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Roland Jupiter-4

With MIDI

In amazingly good good condition!!

Recently serviced for a few minor issues; not fully recapped, but it is absolutely 100% functional and dead quiet! no crackles or noise.

Serial number 912393 (Rev D) – the final production run featuring the preferred BA662 filters!

Built around 1979.

A massive-sounding synth in fantastic condition!

Once you play it, you’ll immediately understand why some people consider the Jupiter-4 "better" than the Jupiter-8! If you love expansive strings and pads, the J8 certainly wins, but if you love deeply inspiring, organic, surprising and characterful sounds, the 4 is unbeatable in Jupiter land!!

Some Web info

JUPITER 4 vs JUPITER 8

The Roland Jupiter-4 is better than the Jupiter-8 for raw, dirty sounds, aggressive basslines, and fast synth hits. Its simpler design and gritty parts give it a wild, unpredictable tone that professional musicians love for electronic and indie music.

Here is why the Jupiter-4 wins in key areas:

Faster Envelopes:. The Jupiter-4 has incredibly fast envelopes. This makes its sounds punchy and tight.

Wilder Filter: The Jupiter-4's filter can be pushed to distort and growl. It gives the synth an aggressive, heavy edge that is very hard to recreate.

Raw Character: It uses one oscillator per voice. This keeps the sound simple, raw, and cutting.

Legendary Arpeggiator:. The Jupiter-4 has an iconic, fun arpeggiator that helps you write melodies easily.

By comparison, the Jupiter-8 is a much larger and more polished machine. It has 8 voices instead of 4, two oscillators per voice, and can create lush, smooth, and massive string sounds. However, this makes it sound more "polite" and clean compared to the rough and ready Jupiter 4.