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The Jupiter-6 is an incredible analog synth. All of the Jupiters have a sound that was unlike any other synthesizer and the Jupiter-6 is no exception. This sound is due in part to classic analog Roland technology in its filters, modulation capabilities and a thick cluster of 12 analog oscillators at 2 per voice. Easy and intuitive programming via front panel sliders, knobs and buttons for all your tweaking needs.

The Jupiter-6 is a scaled down version of the Jupiter-8 in terms of programming and polyphony. However the Jupiter-6 has some major improvements of its own such as newly added MIDI control and better tuning stability! While the Jupiter-6 does have MIDI, the implementation is very rudimentary and hard to control. The Jupiter-6 was one of the very first (along with the Sequential Prophet 600) synths to use the then new MIDI protocol, and the implementation on the Jupiter 6 is far from complete.


The Jupiter-6 is excellent for ambient drones, pads, blips, buzzes and leads. The Jupiter-6 is known for being a very reliable, programmable, polyphonic, analog monster of a synthesizer! It is used by Orbital, Moby, Überzone, Devo, BT, The Prodigy, Vangelis, The Chemical Brothers, The Crysta l Method, ZZ Top, Duran Duran, Moog Cookbook, and Blur.

Specifications

Polyphony: 6 voices 

Oscillators: 2 VCO's per voice (12 oscillators total!)

LFO: 2 LFO's with 4-waveforms (sine, tri, ramp, random)

Filter: 24 dB/oct 4-pole lowpass/high pass or 12 dB/oct 2-pole bandpass with their own ADSR envelope

VCA: 2 Standard ADSR's with keyboard track and mixer to balance oscillator levels

Effects: None

Arpeg/Seq: 1 Arpeggiator

Memory: 48 tones / 32 patches

Keyboard: 61 keys

Control: MIDI

Manual

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