sweetbeats
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Title says it all…
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peccary
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Wow! What a great find.
I'm glad I watched till the end - a surprise Juno 106! Can't beat that.
I'm glad I watched till the end - a surprise Juno 106! Can't beat that.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
Yes…there’s more than the console! Can’t wait to dig in to the Juno 106…get the vomit cleaned off of it…get it cleaned up and start digging deeper into whatever else it needs…planning on a recap and possibly replacing the slide pots and switches. I think it’s going to clean up well.
jpmorris
Tape Wolf
Nice! The 106 is supposed to have a big sweet-spot, i.e. it's difficult to make it sound bad because Roland carefully designed the parameter ranges in the firmware to restrict it to nice-sounding combinations. They also have a BBD chorus which really makes them sound special (unless the BBD chip has failed, then it will sound rough).
Like the 388 with the failing hex inverter, the Juno-106 has an Achilles heel in the so-called "voice chips" which are actually potted daughterboards. IIRC the problem is that the potting compound starts to become conductive and that voice will fail. There are ways to temporarily fix it using acetone on the potting compound, but if I had one I'd just buy the reissue voice modules and replace them.
Oh yeah, and check the battery isn't leaking. The Alphas have a CR2032 soldered in, I'm not sure about the 106. While you have it open it may be worth socketing the voice modules.
You may already know all that, but just in case...
Like the 388 with the failing hex inverter, the Juno-106 has an Achilles heel in the so-called "voice chips" which are actually potted daughterboards. IIRC the problem is that the potting compound starts to become conductive and that voice will fail. There are ways to temporarily fix it using acetone on the potting compound, but if I had one I'd just buy the reissue voice modules and replace them.
Oh yeah, and check the battery isn't leaking. The Alphas have a CR2032 soldered in, I'm not sure about the 106. While you have it open it may be worth socketing the voice modules.
You may already know all that, but just in case...
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sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
Awesome info. Thanks!
I have an old friend with whom I used to do some periodic music projects…he’s a great synth/keyboard player and bassist, and recordist…and technician…I reached out to him initially to see if he had any advice…he’s not a Roland guy but he certainly knows about the JUNO 106…had good things to say about it…had some general knowledge of common issues, and pointed me to a good resource for parts and information at Syntaur.com
https://syntaur.com/keyboard.php?keyboard=Roland_Juno-106
Which is helpful just to browse because you can learn a lot about what’s problematic. He also pointed me to a YouTube video with I think some very useful info…haven’t watched it yet:
I thank you for your post though because you shared new info, and gave some concise clarity to the key issues and options.
And I’m pretty sure the battery is soldered in because I see battery holder upgrades for sale.
I look forward to digging into it when I can…starting with a tear-down and detailed cleanup and inspection…repair anything obvious…and then determine what I’m working with as far as what’s working and what’s not…planning on recapping it regardless.
Anyway thanks much for the info!
I have an old friend with whom I used to do some periodic music projects…he’s a great synth/keyboard player and bassist, and recordist…and technician…I reached out to him initially to see if he had any advice…he’s not a Roland guy but he certainly knows about the JUNO 106…had good things to say about it…had some general knowledge of common issues, and pointed me to a good resource for parts and information at Syntaur.com
https://syntaur.com/keyboard.php?keyboard=Roland_Juno-106
Which is helpful just to browse because you can learn a lot about what’s problematic. He also pointed me to a YouTube video with I think some very useful info…haven’t watched it yet:
I thank you for your post though because you shared new info, and gave some concise clarity to the key issues and options.
And I’m pretty sure the battery is soldered in because I see battery holder upgrades for sale.
I look forward to digging into it when I can…starting with a tear-down and detailed cleanup and inspection…repair anything obvious…and then determine what I’m working with as far as what’s working and what’s not…planning on recapping it regardless.
Anyway thanks much for the info!