street priceThe Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter is a synthesizer module released by Roland in 1984. It is a rack-mountable version of the popular Jupiter-8 synthesizer and is known for its warm, rich analog sound. It features two oscillators, two filters, two envelopes, and two LFOs, and can be used to create a wide variety of sounds. It is also capable of being used as a MIDI controller.
Tags: analog synthesizer
Country of origin / production: Japan
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Sound Module/ Tone Generator | |
| Archetype | |
| Analogue (A) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 8 |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 2 part(s) |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Synthesis Method | Analog Subtractive |
| Oscillator Type | VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) |
| Oscillators per voice | 2 |
| Sub-Oscillators per voice | 1 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Sine |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Square |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Triangle |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Saw |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | White Noise |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Single Voice Preset | 8 |
| Drum Kits Preset | 64 |
| Drum Kits User-defined | 48 |
| Filter | |
| Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) | |
| High-pass Filter (HPF) | |
| Low-pass Filter (LPF) | |
| Band-pass Filter (BPF) | |
| 2-pole | |
| 4-pole | |
| 12dB | |
| 24dB | |
| Resonance | |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| Attack | |
| Decay | |
| Sustain | |
| Release | |
| Filter | ADSR |
| Amp | ADSR |
| ADSR | |
| Modulation | |
| LFO: LFO Count | 1 |
| LFO | Self-oscillating LFO |
| LFO Waveforms | |
| Ramp Up | |
| Ramp Down | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Slider/ Drawbar | 2 |
| Potentiometer | 2 |
| Knob/ Switch | 4 |
| Button | 30 |
| External controllers | |
| Damper pedal | |
| External Control Panel | |
| Audio out | |
| Dedicated output per voice | No |
| All voices mixed in one output | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified | 1 |
| Audio in | |
| XLR | 2 |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal | |
| Color | |
| Black | |
| Production start | 1984 |
| Production ended | |
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