Okay, let's get this one out of the way right off the bat. Roland will NEVER produce a "modern day Jupiter 8." It's never going to happen. Roland is a completely different company from what it was back in the glory days of the Jupiter 8. There are probably more web developers on staff these days at Roland than engineers who know anything about analog synthesis.
If you want a "modern day Jupiter 8," may I politely direct you to the Black Corporation website to check out their fabulous $5,000 ISE-NIN "Jupiter 8-inspired" module.
https://black-corporation.com/shop/product/ise-nin/
But what about a modern day Waldorf Microwave with a knobby interface that has double the polyphony and a lot of the features that made the Microwave II/XT such a great synth?
Whoops (as I say that sheepishly,) that synth does actually exist in the form of the "M." So kudos to Waldorf for bringing that beauty back to life!
But what about an "great-sounding 8-voice VCO poly for under $1,000"? Do we really need to wait for Behringer to release something like this? Oh yeah, Behringer did actually release the Pro-800 8-voice VCO poly for, get this, $400!
Okay, I'm really not making a very convincing case that there are desirable synths that don't actually exist in the marketplace.
But I still think there is plenty of room for an amazing-sounding 8-voice, 3-oscillator VCO poly with an advanced synthesis engine (4 envelopes - at least one "multi-stage," 4 LFOs, dual analog filters, 16-slot mod matrix, support for digital waveforms and wavetables, etc.) in a standard 3U rack/desktop enclosure with a large OLED display and oodles of knobs for under $1,000. Or maybe $1,500 if we are being gracious.
Is it really "impossible" to build that synth? Would it really cost $5,000 or more?
I suppose if Groove Synthesis could have built that synth they already would have. But that's the kind of breakthrough "moonshot" hardware synth I would like to see. I don't need gimmicky motorized faders, btw. Just high quality encoders (and not pots). If these encoders had lighted rings in the style of the Nord Lead 3, that would be "extra awesome."
If you want a "modern day Jupiter 8," may I politely direct you to the Black Corporation website to check out their fabulous $5,000 ISE-NIN "Jupiter 8-inspired" module.
https://black-corporation.com/shop/product/ise-nin/
But what about a modern day Waldorf Microwave with a knobby interface that has double the polyphony and a lot of the features that made the Microwave II/XT such a great synth?
Whoops (as I say that sheepishly,) that synth does actually exist in the form of the "M." So kudos to Waldorf for bringing that beauty back to life!
But what about an "great-sounding 8-voice VCO poly for under $1,000"? Do we really need to wait for Behringer to release something like this? Oh yeah, Behringer did actually release the Pro-800 8-voice VCO poly for, get this, $400!
Okay, I'm really not making a very convincing case that there are desirable synths that don't actually exist in the marketplace.
But I still think there is plenty of room for an amazing-sounding 8-voice, 3-oscillator VCO poly with an advanced synthesis engine (4 envelopes - at least one "multi-stage," 4 LFOs, dual analog filters, 16-slot mod matrix, support for digital waveforms and wavetables, etc.) in a standard 3U rack/desktop enclosure with a large OLED display and oodles of knobs for under $1,000. Or maybe $1,500 if we are being gracious.
Is it really "impossible" to build that synth? Would it really cost $5,000 or more?
I suppose if Groove Synthesis could have built that synth they already would have. But that's the kind of breakthrough "moonshot" hardware synth I would like to see. I don't need gimmicky motorized faders, btw. Just high quality encoders (and not pots). If these encoders had lighted rings in the style of the Nord Lead 3, that would be "extra awesome."
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