Roland JUNO-106
- Synthesizer
Price : $1000 UKP (approx)(New) 4-500(and
rising) UKP(2nd Hand)
Released :1980 (approx)
Description
David
Churcher : The Juno-106 is a really basic straightforward analog synth.
All of its functions are on separate front panel sliders and knobs and the architecture
is very simple, so it's an ideal beginner's synth. The sounds you can get out
of it are a bit limited but they all sound great. It has digital oscillators
so it doesn't go out of tune. You can combine pulse and sawtooth waves with
a sub-bass oscillator that runs an octave lower. There's a high-pass filter
which has even more bass boost, and a low-pass filter which resonates to self-oscillation
and has a really smooth tone to it, unlike some digital filters. There's a really
noisy chorus effect that generates pseudo-stereo output, and one of the earliest
MIDI implementations ever produced.
Danile Fergussion:
The DCO provides for extremely stable pitch, while preventing loss of warm
tones. complete 6 voices, retains 128 patch programs, pedal switch to PATCH
SHIFT IN changes through bank of 8 in order,transpose to any key, portamento,
chorus great for a even fatter sound,5 octaves, poly 1- overlappling 6 voices,
poly 2- up to six notes depressed at one time poly1+poly2=SOLO unison mode great
for odd monophonicisms, DCO- LFO mod,PWM,waveforms-pulse and sawtooth,range
16',8',4' Sub Oscillator, white noise generator,HPF-cutoff freq(0\1\2\3) VCF-cutoff
ferquency,resonance(0-self oscillation).ENV mod, polarity switch,LFO mod,key
follow (0-100%), VCA-contol signal selector switch (envelope,gate), VCA level,
ENV- attack (1.5ms-3s), decay (1.5ms-12s),sustain(0-100%). release (1.5ms-12s)
LFO-rate(0.1Hz-30Hz), delay (0-3s). and more... controllers(modulation+mod),MIDI
,memory, etc... a great synth, I love mine, need I say more!
Synthesizer Specifications
- Synthesis Type : Analog
- Polyphony :
- Max : 6
- Typical In Use : 6
- MultTimbral : 1 parts
- Oscillators/Voice : 1-2
- Effects :
- No Effects Units : 1 (chorus)
- No Different Effects : 2 levels
of chorus
- Keyboard :
- No Keys :61
- Can Send on 1 Simultaneous MIDI
Channels
- Sounds can be split by :
- Memory :
- Patches : 128
- Performances : N/A
- Connections :
- Audio Outputs : 1 pseudo-stereo
(&Phones)
- Midi Outputs : 1 (&Thru)
- Midi Inputs : 1
Subjective Opinions
Sounds
- OVERALL SOUND QUALITY :Medium
- Bass :Excellent
- Brass :Poor
- Strings :Good
- Acoustic :Poor
- Pads :Excellent
- Percussion/Drums :Poor
- Organ :Poor
- Digital Synth :Poor
- Analog Synth :Good
- Strange Noises :Good
- Sounds to check out :No
patch names, sorry!
Comments on the sounds : Nice
rich thick basses, hardcore sub-basses, screaming resonant filter sweeps via
LFO modulation. . .
Misc.
- Keyboard Quality :Medium
- Display Quality :Excellent
- has sliders!
- Construction Quality :Good
- Ease of Use :Excellent
Internet Addresses
of Interest
Juno
106 information
Thanks
to David Churcher for supplying this information
