Synth: Roland Juno-106 Review by: Mike Perkowitz (map@cs.washington.edu) Summary: Roland Juno-106 analogue synth. Digitally controlled oscillators, nice full analogue sound, nice midi implementation, front-panel sliders. Somewhat limited architecture, but nice all the same. Very popular. Years Made: ? Polyphony: 6 Multitimbrality: no MIDI: Note on/off: yes MIDI controllers (aftertouch, CC, etc): pitch/mod wheel Sysex patch dumping: yes Sysex parameter control: yes Other inputs/external control: CV/Gate: no Clock: no Other CV: no Audio input: no Proprietary (DCB, etc): no Programmer: no Outputs: left/mono and right outputs Patch storage: 128 patches Patch dumping (tape, MIDI, etc): tape, midi Voice architecture: DCO: pulse, tri, sub, pwm, noise LFO: rate, delay, (fixed at triangle waveform) VCF: 4-position HPF LPF with freq, resonance, env mod, kbd mod, lfo mod ENV: 1 ADSR, and gate CHORUS: off/1/2 (chorus is stereo) Interface: sliders and buttons Sequencer/Arpeggiator: no Keyboard/rack: 5-octave keyboard, no velocity or aftertouch Known problems: Accessories: Related synths/gear: MKS-7: rackmount bitimbral 106 + bassline and 707 drums Juno-60: "thicker" sounding, similar architecture, no midi Juno-6: basically Juno-60 with no DCB or patch storage Alpha Juno 1/2 and MKS-50: more midi, more digital sounding, buttons/data wheel instead of sliders Price range: mid-range, fairly good synth for the money Availability: very common, everyone has one Comments: Strengths: good midi implementation, sysex control of params very nice. good full sounds in spite of limited architecture, thick chorus Weaknesses: very simple architecture, noisy chorus Overall: good basic synth, used and loved by many Other: