Talk:Roland Jupiter-8

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Assessment, stub class for now

I assessed this as a low-importance article for the Wikiproject Musical Instruments, low being where I put instruments that are not widely known or are somewhat obscure. I rated it a stub because it is the bare-beginning of an article. The references are good so far. If you improve it and want reassessment or need help or have questions, please drop me a line.Jacqke (talk) 18:03, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jacqke "The references are good so far"? I can't agree - huge swathes of the article are unreferenced original research, the sources include unreliable sources such as forum posts and the IMDB. Popcornduff (talk) 18:11, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Production numbers

Production numbers:

2000 sounds like a convenient, well rounded number. Is this accurate? There is a lot of talk about running changes, and the serial numbers quoted seem to suggest far more were made, even if those numbers are sequenced across several lines.

Fashion cadaver (talk) 00:21, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Basically a rumour that helps to drive up prices. The source doesn't meet Wiki's criteria for a valid source. So let's delete this rumour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.137.156.76 (talk) 19:28, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What is an "an arpeggiator"?

Tabletop 01:23, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

An arpeggiator is a device that plays arpeggios.

What are arpeggios? Arpeggio is a musical term that describes the notes of a chord being played one at time.

Usually, all the notes of a chord are played at one time. A synthesizer arpeggiator allowed the user to hold the chord on the keyboard.

The arpeggiator would then play back the notes, one at time, in a manner specified by the user. This is difficult to describe on paper...I wish I could give you a sound demonstration.

Star Trek reference?

In the Star Trek episode Bread and Circuses, when exploring the local planet's "Roman Empire with 20th century tech", a magazine ad for a car named "Jupiter 8" is shown. Maybe they took the name from that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.76.165.186 (talk) 14:09, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Notable users

Notable users without source since October 2013 or before were removed. Removed items are following. --Clusternote (talk) 15:18, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In alphabetically order (by given name or group name):

ABBA - 1982 last recording sessions in studio "You Owe Me One", "Just Like That", "I Am the City", "Cassandra", "Under Attack", "The Day Before You Came" & ABBA last performances in Sweden 19 November 1982 on the TV programme "Nöjesmaskinen" and on 11 December 1982 UK Noel Edmonds "The Late, Late Breakfast Show".^{[citation needed]}
Steve Adey - He uses a JP-8 on his soon to be released album and latest These Resurrections ep.^{[citation needed]}
Alphaville - Used in their song Jerusalem and others on Afternoons in Utopia^{[citation needed]}
Kevin Barnes - From Of Montreal^{[citation needed]}
Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation^{[citation needed]}
Blancmange - Happy Families^{[citation needed]}
The Blue Nile - A loaned Jupiter-8 is all over their 1989 album Hats.^{[citation needed]}
The Cars - Heartbeat City, Door To Door^{[citation needed]}
C. C. Catch - "I Can Lose My Heart Tonight"^{[citation needed]}
China Crisis - Working with Fire & Steel (Possible Pop Songs Volume Two), Flaunt the Imperfection, What Price Paradise^{[citation needed]}
Steely Dan's "Gaucho"^{[citation needed]}
Paul Davis - Singer/Songwriter Used A Roland Jupiter 8, It Was Used Extensively On 1981's Cool Night Album^{[citation needed]}
Devo - Oh, No! It's Devo^{[citation needed]}
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless^{[citation needed]}
Enya - The Celts. She also plays a Jupiter-8 in the BBC documentary about the making of the album.^{[citation needed]}
Donald Fagen's "Nightfly"^{[citation needed]}
Harold Faltermeyer - "Axel F". Soundtrack for "Beverly Hills Cop".^{[citation needed]}
Foreigner - "That Was Yesterday" on Agent Provocateur^{[citation needed]}
Frank Farian used the Roland Jupiter 8 On Milli Vanili 1988's Girl You Know It's True^{[citation needed]}
NOVA (electronic music Dutch group from the 1980s) used it in the 'Quo Vadis' album.^{[citation needed]}
Freur - "Doot Doot"^{[citation needed]}
Go West - "We Close Our Eyes"^{[citation needed]}
a-ha with the song The Sun Always Shines On Tv^{[citation needed]}
Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap, including "Temptation"^{[citation needed]}
Human League - was used since their 1981 album Dare and on many of their later albums^{[citation needed]}
Jean Michel Jarre - Chronologie - Oxygene Live in your living room (2007)^{[citation needed]}
Howard Jones - esp. Human's Lib^{[citation needed]}
Journey on the album Frontiers. It is shown in the music videos for "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" and "Chain Reaction".^{[citation needed]}
Lady Gaga used on her hit album The Fame Monster^{[citation needed]}
Mando Lichtenberger, Jr of La Mafia^{[citation needed]}
Limahl - in the Never Ending Story video clip.^{[citation needed]}
Mr. Mister - Bass Arpeggiator on "Kyrie"^{[citation needed]}
Giorgio Moroder - Scarface OST (Jupiter-8 sounds in many songs as bass and leads).^{[citation needed]}
Rob Mounsey - Almost all sounds on Madonna's number one hit "Crazy for You," Phil Collins's number one hit "Against All Odds,"^{[citation needed]}
No Doubt - "Just a Girl" and most songs on Return of Saturn^{[citation needed]}
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Junk Culture^{[citation needed]}
Peter Oxendale with John Foxx - "The Hidden Man"^{[citation needed]}
The Prodigy - "Wind It Up (Rewound)"^{[citation needed]}
Queen - Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (1982/2004), The Works (1984), A Kind of Magic (1986)^{[citation needed]}
- Radio Ga Ga's recognisable bassline was created using the Jupiter-8's arpeggiator, and the solo on I Want to Break Free was performed on Jupiter-8 as well^{[citation needed]}
Rush - Signals, Grace Under Pressure Notably, the bass line for "Red Sector A"^{[citation needed]}
Savage - "Don't Cry Tonight"^{[citation needed]}
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and most of their Once Upon a Time album^{[citation needed]}
Paul Simon's "Graceland", many overdubs^{[citation needed]}
Spliff - "Heut' Nacht"^{[citation needed]}
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms^{[citation needed]}
Styx- used on cold war and for vocoder on the best of times^{[citation needed]}
Talk Talk - It's My Life^{[citation needed]}
Tears for Fears^{[NU 1]} - The Hurting, "Head over Heels" and "Shout" on Songs from the Big Chair^{[citation needed]}
Toyah - Anthem^{[citation needed]}
Überzone^{[citation needed]}
Underworld^{[citation needed]}
Visekongene^{[citation needed]}
William Orbit^{[citation needed]}
Wintersun Project (all recordings 2001-2004)^{[citation needed]}

Missing credit information

Depeche Mode^{[citation needed]}
Dubstar^{[citation needed]}
James Ting^{[citation needed]}
Legowelt^{[citation needed]}
Meat Beat Manifesto^{[citation needed]}
Moby^{[citation needed]}
Richard Daniel Roman^{[citation needed]}
Roger Joseph Manning Jr.^{[citation needed]}
Shriekback^{[citation needed]}

Keyboardists

Gabrial McNair Keyboard player for No Doubt^{[citation needed]}
Alicia Keys on "No One"^{[citation needed]}
John Foxx on The Garden^{[citation needed]}

Non-keyboardists

David Bowie ^{[citation needed]} - vocalist/performer
Prince ^{[citation needed]} - guitarist/vocalist

Endorsers of other manufacturers, etc..

Jan Hammer - "hitlist" ^{[citation needed]} - known to use Fairlight CMI
Scritti Politti ^{[citation needed]} - known to use Fairlight CMI
Toto - "Africa" and "Rosanna" on Toto IV ^{[citation needed]} - known to use Yamaha GS1 and CS-80^{[NU 2]}^{[NU 3]}

citations

^ "Roland Jupiter: Analogue Polysynths (Retro)". Sound On Sound (February 1998). The popularity of the JP8 ... it still numbered users such as Mark Kelly (Marillion), Patrick Moraz (with the Moody Blues), Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears), Peter Vetesse (Jethro Tull), John Beck (It Bites) and Steve Gray (Sky) among a long list of aficionados and endorsees. {{cite journal}}: |chapter= ignored (help)
^ Robyn Flans. "Classic Tracks: Toto's "Africa"". MIX (Aug 1, 2005). Paich recorded the opening sound on a Yamaha CS80, ... There was a Yamaha instrument called a GS1, a prototype for the DX7, which at that time was the new little digital synthesizer, so the kalimba sound you hear is that. And we used a CS80, which is very unique.
^ "Yamaha GS1 & DX1 - Part 1: The Birth, Rise and Further Rise of FM Synthesis (Retro)". Sound On Sound (August 2001). Toto, for example, layered nearly a dozen tracks of GS1 on million-selling hits such as 'Rosanna' and 'Africa', and used two of them in their live shows.

Whats the real price?

They say, it would cost aroundabout 3000£. Now is that the original Roland price? In the webs, there is one being sold for 30 grand! Is this a mistake? RaftaReads (talk) 11:29, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Extremely Notable Users Missing

Where is Mike o' Donnel and Junior Campbell?????? 2601:541:181:80:62CD:8387:6AC8:A737 (talk) 05:21, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[sosFeb1998-1] "Roland Jupiter: Analogue Polysynths (Retro)". Sound On Sound (February 1998). The popularity of the JP8 ... it still numbered users such as Mark Kelly (Marillion), Patrick Moraz (with the Moody Blues), Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears), Peter Vetesse (Jethro Tull), John Beck (It Bites) and Steve Gray (Sky) among a long list of aficionados and endorsees. {{cite journal}}: |chapter= ignored (help)

[mixAug2005-2] Robyn Flans. "Classic Tracks: Toto's "Africa"". MIX (Aug 1, 2005). Paich recorded the opening sound on a Yamaha CS80, ... There was a Yamaha instrument called a GS1, a prototype for the DX7, which at that time was the new little digital synthesizer, so the kalimba sound you hear is that. And we used a CS80, which is very unique.

[sosAug2001-3] "Yamaha GS1 & DX1 - Part 1: The Birth, Rise and Further Rise of FM Synthesis (Retro)". Sound On Sound (August 2001). Toto, for example, layered nearly a dozen tracks of GS1 on million-selling hits such as 'Rosanna' and 'Africa', and used two of them in their live shows.

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