Synth Wizards Episode 6: Jupiter under Pressure 

This is a great show!!

"By pressing on a key, it plays a little melody.." Couldn't resist.

This is great! Can't wait for the 10 episodes of CS-80 full restoration! Greetings from the other side of the Atlantic.

This is... Literally perfect content. It's just diverse enough to keep me interested and it's so high quality from second to second. The amount of work you must put into this AND managing such a successful business is amazing and respectable. And it's clear you're extremely passionate about everything synths and music. God bless, never stop

I'm in synth gear heaven. Get this show on Netflix pronto!

this is the best show I've ever found, holy man

I keep being amazed by Gerald’s metal working skill. It’s something I really don’t have. And it’s such an important skill.

I'm hooked to this show! All as organic and vintage as it can be!

I found a Jupiter 4 for $10 at a rubbish dump recycling shop, it was rusty and full of leaves and dead bugs. It made sound but the pitch would leap around insanely by itself at random, it was beyond my ability to fix so I gave it away to someone who wanted it for parts.

You found a Yamaha CS-80... junior is just like "whatever." I'd make him walk home.

Not a keyboard player but love synth’s, synth music and tinkering around with retro electronic gear. Find this channel most interesting. I could quite happily sit repairing these great bits of kit for a living.

Classic Corvettes, Analog Synths, and running your own business. The American dream.

That Moonray jam on the JP4 at the end was nice

Never knew you guys had a RU-vid channel! (Just discovered this morning!) I've been ordering parts direct from you for a few years, and ordering parts through Rogue Music here in New York City for probably close to 30 years! You all seem like great guys! Nice to match some faces to the company! Cheers! ❤️🎹

Simply love these vids ... as a budding synth tech myself i find them informative .. keep up the good work ! greets from the U.K. !

This episode breaks my heart. I parted ways with my Jupiter 4 about 15 years ago. Still hurts, man.

Just started watching , love your passion sir !

Now I understand why, in another episode, after finding, restoring and presenting a synth to a guy who had wanted that particular model for many years, you then asked him " is there any particular car you've been wanting for a long time?" I was thinking; " oh, does he know his cars as well? " Now it makes total sense. Beautiful motor you have there.

Yeah dudes, you've got yourselves a follower! I'm a huge vintage synth geek and just love these videos...! Please keep em coming and all the best to ya Wizards! :)

I just watched this when it said it premiered 6 hours ago and already with 392 views. There really is a huge nerd market out there. Thanks for a great video, looking forward to the CS-80 stuff.

I ran into the email issue too. But I picked up the phone and Eddie got me straightened out. Thanks Syntaur for supplying what we need to keep our vintage synths going!

The collusion reference was awesome LOL

If I had your car and all my hair I'd make an intro like that too! Class of '82 watching you, like, damn...gotta Stingray and Jupiter 8! That's okay, I gotta '88 Nissan pick-up and a Prophet Rev2 :)

Awesome show! One of the greatest suggestions RU-vid ever gave me :) I'd loveeee to see you do a Polysix... just putting it out there

Your son looks thrilled he was tricked for that trip 😂😂😂

Excellent video! So great to see some new Jupiter 4 info on here. Can’t wait for the CS80 episode 💖

Just discovered the channel. This is awesome! I had nothing planned for this lazy Sunday but now I’m going to watch episodes 1-5. All the best from Las Vegas.

Lol...you guys are having some serious fun putting these vids together. Great job! Informative and entertaining.

Having poked around in my Juno 60 more than I'm willing to admit in the eighties and early nineties, I recognise a lot in this video. Roland has brand recognition down to a t, even in the innards of a synth! Great video!

It's 4 years late, but, cool option for the control mods that dont alter anything or require drilling is push pull pots like in guitar world on amps and guitars. The pot would accept same knob but would give great double control. Also can get pots with buttons in center. Hope you guys see this message and helps. Love your channel and videos. Keep up great work

Glad I landed on such a fun and informative channel! Synths are the coolest instruments! 😁🤘🎶🛸

What a wonderful vid! 75-85 must have been the decade when music was the most inspired by human innovation. These synths deserve a loving hand! The sight of a JP-8 still stirs up magic feelings for me.

There is something extra special about the sound you have coming out of that.

Great work.! We still have most of our old synths, they are still in working order, only one needs some attention. All the very best, Vicious Pink.

Very cool! I was really pleasantly surprised when I saw here our soviet synths - АЭЛИТА, РИТМ and ТОМ. Once I played on the ТОМ and I liked that string synth, it sounds very nice for me, true analog. But of course... JUPITER-4 and the True King of the analog poly CS80 - no comment, friends! Its just a miracle.

Clicked because C3, stayed because Jupiters

Best credits, on every show, that Eye've ever seen.. 🤘🏽💜🕶️

I actually don't understand how this serie doesn't have hundreds of thousands of view. The format is pretty good, and you guys are solid.

Love you guys, hope you're keeping well. Lee

My fav thing on RU-vid right now 👍🏼

How fantastic to see this!! I can't wait to see what else you guys produce. Well done and greetings from Ireland. Stay synthy!

The best 40 minutes I've spent on RU-vid in a good while. :)

I absolutely love these videos, thanks Syntaur!

I've used all three of the Jupiters in my time. The JP8 is a monster and one of my all-time favourites, and I have owned or used at least a dozen in my day. The JP6 is not even in the same ballpark. Cheaply built and is actually closer to a Juno. The JP4 was a classic in it's day, but felt more like a paraphonic than a polyphonic, but alongside the SH505 strings and the ProMars, they were the business at that point in history.

just found this show, really great! in work @ night so....LOOK BUSY

Love this show it's so beautifully detailed and filmed 👍👍👍🎧🎹🎹🎧

This might sound weird but I'd love to see a video which is just playing all your used background synth music.

Love these episodes. I hope you keep making them. They are fun to watch and informative too.

I just discovered you guys when I was looking for a part for my Electribe ESX-1, and about a day later this show showed up in my feed. Well I managed to fix the rotary encoder on my own, but if I need anything in the future, I'll definitely be going with you guys. Thanks for the quality content.

Love the mod! Cleverly and respectfully designed

Awesome video, thank you! Please mix the music volume a little lower next time? It was way too loud. Thanks!

episodes keep getting even better

Why don't you play sounds from the synths you show instead of the horrible background muzak music?

Regarding your email woes, a forum would/is a great idea. You could also put a message system on your site that has a list of categories in a drop down menu. Each category is a certain level of priority so when you check messages they will be ordered and easy for you. Love the videos. Great stuff 👍

You guys and gals truly are Synth Wizards! Hope to see more of that CS80! Also, great idea on the forum, will be joining that promptly!

FYI, you can buy "printable" slide transfer paper. White printing is harder since you will need a printer capable of printing in white ink (most printers do the white by using the paper as the white areas). But you can buy color laser printers that do print white. Also, if you own the slide paper you can have a local print shop do the printing as many own a printer capable of printing in white ink. This can be a huge help if you get stuck finding a match for a given label printed on a synth. If all you need is black or another color you can use most laser printers to print your decals and the number of fonts available to match your existing is huge and makes a match much easier to find..

This is shot better than everything on tv 😂

This is good enough for people who aren’t even into synths

Someone needs to make this show a tv series with a bigger budget. I fricken love this show . Top notch

You guys are AWESOME! Much love from the UK 😍

Wow, great mod and repair of the JP-4 - subscribed!

The video edition its awesome... congratulations! Excellent show

Maybe I’m ‘too isolated’ from the media. IF this show hasn’t appeared on a major mainstream media network like Lifetime, or maybe even FOX, then WHY HADN’T IT?! This gentleman Mr. Mims, is definitely the real deal when it comes to these classic synths. For him to have seemingly produced this program on his own dime, and if his own capacity while working on this gear, it’s a very impressive feat! These episodes haven’t just been influential in at least my interests in electronics and MIDI / electronic studio gear, but also in combating my fears of stepping forward out of my comfort zones and into the unknown to where is to me uncharted territory, and finally learning so much more due to some risks that can be be costly. THANKS FOR SHARING EVERYTHING! True entrepreneurship! Curious, any relation to the infamous, Forrest M., III?

This needs to be a reality show on television.

I am late to your channel…but one thing to maybe consider for a non-destructive on/off switch is to mount a magnetic reed switch under the panel. You can the. Use a magnet to turn on and off a circuit. You could rig up a switch that just sits on case( also held by hidden magnets under case) and there you go. Easily removable and completely non-destructive.

It's good you added a switch to disable the mod, but I did really dig some of the sounds with the "wrong" LFO speed

I wish there were modern keyboards with polyphonic aftertouch. Apparently behringer is working on it for some of their vintage reissues. I hope they offer a stand alone midi keyboard with the feature and it would be an even bigger bonus to make it hammer action.

JP4 was used extensively by Gary Numan too...on Telekon and Dance.

Would like to see something on the Yamaha CS-30 and/or Elka Synthex.

I used to have a Jupiter 4 and have played on a JP8 before. I never fell in love with these. The 4 was definitely more my style but after a few songs I sold it for maybe $400. I can't believe how much people try to get for them now. It's one of those synths I would be interested in picking up if it was a third the price. Oh well. I have three Soviet monsters on their way right now. Estradin 230, Polivoks, and EM25 string synthesizer. All three are way more my style than the Jupiters. Favorite thing about the early Rolands are those wonderful, thick sliders. Makes the Moogs and ARPs feel like junk.

I'm glad weirdos like you exist for all my obscure parts needs. Glad to see some OG's creating new synth videos.

I've been waiting so long for this! You guys are great and have so many desirable synths

That's some brave work that turned out quite nicely, and a great choice to put that type of switch right on the expression panel!

LOVE this show !- never stop.

"Oh that's nasty!" /touches it

Great production values guys...that extra effort in the edit is SO worth it! Perfect tv for me. We had a CS80 in the first big studio where I worked which I loved to play in downtime.

Great to see the people at Syntaur. Bought some items from them a few years ago and was very pleased with the items. Great video.

Perth Australia. I'm just a humble owner of a dilapidated Korg X3 but I'm really enjoying your shows and I'm back to my teen synth envy period. Keep on. On to the Forums.

My favourite synth! Sadly I've never been able to use a real one, but I love Arturia's software version of it. Use it all the time.

Now we just need sound in stereo, listening to your great show with headphones and listening everything on the left side kills me. xD

You guys don't make enough videos!! Stop shirkin' and get to it!

Awesome guys! Keep up the good work! Hello from Austin!

I love your show! This is the last Jupiter I need! Keep up the good work! Happy New year!

love the jupiter 4, - great to see one restored & working, the mod seemed well worthwhile ! Also as a huge Duran Duran fan, most of what I’ve read suggest Nick used “random”for the jup 4 arp on rio- maybe you’ve found the real story?

The one Jupiter I've spent the least time with: a JP4. I've spent extensive time with the 6, 8, and Super Jupiter (which sounds FANTASTIC!!). Thanks for this. :)

You go from 220V to 110V which doubles the current to get the same amount of power. The poor old switch didn't like the higher current stopped working

Love these episodes can't wait for the next one.

Why so little views ? These are the best series, Sam is funny and brillant.

This is such a chill channel to watch!

Bought parts from these guys a few times. Stuff you can’t find anywhere. Thank you

loving the lost boys sound :)

The Rio arpeggiator pattern is set at random and the notes are Asus4 chord

Fantastic channel with great content! Thanks for sharing!

i love these episodes so much. thank you for what you do. this is great

Super Excellent Channel!!! Can you guys do a video describing the EMS Synthi AKS?

Wow, my new favorite show!

I just bought a pretty rare analog synth (I've never even seen one before) it's an Ekosynth P15 which is immaculate and even came with the original Eko pedal too. It's a preset synth switchable to manual mode. In manual mode it sounds like a cross between a Roland Jupiter and Moog. I hooked it up to a delay and reverb and couldn't put the thing down. I'm currently looking to see if it could be converted to basic midi or CV. Great video, I love these old Jupiters

nice touch to that Jupiter 4.

I would love to see that Van Vinyl Wrapped with the Synth Wizard logo. :-D

Can't wait to see the CS-80 restoration !! it's my favourite synth ever. If only i could have one ...