The nuance that Roland have injected into these sounds has improved greatly over years particularly with the multi-level sampling and if you’re unfamiliar with what’s on offer you need to get down and try them for yourself. The sounds we know Roland synths well for are certainly there including thick-basses, realistic modelled (COSM) guitar sounds, top acoustic/electric pianos and a great selection of drum sounds. Starting with sounds, I found the Juno-G to be like a best of selection of sounds I recognised from the Fantom range, with a few others I hadn’t heard before. This opens plenty of possibilities not least making it a tool for the home-studio. But it’s true the Juno-G does have a multi-track recorder built in.
It’s near impossible to summarise all the features of the Juno-G but I’ll throw a few bones out there: the Juno-G features 61-notes, 128-voice polyphony, 16-track sequencing, 4-track audio-recording, SRX expansion, Fantom-X-quality sounds, USB, a software editor, arpeggiator, chord-memory, multi-effects… I could go on but you get the picture there’s a lot packed in and I imagine some of you will be scratching your head about the audio-recording part. I can confidently say that the latest incarnation, the Juno-G raises the bar when it comes to keyboard/synthesizer/workstations and Roland is giving the competition a real run for their money.
The common thread between Juno keyboards is affordability while maintaining instrument quality. After all Roland have used the name Juno on many keyboards, the first being the Juno-6 circa 1982. Mention the name Juno to someone who has been around electronic instruments for a while and you’re likely to have an ‘I remember that’ conversation. Distributor: ROLAND AUSTRALIA (02) 9982 8266
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