The Mighty Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2023
- Today I go on a van trip through the city in search of a very special synthesizer, the revered Roland Juno-106 vintage poliphonyc analogue synthesizer from 1984. When I finally get it in my studio I give it a proper demo ❤️ Get 25% off my Music Producer Gold Guide video course now! 👉 GoldGuide.uk
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i'm about to get one man aka the juno107
Poly mode
The Juno-106 offers two Assign modes - Poly 1 and Poly 2. Poly 1 turns the Juno-106 into a six-voice polyphonic synthesizer, assigning one synth voice to each key that is pressed. This particular setting is generally suited to sounds with envelopes similar to a piano or a guitar and is recommended for standard use. Poly 2 mode is similar to Poly 1, the key advantage being that only the last note or notes played receive natural release length. This makes Poly 2 mode more suitable for performance with the onboard portamento effect. Pressing Poly 1 and 2 moves the Juno-106 into Solo Unison mode. In this mode, the Juno-106 acts as a monophonic synthesizer, with all six voices assigned to each key that is pressed.
Thank you!
@@Doctormix Unison is VERY COOL! 😎
@@Doctormix a few lessons on Juno-106 from Espen ua-cam.com/video/WSm-wjrnMPY/v-deo.html
Also: one of the Poly modes (2, i think it was) always starts with voice chip 1 for the first key pressed, 2 for the second... Very usefull, if you have e.g. a broken voice chip 5. Unlike in the other mode, you can still play four keys at once...
Unison mode and chorus were like the "make it awesome" buttons on this synth.
Thanks for this. The Juno 1 Oh six was my first crush. I was 15 when it came out I couldn’t afford it but one of my really good friend in high school got one. I even remember the new electric smell it had. I had a sequential max, which was a six track, polyphonic sequencing synthesizer, Pretty amazing in its own right, and one day we connected our two keyboards together through MIDI. That was a mind blowing moment, and forever changed me. I was completely hooked on the idea of connecting different instruments together to create a symphonic synthesized sonosphere. Fast forward 38 years and a career in music with many electronic instruments, and I am still completely mesmerized by the sound of that keyboard. So happy you found one for yourself.
The first synth I ever played was a Juno-106. I learned all the synth theory I needed in the 80s between that machine and the DX-7. With one of each, and a TR-909 drum machine, we had everything we needed for a good jam session back then.
I’ve always felt that the Juno-60 was the best out of the three of them. Just add a midi kit to the 60 and you’ve got a future proof analog synth.
Same here! In fact I AB tested them both for a day, side by side, when I wanted to replace my Juno 60 with Juno 106, back in 1984. But ended up by keeping the 60. This being said, it makes sense to have both of them in a professional studio with lots of gears. 106 has his own flavor and still sounds great!
@@DrDAAD thanks for the insight.
Removing the arpeggio was such a mistake. Plus the ENV>PWM is such a fun sound that got ditched.
@@calyx93 agreed.
Don’t ask me why, but over the past 10 years, I have bought and sold 5 Juno 60s and one Juno 6. Not one of them ever had a single issue.
Scott's Synth Stuff did a really good series of restoration videos that concluded two weeks ago. He restored a 106, and upgraded it with the Kiwi106 board and Analog Renaissance voice and filter chips, the vids are definitely well worth a watch.
Thank you! Today I released another one, where I compare the original Juno-106 against all the Roland Juno-106 emulations.
It was built to a price, it has it's flaws, but you cannot deny it just sits in the mix perfectly with other instruments.
Gotta say, I feel blessed and honored to have gotten my hands on this bad boy multiple times in my life. The Juno-106 is an absolute monster of a machine, and I would never sleep if I had one of my own.
That's my first analog synth. Bought in 2008 for what today would be considered a killer bargain price (500 euros), I still have it today. Seeing its current prices I'm glad I kept it.
The juno 6 , 80€ in 1998 for mine! 25€ for the SH 2000. I'm glad too!👌☺️
@@patriciaoudart1508 Those who started to pile up the analog synths other people were throwing away in the 90ies understood it all. 80 euro for a Juno, today this is just science fiction.
The price hikes are getting ridiculous at this point
@@loweni7460 Yeah, as for a lot of other vintage gear. Just insane.
After watching this really makes me happy the fact that I own a Roland Juno 106.💪🏻😎👍🏻
best sounding synth ever
Never had one of these but I borrowed one in 1986 after I graduated Southampton University, to do music for a short film about student housing I was making with a friend. I still have the theme tune on my phone, and I just played it - ah, the memories! Made on a Portastudio, naturally :) It's a magnificent synth.
Beautiful sounding machine. Happy that ends with someone who values it like you do.
So many classic albums made with this...
I love watching you, Doctor. You feature such an authentic and full personality that makes your content much more interesting than others. Thank you for this! And thank you for teaching me about the Juno-106!
I have had one of these sitting in a closet forever. Probably should look into selling it.
I have had a Juno 106 for 13 years now. Found it in a recycling dumpster. Took it home, bought & replaced 2 damaged voice chips, 4 missing sliders, replaced the battery and a few damaged keys, and it still works today. Loved the Juno so much I bought the Juno 60 to sit next to it
I want to ask I have a Roland FA-07 and I here a piece of something moving around inside the keyboard if I stand it up, I don't here it when it's flat and I'm playing it, it's not affecting any part of playing recording it sounds like a piece of plastic broke off inside do you think I should pay and bother to have them see what it is ?
@@LouisTorres-ut4ks to be honest, if the keyboard is working then leave it. If you ever put it in for a service, maybe mention it then.
@@Jtee27 yeah that sounds like a good idea Thank you I really appreciate it
Fantastic, fantastic ! To see the maestro road test the synth and show us what it can do is a joy to watch. And then to compare it's performance against his other synth puts it in perspective. And the wave form thing really brings those effects to life for a newbie like me. I love these videos ! And they're fun too !
My first synth, I bought it in 1988. I still have it and once I played it in the Jean Michel Jarre studio.
the juno 106 is very cool! there is a juno at my school and i had an absolute blast playing it! glad to see you finally have it in the studio!
A little Lyle Mays on the Pro 5. Brings tears to my eyes. Long live Lyle Mays!!
The Juno 106 was as one of my 1st keyboards in Highschool that is why I missed class half of the time ha,ha,ha.! But I am still Rocking out on Roland fantom G6 workstation technology........thank you for the video .
Kiwi mod will not step. Sure that's in here somewhere. I just got my first Juno 106 the other day. Waiting for it to show up. Been in love with it since 2000 or 2001 ish when I first played it and was not even into keyboards at the time. Love the Chanel man. Keep up the great work.
I will write it here again, it probably felt through the chat: Roland wrapped the filter boards in plastic. But after all those years it got conductive, which results in strange behavior of the voices. But you can solder them out and put them overnight into acetone. Then you can scrape the plastic off. In 90% of the time, it fixes the problem. But if not, google for analogue renaissance. They have replacement boards which sound exactly the same.
DO NOT scrape the plastic off!! Those chips have surface-printed resistor traces on them that are carefully cut to calibrate the chips. Scraping the plastic will destroy them. I put the Analog Renaissance chips in mine, you can watch my video series on the Juno-106 restoration I did on it on my YT channel.
Thanks to the two. My Juno 6 works perfectly just the vcf slider have an issue, but for now I did not open because I have enough fun with the instrument. I will search for a store having different pieces if needed. A good cleaning and a micro inspection of the board is mostly enough, sometimes sliders have been injured by time and dust, in my case the vcf seem to have had a beer liquid damage, certainly other components under to verify. Lot of videos exist about the Juno, i'm not interested in a big update, only adding some patch abilities, to modular extensions,
I can't believe you didn't have one already! Welcome to the club :)
Beautiful sounds ❤
My brother had one in the 80s and I was a fool not to acquire it from him. I have an Alpha Juno 2 and the JU-06a, and tons of samples and the Roland Cloud and they are all very good in their own right, but nothing really comes close to having the real thing in front of you. Great synth and some lovely improvisation, Dr. Mix! I love how seamlessly it fits into your mix with the Rhodes and that killer Lyle Mays lead on the Prophet. The other Juno has a character all it's own, too. Thanks for sharing.
I'm early 90s used to own two Juno 106s that I used both all the time in my setup. ( along with SH101 and Korg MS20) ...my fave synth ever. Fun to program great for beginners and sound real good .....and then you hit the chorus button.....
And your world is rocked.
God, I had a 106 when I was experimenting with music tech in the 90’s. It was such a dream! Every sound it produced was just exquisite. I miss it so much!!
Such a fabulous synth wonderful 80s synth.❤
80's legendary synth so lovely to hear
Great catch, my friend! 🍾
Man, Dr. mix, I loved, loved, loved hearing you playing on that Roland General 106.
I had one, but due to something that happened to it before I had gotten it, it ended up dying on me about three years ago.
As a blind person, totally blind, that is, that board was the ultimate of accessibility, that is to say, not having to deal with the batch of darned Controls ran by a display that I couldn't see or going through batch of menus that were not really accessible to me.
That thing for quite a number of years was my main concert board. Yeah! That thing is awesome!
Juno 106 is a very nice acquisition. Good luck sorting out the broken bits.
“And it’s time for that chorus” GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 😩😩😩🤯🤯🤯
I had a Juno 106 in the 80's ... Loved it
The Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 is still my all time Sythn Favorites from Roland. Thats why i like it to have there Sounds in my Roland System-8 Synth.
I’m sure you’ll be very happy with it!......My story is for a long time I avoided the 106 (& all single oscillator synths) cause, well I was silly....it seems so limited on paper. But then I got one a few years ago and boy did my opinion change! I now think it the greatest analogue synth of all time😮 I absolutely love the thing😊, sure its “limited” in so many ways but you can’t get a bad sound out of it & What is does, it does so frickin well. Also amazingly reliable for the age (&condition) you often find them in, you can get a lot of parts if you need them... Anyone who is misguided enough to want to start buying vintage synths: this is always at the top of my suggestion list!
Just tried the D20 and D50 from Roland, years ago. I'd love to hear them again 😍
And please rename your channel, Professor Mix 😉
Superb as usual!
sounds amazing!!
I got one too, unconditional love for 30+ years ❤
I bought a Juno 106 the year it came out....Great Synth!!!
I had one back in the 80s. Loved it. As well as composing my own tunes, I learned to play one or two tracks from my hero Jean-Michel Jarre on it. I put his CDs into my tiny portable Technics CD player and set the track I wanted to learn on loop until I learned it by ear. Then bought a Roland D-50 that, like the 106 and DX7, was revolutionary in it's day.
I can't remember what I did with the 106! Back then I think we advertised use gear in the newspaper classifieds.
Lovely sound ❤
I love machines of this “Roland Era”
Me too!!
Happy for you Claudio.
Juno-106 is a special synth.
I absolutely adore my Juno 106. I’ve owned two over the past 20 years. I had the chips replaced with the Analogue Renaissance chips and they sound identical. Both of mine had the voice issue before replacing them.
I like the background spy music during the return to the studio. 106 Filter sounds like there is some built in resonance vs the dry moog filter with res off. Yes, that moog filter is, well, if you know, you know haha. Several of my creator friends of my other channel have moog grandmothers, and they have the best sounding bass in their tunes. I absolutely knew I would also have a grandmother.
I have Softube Model 84 and I love it. One of the best sounding synths ever made.
Possibly my favourite synth. I have a Juno 1 I bought brand new in 1987 and it has been my workhorse for years. It truly is one of the most versatile synths ever as it can be used for so many things.
Mine even still has the same original battery still going strong.
Battery? Did not even know there was one ! :D Whats is it used for?
@@max2950 Patch memory retention. Without that battery the RAM that keeps all the patches (the sounds you program on the synthesizer) would loose power when turning the synth off, wiping away all its content.
@@max2950 The Alpha Juno 1's (along with the Juno 2 which had a bigger keyboard) were the last models of Juno. They're the same but digitally controlled. You lose the sliders, and have to control things through menu diving and a jog wheel. It's not that bad really, and I've long got used to it. So the battery is used for storing all the presets and programs.
I keep an eye on mine as I don't want it to leak and wreck things, but I also want to see how long it can keep going. It's amazing especially as this synths has been heavily used for decades.
its just spacy PERFECT
Great sound.
Congrats! Beautiful synth! I bought one 20 years ago and sold it 10 years later...but bought again...and sold it again few years later...NOW I will buy it for the 3rd time (ouch the price is 3x times expensive than previously)...but hey! I NEED it again no matter how it costs!
Good idea to fade in the oscilloscope. Fantastic sound!
Lucky you! What a machine.
Since you already have very BOLD sounding synths, I think a 106 is a great addition that complements the other ones very well.
Great timing just found a 106 at my local GC!
11:24 it's time for that chorus! So Fat. Beautiful
I have an HS-60 (my first synth), same insides as the 106. Basically, the Dodge Aries K to the 106’s Plymouth Reliant. Need to replace a voice chip though. Amazing synth. I was tempted to sell it in the past, but I never will. Gorgeous sound. Love your pairing with the Prophet. Such a beautiful duo.
Nice! Over the years I have collected basically every iteration of 1980s Juno. I have a 60, 106 and an Alpha. Plus the Juno 106 in the System 8, the Roland Cloud version and Arturia version. One can never, ever have too much Juno. Recently bought an MSQ-700 to keep them company.
I don't know anything about keyboards but i enjoyed this a lot, so many interesting and awesome sounds.
Jesus you surely had a vivid imagination as a kid 🙂! Loving the Juno 106 here !
My personal fav!
I like the nod to Lyle....Nice sounds Claudio ❤
You have that Lyle Mays sound on one of those other synths! Whenever I get a new synth I program it for the Mays pitch envelope patch to test it out.
Almost fell asleep at the end with how beautiful and melodic and space-y sounding it was. Can’t believe this is also the same synth Daft Punk used to make the nasty and aggressive sounding noises in Rollin’ and scratchin’
I had a 106 back in 1985. It was connected to a Sinclair ZX Spectrum with one of the first MIDI interfaces. The first thing I did was to go out and buy the sheet music to Dare by the Human League and programme in every song in the book. After that some Howard Jones, Nik Kershew., Duran... You get the idea. Basically, many lost weekends in my loft spent sequencing my favorite tunes of the day. I really regret selling it a few years later. Thanks for the nostalga fix :-)
The reason the resonant filter sounds "stepped" is because it is much more narrowly focusing on the specific harmonic that the resonance is tuned to, so as it hits those harmonics, they become much louder, so it sounds like it is stepping between them. Basically the Juno-106 resonance has a much more narrow Q than your Minimoog.
❤ great content 👌
I bought my Juno 106 in 1984. I still remember how wonderful it smelled as soon as I took it out of the box. Years later I ended up selling it because of a persistent defect in the electronics. That's one of the few regrets I have in my life.
I was always an American synth dude but the Softube Juno made me realise that the Juno is a great sounding synth. Not a bad sound. Does a lot of stuff really well. Simple and really effective.
Poly 2 is the same as Poly 1, except that it changes the envelope triggering for new notes being pressed - primarily only the last note gets the envelope.
If you press Poly 1 and Poly 2 at the same time, you get unison mode.
Unison and portamento with the chorus is a surprisingly powerful monosynth
DR. MIX! You got the 106!!
Now we know what made music in that era sound so good...who knows what's the next synth coming!
Great video !
That is why I am buying a new Juno X. Would love an original 106 but a price for a good one is the same price if not more than a new Juno X that does so much more and sounds as good. Roland are offering a wC-1 and free cloud for 12 months so I'll just download the Jupiter 8 and get a T8 to go with my RD88 and that will do for the time being....
seeing you drive in the right hand seat throws me off.. lol.. USA here! love your vids!
I spent most of the 90s with such a beauty. I had an SH01 too. I've been a Roland fanboy ever since lol
Don't know if it is the case for all 106's, but by playing the synth in unison mode with slight portamento added, I was able to get the 6 unison voices to slightly detune themselves, resulting in a even bigger sound. It was my workaround as I did not have a proper monophonic synth at the time.
fantastico. un synt senza tempoe senza fine
NIce on the ears.
Thanks for this great course, just bought it and ... I already love it !!! (👋 from Belgium)
I love the Juno-106 too, suscribed to Roland Cloud, I also have the alternative versions from Cherry Audio, Arturia and Softube 😁
Im suprised you only aquired a juno now after all these years with a successful channel 😅I want one!!
I've never had my hands on either a Jupiter or a Juno, but they sound gorgeous! 😎
@Doctormix Someone may have already mentioned this, but it's possible that the filter stepping is actually meant to happen when manually turning the filter knob, as to facilitate tuning it to musical intervals; and will otherwise be smooth when modulated from an envelope or LFO. I don't know this to be fact, but that's how several DSI/Sequential synths behave. Perhaps worth testing... Cheers!
2 artists for using the 106 in unique styles are Von Iva and the other TribalNeed ....
Both favourite juno 106 users of mine
Also, polyphony 1 is 'normal' where voices ring out over each other with longer release, polyphony 2 release is gated out when another voice is triggered to allow all notes to be heard, cleans things up with longer delay and especially with open filter.
Love the Lyle Mays lead sound on the Prophet @ 6:49
I acquired a Juno 106 in 2002 for free ( in exchange for some work ) kept it for a short while ( I had loads of synths at the time ) and sold it for £400. I thought £400 was a LOT for a '106 - I think the voice chips were on their way out too ;-). I have a Deepmind 12 now - and also an Opsix which bizarrely can do a pretty good impression of Juno sounds!
I love it
I have the Roland Cloud version of the 106 and it is incredibly good 😊
True!
If you press both polyphony buttons at the same time it puts the voices in unison
I have 3 or 4 of these from some irresponsible ebaying more than a decade ago. One works fully, one has a dead voice chip, and the other(s) were for parts but are still intact. I had sourced 6 good (original) voice chips to fix the others but a fire took them out ($600+ down the drain). (The junos were in the same room but unharmed... in fact, the fire cleanup company professionally cleaned them inside-and-out. Got rid of some horrible cigarette smell from one of them.)
The Juno-106 and my later-acquired JD-800 were my "daily drivers" for a long time. I eventually got the rack-mount version of the JD-800 which was more convenient. Now I only pull the Juno out for special occasions but it sits over there staring at me all the time and on some level it's the music I hear in my head and the sounds I chase in the DAW.
My 1st. Used to sit on a MK2 Rhodes.
Pleased to meet you, Claudio!
I've got the 106, had it from around '93/94 . good condition but last time i gave it a test although it still has all my original patches still saved ,it does however sounds like the voice chips will need acetoned. I will sell it when i get that done :)
I love you!!!
Nice boss.
It took you until - well - NOW to get a Juno-106?!?! 😲 In all those years watching your videos, I never realised you did not have one!! 😄. I have mine since 1985!! 👍
Man! You are the coolest! 😂