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Horrible comparo Such a weedy sound in either case. Crank the resonance up, make the oscillators creamy, dial in the PWM, and modulate that filter then compare BTW U-He Diva (VSTI) does the Roland analog sound better than Roland themselves have ever done :) Diva models the actual circuits, or someth...

Only paid $2500 for my JP8, back in early 2000, so the JP80 is the expensive one ;)

If the JP80 was $1500-2000 that would be more like what I feel it's worth.
It sure needs more knobs/sliders :/

Well after playing one, intialising a patch and getting down to a single partial, filter combo, and programming it, I can say the JP80 is not a true VA. It has a a certain hardness to the sound that sample based "oscillators" have... Not unlike my XV5080, but with better filters. I didn't ...

Well in true Roland speak, polyphony has always meant partials/voices in past Roland synths.
And stereo samples would count as 2.

This was the case for the D550, and XV5080 I had and have.