The Jupiter-8 was Roland's flagship synthesizer for the first half of the 1980s. Although it lacked the soon-to-be standard of MIDI control, later model Jupiter-8s did include Roland's proprietary DCB interface, and all of them sported advanced features and the ability to split the keyboard into two zones, with a separate patch active on each zone.
Features include adjustable polyphonic portamento and a Hold function for infinite sustain of notes and arpeggios. A versatile arpeggiator can be synchronized with external equipment by using the proprietary Roland DCB interface, clock input via CV jacks on the rear panel, or one of the aftermarket MIDI kits from Encore or Kenton. An assignable bender can be used to control pitch or filter frequency.
The Jupiter-8 is 50mm / f:2 Russian camera lens made by KMZ during the Soviet era. It was made to fit a number of different camera makes. It was available in the M39 lens mount, or "Leica thread mount", and a bayonet mount to fit early ZeissContax cameras. It is a copy of the prewar Zeiss Sonnar 50mm f2.
The Roland Jupiter-6 (JP-6) is a synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation introduced in January 1983. Although introduced as a less expensive alternative to the Roland Jupiter-8, its features include some capabilities not present in the JP-8. The Jupiter-6 is widely considered a workhorse among polyphonic analog synthesizers, capable of producing a wide variety of sounds, such as ambient drones, pads, lead synthesizer lines, and techy blips and buzzes. It is renowned for its reliability and ease, but with sophisticated programmability.
The JP-6 has 12 analog oscillators (2 per voice), and is bitimbral, allowing its keyboard to be "split" into two sounds - one with 4 voices, and one with the remaining 2 voices (either "Split 4/2" or "Split 2/4" mode). "Whole Mode" is also available, dedicating all 6 voices to single (monotimbral) sound across the entire keyboard. Available waveforms include sawtooth, triangle, variable width pulse, square, and noise. Unusually, the JP-6 allows simultaneous selection of any or all of the waveforms in each of its two oscillator banks, an option not found on the JP-8. Oscillator sync and cross modulation are also available. "Unison Mode" allows all 12 oscillators to be triggered simultaneously by depressing a single key. Unison Mode can also be played polyphonically, with the number of oscillators triggered by each key determined by the number of keys held down.
The Roland Jupiter-4 (JP-4) was an analog synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation between 1978 and 1981. It was notable as the company's first self-contained polyphonic synthesizer, and for containing digital control of analog circuits (termed "Compuphonic" by Roland), allowing for such features as programmable memories and voice assignment modes.
Priced at US$2,895, it was cheaper than polyphonic machines from its competitors (such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and the Oberheim OB-X). However, it did not sell well in comparison. (These poor fortunes were reversed on the release of its successor model in 1981, the popular Jupiter-8.)
Roland (Frankish: Hruodland) (died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed by rebellious Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
The story of Roland's death at Roncevaux Pass was embellished in later medieval and Renaissance literature. He became the chief paladin of the emperor Charlemagne and a central figure in the legendary material surrounding him, collectively known as the Matter of France. The first and most famous of these epic treatments was the Old FrenchChanson de Roland of the eleventh century.
Two masterpieces of Italian Renaissance poetry, the Orlando innamorato and Orlando furioso, are even further detached from history than the earlier Chansons. Roland is poetically associated with his sword Durendal, his horse Veillantif, and his oliphant horn.
A sequel, Borderlands 2, was released worldwide in September 2012.
Gameplay
Borderlands includes character-building elements found in role-playing games, leading Gearbox to call the game a "role-playing shooter". At the start of the game, players select one of four characters, each with a unique special skill and with proficiencies with certain weapons. The four characters are: Roland the Soldier, Mordecai the Hunter, Lilith the Siren, and Brick the Berserker. From then on, players take on missions assigned through non-player characters or from bounty boards, each typically rewarding the player with experience points, money, and sometimes a reward item. Players earn experience by killing both human and non-human foes and completing in-game challenges (such as getting a certain number of kills using a specific type of weapon). As they gain levels from experience growth, players can then allocate skill points into a skill tree that features three distinct specializations of the base character; for example, Mordecai can become specialized in sniping, gunslinging with revolvers, or using his pet Bloodwing to assist in kills and health boosting. Players can distribute points among any of the specializations, and can also spend a small amount of in-game money to redistribute their skill points.
“Under the brown fog of a winter dawn. A crowd flowed over London Bridge... For the fat, sexy bass part, MIDI was deployed, the state-of-the-art digital interface syncing three synths together, a Yamaha DX7, RolandJupiter 6 and that trusty Emulator II.
I have had two consistent complaints about most Roland gear ... Engadget · Roland Gaia 2 demos ... Once you grow bored of the main Gaia engine, you can load ModelExpansions to add emulations of classic Roland synths like the Jupiter-8 or Juno-106.
Roland just unveiled its latest software plugin instrument ...There are presets sourced from nearly every Roland instrument you can think of, from the iconic Jupiter 8 synthesizer to the, uh, even more iconic TR 808 drum machine ... Roland.
Thomas Dolby played what sounds like a RolandJuno 60 (bank A, patch 64—“Space Harp”) ... But it’s more likely the instrument was a Roland Jupiter, another analog synth capable of making that sound, and one that he owned at the time of the recording.
"You can't do better than Japanese," he tells New Times while admiring his RolandJupiter 6 synthesizer. Mateu sips an espresso, ready to talk about his first album in five years, Feather & Bones...And I think that's very important." ... It never was ... .
Danalogue has amassed a solid selection of analogue synths over the years he’s spent playing with Comet is Coming and his electronic duo Soccer96, with Roland 303s, Junos, Jupiters, and a trusty SH-101 forming the foundations for C-Smash VRS.
Roland has ... The headline feature here though is the inclusion of the powerful Zen-Core sound engine, which can be found in Roland's professional keyboard workstations like the Jupiter-X and Fantom.
... use of instruments such as the RolandTB-303 bass synthesiser ... a Roland Jupiter-8 keyboard, Roland TR-808 electronic drum machine and the Roland TB-303 bass synthesiser that he had bought in Singapore.
"In recent years, I grew to love the sounds of Roland synthesizers, so I used a lot of them in this track. I featured the classic, iconic synthesizers Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 in hopes that they will ...
Will new boss cut Jupiter’s dividend?. Shares in FTSE 250 asset manager Jupiter Fund Management (LSE... Jupiter’s assets under management have fallen from £59bn to £49bn since the end of 2020.
Infectiously catchy like a zombie plague, the EDM artist whipped out his older Roland JUNO and Jupiter synths to create the downtempo track, with Grey contributing vocals ...Skylar Grey ... ....
Victoria Advocate
22 Sep 2022
Victoria Advocate
22 Sep 2022