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Average rating:
4.5 out of 5
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Wow! So many reviews on this thing! Well, here's my 2 pennies... This is my, admittedly, first "real" synth. At first, I was thinking I had made a bad decision to pick one up because everything that came out of it sounded the same... Well, in time that changed when I really started experimenting with it. It's very easy to learn your way around since all the parameters are right there in front of you assigned to various sliders, switches, and buttons. I have so much fun just coming up with sounds and turn those sounds into new sounds... It's so fun to play around with those sliders and hear instantaneously what you're doing! Granted, I am discovering it's limitations like there's a shared envelope for the DCO and VCF(most of the programming books I'm learning from call for separate envelopes alot of the time so I have to improvise alot and come up with very interesting results...), there's a buzzy sound(maybe this is just because I live so close to radio towers and am not using any sort of power conditioning...?), and trying to get it midied up to my sequencer has been a bit of a pain(any help getting it working with cakewalk would be greatly appreciated!). Of course, this is an "entry-level" synth though and it has been serving it's purpose for me very much! I'll eventually upgrade to something more extravagant, but this one will be close by! Enough of my babbling... Make your own judgements and try it out for yourself!
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I just got mine and I love it! It sounds totally cool!! Awesome realtime control. I got it used and I will never sell it. Extremely cool!!
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The 106 is a solid analog board as long as you have a decent controller/sequence. Some of the sub-bass sounds are a genuine growl that I haven't heard from any other analog machine! Somehow the pulse wave modulation slider reminds me of an atari-ish type of sound, or whatever it's bad-ass especially with the chorus on II. The SUB square ocsillator also is a sweet effect. A steal if you can get it at or under $300.00!
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there are interesting reviews of the 106 here. everyone seems to either love it to death or hate it with a passion. my thoughts are... you can have all those new trendy "dance" synths like the AN1x, i'll keep my 106. i'll admit that the 106 can't do stuff like the nord, but for the current street price, nothing can cut the juno. i've used one live for years and i'll continue to use it for years to come.
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To set the record straight you can control the VCF/VCA by midi - set the function knob on the back to three, any slider you touch sends out sys-ex to your sequencer! Record this an playback all you tweaks in real time! Modular synthesis on the cheap!! :) Or you can use the pitch bend to control the filter. I love this synth - if it had two oscillators, it would give the Mini-moog a fair kicking when it comes to bass sounds. Bass sounds just speak soulfully on this synth - its a great synth for building a foundation of track. I use it for everything, kicks, basses, 303 emulations (use the sys-ex for accent type effects!), pads. I've owned examples over the years - my current Juno106 is mint, and it sounds much fatter and punchier than my first one. None of the softsynths I own come close to the rounder smooth tone. The only thing I hate about it is the portamento - its linear one, I prefer the expontential rate glide on the Mini-moog and my Akai ax-73.
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