Jupiter-6 was introduced in 1983. The analog instrument has a 6-voice polyphony and is bitimbral. The structure provides each voice with 2 VCOs giving 12 oscillators allowing the keyboard to split into two zones one featuring 4 voices and another 2 and...
Jupiter-8 is an iconic performing synthesizer with an all analog signal path (VCO + VCF + VCA) created by Roland in 1981. It has 8 voices of polyphony, 2 parts of timbrality and features 2 VCOs per voice. The LFO produces triangle, square, saw and random...
Roland didn’t try to make Jupiter 8 out of Jupiter-80, but we can’t deny that the instrument failed to keep the famous name at the proper level. The 100% digital sound engine of the new Jupiter is based on Supernatural technology, sampling every note of...
The Kurzweil K2000 is a professional-level synthesizer and digital workstation released in 1992. It was designed by Ray Kurzweil and was one of the first digital synthesizers to use samples and synthesis together in a single instrument. It featured a...
The Kurzweil K2000R is a professional-level synthesizer and sampler released by Kurzweil Music Systems in 1994. It is a rack-mountable device that combines a synthesizer, sampler, and digital signal processor (DSP) into one unit. It has a wide range of...
