The Sound of the Roland Jupiter-4

Roland UK visited us with a Jupiter 50 so we could explore exactly what you get with the little brother of their flagship Jupiter 80. We looked at the synthesis capabilities, the Supernatural voices, performance capabilities and how it works in a DAW setup.

Vintage synth demo by RetroSound bassline: Moog Prodigy, through the EHX Small Stone phase shifter and triggered by the TR-606 drum-machine lead/pads: Roland Jupiter-4; drums: Roland TR-606; Unfortunately are some video scenes not syncron. more info: www.retrosound.de and http For much better sound ...

Vintage synth demo by RetroSound bassline: Roland Jupiter-4 arpeggiator in random mode and VCF modulation triggered by the TR-606 sweeping pad sounds: Roland Juno-60 deep bass: Moog Taurus bass pedals (intro and at 2.20) drums: Roland TR-606 no overdubbing, no sequencer software used more info:...

Choosing the demo for this video was a tough call, because the demo player did three totally different ones - from a Zappa-esque piece in 15/16, to a more lyrical demo, to an electro-type mashup called "Oh My God."

The JUPITER-50 is equipped with a sound engine that's the sonic equal of its big brother JUPITER-80, containing most of the SuperNATURAL acoustic and synthesizer tones found in the JUPITER-80. It also retains the same Live Set architecture, where four separate sound engines can be stacked together...