OK, we're talking synthesizers now, so get your heads out of Conan the Barbarian and listen up. What we have here is a full-scale invasion of the ear-snatchers into the world of rock 'n' roll. The computers have landed, and whether we are or are not men, we must face the onslaught.

Now we all know that synthos are nuthin' new, right? But the integration of computer circuitry, specifically memory banks, is a relatively new twist in electronic keyboards. Thus the following scrutiny of Roland's new Jupiter-4 Compuphonic Synthesizer.