Roland Jupiter 8 GForce Software's Dave Spiers takes an in-depth look at Roland's last flagship analogue polysynth. SoundBytes interview Dave Spiers shares some history, both company and personal, with Rob Mitchell of Sound Bytes Mag. For that alone, we remain eternally grateful. For a fraction under £200 we could buy a monophonic synth that sounded truly fantastic, and for many of us the Wasp provided our first foray into electronic soundscapes previously available only to the wealthy. After completion of the documentary we sent Adrian an advance copy whereupon he kindly gave us the following quote: “It was a real thrill to meet some old friends in the way of people and machines.” It was a real thrill, when back in the late 70s, us UK based teenagers, hungry for a slice of synth-action but unable to afford a synth from one of the more established companies, got our hands on the EDP Wasp for the first time. Instead we asked one of his oldest and closest friends (former EDP sales director), Fred Gardner, to appear on his behalf.
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For those of you who’ve seen the documentary, you’ll probably be aware that we originally asked Adrian to appear but sadly he wasn’t well enough. Today (2nd July 2018) marks Adrian’s funeral and our sincere condolences go out to Adrian’s family and our mutual friends Jeff Boult and Fred Gardner. Adrian Wagner 1952 - 2018 We’re deeply saddened by the recent death of Electronic Dream Plant pioneer, Adrian Wagner.