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First Roland Jupiter-8 Clone (Sneak Preview)

Acme Synthworks shared this sneak preview of what they’re calling “the world’s first fully 8-voice Roland JP8 clone.”

While they say the prototype design is 95% finished, they say that they “don’t have the resources to turn this into a product right now.”

If this develops into a product, it sounds like the intent is to make it as a boutique, full-size clone, vs a mass-produced, budget copy.

Features:

Eight discrete voices.
Original voice architecture.
14 Bit Interface Board.
The circuit follows the original Jupiter-8 design.
All functions of the original instrument are supported.
The envelopes are implemented in analog form using different ICs, while preserving the original behavior.
The filter section uses IR3109 and BA662.

Details are still to come at the Acme Synthworks site.