All user reviews of 5/5 for the Roland JUNO-60

Wireless keyboard aftertouch or velocity, 61 notes (ie 5 octaves)

Physically, the beast is beautiful, a beautiful object in black metal, with wooden sides, typically vintage-style!

and above all, lots of buttons, everything is controlled in real time!

if not, the real analogue polyphonic classical, DCO-VCF-VCA-LFO-ADSR (more or less in the order ...)+ sub-tilt + génialissime the arpeggiator!

on the other hand, only 6 voice polyphony and a single tilt, but the fact still here, with 4 waveforms and 2 chorus FAT integrated to the beast ...

UTILIZATION

We can ne-plus-simple, just to get started and after 5 minutes, tripe on a wave or a captivating online disco-new wave with the arpeggiator!
the memories are 56 in number, and stores a sound 2 seconds ...

SOUNDS

Ah, the sounds!

ambient groundwater, organ sounds and synthetic string, bass and techno-electro leads of all kinds, very classical, because the machine was much used by almost everyone in the 80's, but there is always something original is a little digging ...

It really is the typical synth and ideal if you seek ..... synth sounds!

it is on is not with him that you will succeed in imitating a piano or oboe, but here there are other things ...
buying a Juno for what it is and that is precisely why we bought it!

OVERALL OPINION

I do not use it for a long time, but here was immediately hooked, this machine is so endearing.
It's a real joy to put his hands on something that has personality, and here is not so common here ...

So, it reminded me why I liked all the oldschool analog, time or emulation of any flower hair all sides, and when everyone asks you if you finally put to the VST, so practical and cheap ...

no MIDI, too bad, but it is made to play live! touch is Excellent

UTILIZATION

super simple ... because limited but ideal as a first polyphonic synth because not too expensive (compared to a Jupiter 8 for example) the manual is useless.

SOUNDS

good've owned it about 12 years ago a Jupiter 8, Jupiter 6 and Juno 106 that I sold at the time because it was the beginning of fashion modeling synths analog (VA) as jp 8000, Nord Lead 1 and an1x. Since there is a regret! (Especially given the odds of staggering old style) so I bought after years of VA (micron: bof, the an1x acceptable, KS 4, though, and nordwaves: very good) by putting this synth Price: 650 euros but in good condition and, despite its limitations of synthesis, it rings! So no wonder the analog one returns ... say that I also had a juno-g, which has its name from juno! To make the basic sounds of the early and mid 80s, it is perfect is what I wanted.

OVERALL OPINION

I do second flight last week and despite the fact that one can get tired of the long term because very limited summary, I do not think I'll sell it one day, I have a nordwaves among other to more complex sounds. Phatt it sounds good and even if he bit, he does it well! I jumped over a Juno 106 that if it is MIDI, is much less reliable (see related forums) for short, a great value.

Relatively simple:
Tilt 1 + 1 + 1 sub filter 24 db Eg + 1 + 1 and of course VCA LFO and arpeggiator.
6 notes polyphony.
A chorus of three positions (I, II, I + II)

UTILIZATION

Very simple and intuitive as it directly accesses the function (1 button = 1 function) is programmed into a patch shortly.

SOUNDS

So there it is what to say. For me it is the best analog. It is true that on paper (or in terms of features) some are much better, but from a purely musical point of view it dropped quite see everyone. Sounds are always great music and give really want to play. On most keyboards should be refined to have a good sound and not having a saucepan. With the 60, no problem, you can grind the pots at random, it still sounds great. I must say its chorus is a lot.
To research it may be limited, but to play music (and still are the primary use) no real limits. We always get what you want and it's still usable in solo or in a mix.


OVERALL OPINION

I prefer it to other legends like the Jupiter 8 I find great technically but musically nothing underneath (I find it a little big Berta ...). And I headed (I have several analog), next to the mini, even with a little ahead with its polyphony.
I've had several years and, you guessed it no question of let go ...

For a real analog synth from the pre-MIDI era, this is a very complete synth. Six voices of polyphony, simple but good arpeggiator, great 24dB LP filter with cutoff/resonance, HPF, great LFO's (which are maybe a little poor-featured), fat chorus (I think that's typical Juno), 56 patches of memory storage. And a rare bonus: the pitch wheel/filter as well as the manual lfo control. Minor point: lack of several oscillators: only 1 DCO (triangle/square with pulse width/square with suboscillator) per voice.

$295 (Kenton MIDI retrofit kit included !!)

UTILIZATION

Piece of cake. The user manual is very clear; even for analog modelling newbies: the whole stuff is well explained and there is an addendum with lots of basic exemples. The synth's front panel is built as simple as possible; if you know the very basic analog sound modelling principles, you can go your way immediately and tweak that knobs !!

This is a robust synth, the only things to be careful with are the wooden side panels (scratch-sensitive !!). The buttons are very solid and have no intention to break at all. No cracklings caused by dust up till now. Haven't contacted the customer support yet, so can't give info about that.

SOUNDS

One word: GREAT !! All kind of analog sounds are great; from very fat to very deep basses and subbasses, nice spacey strings/pads, fat analog leads, clean to dirty organ sounds, trance arpeggio's, ... This machine can be used for every kind of electronic music: from trance over techno to dnb; from triphop over rnb to hiphop.

OVERALL OPINION

I like it very much. A real fat analog synth with great filter and great sounds. F.y.i: the Juno has been used by Enya, The Cure, Sean Lennon, Faithless, Astral Projection, Vince Clarke, Rabbit in the Moon, Olive, Dee-Lite, ... (info from www.vintagesynth.com)

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown ( 7-, 2002)