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Roland • JUNO-60

Among the first in Roland's amazing JUNO family! Six analog voices of polyphony and patch memory storage!! The JUNO-60 sounds great, however, like the JUNO-6 it lacks MIDI control. The JUNO-60 includes 56 patches of memory storage. The JUNO-60 is still popular due in part to opinions that it sounds better (punchier) than the JUNO-106. The JUNO-6 and 60 are very rich sounding synthesizers and are great analog machines as long as you can withstand the absence of MIDI control. The JSQ-60 sequencer is an external sequencer controller for the JUNO-60 and is usually worth acquiring. Of course nobody can deny that the wooden side panel look is a true sign of Vintage status! JUNOs have been used by Enya, The Cure, Sean Lennon, Faithless, Astral Projection, Vince Clarke, Rabbit in the Moon, Men at Work, Flock of Seagulls, Olive, Dee-Lite, Howard Jones, Locust, Eurythmics and Add N to (X).

Cool Tips:
The JUNO-60 can have 76 patches. By pressing down nr 5 and 1 or 2, at the same time, you get access to patch 57 to 76.

To access patches 80 to 98, (dead-patch) plug a cord into the PATCH SHIFT connector. Now you can access the test-programs 80-98: Keep 5 down and press 3 for bank 8, 5 and press 4 for bank 9.

Fire the JUNO up with the KEYTRANSPOSE button pressed and the arpeggio mode-switch up to enter MONO-MODE. All 6 voices will be assigned to the last key pressed.

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beatncore

Posted 31 days ago

Guys, just check this site to get the right idea about the Junos DCOs:

http://www.electricdruid.net/index.php?page=info.junodc os

Stu

Posted 36 days ago

I dont care what they say. Listen with youre ears in person. Dont believe the type. If youre using soft synths or VAs this or the juno106 are youre best bets. Theyll really make you poop when you hear what real analog sounds like. I actually think I like the juno series BEST because theyre TOTALLY affordable and sound effing sweet in comparison to VA GARBAGE. Get yourself a Juno 106 OR 60 theyre both fine and a CS10 and youve got MAD ground covered. Juno for brilliance, CS for bass fatness. As I type I'm realizing I rather like these over the jupiters and the prophets cause theyre your everyday working mans synths. the tool everyone can afford and still do amazing work. These are like the AK47 of the synth world and I love em for it. Lets just avoid biding wars and keep the prices down. theres enough juno to go around.

Ptol

Posted 51 days ago

Just got a Juno-60 a few days ago, and man does this thing rip. After coming from a Nord Lead 2x... which I thought sounded fat as hell, it seems that VA is a valiant attempt at analog, but man oh man does it not even come close. This thing is remarkable, especially with only 1 oscillator. The chorus is a nice touch, and lets you add a bit more dynamic movement. I have a DCB->MIDI box too, so it's working just fine in my home recording setup. The Nord was a great tool to learn the ins and outs of subtractive programming, but I feel bad because this much less versatile machine sounds so much better! Seriously contemplating selling the Nord for something else now...

Very pleased with the Juno-60!

passenger

Posted 76 days ago

had one but sold it few years ago, was very good, loved it, but had no midi - so it had to go...

Paul Soulsby

Posted 133 days ago

Possibly my favourite synth of all time, simply because of the versatility and sound all for a cheap price (well mine cost £250 in '97). Built like a tank, it can do every classic analogue sound you could want, has memories and is great for live as well as in studio. Obviously it'll never do Moog bass as well as a Moog or fat brass as well as Oberheim or crunchy moduated sounds aswell as Sequential, but if you want a bit of everything this is the one! There's a few hidden features to be found too!

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