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From: hnij@bnl.UUCP (John Labovitz)
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Subject: Re: Juno106 anyone?
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Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 02:35:37 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  8 02:35:37 1985
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> I am thinking of buying Roland's Juno 106 synthesizer, but I was wondering
> if there are any better boards for about the same price range ($800). Also,
> does anyone have a Juno 106? I'd like to know what other people think about
> it (good points/bad points). Any info would be helpful.
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 
> 		Danny Espinoza
> 		{...!bellcore!dje}

I've got one.  I bought it about 2 months ago for $750 (I think).  I like
it -- it's definitely one of the best for the price.  I looked around for
a few months , and couldnt find anything for a better price.

It has MIDI, but I haven't been able to use it yet (I'm the one who posted
the original "rs232 midi interface" article).  Actually, I have used it
to "double" the sound with a friends DX9 -- it creates some GREAT sounds.

There are only a few things I don't like about it.  The first, and
most major, is that it only has one oscillator.  This limits the sound
A LOT and (as a friend said) tends to make all the sounds sound the same.

Its easy to program, but not so easy to make small changes.  The controls
are all switches or slide-pots, and they get transformed digitally.  I've
found that the resolution is not quite fine enough -- there are times when
I want something right between two values.  Also, if you program something,
save it in a patch, and then play around with the pots, and want to get the
original sound back, its difficult to get the pots back to where they were
to you can modify it more (can you parse that?).

Sure is easier to program than my friends DX9.

	@hnij@
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