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the used analog market is hard to understand sometimes. example:
i have owned three different prophet-5's, and though they still seem to sell for
over a thousand bucks, you couldn't GIVE me one for my jupiter-6.
here's a list of things the JP6 has over the prophet-5 for those comparing.
all waveforms available simultaneously on each VCO, multimode filter (not found on
the JP8, MKS80, OB8, OBXA, memorymoog, or any of the prophets...a VERY cool feature).
invertable envelopes, two kinds of polyphonic glide (regular and chromatic),
programmable pitch bend lever, arpeggiator, splittable keyboard,
balanced/unbalanced output, headphone output, superfast cassette interface, factory
midi, solo mode (the synth becomes monophonic), unison with detune, a RELIABLE
keyboard (not one of those cheezy pratt/reed keyboards that breaks j-wires every
other week). instantaneous auto tune, and of coarse 6 voices instead of 5.
for some reason, the 6 has been badly underrated, but consider this; the JP6 was
built after the JP8, and before the super jupiter. in fact, it sounds a LOT like
the super jupiter (which most people including myself consider one of the BEST
sounding analogs of all time). it only stands to reason that the components are
very high quality. if you're in the market for a used old analog, check out a JP6
it's one of the best deals found these days. peace.
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