Roland Jupiter-8, fx

Cacophony · Simple Minds / Single (1979)

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Settings

osc: noise + sine sub, evolving, unison 2, detune 22 cents, sub none, noise 0.15
filter: BP12 12 dB/oct
cutoff: 1562 Hz
resonance: 0.67
envelope: A 600 ms D 800 ms S 0.6 R 1500 ms; slow sweep, LFO-driven; filter env amount 0.53
modulation: lfo sine 4.73 Hz to cutoff
effects: long reverb, ping-pong delay, heavy modulation, none
notes: Real to Real Cacophony (1979), produced by John Leckie. Approximated from Simple Minds' documented 1979-era rig (Roland Jupiter-8 / Korg synths of the period / tape treatments): a fx part built as noise + sine sub, evolving, filtered through a bp12 stage with cutoff moving as slow sweep, LFO-driven.

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Revision history

10 Sep 2026Seedsystem