MATRIXSYNTH: ROLAND JUPITER-6


Thursday, June 11, 2009

ROLAND JUPITER-6


via this auction

"The Roland Jupiter 6 was release in 1983 at a list price of $3,000, measuring 42" wide, 4 ¾" high, and 17" deep. It tips the scales at 35 lbs. The Jupiter 6 ("J6") is a 6 voice synth with a splittable keyboard, memory for 48 tones and 32 patches (two tones set up in a split combination). Each voice consists of two voltage controlled oscillators, a multi mode filter, two ADSR envelopes, and LFO. The unit has a second LFO which is shared by all six voices. Oddly enough while the unit can do splits it does not have a dual mode (due to the way the voices are split up). There are two separate synthesizer boards found in side the board a two voice unit and a four voice unit which are under separate control and allows for the splits..."
Full description at the auction via http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~jeffrey/JP6.htm





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