What do you know about the Roland Juno-D ? POS toy or is it decent?

[anppilot]

So is it a POS toy or professional gear?

 

[ssscientist]

If there was any chance of it being considered a piece of shit toy it would have one of Roland Corporation's lesser names on it. Like Boss.

Generally speaking --- with a few notable exceptions --- anything with the Roland name on it is at least professional quality if not hyper-professional quality.


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[anppilot]

Yeah, I was wondering, cos I already have: TRITON RACK, Roland: JW-50, JV-1080, JD-990, XP-30, JV-90, JP-8080, MC-303, yamaha S80, alesis QSR & DM PRO

HAD: Akai S2800, Yamaha tg-500, tx81z, emu planet phatt, and many other "professional" pieces of equipment.

A. For the price, it seems to good to be true.
B. Reviews all over the internet say the sounds are cheesy as hell and cant be used professionally/commercially.

Your opinions please.

For the price, I'd tryit, abuse it for a weekend and if it sounds like sh1t to me, I'll bring it back.

 

[cortexx]

If there was any chance of it being considered a piece of shit toy it would have one of Roland Corporation's lesser names on it. Like Boss.

thats not name your looking for.

The Boss DR-880 is a really great piece of equipment

i think the name your looking for is edirol

 

[seismetr0n]

with all those roland products you probably already have all the sounds it can produce.. plus since its digital you dont get any analog fun... spend your money on something analog instead.. to compliment all your dig stuff

 

[ssscientist]

i think the name your looking for is edirol

The edirol stuff is just as spotty as the boss stuff.

There have been solid pieces put out under the edirol name too, and in this case your Boss Dr-880 is the exception that proves the rule.


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[ssscientist]

B. Reviews all over the internet say the sounds are cheesy as hell and cant be used professionally/commercially.

Fortunately, you don't need to stick with the 'cheesy as hell' sounds --- you can program your own.

Whoever your sources are they probably want the same thing you seem to want --- a keyboard that almost plays itself. Great music has been made with a JX-3p and a Linn Drum. Shitty music has been made by layering preset on preset until you have a thick layer of goo. And the reverse is true too.

Go to your local Roland dealer and play one.

As seismetr0n pointed out, you'll probably find it pretty redundant since it's not aimed at your end of the market, but that doesn't mean it's a piece of shit.


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[Riverdog]

Yummy

Played one...
Want it bad...
The price is unbelieveable for what it does...
Sounds are fantastic...

Must.. ! not! Press "BUY!""

Too late!!!

 

[cortexx]

The edirol stuff is just as spotty as the boss stuff.

true enough

 

[brzilian]

If there was any chance of it being considered a piece of shit toy it would have one of Roland Corporation's lesser names on it. Like Boss.

Generally speaking --- with a few notable exceptions --- anything with the Roland name on it is at least professional quality if not hyper-professional quality.


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Roland hasn't put out anything decent at the $1000 and under pricepoint since the XP30. The RS series and these so called "Juno" series synths are just recycled technology trying to mooch of the name of classics. Its a pretty sad marketing move by Roland IMO.

None of these new synths offer any kind of expandability much less a keyboard that responds to aftertouch.

This is why my XP30 still sits in my studio - nothing decent from Roland has come along to actually be considered a good replacement, much less a good value for the money.

This is also the reason I went with a Motif over a Fantom 3 years ago.

 

[ssscientist]

Roland hasn't put out anything decent at the $1000 and under pricepoint since the XP30.

Thanks for sharing your always sunny, upbeat critiques with us.

You're forgetting a very worthy contender, the Roland RS9. It didn't have the greatest keyboard in the world, but the sounds were top-notch Roland derived from the JV and XV expansion boards.

Keep your sunny side up and don't go changin' to try and please me...