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collecting synths is an art that takes many years and a lot of understanding and expirience. I read the reviews here and was very mad at some of you. How can you talk bad about a perfect analog synth? the MKS-80 is not a jupiter 8 and a Jupiter 8 is not a Super Jupiter. simply put - this is my favorite all time synthesizer ! there is no sound that you can't program on this huge sounding fast acting acid filtering beast.
Think of 2 - 100% pure Analog VCO's -each with 4 waveforms/+ noise.
Cross modulation, LFO and detuning plus syncing.
2 of the fastest 100% Analog ADSR envelopes with Tracking/polarity/velocity.
16 real Analog VCO oscilators in unison with Detuning...
a supreme 4 pole analog VCF filter that screams...! ( only on Ver 4) with all the goodies you want inckuding a HP filter.
This is just a machine that screams "Edit me" so many parameters and logicaly orgenized in a perfect order.
The ram is huge but you can use the Cartridges called M-64C for extra 128 voices/patches
The patches can be made out of 2 sounds panning L-R in stereo and create a huge stacked sound or just split the board in half.
Pros:
huge/Warm/Sharp/Acid/Deep/colorful sound imagined.
Cons:
No keyboard /Arp ( it would of be a 200 lb...)
only 2 -LFO's ( you don't realy miss them with all these parameters)
Conclusion:
The Super Jupiter MKS-80/MPG-80 is without a doubt, One of the best Real Analog- Synthesizer to come across the last 30 years. I hate to compare synths but if I had to, I would take the Super Jup any day over Prophrt-5 OB-8 or any other Analog except for the Jupiter-8 which have a little better VCO's (in the JUP-8 - all electronic VCO's boards) Be patient and learn all the functions before you give up and buy a B- class synth for less effort.
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