Roland has expanded its Boutique series with the JUPITER-08, a miniature recreation of the 1981 JUPITER-8 flagship polyphonic synthesizer.
Backed by Roland’s latest sound engine, the JUPITER-08 recreates the original JUPITER-8 architecture and panel, with voice allocation and pitch behaviour refined for a richer, more animated sound. Polyphony can be expanded to 32 voices, a step up from the original eight.
Its two-part, 64-step polyphonic sequencer writes basslines, chords and melodic sequences with up to eight notes per step plus motion recording, alongside a built-in arpeggio function. Effect processing spans 17 multi-effects types, including the classic Roland stereo chorus, plus dedicated delay and reverb, and the reverb adds a shimmer mode that applies an octave-shifted colour to the tail.
The compact Boutique design keeps a built-in speaker and offers battery power (around six hours on Ni-MH cells) or USB-C bus power, with the K-25m keyboard dock included. Connectivity covers USB-C audio and MIDI, traditional MIDI in and out, and an external clock input.
The unit measures 308 x 209 x 54 mm and weighs 1.6 kg including the K-25m dock and batteries.
Source: Roland, October 2026