All user reviews for the Roland JUNO-106

Everything has been said

It is polyphonic !!!!!
it MIDI!
There are plenty of pc editor to save its presets, with the sysex can even record automation in its sequencer that supports this.

UTILIZATION

Are close to everything that's great, no need to book.

SOUNDS

Sounds !!!!!

Genial!! Magic !!!!!!

the big bass of the water to make you whine ....

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for almost a year and I do not ever part with it on, it is unique!

I invite you to listen to what the group do Principles of geometry he uses it in abundance
http://www.myspace.com/principlesofgeometry

See previous ones opinion
I connected the Ableton bte in 5 minutes in a running MIDI and nickel.

UTILIZATION

Synthtiseur easy to implement.

Everything is in faade, the Fast Fashion sounds is very simple.

No effect but what synth!

The manual is clear, but TRS dusts and yellow: the synth is 25 years old!

SOUNDS

I play electro, techno, house and minimal ...

It was soon a big well typ IDAL To create basses, leads and pads crazy.
Ds that titillates the filters are obtained quickly the sounds of Daft Punk or Chemical Brothers. You can also CRER of fx friendly.

It has a sound that sounds live though somewhat typical, but that's a that I bought.

A killing!

OVERALL OPINION

I was lucky to find this synth used last year: it is 25 years old now!

It runs perfectly, no problem note: not so fragile that a former!

Most:

- Sound with his characters that I love so typ
- The edition sounds "easy fingers in the nose"
- The modules, the sounds that make unstable vst can go back to sleep

The -:

- No effect but it is no big deal because the sound is l!
- The weight lol

Polyphonic
5 octaves
Well damn afternoon
1 pu *** n oprer chorus that makes the magic.
possibility to switch to mono by pressing simultanment on poly 1 and 2. Attention Pregnant!
Trs not provided at CHARACTERISTICS but devilishly effective for analog and midi polyphonic cheap and spices with spare yet to find.

UTILIZATION

It is simple and gnialement rsultat cratif I am with him: it was not cool?!
1 container = 1 function
I squence and often in mono.
We backup 2 seconds.
If he send MIDI IN and in that same time its noon OUT is connected to MIDI IN squenceur master, and although you can record the movement of potentiomtres and it's handy!

SOUNDS

The sound: it is FAT!
A wish: bold, large, round, felt screaming, aggressive ...
I love the leads filter.
I do not like too much noise on the other hand and craquouille a little when I'm single and I go too the VCA.
The chorus is essential but the 80 can sound so watch what you made him spit like sound when you snap. On a lead and filtered squence is cool but a little on a tablecloth is not planing and acute trs beautiful my taste.
When I pass in a sherman him out of scrapes sounds quite impressive.
The LFO allows him to make some cool effects.

OVERALL OPINION

I for one year. 400 like new bought a really nice Belgian on Ebay. I went to Belgium for a concert (see Shameboy for those who want discovering) and I came down with a synth. Cool!
He replaced my rack with a north Alesis Ion. I believe I have wins.
Before him I had a electribe, an Ion, a virus A, an X-station test, I had my dj v-synth, a DX200 and a sunyn. Since I had a more north and a rack Monomachine.
This is the keyboard I use the most and that satisfies me every time.
400 honnte is in perfect state. Plus it's too expensive and I would not put more.
Yes I do it again this choice.

+++++
sysex midi +
possibility of harmony
excellent filter + SUB
chorus also excellent
big bass and lead, a good pad and fx
easy to use -> crativitbr />
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chorus's eighties style
somewhat limited in terms of ability but it sounds good
sometimes surcotbr /> takes up space and cause me trouble one day saw his age.

already explained above,
but I'll add that I still find it technically very close to a string machine ...

From a strictly technical point of view it is fairly basic, some are even simpler feature (no dedicated ADSR envelope filter for example)

Aesthetically it is conceived of finishes very strong contrary to what may suggest the pictures on the internet. (Metal shell, heavy duty plastic frames, thick wood below)
But the weakness comes from the inside with a choice of components coarser level of strength, the first symptoms are visible from 2, 3 years.

The mine began to feel ill but I'm still able to overcome the major defects.

UTILIZATION

I love her look teenage eighties, the touch keyboard (reliable because very simple, so no traces of contact problems on all that followed) and the choice of the name of the synthesizer by Roland (Juno is a moon of Jupiter, JUNO series representing the midscale portion of the mark against the JUPITER upscale, nice coincidence!)

JUNO106 The interface has a clear and well organized to understand the type of synthesis called analog,
Others have pointed out, it is very good for beginners (like a SH101)

What I find very interesting is that it closely resembles a string machine (more complex still, otherwise it would not be called synthesizer)
With a phaser quality analog output mono JUNO106, it is right in the sound of Jean Michel Jarre OXYGEN!

By using crude must match the sound created by the report or when the active chorus (unlike dry in position 1 or 2 is greatly felt!)

polyphony mode 1 or 2 does not change the sound from the 6 divide by 2 voice polyphony,
and total polyphony sound is thicker
but it is a kind of unison that does not sound good,
is less well adapted to its mode, otherwise it sounds like a stack of channels not terrible ...


. The chorus is not configurable, there are 2 positions and that's it. But it is analog and organic living (loudly Légé a breath come and go very soft is heard)

. Memoirs on tape or digital internal and sysex, very convenient for the time.

. But full MIDI sysex (which will require a converter to write the data sent by the knobs in RNPN to use its controllers in Live, Logic and other sequencers)

. Polyphonic Portamento very musical (on different modes of polyphony is very beautiful)
Diverse and interesting settings in the bender (play on the modulation of the filter, LFO, the COD's)

. PWM integrated a bit more complex sound.

. SUB oscillator great. Effective on the basslines.




SOUNDS

The JUNO106 is a kind of emblem of the analog sound!

After that one no longer looks an Oberheim the same way!
Personally, I do not have much to envy to OBX example, so the sound is present, lime, musical, sweet, creamy, deep, ... beautiful.

The filter used not as a fishing SH101 to make the comparison, so a white ring sounds sensible enough hard attack sound is not very violent, lack of nervousness here.
But it is also here that brings softness characteristic of the synth, important to know not to crash before you get it.

on the other hand contrary to the opinion posted below it's still hard to make it sound aggressive (unless spent in effects)

Having tested a JX8P ROLAND is a more evolved in terms of sound design, the JUNO 106 has a big advantage despite his lack of opportunities: a filter very rich, which at once expands its range of sounds and allows him to go beyond the ratings do not consider techniques!
I had never heard a filter so rich, with or without chorus is an incredible pleasure and probably unique in the early series Juno! (60, 106 ...)

To emphasize this point which is the making a difference, this filter offers an infinite range of nuances, details that enrich the sound, completely counter to what I imagined after being persuaded that his big sound could not rhyme with musicality: ultimately it is that I use most today!

It leaves the opportunity to offer at least what it takes to make a composition in itself: Powerful bass diverse selection of fine tablecloths (sober and melancholy, sips power, sad, dull, unhealthy, reproducing the human voice through his personality)'s sweep worthy of a CS80 (playing on the level of HP filter) crystalline sounds echoing the DX7, organ sounds realistic (do not however try to reproduce the acoustic sound) and all the sound more or less simple and it can do analog, rendering incredible!

I have a reberb Hardwire RV-7 licensed Lexicon that I loved him, it's absolutely beautiful! AWESOME! and finally I am almost certain that whatever Jupiter not compete with many of his sounds in terms of depth, warmth and softness.



OVERALL OPINION

The Juno 106 is talked about on many forums, especially with today's big problem of aging.

Is it worth the cost to buy one knowing that he died for 2, 3 years?
Yes, for my part,
because it is again possible to have it fully, but suddenly we find ourselves in a particular situation:

Its price is not worth much in bad shape, but will cost twice the original price (~ 450 €) it is revised! We must therefore take this into account before trying to acquire it.

In any case it is unique
He has not left me indifferent when I first tried.
I do my never tired of him, pleasure and emotion are always renewed.
That's what I call a musical instrument, in its evocation of a vintage machine.

There is little, but what he can do it with class.

Repeated x times
memories x 128
Poly 6 lanes
Noon to 16 channels
5 octave velocity without


UTILIZATION

etc. The school sound.
The manual is useless.
You just have to use all the knobs and find out how to make a sound, it just comes naturally.

SOUNDS

I'm old school 80 ', just for passing analog / digital.
For me the Juno 106 is the "organic" sound and all digital synths that complement his or Va.

The 106 does not allow the sounds of death, but it has body without being excessive. It has a spectrum that fits well.
Bass, tablecloths, there it is! There is no more than around dress ...

Of course no such subtlety velocity, aftertouch, no realism, and yet it is hard to separate.

OVERALL OPINION

For 25 years I have in my possession and it is THE synth which I do not want to separate.
Is this irrational (not a Polymoog)?
It is simple, but honest, a few notes on his part to help the inspiration.
Just paste it into Midi sequencer, a bit of tweaking sounds, and say that we are still facing a great value for money.

The major flaw is the problem of chipsets 80017A which the resin may cause problems over time.
It made me store my 106 in a corner a few years.
Once repaired, I thought I was foolish not to fix it faster.

I recently removed from the resin and rediscovered my 106 away for several years.
In fact it means very well with digital and Go.

The 106 is fairly regularly criticized as being somewhat "bof-bof".
I do not agree with this fact, and I'd be curious to see the price of an analog that would come out today with the same features as the 106.

For me the 106 is a good synth "pleasure" and effective. Simple and essential

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UTILIZATION

It could not be simpler. Perfect for learning the basics of subtractive synthesis.

SOUNDS

Very typical 80's, it is clear, especially if the claim goes into the chorus. Anyway, in general, that's why we bought it.
There is limited but it has its small charms of its own, unmistakable.

OVERALL OPINION

Since January 2009. I made quite a scene with. Used nabbed 400 euros with flightcase indesctructible .... But happiness since. No worries, no crashes, it is stable, everything is fine.
In short, it will not leave me so soon this little Juno.

analog synth, it's a "fake" two oscillators.
A classic ocillo + a sub. 6-voice polyphony a vcf by voice.
Midi in / out, pedal classic ...
No utility computing, everything is under your fingers.
Pitch, modulation, sustain, vcf, filter, lfo ...
Chorus (famous), all parameters are editable in real time vias faders and switches from different modules


UTILIZATION

Nothing wrong, childish.

SOUNDS

Bass and tablecloths are his chosen field.
One of the best analog ever built, because of its efficiency, simplicity, robustness and price, because it was manufactured in very large quantity and we find it so easily.

OVERALL OPINION

Everything has been said before me.
The downside is the vcf happening all at the end of life, but once changed is distributed for 20 years minimum.

Surely I'll buy several more in the future, I travel a lot and I like to have one when I work on the prod of an album, and since it is still heavy and bulky, as having one on the spot.

Everything is already said!

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use (I do not use the patch bank) handling very fast, I have no manual and I did what I want with this machine.
MIDI connections handy!

SOUNDS

Sound is very typical 80's, especially when active chorus ...
Typed too? Maybe, but with a bit of creativity can make this synth sound in another way that hits Italo-disco which he participated. The Basses are monstrous! The chorus adds to the magnitude of his very radical, it may have to play ultra-funky leads, pads and atmospheric humming wobbles very trendy right now ... His excellent filter bill may push the machine to produce sounds like acid bleeps and another of all kinds. One can regret its limitations for the lfo, very basic for my taste, and another feature that could bring the power of a Jupiter, but this is not the same budget!

OVERALL OPINION

I have for over a year now, in the meantime I had other polyphonic hands, but it has much more charm than its equivalent at the time .
The Juno 106 combines the power of a vintage analog technology with its handy connections for MIDI and a budjet relatively "honest." Very easy to use, great sound, the look is rather sympa.C is a synth that has a special place in my set-up.
The black spot is his voice problems, knock on wood, because mine works perfectly, but over time his voice eventually go on a pacifier, so he must either change them or leave them with the technique of acetone. Take a Juno 106 unrevised at more than 500 euros I do not really seem reasonable. Very good synth

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UTILIZATION

Archi simple. For

SOUNDS

pop and electro.
So let's be clear: it can produce a bass sound pretty good especially eigthies nice, after which small electro noise, groundwater is not the best I find the leads either.

OVERALL OPINION

Was my first analog! I bought this one because it was my favorite group, which had been used "SAINT ETIENNE" in their song "Like a motorway" for the bass (if you know not need to fill it! I love).
Afterwards, out of this bass sound, this synth for me is very interesting. Rather cold, not great except on the famous crystal-clear sounds and bass.
I say that with my experience that after the juno 106 has been expanded instead (I had my period altogether vintage with almost all the leaders of this type purchased and resold for some).
In fact a "basic" virtual analog as the Access Virus Indigo 2, for example, outperforms the old juno both ways! the 106 not sound more analog or warmer, it is also downright less versatile. I just preferred the 60, fattest, sounding less "digital"!
A good machine anyway eh! but hey there really more interesting in the analog world is clear especially in the range of prices (and reliability .... ahem). I do not think I'll buy at 500 euros even nickel.

Wish it had a second oscillator and ring mod and an arpeggiator, but great for what it is. I'm just happy to have FULL MIDI functionality

$80 USD

UTILIZATION

Easiest synth ever to program. No need to say anything more.

One of my voice chips died and I had to nearly circle the globe to find a replacement. DAMMIT ROLAND WHY DID YOU HAVE TO CURSE THIS GREAT SYNTH WITH SHODDY VOICE CHIPS?

SOUNDS

Great sounds. DEEP basses and WARM pads. The world famous juno sound.

OVERALL OPINION

My favorite synth simply for the bass, it's difficult to describe the beautiful sound that comes out when you pull up the env freq on a juno bassline.

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Kojak ( 8-, 2005)