Product Reviews by KVR Members

I've been consistently impressed with Tal's products since first trying their free Juno chorus emulation plugin (still the most accurate in my personal opinion). The J-8 is equally exceptional. It can go from ethereal flutes to incredibly thick grinding bass with a few slider tweaks. That is another quality of note - the UI. While still skeuomorphic enough that you won't mistake that you are looking at a Jupiter style synth, but the graphics are clear flat vectors. Their UI's are in my own opinion how all retro synth plugins should look.

But what is most important is the sound and the sound is great. The per-voice modeling helps to create a truly analog and organic feel (something Arturia is only finally starting to do!) You also have the ability to edit those per voice parameters through the 'service control' button (or randomize them) so you can dial in the amount of organic 'character' you want.

I can't say if this is a 1-1 accurate reproduction of a J-8. But I do know that Tal's UNO-LX plugin sounds the closest to my Juno-6 of all the Juno emulations I've tried. And I do know that the J-8 sounds thick and lush. Just go grab the demo and give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

Great synth. The sound quality of the pure oscillators is great but when you throw in wavesequencing oscillators, fm oscillators samples and per voice granulation...well things just get out of hand awesome;).

I've always had fun the modular approach, and this to me is the 'right' way to do a modern UI for a modular concept (though I also like what Madrona Labs does). It provides all the satisfaction of connecting virtual cables but without any unnecessary clutter or (still way to common) skeuomorphic design. It's clean, easy to see whats happening, and infinitely organizable.

Because of this modular design this synth is also an absolute power house - any particular patch can be as packed full of modulators and oscillators and effects as your cp you can handle, AND you can have multiple layers of patches. The sound design is already limitless - and the developer is quite active regularly updating and expanding the synth. If you own it - you know. If you don't own it, I suggest you get yourself 'experienced' :).