Roland Jupiter-80

The Jupiter-80 is a discontinued 256-voice polyphonic virtual analog subtractive synthesizer introduced by Roland Corporation in 2011. The Jupiter-80 is a part of Roland's flagship long-running synthesizer series, which began with the Jupiter-4 between the years of 1978 and 1981. The Jupiter-80 was shortly followed by the Jupiter-50, which is a combination of both the JP-80 and the JUNO series.[1][2] It was succeeded by the Jupiter-X and Jupiter-Xm in 2019.[3]

Roland Jupiter-80
ManufacturerRoland Corporation
Dates2011
Price$3499
Technical specifications
Polyphony256 voices
Synthesis typevirtual Analog subtractive
Aftertouch expressionyes
Velocity expressionyes
Storage memory64 patches
EffectsUpper & Lower: Four MFX processors per Live Set Five configurations (version 2 only)
76 types One reverb processor for each Live Set Five effect types
Solo & Percussion: Compressor/Equaliser/Delay: One of each for each Part One common reverb processor, five types
Master Effects: 4-band EQ
Input/output
Keyboard76 keys

Features and architecture

The Jupiter-80 maintains the visual style of the Jupiter-8, and includes Roland's SuperNATURAL, an extensive synthesis engine that includes virtual analog synthesis, which is digital recreation of earlier Roland analog synths, along with PCM-based recreations of purely digital synths by the company and acoustic modelling of real instruments. Emulations of the original Jupiter-8 sounds were later released as a software instrument for both keyboards on Roland Axial as part of the Synth Legends series.[4][5][6]

The Jupiter utilizes MIDI control, D Beam Control, and Audio File format of WAV, AIFF, and MP3. The synthesizer's memory is external, by way of USB Flash.

References
  1. Corporation, Roland. "Roland - JUPITER-50 | Synthesizer". Roland.
  2. "Roland Jupiter-80 Synthesizer".
  3. "Roland revisits its classic synths in new Jupiter-X range". September 5, 2019.
  4. "Axial - JUPITER Synth Legends". axial.roland.com.
  5. Reid, Gordon (August 2011). "Sound On Sound Reviews: Roland Jupiter 80". www.soundonsound.com.
  6. "Encyclotronic: Roland Jupiter-80". www.encyclotronic.com.
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