Since the game-changing debut of JUPITER-4 in 1978, all synthesizers anointed with the “JUPITER” badge have symbolized the state of the art, and have ushered in new creative possibilities as Roland's flagship synths. Today, the flagship JUPITER-80 has evolved into Version 2, while the JUPITER-50, represents the expressive sound of the JUPITER-80 in a more lightweight and affordable package. Both of these new-generation instruments mark new milestones in the JUPITER lineage.

Not only physical modeling of the instruments, Roland takes it a step further by modeling the instrument's distinctive behavior that responds to how the performer plays, resulting in true-to-life, expressive sounds in realtime.

Taking advantage of Behavior Modeling technology, SuperNATURAL is Roland's exclusive sound set that achieves a new level of realism and expression that were difficult to realize with previous sound generators. The JUPITER-80 and -50 are powered by SuperNATURAL, offering mind-bending synthesis and surreal sound as well as natural, true acoustic tones that reproduce the playing expressions unique to acoustic instruments.

Live Sets are made by overlaying up to four SuperNATURAL tones to achieve fat and heavy sounds with unique expression. Live Sets that are mapped to the upper and lower registrations in JUPITER-80, and the upper registration in JUPITER-50, can be saved as "Registrations." You can retrieve these registrations instantly for handy access during live performance.

To faithfully recreate the unique sound of analog synths, we've meticulously analyzed the behavior of oscillators, filters, and envelopes that are unique to analog synths. In the new JUPITER series, a single synth tone comprises three OSC, FILTER, AMP, and LFO chains, which give you absolutely powerful synthesis control over a single tone. You also have access to ring modulation, WAVE shapes for creating complex tones, and the popular UNISON mode, which lets you overlay up to eight waves per OSC to create thick and fat analog synth tones.

The filter section, which is a key to creating expressive synth tones, now comes with three new types of vintage-inspired LPF (low-pass filter), bringing the total to four types of filters to chose from. These filters allow you to create sounds that are reminiscent of vintage analog synthesizers.

The JUPITER-80 and -50 feature four types of LPFs. Each filter behaves differently, even if their cutoff and resonance parameters are the same. The LPF is personalized by its parameter settings and real-time control cutoff frequency and resonance.

When you play the JUPITER-80/-50, you'll immediately be amazed at the quality and realism of its rich SuperNATURAL acoustic sounds, and how naturally and organically they respond and evolve in response to your touch and phrasing. You can enhance the performance characteristics with expressive controllers such as pitch-bend/ modulation lever, assignable buttons (S1 and S2), and D-Beam Control.