::: Fully Upgraded and Updated Roland Jupiter 6 Europa :::

This is an exciting post!  I have been working on this project for months in baby steps and it’s finally ready!  So here’s the deal, I bought out a guy’s analog collection basically to get a Roland Jupiter 8.  Included in the deal were a Roland TR-909 which i already posted about here: ( ::: TR **DR** [[ 909 ]] ::: ) and a Roland Jupiter 6 which is todays post!

This is quite a specimen!  When i received the JP-6 it was mostly working and very updated.  It has the Europa mod which brings it’s brains up to 21st century MIDI capabilities.  The previous owner made wood sides to replace the stock metal ones, which i’m glad he also held on to.  The body went to  customsynth.co.uk  and was totally repainted and re-screened.  There was one large knob missing.  I tracked one down and did a course of the Retr0Bright process to get them all back to the original grey as some had yellowed due to sun damage.  The 2 prong power receptacle was replaced with a 3 prong IEC style one.  All of the sliders and pots have been replaced.  All the voices tune and STAY TUNED ( I burned this JP-6 in for 5 days in the studio and it was still in perfect tune at the end ).

In fact, when i looked under the hood the only functionality issues were in the Bender Board where the LFO 2 was non functional.  There were just some bunk components that were in need of replacement.  It’s sweet to look at and is probably the most pimped out JP-6 i’ve ever encountered.  On a side note, the previous owner painted the bender board caps blue which is cool but i tracked down some of the original white ones to see if they looked better.  I actually settled on a mix where the ‘Wide’ and ‘LFO 2’ buttons are blue and the ‘VCO’ buttons are white but still have the others just in case.

::: Have a look at the pics :::

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I promised myself i would sell this piece and i’m sticking to it!  I have an identical O.G. JP-6 ( this earlier version MIDI In and Out/Thru only ) that this originally was and i’m too emotionally attached to it to sell it. :-D…

It will be offered up soon on the AH list.

and or Ebay!

Analogue Heaven

eBay

THANKS!

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::: Computer World ::: Computer Love :::

I (james) being one of 3 members to post on this blog have a problem. The problem consists of listening to suggested music and treating it with the same respect as the music I already love. Respect is probably not the best word choice, but the point remains the same. I love what I love and anything that comes into my field of hearing usually ends up being scrutinized too heavily and never given the chance it deserves.

Kraftwerk managed to bob and weave their way past the Wilco, Stereo Lab, Talking Heads, fortress and plant themselves into an unexpected place apparently reserved for them already. Computer World is the first record I had a chance to sit down with. I love it. It has all the things that make me feel as though I should be on a highway driving towards some unknown destination. Ambient electronic pop, whatever description you apply it’s great. There are people who can describe them much better than I (Nick Z, XBS Blog master) but that wasn’t really the purpose of this post (sorry, feeling lazy). More than anything it’s a suggestion to go out and give them a listen. They are assuredly not for everyone, but if you’ve never listened than it’s well worth it. “Computer Love” is one of my favorite tracks. If it sounds oddly familiar there’s a reason. Listen and find out.