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I've owned this synth for over a year and get little use out of it.
I have heard some people say good things about this synth, but to me it doesn't
compare to my other analogue synths. The Juno 1 seems to stand in an akward
place between digital and analogue, too thin and bright for analgue (it's the
farthest from "warm" i've ever heard in an analogue synth) and too
limited and unrealistic sounding for digital.
There are some major problems I have with the Juno 1. First, there is only 1
envelope. This is a royal pain in the ass because it seriously limits the
creation of complex sounds.
Second, the resonance (if set at high levels) distorts and isn't self-oscillating.
Some patches I simply cannot use because while I am doing a VCF sweep the thing
starts distorting. I suppose some compression could fix this... but I'd rather
not waste my effects unit on a poorly designed synth when I could use it on my
909 kick.
Third, changing the levels of the different waveforms is severly limited. For
example, when mixing the white noise waveform, the programmer can select 0, 1,
2, 3... where 0 is silent. That gives you only 3 different volume settings!
Personally, I prefer having a knob where i can select an infinite amount of
levels, rather than low, medium or high.
Since the Juno 1 is limited in its programmability, you cannot get many
interesting sounds out of it. I only paid a $100 more for my Matrix 6
and it gives me 3 env, 2 LFOs, virtually unlimited modulation combinations, FM,
etc.
The Juno just doesn't seem worth its going price compared to other more
programmable synths out there.
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