JUNO-6 done, which Roland Synth should I model next? Jupiter-8?

[Uncle E]

is a raw, characterful "warts and all" Jupiter something you'd want

Yes. I own and like J-8, but it's cleaner than the Jupiter-8 I used.

That said, Jupiter-6 gets my vote.

[TechHaus]

So he stayed with Eighty Eight even though folks told him it stood for Hail Hitler? (i don't want to blow up his launch thread to discuss this).

Is that even legal in his country?

[Uncle E]

In Chinese culture, 88 stands for Double Luck. I always make good money playing the 8’s at the craps table.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

So he stayed with Eighty Eight even though folks told him it stood for Hail Hitler? (i don't want to blow up his launch thread to discuss this).

Is that even legal in his country?

It's also just, you know, a number that could represent many things. What do we do, say 44x2 is something we can't answer because a-holes? Context also matters. I certainly would never have connected the two.

I'm pretty sure there isn't a huge overlap of Nazis and synth nerds. I expect the former probably think the latter are weak or something.

Idiots don't get to own a number.

[TechHaus]

So what does it represent in the context of this synth then?

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

It's a synth from the 80s, with eight voices. Seemed pretty obvious to me.

[TechHaus]

It's a synth from the 80s, with eight voices. Seemed pretty obvious to me.

Oh ok.

[beely]

So he stayed with Eighty Eight even though folks told him it stood for Hail Hitler?

The only context I have for 88 is the number of notes in a piano (and, I guess from the actual 70s, the bingo number). I've literally never heard of that connection.

So "H" is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so you could choose to read "88" as "HH", and link that... I mean, OK... Maybe thie is the first thing everybody else thinks of in any context, but it would never even cross my mind, nor have i ever heard of it. Are we fretting a bit too much because a number can be interpreted in a way that's negative?

It's true that I'm not that familiar with, er, certain subcultures of people with questionable opinions...

That said, context matters enormously. The vast majority of uses of “88” have nothing to do with Nazism. For example:

* A birth year (1988).
* A sports jersey number.
* A racing number.
* The number of keys on a standard piano.
* A model number or product name.
* In Chinese culture, 88 can be considered lucky because 8 is associated with prosperity.

So seeing “88” by itself is not enough to infer extremist intent. It becomes more suggestive when it appears alongside other far-right symbols or codes (such as “14,” swastikas, SS imagery, or explicit white supremacist messaging), or when used by people or groups already known for extremist views.

I think in this case, the usage of a particular number in the context of a synth plugin carries no subliminal messaging other than what someone chooses to interpret it as.

[Uncle E]

Good point. There are probably hundreds of keyboards with 88 in their names, indicating key range.

[TechHaus]

On the internet, unless you were born in 1988, it usually means one thing if you use it in a handle or user name.

Maybe folks weren't aware of this. It is meant to signal to folks who are aware.

[Uncle E]

Komplete Kontrol S88 is one K away from the trifecta.

[TechHaus]

Komplete Kontrol S88 is one K away from the trifecta.

Folks who HH love when people do this, in particular. Gives cover.

[Uncle E]

Even on KVR?

[Uncle E]

This is OT and irrelevant for KVR, and I personally find it intellectually insulting.

[whassup]

So he stayed with Eighty Eight even though folks told him it stood for Hail Hitler? (i don't want to blow up his launch thread to discuss this).

Is that even legal in his country?

Yes, it is legal in Germany.
Context is king.
In the USA there are muscle cars with the abreviation SS on it. What's it, Super Sport? Context...