The jp 8080 has a 10 voice poly and the 8000 has a 8 voice poly.

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I don't know about the supernova. But about the JP series, I'm searching myself for a good synth atm. And of course I can't get past these two. So I read a load of articles. I can't remember which one of them has the keyboard on it, but I woukld pick that version. Not the rack mount. It has a mod wheel and some stuff which is really really fun to play around with. The sound of both is comparable I'm guessing from what the articles say.

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JP 8080 is the dogs nackers!! i got 1 myself a few months back and never looked back

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Ive got a jp8000, in my eyes its better to touch the keys of this machine. But i recommend the supernova 2, because u can use 4 patches at the same time ( 4 sounds in 1 time). And that machine has more new sounds in it. When you still searching for a synth try also the waldorf Q. Thats the number 1 synth for me.

Thanks for your comments guys

Supernova II (rack or Kbd) has a lot of features, much more than the JP80x0.

SNII:
- Vocoder with 42 bands
- Multimode filter with 12/18/24 dB (LPF/HPF/BPF+nine special filters)
- Filter self-oscilating with overdrive (Waldorf Q and Virus B/C have something like that)
- 3 Oscillators with virtual sync (ARE 3 osc slave AND 3 osc master -
Viruses/Q/JP80x0 etc. don't allow that, only 1 osc can be synced)
- There are some parameters to control (fine tune) the sync process
- It has Unison+detune (ok, several synths have that), but it has a feature called VCO DRIFT -> Unison+detune+VCO drift = phaaaaat sound
- The effects are awesome (comb filters rocks!)
- Matrix modulation is a bad joking (it isn't a Microwave XT/Q or Viruses), but is better than JP80x0
- Arpeggiator is great and very fun (there are preset AND USER patterns!)
- "Double saw" waveform isn't a "JP80x0's supersaw", of course, but it is a monster when stacked in the performance mode:
1 patch with 3 osc (3 double saw = 6 saw's) + detuned + unison (8 voice) + vco drift + chorus + reverb + delay
Now, you get this patch and stacks it (3 patches * 8 voices = 24 voices) obs: my SNII has 24 voices ;-(
- You can have 56 effects in the performance mode
- FM synthesis with 3 operators (generally, you can only have 2 operators - but Nord Lead III has 4 operators - yes, it's an exception)
- 2 Ring modulators (generally you get only one)

JP80x0:
It's a great machine for trance, and it has THE "Supersaw" waveform...
but, in overall, SNII is much better than JP80x0.

I have a SNII and I love it, but I think the Virus C is the better VA in the market.

alex keller.

Last edited by sonic_akb on Aug-16-2004 at 16:30

My (personal) VA rank:
1. Virus C
2. Waldorf Q (still expensive)
3. Supernova II
4. Nord Lead 3
5. JP8080
6. Nord Lead 2
7. PLG150-AN (AN1x plug-in board - it has a MULTISAW waveform - it needs a hard host, like CS6x or Motif)

Waldorf micro-Q is very similar to Q, except that it doesn't have
sequencer and morphing filters.
Yes, the JP8080 has more features than JP8000: 10 voices (JP8000 has 8), vocoder with 12 bands and external inputs for processing other synths, drum machines etc.

Last edited by sonic_akb on Aug-16-2004 at 14:46

Is possible make sound like rank 1 style with Supernova II ?

yay
here we go again
it's possible to recreate rank1 sounds with every synth offering saw's and unison
I'd go for the supernova anyway, jp has only 1 (2 ?) parts where you can use the supernova for several parts. Like sonic says in performance mode the sn is a real beast, much, much more power than the jp.

I had to choose 2 years ago between the micro q and the jp which were the same price used and I got the mircro q coz it's much more powerfull and everybody has the jp. I didn't regret it for 1 second yet.

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