Well, I will admit I was pretty unhappy when the Jupter-80 came out. "metamorphosis of a legend" and all that hype. Remember that? When I heard Jupiter and Roland in one sentence I was hoping for the best because most would of course think Jupiter-8. Not that I was expxting a Jupiter-8 reissue BUT when I first saw the Jupiter-80 I was like, "where are all the sliders and control?" Even the Juno-Di gave me more realtime possibilities for editing on the panel. I got over it and I now own a Jupiter-80 and a 50. I have yet to snag the JD-XA or a Sustem-8. NOt sure I want them. I love the idea of the JD-XA but the analog polyphony is too limited, only for voice and I already have the Supernatural synth engine covered in my new Jupiters. With the System-8 I am hesitant to blow my money on it because I had the System-1 and the first 3 boutiques, JP-08, JU-06, and JX-03. I ended up selling those mainly because of the lack of polyphony and fewer patch memory locations than on than on the synths they emulate. Also I found myself still going back to my actual Juno-106 and JX-3p synths. Sometimes I can understand people's frustrations when Roland and other synth manufacturers have a new release. I do not get the complaining about cost because if it is a quality piece and offers something useful it's good with me. At least this new June 20th release is not so hyped up.
