Roland Jupiter-6
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| Jupiter-6 by Roland | |||
| Synthesis type: | Analog subtractive | ||
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| Polyphony: | 6 voices | ||
| Oscillators: | 2 VCOs | ||
| Multitimbral: | 2 | ||
| VCF: | 1 resonant lowpass, 1 highpass, 1 bandpass | ||
| VCA: | 2 ADSR | ||
| LFO: | 1 sine/triangle/sawtooth/sh | ||
| Velocity sensitive: | No | ||
| Aftertouch: | No | ||
| External control: | MIDI | ||
| Memory: | 48 tones/32 patches | ||
| Onboard effects: | None | ||
| Produced: | 1983 - 1985 | ||
The Roland Jupiter-6 is a synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation introduced in 1983 as a cheaper complement to the Roland Jupiter-8. The Jupiter-6 is widely-known as a polyphonic analog synthesizer workhorse, producing a wide variety of sounds. It has 12 analog oscillators at 2 per voice, and was one of the first synthesizers on the market to utilize MIDI, a brand new technology at the time. The Jupiter-6 is notable for creating ambient drones, pads, leads synthesizer lines, and techy blips and buzzes. Users of the Jupiter-6 have always hailed its reliability and easy, but sophisticated programmability.
'Synthcom Systems' offer an OS upgrade which adds extensive midi capabilities and a number of additions to the synth engine itself. With this upgrade, the Jupiter 6 becomes a thouroughly modern synthesizer while retaining its classic sound.
