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Average rating:
4.5 out of 5
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Got my Juno back before the recent price upserge in analogue popularity. I use it for several types of basses, and pads. The bass is cool because I can set the filter to self-oscillate, and with some tuning on the inside, makes a great sine-wave bass, similar to an 808 kick, I have Oberheim's and Moog's too, but their (when self resonating) filters seem to drop off below 40-ish Hz, whereas the Juno gives a full-strength sine wave down to about 1Hz, perfect for my current project requiring extremely low, unforgiving bass. Dont get me wrong, I love my Ob-8 and Mini for their stronger points as well. Secondly the Juno gives me rich pads, kinda a 'creamy - smooth' toned down pad, which is totally unique on the Juno family of synths, and can't (quite) get it anywhere else. Can come up with a few organ sounds, but my luck results kinda thin, better off with something else for fuller classic organ sounds. There is no SYNC modes or Ring mod, but then there is only one oscillator +sub osc. In summary, Juno may be limited in complex routings and expandability, compared to other synths in the same price range, but what it does, it does SOOOO well :)
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Fair enough. I must say that I have had a juno106 for quite sometime. When I first got mine, I was doing a lot of remox work. However, I just couldn't seem to place it in any mixes I was doing.
Now I rarely do one without it. It just took a long time to find the best way to use it. There are some keyboards that just don't fit in right away.
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Enrique, it's worth it to get the chips replaced once...they'll cost you around $35 each for vca/vcf chips...the juno106 was a good sounding synth...I miss the bass, filter fx, percussive noiseds and leads on mine already, but it was too much to keep getting it fixed. I say, get it diagnosed, then fixed...and when they're in there, have them write down the lot numbers of each vca/vcf chip in there...then look the lot number on the internet...here's something I found and copied from Synthfool awhile back:
"The Juno 106 had a bad production lot of 80017A VCF/VCA hybrid IC's in them. The lot number was 41 and was printed on the side of these chips. There was also a small run of bad waveshaper IC's, part number MC5534A, but I haven't got the lot number offhand. I think it was 54, though.
When a Juno 106 makes a weak or nonexistant sound every sixth note, it is usually one of these chips. But, if it sounds just slightly "off", especially on high resonance patches, it may only be an internal filter trim that is needed."
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Actually,I have the Roland Hs-60,which is the same synth,save for the color scheme and internal speakers.I bought this item at the same time I bought my first sampler,and although I have other equipment,the Hs60 is the centerpiece.I find it extremely flexible,quick,well-built,and I can coax any sounds I need from it.Roland may have something with the new Jp-8000,yet I have not auditioned that piece yet.I'll probably stick to Roland,and get a Jupiter,or something even more powerful.I recommend it,and the price is right.With the Hs-60,it may be more flexible;I know I run sounds through it,and trigger my sampler while simultaneously triggering notes from the keyboard.Have a look,if you want something that delivers nice sweeps,grungy sounds,and some deep subbass.If you need to reach me,email me at Paradigm777@aol.com
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I had a Juno 106 as a house guest for a few months and I have to admit I wasn't expecting much from a single oscillator, one envelope, non-velocity-sensitive board. But man, this is one synth from the less is more school of design! The features it does have are very musical -- the envelope shape, the noise, the delayed LFO, the different poly modes, the high-pass filter, the envelope inversion. The PWM is also very effective in simulating a two-oscillator sound. The filter doesn't sound as rich as a Moog or a two-pole ARP, but it's still got a nice sound and does nice sweeps. Unlike a lot of gear where the factory patches suck, the Juno's patches do a good job of showing it off and really won me over. Things I didn't like so much: the side-to-side motion of the modulator thingie felt unstable, I prefer a front-to-back wheel where I can anchor my fingers on the side of the board for stability and operate the wheel precisely with my thumb. And after bring up a new patch, tweaking one of the sliders will probably not have the effect you want because its setting no longer matches the sound. But all in all, I was sad to see it leave when its visit was over.
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