The Roland Juno range has thrown a few extremely usable keyboards into the mix over its lifetime. In recent years the Juno DI was a pretty usable ideas and creative tool, as well as giving you a bunch of sounds for live playing. The new Juno DS, takes the playing part and simplifies the pattern creation.
Legendary Roland demonstrator Ed Diaz, showed us the Juno DS 88
Gig-ready instrument with pro sounds, enhanced performance features, and battery-powered operation
88-note Ivory Feel-G Keyboard provides weighted-action feel in a lightweight design that's easy to transport
Includes all the sounds from the popular JUNO-Di, plus newly updated acoustic and electric pianos, additional organs, and other stage essentials
Wave expansion slot enables users to download new sound waveforms, available for free at Roland's Axial website
Sample import function for playing user WAV files on the JUNO-DS88's keyboard
Easy sound manipulation and editing with hands-on knobs and sliders
Eight Phrase Pads for triggering samples and audio songs stored on USB memory
Mic input and dedicated Reverb, Vocoder, and Auto Pitch effects for impressive vocal performances
Intuitive eight-track pattern sequencer with non-stop recording for quickly developing song ideas