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.

will nichols

December 10, 2008 @ 2:55 am

what an animal, only just got it the other day and am already addicted. nice heavy bass and shimmering pads but with typical roland cleanliness. after working with softsynths and owning an mks-80 and x-station, this thing seems like a toy, and at times is frustratingly simple. however, the sounds that come out of it are PHAT, and with a little delay and reverb and occasionally some distortion, i don't think there's many things you can't do. sure it sounds dated, but it least its a weighty, full sounding synth that sh*ts all over soft synths. if you want to sound modern, get a virus ti, but if you want that 80s analog fatness that coloured so many movies and songs, then this is the synth for you. i think its also one of the best looking synths, bar the jp-8, and is built like a brick sh*thouse. don't be fooled by the presets, there's a banshee in there, just spend some time with it and save your patches.

Badsneakers

December 5, 2008 @ 5:11 pm

I've just written two tracks based on the 60 and it's a fantastic board. Love the arpeggiator and the dirty chorus is a real bonus too. Very versatile for a simple synth - by far the best of the cheaper analogue polys.

Scott

December 3, 2008 @ 3:57 am

This is simply stunning! I have been trying to acquire a Roland Juno 60 for a very long time! If anyone has any information where I would be able to get hold of one, please let me know!

Tim C

November 6, 2008 @ 6:02 am

One of my favorite synths is my Juno 60. I use it on most of my recordings due to its unique sound an simplicity. My favorite presets have to be preset 58 (PWM) and 35 (pizzicato strings). Enya used preset 35 on a number of her famous songs, notably Orinoco Flow, Storms In Africa and Caribbean Blue.

Bob Weigel

October 22, 2008 @ 2:22 am

I have keys for almost every vintage keyboard at sounddoctorin.com on the global synth page. Just follow the logical link to the keyboard you want parts for etc. You'll find lots of free tech tips on different machines that I've worked on etc. It says don't use this for sales but I can't imagine it means withhold information of this nature. I just charge enough to keep them in stock and there often is no other source on these things. -Bob

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