A 80

A 80

The RolandMKS-80Super Jupiter is a rack mountsound moduleversion of theRoland Jupiter-6and theRoland Jupiter-8synthesizers. It is an 8-voicepolyphonicanalog synthesizerthat was manufactured byRolandbetween 1984 and 1987. It is the only one of the MKS series of synthesizers to have analogue voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) instead of analogue digitally-controlled oscillators (DCOs). The voice architecture is almost identical to theJupiter-6synthesizer. The service manual states that "The module board of MKS-80 features the following in addition to that of JP-6, its brother module. 1) HPF. 2) Low boost circuit in the 2nd VCA. 3) DC supply current boost circuit (IC50)."

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