Roland System 8 Vs Jupiter Xm

The instrument s sound engine is digital of course.

Roland system 8 vs jupiter xm. In other words it s all about the replica of various historical roland synthesizers let s just flag up the name jupiter 8 with the addition of historic roland drum machines plus all modern sounds à la supernatural sound synthesis. I was nowhere close with my guess. Headphones or a good pair of speakers recommended. I don t know man roland seems to always step on their own foot when they release products.

Create the perfect bass and lead split with an sh 101 and juno 106 layer a rich rd piano with lush jx 8p strings or make a monster stack of jupiter 8s. When it comes to vintage and classic poly synths there really are only a handful of products which have become the sought after synths of dreams largely due to the way both time and the marketplace have treated their legacy. The jupiter x can morph into all sorts of legendary synthesizers like the jupiter 8 juno 106 and sh 101. But it can also be a digital piano or a workstation synth like the xv 5080.

Price jupiter x 2199 2499 jupiter xm 1319 1499 rrp contact roland. Its engine can power multiple authentic roland classics like the jx 8p or jupiter 8 with enough polyphony to create thick layers and complex backing parts. Realtime playing no overdubs recorded straight t. In this video david åhlund introduces the roland jupiter xm with an overview of its design a demonstration of the model banks that include juno 106 jupiter 8 jx 8p a polyphonic sh 101 xv 5080 rd piano and more.

When i saw jupiter x i thought it was going to be a 1 1 acb replica of the jupiter 8 like the system 8 engine and the xm was a desktop rack version and in a priced reduced synth to the system 8 for those only interested in jupiter 8 sound look. More precisely it s zen core with various model sound generators. Like you have the system 8 with all these modeling abilities but then you release the jupiter x which is going to model the same keyboards on the system 8 with apparently a stronger synth engine so it just makes owning a system 8 pointless unless you just want a cloud controller. There s no mention of plug out technology so i have to assume that the zen core can run all of roland s synth models without any of that messing about.

System 8 is sort of a sound design king with it s well designed ui but as someone here said if you like that wide analog stereo sound it like other classic polys jupiter 8 ob 8 it s limited to 4 notes.