An Afternoon with ISE NIN: Black Corporation's take on the Jupiter 8 

Thanks for the video. To explain the aluminum choice over steel, we ship these from Tokyo worldwide. Size and weight were big considerations to keep the shipping price and the carbon footprint low. The first batch of Deckards Dream was steel and it was heavy AF. The metal is done in Tsubame Sanjo, Japan and the wood cheeks are made from Tamo, so we kept it classy ;)

Thanks for this. Was on the fence til I watched this video. Of all the videos on YT, this is the only one where the ISE-NIN actually sounds like a Jupiter to me.

What a fantastic sounding synth ! And the envelopes are so snappy ! I hope to get one some day, this is my dream synth at the moment.

Would love to see more videos on this!

Aluminum is more or less the standard synth-building medium of choice for panels, enclosures, etc. Most modular panels, Serge panels and boats, Buchla boats, etc. are all aluminum. Roman (the heart of Black Corp) started in modular, so this was probably the logical choice. Anodized or painted aluminum is also virtually indestructable. ;) I build with anodized aluminum myself. Typically 3mm thick panels though, so there's still some weight to them. I guess it's good that they don't do what Compaq computers used to do. They'd put extra weights and heavier weighted parts in their cases to make their computers heavier. The reasoning was that corporate buyers would equate it with quality, and go with their products. I think it worked for a while. :D Nice video, and nice sounds! Has a nice space-game or cyberpunk-game sort of sound to it in your hands!

Damn, that sounds good!

Sounds amazing! Thanks for the demo and thoughts. Love the lights on the sliders. Yeah man too bad they aren’t made like soma synths!!

Very cool. Shows off some of the wild cross mod that 80's Roland can do. My biggest grievance about these units from black corporation is how cheap they feel. I had a Xerxes and it just felt like a tin tobacco box. If something is going to cost many thousands of dollars it should have some heft to it. Some build quality.

I can't not call this thing "ice 9". It's Cat's Cradles fault.

That thing sounds nothing like a real Jupiter 8. Not by a long shot. It sounds like a dull VST, even though it's a hardware synth.

How can anyone justify buying this when you can get a polybrute or mateixbrute for the same price. This is ridiculous, I hope these synth manufacturers pull their heads out of their butts.

Deckard's sounds nothing like the CS80

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