Roland Juno-d

[MULEFAN]

Hi, does anyone here own one of these? I'm going to pick one up.It will be used to sweeten tracks in my home studio.It will never be used to gig. Any real pros or cons with this one? Thanks- Steve Z.

[cortexx]

I tried one of these in Toronto a few months back , it's a last chance cash grab on the JUNO name of the 80's , is a typical roland synth , keyboard is ok im sure it'll fill your role as a "synth" with no problems , persoanlly I wouldnt buy one , although less functional , i prefered tinkering with the SH201.

The Juno does have VST interface capability though with is pretty useful for you , maybe .

[jonnyc]

I had one for awhile. Ok sounds but very cheap feeling, on par with the feel of a Casio. Has a few tweaking options but nothing I liked but hey, I'm not a keyboard player.

[brzilian]

You're better off hunting down a used XP30. More bang for the buck.

Roland's entry level synths have been extremely dissapointing since they discontinued the XP30.

[MULEFAN]

Well I picked this thing up on Monday and it is a blast!! 600 + tones and a ton of effects and variable parameters to warp. It is pretty cheaply built, but like I posted, it won't go anywhere but in my studio, so it should hold up. I don't know how much more you could reasonably expect to get for 600 bucks, but I'm satisfied that it was a good deal. Now it's time to get it on tape..........

Steve Z.

[brzilian]

You'll figure out the limitations soon enough (no aftertouch or expandability).

[lbanks]

Had mine for a year, haven't stressed it yet. However, I play bass and, usually, only use the guitar, piano and string patches

[MULEFAN]

Originally Posted by brzilian

You'll figure out the limitations soon enough (no aftertouch or expandability).

Don't need either one. Don't even know what aftertouch is!!

[cortexx]

aftertouch give you the ability to add expression to your playing , basically if you press harder on the keys after the initial press you can program the synth to vary patch parameters.

For example you can take a violin sound and use the after touch to apply vibrato/tremolo effects to the sound just like a violin has when you wiggle your fingers on the strings ( im not a violin player so excuse the amature expression).

I use it on pad sounds to control filter sweeps , the harder i press the higher the filter cutoff goes ( or lower depending on wether its a high or low pass filter )

Once you get used to using it you won't like playing without it.

[bsr2002]

Originally Posted by brzilian

You'll figure out the limitations soon enough (no aftertouch or expandability).

Hmmmm...not even thru a controller like the old Yammy DX7s? Aftertouch that is...

[MULEFAN]

Originally Posted by cortexx

aftertouch give you the ability to add expression to your playing , basically if you press harder on the keys after the initial press you can program the synth to vary patch parameters.

For example you can take a violin sound and use the after touch to apply vibrato/tremolo effects to the sound just like a violin has when you wiggle your fingers on the strings ( im not a violin player so excuse the amature expression).

I use it on pad sounds to control filter sweeps , the harder i press the higher the filter cutoff goes ( or lower depending on wether its a high or low pass filter )

Once you get used to using it you won't like playing without it.

Well I did notice that with this keyboard you can actually get two different sounds from some of the patches depending on how hard you hit the keys. There is a jazz scat vocal patch that says two different words depending on how hard you press. That is pretty cool.

[brzilian]

Originally Posted by MULEFAN

Well I did notice that with this keyboard you can actually get two different sounds from some of the patches depending on how hard you hit the keys. There is a jazz scat vocal patch that says two different words depending on how hard you press. That is pretty cool.

That is simply velocity switching - not aftertouch.

If you had aftertouch, you could have been able to morph into the second sound by simply holding the key down and pressing harder.

Like I said before, you'll figure out the limitations soon enough.