Of course I would like the easier handling of the JP 50 but what´s about the sound ? Is it the same ? Are the new options for JP 80 Vers 2 (e.g. new vintage filters) also included in the JP 50 ?
There doesn't seem to be any mention of the filters or relation to the V2 in the video or description. Surely they would make a point of that if it was.
Well there's a missed opportunity - if they're going to call the 50 a synthesiser then maybe they could have stripped back on the SuperNatural (ooh spooky) stuff and put some knobs and sliders on it and made it its own distinctive instrument. And five octaves.
New Roland is terrible. Before I got into vintage synths, and was doing hip-hop I always hated Roland. That was before I got into analog and obviously am now fond of their 80s stuff. But besides that I can't stand Roland. All their new stuff is just low end crap and is always super ugly.
New Roland is terrible. Before I got into vintage synths, and was doing hip-hop I always hated Roland. That was before I got into analog and obviously am now fond of their 80s stuff. But besides that I can't stand Roland. All their new stuff is just low end crap and is always super ugly.
oh shut up. you are talking nothing but crap, you troll
well, after watching that JU-50 video, I couldl literally facepalm at every second.
worst of all, the sounds he was using and the way he played them, when he went to do the pitch bend, it was like I watching a 1992 roland video again. and later on when he did that predictable arpegiator on a detuned saw, and played the chords he did I wonder why I would want to buy anything that makes the sound of top40 chart wank
Yes I'm really scratching my head with the top line Roland offerings nowadays (or for a long time). Basically you have two groups of keyboard players, those who prefer natural sounding keyboard sounds (piano, el-piano, organ et rest) and those who like analog virtual or analog tweaking.) Roland then goes ahead and thinks keyboard players want to sound like guitar players, wacko arpeggiator/filter use via controls and so on and end up in the same expensive domain as Korg Karma which has been unsuccessfully been in since inception.
They should just do two things:
a) A wild two oscillator 61/49 key synth similar to Korg R3.
b) A good keyboard system similar to the Nord Elektro ones.
Compete with those concerning price and they should have a good market. And yes, I don't count Junos to section b due to their keyboards. And yes make the editing a snap by putting real controllers back on the front.
Anyway, just my opinion and I missed my Jupiter-6 until I got U-he's Diva plug-in.
After watching the Keyboardmag video for the JP50 I quickly realised that I will not be buying a JP50.
It reminded me of watching Inception.
A layer in a layer in a layer in a layer, even the guys demoing it hard a hard time remembering which layer they were editing.
"It's very simple to change this parameter, "just" hold shift and push the second butting from the left and then you push the fourth button, then you release the shift button, move the cursor with the arrow buttons to what you want to edit and then you use the scroll wheel to change the parameter...."
After watching the Keyboardmag video for the JP50 I quickly realised that I will not be buying a JP50.
It reminded me of watching Inception.
A layer in a layer in a layer in a layer, even the guys demoing it hard a hard time remembering which layer they were editing.
"It's very simple to change this parameter, "just" hold shift and push the second butting from the left and then you push the fourth button, then you release the shift button, move the cursor with the arrow buttons to what you want to edit and then you use the scroll wheel to change the parameter...."
repeat ad neuseum....
Intuitive and quick it's not.
Where's the Yoda smiley?
looks like they have an iPAD editor, watch the vid I posted...
Damn it, Roland, kick out the beancounters just this one time.
Aftertouch should not cost a fortune to add.
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Although the specs currently do not say it, it sounds like the JP50 has got the Version 2 stuff that the JP80 just got, so extra filters (moog etc) and the ability to chain MFX's. MFX's are multiple effects chains already but you can just make even longer effects chains or get the combination of sub effects that are not available in one MFX...
To the people complaining about the people complaining...
Why NOT complain? This "Jupiter" is anything but (and let's not trot out that tired, "In the 'spirit' of the original... we ALL know what a Jupiter means in this day and age).
Simply put, Roland is NOT listening to their consumers... so why NOT bitch?
Doesn't look or sound so bad to me. I just wonder why I'd buy a board like that when I could get a lot more with a DAW. I guess it's all about workflow. I'll bet that for the cost of those things I could make the dollars go a lot farther buying vintage stuff though.
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