The Roland Jupiter 8 Synth was first introduced in the fall of 1981. This 61-note (C-C) keyboard features 16 rich analog oscillators at 2 per voice, eight voice polyphony and easy programming. The Jupiter 8's memory can hold 64 patches and 8 "patch presets". Patch presets can store keyboard splits, along with the settings for the arpeggiator, voice assign mode, hold, portamento, as well as many of the modulation settings. With all of this it's easy to see why the Jupiter 8 is often thought of as Roland's first truly professional analog synth.