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Assessment, stub class for now

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Production numbers

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]


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?

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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)[reply]

Notable users

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Notable users without source since October 2013 or before were removed. Removed items are following. --Clusternote (talk) 15:18, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In alphabetically order (by given name or group name):


Missing credit information
Keyboardists
Non-keyboardists
Endorsers of other manufacturers, etc..
citations
  1. ^ "Roland Jupiter: Analogue Polysynths (Retro)". Sound On Sound (February 1998). The popularity of the JP8 ... it still numbered users such as Mark Kelly (Marillion), Patrick Moraz (with the Moody Blues), Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears), Peter Vetesse (Jethro Tull), John Beck (It Bites) and Steve Gray (Sky) among a long list of aficionados and endorsees. {{cite journal}}: |chapter= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Robyn Flans. "Classic Tracks: Toto's "Africa"". MIX (Aug 1, 2005). Paich recorded the opening sound on a Yamaha CS80, ... There was a Yamaha instrument called a GS1, a prototype for the DX7, which at that time was the new little digital synthesizer, so the kalimba sound you hear is that. And we used a CS80, which is very unique.
  3. ^ "Yamaha GS1 & DX1 - Part 1: The Birth, Rise and Further Rise of FM Synthesis (Retro)". Sound On Sound (August 2001). Toto, for example, layered nearly a dozen tracks of GS1 on million-selling hits such as 'Rosanna' and 'Africa', and used two of them in their live shows.

Whats the real price?

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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)[reply]

Extremely Notable Users Missing

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