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Roland - JP-80

Description

Metamorphosis of a Legend

One of the most revered prefixes in the history of synthesis returns. Welcome the arrival of the JUPITER-80 - a live-performance powerhouse that pays homage to its legendary namesake with road-proven hardware and massive sound, yet blasts into the future with advanced SuperNATURAL technology. The JUPITER-80's expressive, organic approach to synthesis makes a new world of sound design possible with multilayered SuperNATURAL textures under the control of a full-color touchscreen and creative hands-on controllers. Experience the metamorphosis of a legend with the all-new JUPITER-80!

Powerful integrated SuperNATURAL synthesis engines designed for legendary vintage synth sounds to realistic organic acoustic sounds and more
Single Tone is equivalent to the performance of powerful single synthesizer stack four of these to create a mind-blowing Live Set
Tone Blender tweaks multiple parameters of tones in realtime for complex, emotive sonic movement during performance
Fast, friendly operation with intuitive front panel and color touchscreen optimized for live performance
76-note semi-weighted synth keyboard, and 256 polyphonic voices (varies according to sound-generator load)
USB-memory Song Player/Recorder for backing tracks or quick idea capture

Easy integration with computers via built-in USB-MIDI/Audio interface


Past, Present, and Future Sound
The JUPITER-80 nods to its past with lethal, multi-layered SuperNATURAL synthesizer tones so fat you'll need a knife to cut through it, but that's only the beginning of what this powerhouse synth will do. Gigging musicians will love the stockpile of essential sounds onboard, including Roland's famous SuperNATURAL grand pianos, strings, brass, and much more. The JUPITER-80 puts a fast-access user interface under your fingersa dream for live performance. Its heavyweight design, complete with metal side panels, recalls the legendary JUPITER but with a modern twist.

Tone Blender
You will love the deep possibilities of the stackable SuperNATURAL architecture and unique features such as Tone Blender, which tweaks values of multiple parameters simultaneously and lets you Capture any new combination and save it as a Live Set. Create complex, emotional textures that respond, react, and evolve like nothing you've heard before. Tone Blender can also dramatically enhance your live-performance capabilities by letting you assign its multiple parameters to controllers such as the D Beam.

Powerful Live Sets Featuring Four-Tone Structure and Registrations
JUPITER-80's sound engine handles four x tones with dedicated DSP per tone as a basic unit Live Set for manual performance. Layering of Upper and Lower Live Sets, plus a specialized SOLO part, means the incredibly massive nine-tone-stack sound. Customized complex settings can be saved as Registrations, and easily recalled during live performance.

Behavior Modeling
Roland's latest addition to SuperNATURAL technologyBehavior Modeling let's you easily bring to life the authentic natural performance articulations of traditional instrument players. Flamenco strums. Multi-mallet vibe rolls. Seamless shifts between legato, marcato, pizzicato and spiccato strings. Trumpet half-valve trills and rips and much more. Previously unattainable with such fluidity on a keyboard, these performance nuances complete the realism of SuperNATURAL instruments all without changing patches or doing contortions.

Keyboard: 76 keys (with velocity and channel aftertouch)


Sound Generator Section

Maximum Polyphony: 256 voices (varies according to the sound generator load)
Parts: 4 parts (Upper, Lower, Solo, Percussion)
Registrations: 256 (including pre-loaded registrations)
Live Sets: 2,560 (including pre-loaded Live Sets)

Effects:
Live Set (Upper/Lower part)
-Multi-Effects (MFX): 4 units (parallel connection only), 76 types per each Upper/Lower (total: 8 units)
-Reverb: 1 unit, 5 types per each Upper/Lower (total: 2 units)

Solo part/Percussion part
-Compressor + Equalizer + Delay: 1 set per each Solo/Percussion (total: 2 sets)
-Reverb: 1 unit, 5 types

Master Effects: 4-Band Equalizer: 1 unit



USB Memory Song Player/Recorder Section:

Tracks: 1 stereo track
Playable File Format: Audio File: WAV, AIFF, MP3
Recording File Format: Audio File: WAV (44.1 kHz, 16-bit Linear, stereo)
Effects: 4-Band Equalizer: 1 unit
External Memory: USB Flash Memory (sold separately)
* Use USB flash drive sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if other products are used.

Other
Arpeggiator: Preset: 128 styles / User: 128 styles

Harmony Intelligence: 17 types

Controllers:
- D Beam Controller
- Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever
- Assignable buttons (S1, S2)
- Assignable knobs (E1--E4)
- PART LEVEL sliders (PERC, LOWER, UPPER, SOLO)

Display: Graphic Color LCD 800 x 480 dots (touch screen)

Connectors:
- PHONES jack (stereo 1/4-inch phone type)
- MAIN OUT jacks (L, R) (XLR type)
- MAIN OUT jacks (L/MONO, R) (1/4-inch TRS phone type)
- SUB OUT jacks (L, R) (1/4-inch phone type)
- AUDIO IN jack (Stereo miniature phone type)
- DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack (COAXIAL)
- FOOT PEDAL jacks (CTRL 1, CTRL 2, HOLD)
- MIDI Connectors (IN, OUT, THRU)
- USB COMPUTER port (Audio/MIDI)
- USB Memory port
- AC IN jack

Power Consumption: 25 W

Accessories:
- Owner's manual
- CD-ROM (USB Audio/MIDI driver)
- DVD-ROM (SONAR LE)
- USB MEMORY Protector
- Power Cord

Options (sold separately):
- Keyboard stand: KS-18Z, KS-G8 (Use a stand that causes the height of the unit to be one meter or lower.)
- Pedal switch: DP series
- Footswitch: BOSS FS-5U
- Expression pedal: EV-5
- Stereo Headphones
- USB Flash Memory
*Use USB Flash Memory sold by Roland. We cannot guarantee operation if other products are used.

Size and Weight:
Width: 1,231 mm / 48-1/2 inches
Depth: 439 mm / 17-5/16 inches
Height: 140 mm / 5-1/2 inches
Weight: 17.7 kg / 39 lbs. 1 oz.