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I have a 106, mainly for bass. And man does it go down deep and raunchy! Not too flexible, but it does what it does real well.
 
I've got an Alpha juno 2. It's nice - doesn't sound like any of my other synths so sometimes it's just the thing to use.
Bottom line: I'd miss it if I lost it, and I'd never consider selling it.
 
The 1st Juno was the Juno 6 a very fat analog synth, but there were no banks to store sounds. This was followed by the Juno 60 (same synth but with storage banks) which in my mind is a classic synth which holds a place in history.

A little after that the Juno 106 came out, which was much like the Juno 60, but also added MIDI. Some people feel the 106 was not as warm/fat as the 60.

While I prefer the Juno 60, I traded mine away and got a Juno 106 instead (I really wanted the MIDI abilities). I still have my 106 and use it for certain projects.

To me, the Juno 6, Juno 60 and Juno 106 are what really qualify as "Juno's" there were some later Juno series boards" (Juno 1, etc) but anything after the 106 did not have the same fatness.
 
The 1st Juno was the Juno 6 a very fat analog synth, but there were no banks to store sounds. This was followed by the Juno 60 (same synth but with storage banks) which in my mind is a classic synth which holds a place in history.

A little after that the Juno 106 came out, which was much like the Juno 60, but also added MIDI. Some people feel the 106 was not as warm/fat as the 60.

While I prefer the Juno 60, I traded mine away and got a Juno 106 instead (I really wanted the MIDI abilities). I still have my 106 and use it for certain projects.

To me, the Juno 6, Juno 60 and Juno 106 are what really qualify as "Juno's" there were some later Juno series boards" (Juno 1, etc) but anything after the 106 did not have the same fatness.
 
The Juno 6 had no presets and no midi.
The Juno 60 had presets and no midi.

Roland later released a DCB to midi adaptor box so these could be driven by midi sequencers. DCB was Roland's earliest attempt at providing sequencer to keyboard connections. The Jupiter 8 had the same DCB bus connectability.

The Juno 106 had midi and presets.

There were also rarer Alpha Juno 1 and 2 synths later, about 1985 or so.

The next Roland poly synth incarnations with midi included the Jupiter 6, and also the cheaper JX-3P (with an optional PG-200 programmer), and the JX-8P.
 
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I miss my Alpha Juno-2...I traded it in with a couple of other things in order to buy a digital multitrack recorder. It was in great condition and I loved using it for bottom end sounds...
 
I love my Alpha Juno too! A fair few people have slagged this synth off to me (the DX7-alike controls, the thin-ness of the sounds, the number of oscillators etc.) but I think it's great. I wouldn't say it's the kind of synth that makes you go wow when you first hear it, but somehow the sounds always seem to fit really nicely in my mixes. For the price I paid for it as well (70 pounds sterling including stand and sustain pedals), I can't fault it!
 
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I also used to have a Roland Jupiter 6 which was my first keyboard. That was also a great keyboard which alot of the sounds reminded me of a lot of Rush stuff. I hope to get another one again someday or a Jupiter 8. The arpeggiator and knobs were certainly cool to mess around with...
 
Timmy2000 said:
I love my Alpha Juno too! A fair few people have slagged this synth off to me (the DX7-alike controls, the thin-ness of the sounds, the number of oscillators etc.) but I think it's great.
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Yes - it's strange. I've heard people say the juno 2 sounds too thin, and later that they like the Korg poly 800. I've got the EX800 and to my ears the juno is fatter. Even thought it has DCO's I think it got a little bit of an analog feel. I know that most people seem to disagree - so I guess I'm wrong
;)

But I do have a few synths to compare it with...
 
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