Then again, I'm not using Win7 or even sure what $300 gets you in Norway. NOT very much. Many of the suggested interfaces are near double the price here, as are most instruments. Ashe37 is right, firewire is not an option. I am grateful for all the views and suggestions in this thread guys, thank y...

AWESOME WORK !! :shock: This is probably the warmest sounding digital synth I've ever encountered! +1 Long live the D-50! Back in 2008 I too made a track with only the D-50, except for drums. It still unfinished and lacking in both drum variation and melody. I am planning to remake it as soon as my...

One of the engineers on the Jupiter-80 explains the philosophy behind it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ7DDFMOd9U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjn1hhH1IGI The basic message is Roland failed to make acoustic sounds with the Jupiter-8 in 1981 and wants to make it right now with the Jupiter-80, in...

From his body language I think Jones was as honest as he could be. I assume he got one for free for the endorsement? Anyway, this beast could just as well been labeled a sampler / rompler / sample playback machine. I have a more fitting name, the U-80 . Personally I have never seen the point in buyi...

Why does every post about a new synth sound like it's coming from a hot flashing crone that hasn't been laid in years? Damn, you guys sound like you're seriously missing d**k in a bad way. The Jupiter 80 isn't meant to lick your sagging dried out cunts, but rather, to provide a modern synth for tho...

Well said.

meatballfulton wrote:Sonic State's vid here

Best quality video there. But I would like to see some proper basslines going with the drums, not just the useless noises.

Longer demo from MusikMesse:



It can run on batteries, and has a built in speaker. Finally some competition for the Casio Rapman.

New, better video with less background noise:

Long HoJo Jupiter-80 interview and demo at SonicState, do watch:

http://www.sonicstate.com/video/index.cfm?vid=1

HoJo on the Jup-80, from Roland Channel:



Official introduction:

This seems like a really cool box, I want one!

BlackGnosis wrote:Ich Leibe Romplers. <3

That would be:

"Ich liebe Romplern"

Thank you!

Here is the longer demo. Sounds good so far, nice pads.

It looks like a fun machine, pretty too! No midi is strange though.