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History of the Roland Jupiter 8 - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Learning the Arturia Collection
History of the Roland Jupiter 8
- [Instructor] Before diving into the history of the Jupiter-8, we need to talk about Roland and its founder, Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi. When Kakehashi was just 16 years old, he noticed that there was no watch or clock industry in post-war Japan. He, therefore, understood that there was a thriving business to develop repairing existing timepieces. Mr. Kakehashi found a part-time job in a watch repair store, but he quickly felt frustrated and left to start his own company. After a few months, he bought a book on how to repair watches and set up the Kakehashi Watch Shop. The first venture happened to be so successful that he quickly decided to expand and turn his enthusiasm for music into a business. At the time, it became legal to have a shortwave radio to listen to foreign broadcasts. While he scanned the airwaves for new music, Mr. Kakehashi learned the basics of how radios operated. He then used broken sets to create working units. His repair shop started to repair broken radios in…
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