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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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Tyler

Posted 13 days ago

I'm with Elvstrøm... Sometimes I don't understand this site. You take off the covering and you see a circuit board that says JUNO 106. This keyboard is a juno 106! ...which got 5 stars. But this keyboard gets 3? Sometimes I think if the synth doesn't have wood paneling or some other kind of eye appeal it loses stars automatically. pfffft.

Elvstrøm

Posted 116 days ago

I don't get why it should only have 3 stars? It's the same as the 106. The only difference is the speakers... that doesn't make it a worse instrument.

Jean

Posted 127 days ago

I recently sold my Roland Juno106 on eBay because I discovered the Jupiter 6 that is years ahead in terms of sound and possibilities,and only costs little money more.It didnt make any sense to keep the Juno.

jutland

Posted 203 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 221 days ago

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

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