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Average rating:
4.5 out of 5
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The Juno-106 is a very nice synth - both in its sound, its look and layout. Its sound isn't as 'chunky' as the Juno-60/Juno-6, but it is warmer (in a good way).
The Jupiter series, on the other hand, can create fatter, shining, shimmering sounds, yet it can't make exactly the same, unique sounds of the Juno-106. The Juno-106 also has superior pitch control, as the Jupiters can go out of tune.
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Juno's are basic in the control department but they have absolutly the greatest sound. Nothing else sounds like a juno. No software, no other vintage and no new analog. You can get great sounds with very little effort. Forget about the price and forget about a tech head notion that you can't work on a synth with less controls. Judge synths on the quality of what they produce. Juno's are unique and they can do just about everything to a certain level. The pads, strings, and organ type sounds are second to none. And sound effects and sweeps are easy to make and work well in tracks. I buy and sell synths to often, I'm usually looking for sounds in my head that they can't produce, but I've always kept my juno 106. Because it always comes through. The other day it broke and now I'm genuinely sad. I miss it a lot and now I need a new one. It's one of those pieces of gear wear the value exceeds the cost. It won't do everything but it does more than the 3-500 that you pay for it.
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it's not quite the juno 60, but the two have pro's and con's to eachother. vintage is vintage, and if it's a starter synth why was vince clarke playing it for 15 years, as well as depeche mode using it on Ultra, in my field of music we give a lot of respect to the Roland analogs
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Very limited synth when compared with nowdays VA's. I bought it about 4 month's ago(Korea). Dreaming how much warmth I'll get, how much analog sounds I'll get. But now I end up selling it away. Of course I read the rewiews before buying it, But after playing it for few month I started realizing that this Juno is bit overdated... yes, the sounds are very creamy, warm... But what the hell? It has 1DCO, 1 midi Channel available, and the sounds you can make is very limited then I thought it would be. oh, and you will get to spend more money on fixing it then buying it. still it has sounds that only juno's can make, but I don't think it worth enough to spend money on.
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Just got my Juno-106 a few days ago, and my nights suddenly got a lot shorter! It's an instant tweaking-fun monster, I'm really impressed with the ease of use. So, yeh, it's my first synth and stuff.. blahblah, apart from a Roland D-110, which is a bitch at programming.
My Juno is mint, together with a heavy flightcase it came for EUR 380,- on ebay. I just wondered about the wooden base (mind you, I know lotsa vintage gear has wood somewhere, but as the base?) or is that perfectly normal?
Anyway, I'll rate it a proper 4,5/5, for me at the moment at least. When I'm feed up with it I can easily resell it, but at the moment I don't feel that'll happen too soon :)
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