It is a digital synthesizer that incorporates Roland's SuperNATURAL synth engine, designed to create realistic virtual analog and acoustic instrument sounds.
The Jupiter-80 features a large touchscreen display for intuitive navigation and patch editing.
It boasts 256 voices of polyphony and a wide array of effects.
Its sound engine handles four tones with dedicated DSP per tone as a basic unit called a "Live Set," allowing for complex layering and sound creation.
The Jupiter-80 is tailored for performing keyboard players, offering features like Tone Blender for manipulating multiple parameters simultaneously and saving customized settings as Registrations for live performance recall.