugins including the jupiter 8 and the juno 6, it cost $600 so it is like $33 per synth
just get the boutique, it ain't the same, but you get a very close sound, or rent one if you are going for it
I've got more chance of going to Jupiter than owning one of these beauties
Right?
I really like how he doesnt haven talent to use one of those but still has one. Typical American
🤠 Behringer is in the design stage of making one. It may very well be the first B synth I get. I don't even know if I like the sound. I was watching Christian Henson review a Lyra-8 yesterday & I thought that sounded much better, if not the same synth format.
@@zeusolympus1664 he’s not even American lol
@@zeusolympus1664 hurrr duurrr where's your channel bruh? He's an excellent player, obviously.
Some people want boats, cars and motocycles, l want this 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@RentVandH2O Good choice. Buy a plugin and keep focused on producing great music.
@Jonathan Silva pq é sonho não realizado 👍👍👍👍🤣
the price is equal😉
@@pj8770 l know lol
Me also
Bought mine from a Baptist church that was closing down 10 years ago, I paid $50.00 for it in pristine condition with all the manuals and original power cable. Manufacture date was 1982. Sold it for $14,500 to a studio in the UK.
Bro now that’s a steal right their!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
I hope you gave that money to the church.
Theif.... lol
Bullshit
£14k for a synth....
jesus
After inflation it has never really moved. It's worth it. Play one. It's not just some synth... it's a tour de force of what was possible at the time. And it looks, feels, and sounds godly.
It's not worth. They should cost $2k, then it would be worth.
Its all down to supply and demand. The supply is short and demand still fairly high. Its also how much someone would want to part with it. My JP8 is 100% mechanically and 90% cosmetically. If someone offered me $2k (£1630) I would laugh at them. I wouldn't expect to get the premium $14k either but it would have to be close ish for me to want to let it go.
£14k? Wow. Somebody should start making clones :D I was expecting 3k$ max.
@@Bikerboythousand Ok, $2K is little, but $3-$4k is max. There is nothing gold inside, it's just greed to raise prices such high. You can have 2 highend performance computers for that price, just think if it is inside something worth it. They should cost less than good computer. They have quite simple electronics inside, much simpler than computer.
In the early 90's when people were throwing their analog gear out in the alley I could have picked up one of these for $500. Today I wish I had.
I got a Juno 106 in Tennessee in 98 for under 300 at a pawn shop. Pre internet I guess
Everybody wish that too.
@@ezzong Junos were 100 quid too and jx3p 60 quid.
I am so lucky to own one of these. I have had it since I was 13 and I'm 50 now and still play it all the time : } Nothing sounds like this synth : }
Good on you! You're very lucky!
my serum and harmor VST's sound better yo
I'm 13 and all I got is a laptop
@@jo_nm9484 and why do you have to tell us that you're 13?
@@negvey idk
2:59 This is the definition of fart.
Pretty sure he said fat, I think?
@@Raveologist Yes, I was just kidding.
such an underrated joke 🤣🤣😭
Every time I disrobe for a female I look down and say 6:36
Lol!
🤣🤣
I do the same thing, only for Males. It's a big World! Get over it!
Damn you can make synth noises?
So worth the click 😂😂😂
200 years later and people are still wondering who that Roland dude was .
Ikutaro Kakehashi the founder of Roland got the name from a phonebook.
@@jaggassno he took the name from the famous (song of Roland de Roncevaux) a French knight that was beaten up during a middle age War against the Arabian knight he was very unlucky, so they made a poetry and song about his misfortune...
9:11 This is the most perfect sound. Absolutely lush.
Nearly teared up
lol
got some goosebumps immediately
I feel it coming
reminds me of island sunrise from software
To think many of us sold our Jupiters, Prophets and OB’s for DX7’s, D50’s and M1’s back in the great decade. Kicking myself right in the pie hole for that fail. Too bad Marty didn’t find a synth almanac.
I think its what alot of people did back then. Digital keyboards, VST's , samplers are great but it will never do what an analog synth can do. Im even renting a Minimoog Model D and OB-8 in the future just to get a feel for them and makea few songs.
Suckerrrrrrrrrr.
didnt know sperm could buy synths
That is why I will never sell my vintage synthesizers :) Got the majority of them between 2000-2010 (it was still a good time to grab them), and they are increasing in value every passing year... these days I feel like living surrounded by a museum. The best time was before Mark Vail published his "Vintage Synthesizers" book (1994), displaying prices of $600-$800 for a Jupiter-8. After that, and the arrival of dance-techno, all hell broke loose. Some decent machines started to appear in the early 2000's, like the Alesis Andromeda A6 but unfortunately it was too buggy. I needed to have a master keyboard on top of my Hammond C-3, so I went first with a Kurzweil K2000, then an Emulator E4K, then the Andromeda. Returned the Andromeda and grabbed a Jupiter 6, which was nice but not enough voices. Then a JP-8 suddenly appeared, sold the JP-6 for $800 and grabbed the 14-bit JP-8 for about $1500. That was around 2003 I think. Fifteen years later, my JP-8 is still going strong, now sitting on its own tier as it's been replaced from being on top of the Hammond by a Yamaha EX5 (another monster machine).
Advice, if I may: In this day and age, NEVER SELL any piece of gear. Keep it and take utmost care of it. You never know if it's going to become a highly sought after piece of gear in the next 10 years...
That's so true, I have an analog Roland Microcomposer that really to me was just a piece of outdated junk (still is to my mind except for the fact it can create seismic disturbances with subsonic frequencies that are inaudible but make walls shake). Someone gave it to me for nothing and now they fetch more than a thousand US bucks ! Ridiculous...
This is just 10% of what a Jupiter 8 can do.
agreed
The X-Mod section paired with S&H lfo takes you into a whole other dimension; especially when the second OSC is using the noise....little percussive rhythm machine. ;)
It's also an 11 minute video.
Also, everything this can do is about 5% of what Zebra2 can do. Analog purists are blow-hards. No one complained about the "non-ANALOG" sounds on any of Hanz Zimmer's soundtracks.
All hardware synths coming out now are only trying to approach the capability of VSTs available, and Zebra2 is the best of both worlds. Capable of modern sounds and also fabulous vintage vibe.
@@akiramenai4973 VST modules by FL studio "that's hard!"
Obviously 😎
I never really appreciated this beast as a lowly stagehand loading these monstrosities in and out of venues. I can't even count how many of these awesome instruments I've handled over the years and now that I'm getting into playing, my memories are slapping me.
"Thriller," "Jump," and "Miami Vice." This is the sound machine of my 80's childhood!
Tachi Tekmo “jump” was done on an OBXA.
Scarface
Radio gaga
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Jump was the DX7
Wouldn't be surprised if this thing made a band's van lean left or right
Well, back in the 1980s, cars and vans were alot heavier :)
That would be the CS-80 you are referring to, which was a 200lbs monster
You'd be surprised to find a band affording this piece of gear still driving around in a van though ;)
Because it's so fat?
27Kg :D
8:40 i lost it all 😢😩😋😩 so beautiful....
THE sound of the 80's !!!
One of the pillar synthesizers of the time(and still today).
TIMELESS !!!!
Jupiter-8, minimoog, DX-7, Juno-60, Prophet 5, M1, D-50
What else would one need for THE sound
@@HappyBeezerStudios
Exactly, except the price.
When we know that a midified Jupiter 8 is at more than 40. 000 euros, it hurts a little to the wallet, but, this price is justified (or not) by the rarity of the product: only 2000 copies released, and few copies on the market at the moment.
@@HappyBeezerStudios Oberheim OB-Xa ?
@@lairdtomfrenchelectromusic2545 Price has gone up dramatically in the last 5 years, and it will be worse in the future.
@@jimbotron70, Yes, I totally agree with you. It's totally staggering.
Which explains the flight of its price,on the second-hand market it is rarity, Only 2000 copies were made, and few models circulate today.
I want to say that it is better to fall back on the latest models of Roland (Jupiter X, Juno X ...) even if we lose heat and grain. With the new models, fewer breakdowns specific to the old models, no more waiting to heat the electronic components for a good quarter of an hour...
This is what I tell myself for reason to keep (French expression).
Thank you for responding to my comment, it made me happy. :)
You can get the Roland cloud as Alternative with all the synths as VSTs
Definitely recommend this, sound is great. Not as good as the real thing obviously but a great recreation none the less
Is it better than Diva?
sir edzonko diva has some really great presets but where the Jupiter 8 vst and a lot of the other Roland cloud synths outshine diva is the apreggiator. It works really nicely and very easily and sounds great
@@harleybanks7252 thanks for the info!
The roland jupiter-8 are the 80's on a synthetizer
10:43 Own my God!!. Look this bass (,°-°),
OWN my god?... i dont know m8.. sounds kinda communist to me.
@@idk7721(laughing) relax, BR using google translater.
r/boneappletea moment?
Doctor Mix...your love and passion for keyboards makes me believe in the power of finding a purpose... you know what you do, and you sure rock at it! Keep it up man 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Purpose is what God assigns to you. Just have to ask Him.
She: Do I look fat in this dress?. YOU: I would say more like "Low-frequency oscillator". XD
8:48 sounds of heaven
I can’t sleep at night if Claudio doesn’t say ‘Coming up’ in the begging of the video:)
Grazie for the great demo of that beast synth, Dottore!
7:58 Top Gear easy way
Honestly sounds like that synth was used for Nintendo nes games lol
This thing would've been far too advanced for the NES. The NES sound chip only had 4 monophonic channels; 2 squares, 1 triangle, and a noise channel. If you dedicated the three wave channels, you could only have a triad, whereas the Jupiter-8 could play 8 notes polyphonically. Not only that, the NES wasn't even coming close with things like automated oscillating. But then again, compare the size of the two machines!
Most subtractive synths are like that. They start with chiptune like waveforms and they can be manipulated with envelopes, filters, LFOs, effects, etc.
I litterally was going to say the same thing, and this would be the type of things you would hear in a mario kart
Go listen to Duran Duran’s “New Religion” “The Reflex” and “Hold Back the Rain” for starters.
Italo disco,house, new jack swing etc I supousse
Amazing how majority of the synth makers in the 70s and 80s just got it right the first time~^^
They probably werent pushed by management to get the product out the door. My sister works in quality control and they constantly try to push software out quickly with bugs, and then release service back updates. It's the world. Make money, get the money. Cell phones, fast computers, iphones, etc didnt exist in the 70s and 80's, everything moves too fast these days to put lots of time and care into product development and instead in our race to market we try to skimp and produce as cheaply as possible. They had time to care about the product they were making and put their heart and soul into developing it. In the 70s the engineers had time to call up the musician and say hey come down and listen to this new sound and tell me does it sound good? There was time for the engineers to rework, and rework and rework the same sound until it was right. In fact, they were designing the equipment for musicians who had good ears. Even though the hardware and software back then was primitive, it's all about the sound in the end.
Yeah, they got it right first time with the Jupiter... umm.... *8*?!
+Mark Jennings Hear, hear!
Mike Hunt: 8 voices, genius.
Yeah!! Let's pretend the Jupiter 4, and dozens of other Roland synths weren't released before the Jupiter 8. As OP says, they got it right "first time", genius!
7:43 TRON movie begins (Thank you, Dafty P)
Don't ever call Daft Punk by any other name.
@@sheepdavis 🙄
What a gorgeous poly analog synth. Thanks for sharing this, you're a great presenter and a beautiful keyboardist.
Why don’t they make instruments like this anymore?
Not sure they do anymore
Tom Breadsell cost vs return
They do but sadly the analog market is very small now.
Because then people would complain that it’s overpriced and too big...
Tom Breadsell sound engineers before are different from those sound engineers now. And also only few of the original sound engineers are left. But you can still get the sound of the jupiter 8 on some other synthesizers.
2:31 That's sick! Them synths never get old!
Wats the song?
@@swapnilprasad6136 tell me if you find out
@@itsjustme8581 Jump- Van Halen
At 2:27 I know that you will play Europe Final Countdown cause I felt the sounding the same as you felt!😊
I honestly don’t know what it is, but that riff in the intro is amazing. I always get it stuck in my head! Infectious!
It's a Synth bro
@@patrickprakash8 I think he is trying to ask what piece it is from not what instrument it is.
@TrashPanda Raccoon bro I know what riff is okay
@@Ianthe22 I got it bro😂.It was a lame comment
@@patrickprakash8 yea well, would be boring if everything was all pitch perfect. No sweatin bro. It's all fineXD.
9:30 I don’t know what’s more lush: the sound of the synth or the harmony. Simply oozing hipness.
8:45 - 9:45 yes. love it.
Love your enthusiasm, mate! Looking forward for more vintage synths in action!
I listened Van Haley, "Jump" in my head 10:27
Josielson Aleixo hahahahahha
Immediately
I've already said this in other videos, but it's my forbidden dream: If time travel were possible, I would like to bring one of these jewels to Mozart or Bach and tell them: "Please, try it!". Who knows what would come out...
Saving up for retirement but instead I'm going to get a J8. Sure I'll be homeless and starve but at least I'll go out in style. ;)
One of the best synthesizers ever build. Your Finger moving showing the arpeggiator :)
0:01 R2D patch
Had my JP8 since 2000. Bought it broken. 100% now. Love it. Love my 6 and 106 as well :) Awesome synths.
It’s a cool synth but it’s incredibly overrated.
The new Roland Jupiter-X has all of its strengths and none of its weaknesses for a fraction of the price.
Now this IS NOT the case for the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5/10 and Oberheim OB-Xa (for which I think sounds the best of them all), but the Jupiter-8 is more legend than anything else. People want them because of the ‘80s bands who used them and then they get them home and realize they fall out of tune, have no MIDI, and need new caps, solder, etc and realize they just bought a very cool but expensive synth.
I’ll take the remake Prophet-5/6/10, the Jupiter-X, and even the Oberheim OB-6 over this thing any day.
My friend scored a perfectly working one in ‘97 for $350 from an older fellow who used in at one point in some kind of country band. Crazy crazy once in a lifetime deal.
Tonnes of people made a big mistake ditching these for digital keyboards and samplers. They aren't laughing now because they want to buy them back for silly money.
Just learned more in this 11 minute video than ever before. Nothing like having the hardware in front of you, it all seems so clear now. New subscriber here.
just saw a video of HJ playing Jup8 in the 80s, his was modified, it didn't have any panel markings. I thought it was interesting, search YT for "Howard Jones - New Song on Saturday Superstore"
Just watched it, do you think it just looks that way due to the camera angle and video processing effects?
after watching it again i think you're probably right. always nice to see it being played by one of the most prominent users!
Woody Piano Shack I was too busy laughing at the guy dancing. And I couldn't even pay attention to the Jupiter. I saw Howard Jones recently and he was using a midi controller and a computer. It made me a little sad not to see at least one Hardware synthesizer up there on the stage. At least the band survive the guys who did the music for stranger things had vintage synthesizers from Korg and Roland and Dave Smith it was like a museum. Tonight I saw Chromeo and they had Model D minimoog and other various Chrome colored synthesizer.
hi sam, so you liked jed! yeah, +1 pretty funny. yeah, i too would be disappointed not to see the vintage synths, i do understand they are valuable, irreplaceable and flaky, but nevertheless they are the instruments that made him famous. probably though 95% of his fans don't know or care about the synths.
You can never be sure that the instrument they use in TV recordings is the one they actually own or used on the recording as they are often miming and they may be using a borrowed one or something.
I saw HJ in concert about 1985. I had low expectations as I thought it would be one bloke stood behind keyboards all night, but they had anticipated that and there was a live drummer who drummed standing up on electronic pads, and Jones himself walked freely around the stage interacting with the audience. Much better than I expected.
The 80s Japanese music that is now known as City Pop featured the Jupiter 8 extensively, Even after the DX7's arrival, the Jupiter 8 was still the go-to synth for the bright brass sound. Check out Anri, Mariya Takeuchi, Tatsuro Yamashita. Miki Imai, etc...
9:53 - 9:57 . Bruh~ That's a motivation for us to work harder
Roland had pulled all the stops for this synth, and it shows big time. I just wish that they would do a modern re-issue of it, a faithful re-issue with real discrete electronic components (although it could be SMD) and none of that ACB modeling crap.
Great review/presentation, thanks for sharing !
AlainHubert I can see behringer finding a market for a clone if that is legally possible. They would sell by the freighter load.
AlainHubert would cost $5,000
I think that thje ACB modelling is really good .................... but of course for budget Synths only
James Reeno
If it would be as good as the original, I'd be willing to pay $5K for it, since it would be a bargain compared to the prices of those few original ones left (in as good a condition as this one is).
Adamski A.
Agreed. Behringer could be the one to do it. Unless Roland finally gets off their asses, and hop on the analog bandwagon like Korg did with their Prologue.
I would LOVE to have a Jupiter 8. They are one of the best synths of all time and define the 80s synth sound
Special secret- Doctor mix doesn’t know the whole opening riff to Van Halen Jump
Back in the 80s on the Groove and funk tracks, I would always look at the back of the album to see what instruments were used (don’t get that on CDs or downloads) and yep Roland Roland Roland were there all the time and the Jupiter 8 would be seen
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Thank you SO much. I just bought Arturia's soft synth version of this and your video has really helped me understand and navigate the functions 🤙
The Roland Cloud's Jupiter 8 sounds exactly the same as the real synth compared to the Arturia but it is a huge CPU hog and more expensive.
wow when I heard the Van Halen "JUMP" song intro I was like OMG !!!!!!!! @ 2:31 (your welcome)
Van Halen's "Jump" was played on an Oberheim OB-Xa.
ok. i wasn't trying to be that technical but I appreciate the info... by the way, if you added some nice reverb to that sound patch he's using to play "jump", it would probably be damn close! just saying thats the first second of the intro. yay! now go have a nice day
I thought "jump" was on a D50
@@markushutto4017 - Nope, on an Oberheim. Eddy Van Halen plays his Oberheim for the solo in "Jump" right on the official video... th-cam.com/video/SwYN7mTi6HM/w-d-xo.html @2:31. You must not be a child of the 70's or 80's. Everyone saw that video played on MTV a million times when it was a hit.
no sir@@markushutto4017
Incredible. I can name so many old that this Synth sounds like it produced sound for. Here's a couple:
4:21 - PS2 - Ape escape music
6:33 - Amiga 500 - Hybris Music
games and old music
Doctor, I'm a fan. I always dreamed of having a Jp8 and a Prohet-5. Now at least I have the Arturia versions. These are cool for my SoHo (New York City) film scoring studio.
very expensive. I have to settle for Arturia's emulation.
@morenazo952 agree.
I love using arturia Jupiter 8 with strings for voice with envy 2 for release and mini moog for sequence for arpeggios as it feels very Jean michel jarre style
missed your chance to show something more than some sawtooth OSCs
He completely forgot the iconic use of this synth by Duran Duran. Instead of that e mention Michael Jackson. Seriously.
The first synth I've ever been able to understand just by looking at it. I've been using computer versions of this for a very long time
Which version do you recommend?
@@Alexander_Tronstad I can say that both the Tal and the JP-8 from Arturia are awesome. I am intimately familiar with the JP-8 and can really say that both are amazing.
For me though the latest Arturia is just soooo close to the original that I know, some patches are basically indistinguishable.
Was quite impressed!
Prince had the absolute BEST use of that synthesizer especially with all of his early records....
I found one, bit it was literally as much as a new car, $25,000
fabulous how you played those chords and melodies that you liked a lot 🤗🤗🤗 your keyboards are incredible, greetings from Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico
10:50 such a sexy sound. I need this synth in my life
Downpitched low vibrato 😂😂😂
Really???
Delorean Dynamite by Todd Terje ?
You have gooood taste
I think it was a korg polysix, I feel this one is over kill haha
My favourite. 😍
First I saw this on a Cover from Howard Jones :-)
NANO-Nils
Yeah that was the record called new song on the front cover with him standing over the Jupiter 8.
Yes,me too....
and i throw of my mental chains after i saw it.....:)
It "costs so much", because of the mythology...and all the collectors chasing each other's tails...
Indeed, haha, exactly. Fully yes, so unfortunately, such weirdoes wank off all too pathetically (...) + never produce more interesting music with these instruments. Besides, the technology has long since reached the point where all these analog sounds can be produced without audible sound differences (this has been proven in depth) with appropriate and affordable software. It is the musical result that counts, not the focus of irrelevant forced collecting. Thus always ignoring the decisive factor. ...Only a few can be called real musicians at all at present. --
C. C. even if you could reproduce the sound 100% acurate the plugin would not have the mojo. it‘s the same with digital watch... it shows the exact time so its all you need but isn‘t it much more appealing to know there is a wonderful mechanism inside, and its rare just like a piece of art? think you get the idea.. it‘s more thinking in terms of an „instrument“ rather than „sound generator“
@@L.Sher.L. What does being a musician have to do with the analog synthesizer theme? Wtf
@@Ader1 🤦♂️ Here, in context, it was about the completely exorbitant prices for these certain analog sound generators, all too often in the hands of focused collectors and less by sufficiently talented musicians. This was the aspect that I examined. Of course, some analog synthesizers have a special high quality + so to say in the very end an unique pleasant sound (...), but that's exactly why they should be available (less money-oriented when sold) to capable musicians (...!) and not only to pure collectors or people who even believe that they will become more assertive musicians. And this is what many crackpots believe, who are willing and able to pay so much money for it. Simply too absurd.
@@L.Sher.L. I understand your point but, sound generator? It's just a very expensive analog synthesizer
I repaired two of the first ones in the US in the underground below Portland Music Co. in the early 80's. The schematics were photocopies labeled in Katana before there was a service manual. I spent a bunch of time on the tuning of one of them before we figured out that the spec for the computer tuned analog oscillators was + or - 3 cents. The customer could hear that, and by the time we found out it was in spec, I could too. This synth got me an all access pass to Oregon Jam 82. This was used on the Journey video too.
My friend bought one twenty three years ago for $250 in perfect working order. Deal of a lifetime.
I got mine for £100 with a flight case around the same time ;)
@@genetixdnb no you didn't
@@sheepdavis Yep.. also got a Jupiter 4 for £150 and 2x SH-101's for £80
Great informative video on a legend of a synth ツ I first discovered the JP-8 at a music store in 83, then made the decision to get the JP-6 (at that time the JP-6 was a few hundred US dollars less than the 8) I should had went with my instincts on the JP-8, when playing it thru headphones at the store I could not leave it alone. Really an amazing instrument. Love that 80's sound in the Roland oscillators Cheers!
Wasn't the Jupiter 8 the synth used on Journeys song "Separate Ways"?
Well, it’s definitely the keyboard in their video, so I’d assume that’s what J.Cain was playing.
In "Separate Ways", it indeed sounds like a Jupiter 8.
I like how he says that he's going to show me how to create a patch. Like I'm ever going to get my hands on a Jupiter 8!!!
the intro reminds me sooo much of 'young hearts - commuter' from the original karate kid
Holy shit man you right
Honestly the most celebrated keyboard of the Golden Era 80s production. Oberhiem & other companies had gotten close but Roland nailed it. Once the Jupiter8 came out it was literally all over the radio. In all genres.
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The filter on the Jupiter 8 is perhaps my favorite. It has such good range, and WOW ! That resonance is nuts.
Tangerine Dream made excellent use of this synth on their 1983 live album Poland.
love this one ... I love Music And Its Amazing Sir God Bless.. Love It
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When he was playing the pad, I 100% thought he was playing Fix You lol
01:58... For a split second sounded like the opening of "River People" (Weather Report). What a cool instrument!
I had a Jupiter 8 years ago. I sold it for about £500 in the early 90s. All I have as a reminder is a fridge magnet.
2:30 Van Halen's Jump is a Oberheim OB-X, played through a Marshall amplifier stack...just sayin
2:59
false, the definition of fat is the mom of whoever is reading this
A nice demo! The Jupiter 8 is such an iconic synth used on so many countless songs throughout the 80s and in decades until now! It’s fair to say that this is Roland’s Flagship synthesizer! What a legendary instrument but also being covered by a legend!
1:56 i need the chords pleaseee
yyeessss pls
Very cool! This is the synthesizer used on "separate ways-journey". You could recording a vídeo playing a Casio cz5000 synthesizer.
I remember coveting this on the picture sleeve of Howard Jones 'New Song'
I never liked Howard Jones. What was wrong with me?
@@tomalcolm 😏😄
I still look at that sleeve and sigh.
I can't play...but I'm a nerd for these (and the even more obscure) synths. These are are like speaking of epic space ships and interstellar travellers like the Voyager exploration crafts. Think of all the timeless music they helped create.
This is the synth-youtube equivalent of I JUST BOUGHT A TESLA [NOT CLICKBAIT] 😱😱😱🤯🤯 but in a good way
The way you say synthesizer really reminds me of the way Giorgio Moroder says it during the intro of the Daft Punk song.
I had access to one of those babies back in ‘83 but I was so new to synths that I learned more about it from your video. Imagine you seeing your fist real synth and it being a Jupiter 8? Even though I didn’t know how to really use it, just messing around with it for a few weeks I got some unmatched sounds that were so amazing.
Nice video Claudio!!
Yeah Sumbi!!! How have u been?
it was 1989 and i bought a juno 6 from dougies music for £169 and i thought it was amazing,then 6 months later i chanced upon the jupiter 8 in jan 1990 for £450 incl case ,still got her and she is off the planet-even this v good vid doesnt do this beast justice.just have 2 synths,this one and a good mono and you can forget the rest
8:32 my fucking goodness
If you want a good Jupiter 8 synth, either buy the Jupiter X or (preferably) get a VST for the jupiter 8, specifically either Roland Cloud (with a lifetime key) or Arturia, where you can get the whole V collection for $300 or the synth itself for $150.
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6:02 so you named meow bass, got it!
Jupiter 8 and DX 7 - the Icons of the whole 80ties - what brilliant and Easy to reach sounds of that time! GREAT!!
Excellent work Claudio!!
The System-8 emulation is VERY close. Check it out.
Now that I got the modx I want to try to recreate as many cool patches from other synths as I can
I'm seeing these original from the 80s for 30,000$, is that really how much you payed for yours?!?