November 29, 2012

Synth Legends – Howard Jones | JUPITER-80

OV Valle [Roland US] Artists Howard Jones, JUPITER-50, JUPITER-8, JUPITER-80, keyboards, Synth Legends 0 Comments

Now available for your JUPITER-50 and JUPITER-80 is the legendary JUPITER-8. Get your free JUPITER Synth Legends Volume 1 sound collection download here. In the meantime, here are some JUPITER-8 facts.

Unlike anything else, the JUPITER-8 had a split keyboard, oscillator sync, cross modulation and polyphonic portamento. Its broad sonic range meant the electro pop community quickly adopted it as their synth of choice, and it appeared on the roster of stadium-filling artists such Duran Duran, Heaven 17, Howard Jones, and Erasure. Its big, room-filling sound defined the pop-music of a generation. More

November 28, 2012

Synth Legends

OV Valle [Roland US] Artists D-50, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones, JUNO-106, juno-60, JUPITER-50, jupiter-6, JUPITER-8, JUPITER-80, keyboards, Legends, SH-101, Stevie Wonder, Synth, TB-303, Thomas Dolby 0 Comments

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Published by endlessdrifter on Feb 14, 2006

In honor of the JUPITER Synth Legends, Volume 1, this post is dedicate

d to the real life legends who pioneered the movement during the golden era of synthesizers. The above video, “Synthesizer Medley” features Howard Jones, Herbie Hancock, Thomas Dolby, and Stevie Wonder during the 1985 Grammy® Award Ceremony in Los Angeles, California. We chose this video as it symbolizes the time in history that made many of these sounds legendary. More