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Fredsi
Published on 12/17/08 at 05:17
It is now about two months since I bought the Roland Juno Stage. I wanted to provide advan some time to give my opinion.
Reminder: The Roland Juno Stage is a keyboard of 76 keys for the stage (no sequeceur integrated, but the sequencer is available via a PC or Mac the Juno Stage-being that comes with CakeWalk. 128-voice polyphony, possibility to play MP3, WAV, AIFF (wma unrecognized unfortunately)
UTILIZATION
Pros:
- The price
- The number of keys (76): Very handy for not too large (88 keys is really too long to take it anywhere!) Or too small
- Sound (great sound of piano, Guitard, battery and other synthetic sounds from the Juno-G or Fantom.
- The possibility of repeating his songs group home for the USB key. (I recorded the songs in my group on my USB key and I play piano and over, very useful!)
- The weight (9.5 Kg, Honours)
-The option of favorites: We choose the sounds you want to use for a particular title on Spaces favorite of 1 to 10 then you have more than support for live and avoid typing a number and waste time. (In over 1000 sounds, it's mandatory!)
Cons:
- A great thing about Juno course: to recognize a microphone, add reverb, or special effects (such as a robot etc. ..). However, access to micro can not remain on the piano and the different sounds special microphone. Or I have not found ...
As a result, impossible to sing with all the synth sounds .. Annoying .. It means playing the piano, then you put a synth sound, for example, and presto, the microphone is off .. Too bad .. :-( So I plugged my microphone on a table as before ..
- Another problem is compatibility of MP3 or other sound from the USB key (I'll call the Roland support because I really do not understand): Here's my problem: During my repeated, I record my group to put the record on a memory USB power and repeat thereafter. I record in MP3 format with Nero on my laptop next to me. And then .. while the sounds are in MP3 format, my internship Juno does not recognize the format .. (As he recognizes them with other securities not registered with Nero) .. I then reopens wave editor, I converted the sound into WAV or AIFF; result, nothing to do, the Juno Stage does not recognize .. Very strange .. So for securities not recognized, I plugged my ipod on the keyboard and then it works fine, but hey, it's waiting for Roland enlighten me ...
- No recognition of WMA
SOUNDS
My favorite sounds are (in addition to the piano which is great) battery, Guitard, the strings and some synth type sounds
OVERALL OPINION
Conclusion: Although I have some questions, I am very happy with my purchase. The Juno Stage is a great synth, my group is able to change very happy with my old synth, it really brings a plus. Very easy to use as a standard, fairly lightweight, it fits me perfectly.
Before buying I had seen this video quite well done: http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=6788
Since we can see a lot more like:
Brief examples are not lacking
Now the name "Juno" is enough for me to marketing, this synth could have been called differently (even if some of the Juno G sounds are there, there are also sounds of the Fantom, the D5a or otherwise), but in any case for me is a beautiful machine!
I give the note of 8 / 10
Reminder: The Roland Juno Stage is a keyboard of 76 keys for the stage (no sequeceur integrated, but the sequencer is available via a PC or Mac the Juno Stage-being that comes with CakeWalk. 128-voice polyphony, possibility to play MP3, WAV, AIFF (wma unrecognized unfortunately)
UTILIZATION
Pros:
- The price
- The number of keys (76): Very handy for not too large (88 keys is really too long to take it anywhere!) Or too small
- Sound (great sound of piano, Guitard, battery and other synthetic sounds from the Juno-G or Fantom.
- The possibility of repeating his songs group home for the USB key. (I recorded the songs in my group on my USB key and I play piano and over, very useful!)
- The weight (9.5 Kg, Honours)
-The option of favorites: We choose the sounds you want to use for a particular title on Spaces favorite of 1 to 10 then you have more than support for live and avoid typing a number and waste time. (In over 1000 sounds, it's mandatory!)
Cons:
- A great thing about Juno course: to recognize a microphone, add reverb, or special effects (such as a robot etc. ..). However, access to micro can not remain on the piano and the different sounds special microphone. Or I have not found ...
As a result, impossible to sing with all the synth sounds .. Annoying .. It means playing the piano, then you put a synth sound, for example, and presto, the microphone is off .. Too bad .. :-( So I plugged my microphone on a table as before ..
- Another problem is compatibility of MP3 or other sound from the USB key (I'll call the Roland support because I really do not understand): Here's my problem: During my repeated, I record my group to put the record on a memory USB power and repeat thereafter. I record in MP3 format with Nero on my laptop next to me. And then .. while the sounds are in MP3 format, my internship Juno does not recognize the format .. (As he recognizes them with other securities not registered with Nero) .. I then reopens wave editor, I converted the sound into WAV or AIFF; result, nothing to do, the Juno Stage does not recognize .. Very strange .. So for securities not recognized, I plugged my ipod on the keyboard and then it works fine, but hey, it's waiting for Roland enlighten me ...
- No recognition of WMA
SOUNDS
My favorite sounds are (in addition to the piano which is great) battery, Guitard, the strings and some synth type sounds
OVERALL OPINION
Conclusion: Although I have some questions, I am very happy with my purchase. The Juno Stage is a great synth, my group is able to change very happy with my old synth, it really brings a plus. Very easy to use as a standard, fairly lightweight, it fits me perfectly.
Before buying I had seen this video quite well done: http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=6788
Since we can see a lot more like:
Brief examples are not lacking
Now the name "Juno" is enough for me to marketing, this synth could have been called differently (even if some of the Juno G sounds are there, there are also sounds of the Fantom, the D5a or otherwise), but in any case for me is a beautiful machine!
I give the note of 8 / 10