And almost to spite me, the price bumped up to 9k just right at that point.Īnd slowly, but surely, my Unicorn dream synth moved further and further away from view.
Then I got married… landed in a mortgage, and had 2 kids. They were at 7k and the desire to own the “real thing” by many who experienced the plugin pushed the price quickly up to 8k. Then by the time the first jupiter 8 VST instrument plugin was released … A few more came into view in the next 5 or so years but the price was already up to 3k and I dismissed them as silly prices “I was just offered one for 2k are you serious?”. I lived to regret it every day for the next 20 years. think logically here, this is very irresponsible right now to consider it … What are you doing? You think you are just going to be able to PLAY it? With your limited skills? You just acquired a Jupiter 6 from a friend that has MIDI, it’s the exact same thing but only 2 poly less (of course I know better now and this is far from the case…but). And commonsense started talking in my ear.You work in a MIDI studio and this thing doesn’t have MIDi. But then the following day the reality sank in…you have no money. One of the guys floated through the door and announced “you don’t know someone who wants to buy a Jupiter 8 by chance do you ? $2k it’s the 14 bit one… looks perfect.” Of course my first words were “yes I do know someone …” and put my tentative hand up. This was something I was going to get later when I was “grown up”.Ĭut to 1997 when I was single, moved out of home and paying rent, and working in a production studio. My lawn mowing was never gonna get me there and I knew it. Of course … then there was the price ….$5995 US in 1982.
It is my real definition of a true “synthesizer” … and I was supremely confident that it would sound infinitely better than the frustratingly squawky Casio MT70 keyboard I received for my 14th birthday. It just seemed that everyone was super-proud to show they had a Jupiter 8… and it helped that it was the god-Damn sexiest looking synth ever. they had 2 jupiter 8s !! And didn’t even bother hiding the Roland back logo!!! As a kid in the 80s I saw it featured in film clips all the time (I used to pay very close attention!! with my nose pressed up against the screen.)
Ive dreamed of owning a Jupiter 8 since … we’ll forever. I feel very lucky and blessed to actually have one of the only 3500 legendary Jupiter 8s that that were made between 1981-1984, after wanting to get one for over 25 years, being offered one about 20 years ago for $2k and not buying it and regretting it more and more over the years whilst at the same time watching the prices go UP and UP !! To the crazy prices of $12k or more that you see them go for these days This is the story of how I finally managed to find a Roland Jupiter 8 synth that I could afford and my journey to restore it up to working and cosmetically beautiful condition!Ī friend suggested I document my journey so here I go with my first blog ! Hope you enjoy it and perhaps it might help someone else who has a jupiter 8 to overcome a problem with their synth.
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