There's been some discussion on AH on the sonic differences between the Roland JX8P, JX10 and MKS70. The JX10 is claimed to be the equivalent of two JX8Ps and the MKS70 is the rack. Tomislav Babic of babic.com sent the following in.
"iirc its the 5534's on JX8P output stages that changed into somthing cleaner on later models.. MKS70 is ever so slightly brighter, cleaner than JX8P which in turn comes across as slightly warmer. however, MKS70 is substantially less noisy. (afaik even latest JX8P had this change) i prefer the latter. the difference is not night n day, and i like the addedpresence/lack of noise. and for the going price of 300 or so, getting two 6voice analog engines in 2U space is a steal. here's how MKS70 sounds in double mode (4 DCOs, 2 chorus), times two tracks dubbed:
http://www.babic.com/SYN/MKS70-DblPad-Spectrum.mp3
here's another one, its a demo of hi strings, violas and cellos on MKS70,
all layer (dbl tone = 4dco) patches:
http://www.babic.com/SYN/MKS70-Exodus.mp3
unique character. my jup8 has got nothing on this board. and vice versa."
Thursday, May 03, 2007
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Oooh. Love those strings. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteEhhh...but it's not real analog, it uses DCO's.
ReplyDeleteWhile it's true that it does indeed use DCO's instead of VCO’s, to say it’s not real analogue is not strictly correct! What exactly is analogue? That depends on your definition.
ReplyDeleteThere’s analogue as in the use of VCO’s or there’s analogue as in the use of DCO’s for stability but the output waveform being truly analogue, ie, actual real Saw/Square/Pulse wave shapes generated in real-time (not digital fabrications or ROM samples passed through D to A Converters) as the MKS-70 actually does. These waveforms are then passed through real -24db VCF and VCA stages. It has genuine separate Saw/Square/Pulse/Noise wave generators and then VCF and VCA stages.
You’re not going to get any more real than that for a reasonable price these days. The MKS-70 has to be one of the most powerful and versatile digitally controlled analogue synths that were last made. There’s the Oberheim Matrix-1000 but that’s only 6-voice or the Korg EX-8000 but that’s only 8-voice. This baby really does have 2x JX-8P boards inside which is why a Super JX Patch consists of 2-Tones, ie, 2 real Synths, resulting in a whopping 12-voices! It also has some excellent modulation capabitiles such as Cross and Sync modulation and several LFO options too. As another added bonus, you have several output options including the ability to separate the 2-tones so that they go via different outputs so that they may be subjected to different effect/mixing options! How cool is that! It also has a true stereo chorus unlike the Matrix-1000 which has a single mono output.
Compared with the reliability and price of analogue synths that have VCO’s with discreet components, I’d put my money on one of these synths. I own all three in fact and can categorically say that anyone would be hard pushed to tell the difference between one of these modules using DCO’s and older synths using VCOs, especially once everything has been thrown into the mix in a recording.
I personally think it’s a case of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” syndrome for those that know the story! For those that don’t, I’d get reading and you’ll know what I mean real soon…