Talk:Roland Jupiter-8

Assessment, stub class for now
I assessed this as a low-importance article for the Wikiproject Musical Instruments, low being where I put instruments that are not widely known or are somewhat obscure. I rated it a stub because it is the bare-beginning of an article. The references are good so far. If you improve it and want reassessment or need help or have questions, please drop me a line.Jacqke (talk) 18:03, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Jacqke "The references are good so far"? I can't agree - huge swathes of the article are unreferenced original research, the sources include unreliable sources such as forum posts and the IMDB. Popcornduff (talk) 18:11, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Production numbers
Production numbers:

2000 sounds like a convenient, well rounded number. Is this accurate? There is a lot of talk about running changes, and the serial numbers quoted seem to suggest far more were made, even if those numbers are sequenced across several lines.

Fashion cadaver (talk) 00:21, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Basically a rumour that helps to drive up prices. The source doesn't meet Wiki's criteria for a valid source. So let's delete this rumour. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.137.156.76 (talk) 19:28, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

What is an "an arpeggiator"?

Tabletop 01:23, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

An arpeggiator is a device that plays arpeggios.

What are arpeggios? Arpeggio is a musical term that describes the notes of a chord being played one at time.

Usually, all the notes of a chord are played at one time. A synthesizer arpeggiator allowed the user to hold the chord on the keyboard.

The arpeggiator would then play back the notes, one at time, in a manner specified by the user. This is difficult to describe on paper...I wish I could give you a sound demonstration.

Star Trek reference?
In the Star Trek episode Bread and Circuses, when exploring the local planet's "Roman Empire with 20th century tech", a magazine ad for a car named "Jupiter 8" is shown. Maybe they took the name from that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.76.165.186 (talk) 14:09, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Notable users
Notable users without source since October 2013 or before were removed. Removed items are following. --Clusternote (talk) 15:18, 9 May 2015 (UTC) In alphabetically order (by given name or group name):


 * ABBA - 1982 last recording sessions in studio "You Owe Me One", "Just Like That", "I Am the City", "Cassandra", "Under Attack", "The Day Before You Came" & ABBA last performances in Sweden 19 November 1982 on the TV programme "Nöjesmaskinen" and on 11 December 1982 UK Noel Edmonds "The Late, Late Breakfast Show".
 * Steve Adey - He uses a JP-8 on his soon to be released album and latest These Resurrections ep.
 * Alphaville - Used in their song Jerusalem and others on Afternoons in Utopia


 * Kevin Barnes - From Of Montreal
 * Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation
 * Blancmange - Happy Families
 * The Blue Nile - A loaned Jupiter-8 is all over their 1989 album Hats.


 * The Cars - Heartbeat City, Door To Door
 * C. C. Catch - "I Can Lose My Heart Tonight"
 * China Crisis - Working with Fire & Steel (Possible Pop Songs Volume Two), Flaunt the Imperfection, What Price Paradise


 * Steely Dan's "Gaucho"
 * Paul Davis - Singer/Songwriter Used A Roland Jupiter 8, It Was Used Extensively On 1981's Cool Night Album
 * Devo - Oh, No! It's Devo
 * Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless


 * Enya - The Celts. She also plays a Jupiter-8 in the BBC documentary about the making of the album.


 * Donald Fagen's "Nightfly"
 * Harold Faltermeyer - "Axel F". Soundtrack for "Beverly Hills Cop".
 * Foreigner - "That Was Yesterday" on Agent Provocateur
 * Frank Farian used the Roland Jupiter 8 On Milli Vanili 1988's Girl You Know It's True
 * NOVA (electronic music Dutch group from the 1980s) used it in the 'Quo Vadis' album.
 * Freur - "Doot Doot"


 * Go West - "We Close Our Eyes"


 * a-ha with the song The Sun Always Shines On Tv
 * Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap, including "Temptation"
 * Human League - was used since their 1981 album Dare and on many of their later albums


 * Jean Michel Jarre - Chronologie - Oxygene Live in your living room (2007)
 * Howard Jones - esp. Human's Lib
 * Journey on the album Frontiers. It is shown in the music videos for "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" and "Chain Reaction".


 * Lady Gaga used on her hit album The Fame Monster
 * Mando Lichtenberger, Jr of La Mafia
 * Limahl - in the Never Ending Story video clip.


 * Mr. Mister - Bass Arpeggiator on "Kyrie"
 * Giorgio Moroder - Scarface OST (Jupiter-8 sounds in many songs as bass and leads).
 * Rob Mounsey - Almost all sounds on Madonna's number one hit "Crazy for You," Phil Collins's number one hit "Against All Odds,"


 * No Doubt - "Just a Girl" and most songs on Return of Saturn


 * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Junk Culture
 * Peter Oxendale with John Foxx - "The Hidden Man"


 * The Prodigy - "Wind It Up (Rewound)"


 * Queen - Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (1982/2004), The Works (1984), A Kind of Magic (1986)
 * Radio Ga Ga's recognisable bassline was created using the Jupiter-8's arpeggiator, and the solo on I Want to Break Free was performed on Jupiter-8 as well


 * Rush - Signals, Grace Under Pressure Notably, the bass line for "Red Sector A"


 * Savage - "Don't Cry Tonight"
 * Simple Minds - New Gold Dream and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and most of their Once Upon a Time album
 * Paul Simon's "Graceland", many overdubs
 * Spliff - "Heut' Nacht"
 * Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
 * Styx- used on cold war and for vocoder on the best of times


 * Talk Talk - It's My Life
 * Tears for Fears - The Hurting, "Head over Heels" and "Shout" on Songs from the Big Chair
 * Toyah - Anthem


 * Überzone
 * Underworld


 * Visekongene


 * William Orbit
 * Wintersun Project (all recordings 2001-2004)


 * Missing credit information
 * Depeche Mode
 * Dubstar
 * James Ting
 * Legowelt
 * Meat Beat Manifesto
 * Moby
 * Richard Daniel Roman
 * Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
 * Shriekback


 * Keyboardists
 * Gabrial McNair Keyboard player for No Doubt
 * Alicia Keys on "No One"
 * John Foxx on The Garden


 * Non-keyboardists
 * David Bowie - vocalist/performer
 * Prince - guitarist/vocalist


 * Endorsers of other manufacturers, etc..
 * Jan Hammer - "hitlist" - known to use Fairlight CMI
 * Scritti Politti - known to use Fairlight CMI
 * Toto - "Africa" and "Rosanna" on Toto IV  - known to use Yamaha GS1 and CS-80
 * citations

Whats the real price?
They say, it would cost aroundabout 3000£. Now is that the original Roland price? In the webs, there is one being sold for 30 grand! Is this a mistake? RaftaReads (talk) 11:29, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Extremely Notable Users Missing
Where is Mike o' Donnel and Junior Campbell?????? 2601:541:181:80:62CD:8387:6AC8:A737 (talk) 05:21, 1 October 2023 (UTC)