In the new Demo the Synth still does not sound like an JP8000. its more like an Jupiter 8 emulation, but its missing all those fancy stuff from real big super saw to the important eq and chorus effects that makes the jp8k.

i keep my 50 bucks, sorry behringer

 

Actually this new demo is much better than the previous one, but no thanks: this micro synth is not for me

 

I tried a couple of cheap "toy" synths (monotron, stylophone) and they were noisy shit.
You get what you pay for and I can afford more than $50 for a synth (not that I need anymore hardware synths).

 

Looks really stupid , hopefully it has vst plugin to control. Original sounded great

Actually it looks so weird i wonder if april 1st came late with Uli Behringer :D For 50€ very interesting

 

"Introducing JT-4000 MICRO
Portable 4-Voice Hybrid Synthesizer with 2 Analog Modelling Oscillators Per Voice, Analog Filter and Arpeggiator
Fits right into your pocket!
List Price: $79 (in stock and shipping from our factory)"

edit: Now $49

It's got a real analog filter
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Last edited: Aug 12, 2023

the sound is a joke, a pure mockery to the sound of a real JP8080

 

Yeah it doesn't sound bad but its not replacement for a JP-8000. For a start it doesn't have Feedback OSC. Which is always overlooked when it comes to emulating the JP-8000 (I think DIVA has it though) and they played little to no Supersaw sounds with it. Everything was generic 80's Synthwave sounds like their VS Demo. $80 bucks though for cheap Roland sounding Poly synth though. But yeah this one is weird its like they didn't know how to market it, its not a JP-8 and its not a JP-8000.

EDIT: I heard through the Grapevine that Adam Szabo may be working on a full JP-8080 Emu VST.

 

i'm afraid they played the supersaw osc. the synth is just not capable of doing the supersaw we are used to from the real jp8000
it's literally snake oil.

 

I wish Adam Szabo would finish its synth wich btw even in that form beats the hell out of this analog mockery

 

I have no real interest in it, maybe as a studio decoration, but personally it sounds better than the JP to me. Maybe it's the analog filter, and or the 12-Bit DAC. (og is pure va, and 18-Bit DAC) I never liked the VA sound of the JP, nor the music it is often associated with.

Also it's not a clone, that should be obvious. it's an inspired by $79 micro synth that I don't know why anyone would take that serious.

 

Last edited: Aug 11, 2023

And these are real potatoes! "Homemade taste in minutes!".

 

"Our synth team met yesterday and collectively decided to forgo their profit and lower the price of the JT-4000 to $49 so everyone can enjoy the world of synths. We’re very proud of the team." - Behringer via FB​

 

I guess they have no takers and will let them go as a loss leader.

 

It will be a lot of fun one day if someone make hardware like this and after some time and a lot of reviews that it have great analog sound it come up to be that inside is some raspberry pi with linux and all the sounds came from the vst plugin

 

I think they'll make cool gifts. When my niece was young she used to bring me "Homies" figurines when she visited and I would put them around my studio. Now that we're all older I wouldn't mind if my family stuffs my X-mas stockings with stuff like this. I can put them around the studio. Collect them all for the heck of it.

 

Lets go lock @adamszabo in a tower until he finishes the new synth!