Jupiter Clone - Sound Demo 2

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"Some Fat analog sounds from my home brew Jupiter 8 'inspired' synthesizer.

My friend Timo from Supercritical Synthesizers took the JP Clone for a test drive. if you like synthesizers and hardware, check out their website and youtube channel. They make really cool and awesome sounding gear :)

http://supercriticalsynthesizers.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8356speG70sNPMCbdHoOg

ps. Don't mind the wobbly keybed. I did some last minute tuning before Timo started to play and in all the excitement I forgot to secure the screws :D

Layering JP-8 Clone and Roland JP-08 to 8 Voice "Dual Mode"

Published on Sep 23, 2019 tiergrinder

"My Jupiter still has just 4 voices and since I have the 4 voice Roland JP-08 Virtual Jupiter-8, I decided to hook these together to see how a 8 voice (16 Oscillators) synth would sound in Jupiter 8's DUAL MODE.

There are some slight clipping on the recording because the synth got so thick :D You can also hear that the living VCO's are bit unstable when compaired to perfectly tuned Virtual Analog models but I love how the real Analog VCO's sound with the Virtual Analog VCO's."

Midnight sound noodling with the JP-8 Clone

Published on Jan 28, 2019 tiergrinder

"The other night I turned on the 'Jupe' clone and just started to tweak some modulated synth sounds, without any special purpose or goal. Since I've not posted any sounds from this synth in a long time, I decided to turn on the camera and record a simple video. Nothing special or amazing, just the sound of the synth with some reverb from the Lexicon to show what I was cooking."

Mitch Murder - Turning Point (Tiergrinders Synth Study adaptation)

Published on Jan 15, 2019 tiergrinder

"My version from Mitch Murder's Epic masterpiece - Turning Point.

I wanted to make my own version, both to learn and to see if I figure out even half of whats going on in the original. I didn't nail all the sounds, but I tried to archive the feel and mood of the original.

This is by far the most difficult recreation I've ever done and I gave up when I finished the 2 parts from the original three :D The bass line programming with the drums alone took hours and hours.

You can listen and download the Mitch Murder's original here :
https://mitchmurder.bandcamp.com/trac..."

New JP-8 inspired voice boards by tiergrinder

Published on Oct 12, 2017 tiergrinder

"Finally I got around and installed the new voice boards to my Jupiter clone. I made a six PCB test batch almost a year ago and build the boards, but never quite got around to install those.

This patch is made using two saw waves, and a bit of detune between the oscillators. VCO LFO modulation modulates both VCO1 and VCO2 with mild LFO modulation.

Filter is around 25% open to make the low end more pad like and boost the bass. Filter ENV MOD modulates filter just a bit to make the sound more alive. Filter keyfollow is around 60% to open up the upper notes.

Melody is inspired by Gattobus - "Momenti" Jupiter-8 VS System-8 demo"

Synth noodling with Zoom MS-100BT

Published on Dec 9, 2016 tiergrinder

"Noodling with synthesizers and Zoom MultiStomp MS-100BT effect pedal."

JP Heart PCB - Final Countdown

Published on Nov 22, 2016 tiergrinder

"Two JP Heart voiceboard PCB's hooked together to make 4 voice analog polysynth. These voice boards have Jupiter 8 DNA running pretty thick in their veins."

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Jupiter Clone - Voice Board PCB first sounds

Published on Oct 18, 2016 tiergrinder

"First sounds from the Jupiter 'Heart' PCB.
This is recorded right after I got the first board finished and oscillators tuned.

Each PCB contains two Jupiter '8' voices. Each packing with 2 VCO's, Osc Sync, Cross Modulation, All the VCF and VCO modulations and 2 envelope generators.

These voicing PCB's are controlled with 30-wire ribbon cable that sends the slider and pot data each board."

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Jupiter Clone - Sound Demo

Published on Sep 6, 2016 tiergrinder

"This synth is based on Jupiter-8's voice circuits and it shares 100% the same VCO circuits and MOD CON circuits with the original JP-8. Only small differences are that some of the rare transistors are replaced with modern versions.

Polyphony is cut from 8 voices to 4, just because the huge amount of components needed to finish one working voice.

Roland's custom IR3109 Filter chips are replaced with similar OTA Filter design build from discrete components. Roland's IR3R01 envelope generator chips replaced with Electric Druind's Voltage Controlled ADSR design, each running on their own eeprom. There are total 8 of these VCADSR microcontrollers to provide double voltage controlled envelopes for each voice.

More info about the Electric Druids Awesome VCADSR's can be found here : http://electricdruid.net/voltage-cont..."

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Dancing With The Dead - Trasher (Arpeggio synth line)

Published on Jul 9, 2016 tiergrinder

"My attempt to recreate the main synth arpeggio line from Dance With The Dead's song Trasher.

Sorry for the shaky cam and fast panning. I hope no one gets sick from watching this ;) Audio recorded real time from synths.

I wanted the video have all the tweaks in real time so I shot this with my phones cam."

Featuring tiergrinder's DIY Roland Jupiter-8 clone.

Vectors (Work In Progress)

Published on Jun 27, 2016 tiergrinder

"Small clip from my latest audio recording session for a new song.

All synths sequenced live from Ableton Live with Motu Microlite Midi interface. Audio multitrack recorded raw from synths. Effects added in Ableton Live.

Synhts used :
Roland Juno-106
Roland SH-01 Gaia
Roland Boutique JP-08
Alesis HR16
Jupiter Clone"

Lost Years - The Connection (Tiergrinders Synth cover)

Published on Jun 3, 2016 tiergrinder

"My adaptation from Lost Years amazing track The Connection, from his new album Venom.

Original track hit me in all the right places at first hearing.
I love the opening delayed bassline, the following sync sound and everything that song beholds.

My cover is not an attempt to match the original 100%.
All the tweaks are recorded live even though it might seem there is not much happening to the sounds. I record each parts audio and video individually and gather the song and video from those :)

I wanted to test my new JP-08 for the bassline and use Juno-106 for the main synth lines.

Originals Bassline is really fat and I tried my best to emulate this with the JP-08 in unison mode.

Sync sound that I used is from Roland SH01 Gaia, the much bashed virtual analog from Roland. I love this synth and I used its preset sync sound. Original preset has LFO for pitch modulation so I turned that down and inverted the pitch envelopes ENV DEPTH from oscillator modulations attack and decay section.

My Jupiter Clone plays the backing synth arpeggio lines.
Drums are mixed selection of samples. Hihat samples are from 808, Claps from 909 and second more compressed clap I got from my DR-202. Toms are from Simmons samples"

Roland Boutique JP-08 and Jupiter Clone

Published on Apr 21, 2016 tiergrinder

"Fiddling with Roland Boutique JP08 and Jupiter Clone.
I tested my clone against a real JP8 once and know it sounds pretty much like the real deal, so I wanted to test how the new boutique sounds against a real analog.

I have to say, I simply love the new Boutique 'Jupiter'. It certainly has that jupiter sound and it also has that analog magic to it.

This was a quick test trying to match some basic stuff from both synths like VCOs, filter, envelopes and such. More to come.

Juno 106 used just as a master keyboard to the JP08."

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Beyond Sunset - 80s sound test

Published on Feb 11, 2016 tiergrinder

"I was recording 80's sounds from my Juno-106, Jupiter Clone and TX81z, and decided to make a short video while I was doing it.

Pad and Main melody line - JUNO-106
Poly Chords - Jupiter Clone
Bright Arpeggio - TX81z

Synths are sequenced live from Ableton through Motu Micro Lite 5x5 midi interface and were multitrack recorded with Tascam 16x08 audio interface. I added drum and bass parts later from the track I was making at the moment.
Bassline is also from Jupiter Clone."

Orkidea - Unity (Live synth jam)

Published on Nov 13, 2015 tiergrinder

"My live jam rendetion from Orkidea's Epic Classic track, Unity.
This is by far one of my all time favourite tracks from the good old days of trance music.

I chose Solarstones Pure Mix as a starting point for this live jam.
My version is really thin and light when compaired to the original, but I just love the melodies and feel so I just had to do a jam with this track :)

Gear list :

MC-505 : Sequencing and choir, string and main synth sounds.

Bassline, pads, backing choir, sample triggering, crash cymbal sounds and all other parts run from MC-505 besides SH-101 main line.
Patch used (Choir : Patch B081 Brightness Strings : Patch B062 OB Strings Main melody : Patch A029 MG Square)

TR-707 : Kick, Snare, Rimshot, Ride
TR-606 : Hihats
SH-101 : Analog Main synthline, run through Lexicon MPX100 delay
(SH-101 runs main line programmed to its internal sequencer triggered by TR-707's rimshot)

SP-303 : Sampling. Vocal sample edited and chopped in ableton and then sampled to SP-303. Triggered via midi.

Jupiter 8 Clone : Bass line

Original credits Orkidea - Unity (Solarstone Pure Mix) :
Written by Nicklas Renqvist and Tapio Hakanen.
Remix & Additional Production by Solarstone.
Produced by Tapio Hakanen and Petri Alanko.
Licensed to Solaris Recordings."

Röyksopp - Monument Synth Cover

Published on Sep 30, 2015 tiergrinder

"My hardware synth adaptation from Röyksopps Awesome track, Monument (T.I.E Version).

I've made one version earlier that you can hear on my soundcloud :
https://soundcloud.com/tiergrinder/ro...

But this time I wanted to do new video version using just hardware synths and use computer only for recording.

Synths used:
Bassline : Roland SH-101
Chords : Roland SH-01 Gaia (Sequenced by Boss DR-202)
PWM backing synth : SH-101
Pads : Jupiter Clone
Choir vocals in break : Roland SH-01 Gaia
Bright DX-style synths : Yamaha TX81z
Solo Synth at the end : Jupiter Clone
Drums : Roland TR-707 and Roland TR-606 (Hihats)
Reverb and delays : Lexicon MPX100"

The Journey - Separate Ways Synth parts with JP clone

Published on Sep 24, 2015 tiergrinder
Update: Re-Published on Sep 25, 2015 with better audio

"Small test clip where I used JP Clone for synth parts and TR-707 is backing up with generic "rock beat"

Sequencer is synced to TR-707's clock.
Reverb on synthpart is Lexicon MPX100'

Jupiter Clone and Lexicon MPX100

Published on Sep 24, 2015

"Noodling around with my Jupiter clone and my latest purchase, Lexicon MPX 100."

Jupiter Clone @ Synamiitti 2015 Part 1

Published on Sep 9, 2015 tiergrinder

"I brought my Jupiter Clone to Synamiitti (Synth meet) 2015 in Turku Finland, and recorded some videos while people where testing out the JP clone.

Sorry for the poor quality audio and shaky cam. Videos are shot with Iphone and I recorded audio with portable audio recorder. Levels were bit off so there is some clipping."

Jupiter Clone - VCO Modulation and VFC LFO modulation controls

Published on Aug 8, 2015 tiergrinder

"Update 8/8/2015

VCO ENV/LFO and VFC LFO modulation circuits are now build and working. Calibration is still needed but everything works as it should.
VCO Mod control has switch similar to JP8 that chooses which VCO/VCOS are modulated, VCO1, VCO2 or Both.

Next I will start working on sync circuits."

Jupiter Clone Demo - PWM Modulation circuit

Published on Jul 30, 2015 tiergrinder

"Small update.

PWM section is now fully working. LFO / MANUAL / ENV control for each voices. I haven't tuned the PWM mod card yet so its not super refined.

All 8 VCO cards went through recalibration with proper oscilloscope and that made a huge difference on tracking at upper scales. Now each VCO follows over 6 octaves without detuning between voices."