Roland Juno-6

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The first in a series of amazingly affordable quality synthesizers from Roland's amazing Juno family! The Juno-6 is a six voice polyphonic analog synthesizer! It's a very stable synth thanks to its digitally controlled analog oscillators. The Juno-6 sounds great, however it lacks basic necessities like MIDI control and patch memory storage.

The next generation Juno-60 version added 56 patches of memory storage. Both of these synths sound virtually the same and are considered by many to sound better (punchier) than the popular follow up, the Juno-106. The Juno-6 and 60 are very rich sounding synthesizers and are great analog machines as long as you can overlook the absence of MIDI control. Of course nobody can deny that the wooden side panel look is a true sign of Vintage status! The Junos have been used by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran, Enya, Sean Lennon, Sneaker Pimps, Vince Clarke of Erasure and Banco De Gaia.

82 Visitor comments
Graham Dallas
June 5, 2011 @ 3:18 pm
I picked up a Juno 6 for £50 (yes, fifty pounds), all it needed was a new key from ebay for £2 - perfect working order
my elastic eye
February 28, 2011 @ 7:01 am
i just bought a near mint juno-6 for £270, pretty sure i got a ridiculously amazing bargain

the sound so rich!!! and the release is on each key rather than the last one in a sequence that you hold (if thats makes sense) which im sure is really rare with a lot of analogue synths???
Nick
December 23, 2010 @ 5:07 pm
I've found that with my Juno you can have both chorus buttons depressed to give a 3rd, really fat, chorus effect.
bret
September 19, 2010 @ 5:17 pm
Over-rated for the price they go for. Sold mine (took advantage of high current prices) as it bored me compared to Polysix, initially I thought I loved it (the nice Juno tone) but quickly found it's limits.
Syntherklaasje
September 10, 2010 @ 6:50 pm
I love this synth,, warm sound.. Got poly 6 to .. it depands on what you want.. Polysix is more raw.. But presets,, pfff who cares cmon hé... :S ... I would never sell it never
 
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  • Demos & Media
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    Video 1
    - Roland Juno 6 Examples

    Audio Clip 1 - A short track made completely with sounds from the Juno-6 (drums included), submitted by Matt Langston.

    Manual - Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free PDF downloads.

  • Specifications
  • Polyphony - 6 voices
  • Oscillators - DCO: pulse, saw, and square
  • LFO - rate and delay
  • Filter - non-resonant high pass and resonant low pass
  • VCA - level, ADSR and gate
  • Keyboard - 61 note keyboard (no velocity or aftertouch)
  • Arpeg/Seq - External JSQ-60 Sequencer
  • Effects - Chorus (2 types)
  • Memory - None
  • Control - Filter Control In, Ext Clock In
  • Date Produced - 1982

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