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I'm a synth rock/new wave/progressive rock style keyboardist. I've been looking for awhile to get synths that rock, but don't kill my budget.
Right now I'm feeling out the Juno-1. Although I haven't spent much time with it, after only adding a little delay, I've made a pretty kick anus lead! I enjoy the portamento (which somehow escaped the D-10...kinda weird since DIGITAL was supposed to be better, plus D-10 was made AFTER AJ1) and the chorus is very lush. Although limited to 6 voices (usually I'm in mono so far) I won't really need them because I usually have one hand on one of my synth and the other on my D-10 (D-10 has very digital bass. I like it.)
The pads can be very nice to you if you spend some time with them. They're very kind and warm spirited. You can also be mean to them, and give them a harsh, yet still analog touch. The filters are nice. I feel limited by only one Env, but that's life for you.
The bass is...well...low and somewhat evil! Although I haven't managed to squeeze a decay bass off of this synth, I could emulate one with the handy a(lpha)Dial!
If you can overlook the voice limitations, this beats the hell out of some of the first few VA's.
On a side note, I made a similar saw lead to the one I just made on the AJ1 on a demo JP8000 model, and it sounded about the same!
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