Vintage Synth Explorer

Roland • HS-60

Simply, a consumer level Juno 106 with built in speakers and amplifier. It's quite a bit uglier but sounds all the same. Marketed for the home user hobbyist. It even has a sheet music stand option. It's cool if you can find one because it's like a portable Juno 106 that you can play anywhere with those built in speakers! Another feature of this synth is its stereo MIX IN, a stereo input for jamming with other sources of music through the internal speakers. If you're going to use the HS-60 in the studio, you'll need to insert a 1/4 inch plug into the headphone output to bypass the internal speakers since they will continue to output sound when a plug is inserted into only the main audio outs, and this can be quite annoying for studio work.

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jutland

Posted 72 days ago

I bought this new when they were new back in the 80s. The circuits are identical to the Juno 106. I used them both in the studio at the time, and I still have this baby. It weighs a tonne though. Fantastic pitch when plugged into some decent monitors really deep lows without distorting

Arp

Posted 90 days ago

the only juno is a juno 60... soooo much better sounding
punchier, warmer, the 60 is the real deal for poly analog

Rod Brown

Posted 133 days ago

We just picked up a Roland HS-60 in mint condition at a church sale for $25, this is a great instrument and will double stack nicely with my Piano. Happy Trails,

Benny

Posted 154 days ago

Well it's quite obvious that it is a good deal isn't it considering most HS-60/106's go for at least 200 bucks on ebay and similar pages.. You are a lucky man :)

Brian

Posted 243 days ago

My wife found one of these at an estate sale today. She paid $50 for it. Is that a good deal. I have not seen the paper work on it, but she said it was made in 1986.

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