Roland Juno-106

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"The Juno 106 is a six voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that uses digitally controlled oscillators to generate the voices. The old classic monophonic synthesizers used two or three VCO ( Voltage Controlled Oscillators ) to create a fat sound. However, these VCO's were sensitive to temperature changes and the pitch would vary up and down with the change of temperature making it hard to keep the instrument in tune. The development of the DCO (Digital Controlled Oscillator) ended that problem. The 106 uses a built-in chorus to fatten up the sound, and this sound is even more pronounced when run in stereo. The 106 has an excellent 24dB/octave analog lowpass filter, great resonance control, and a sweet high pass filter. The ADSR offers a wide range of envelope control - both normal and reversed. There is a programable PITCH/MOD bender that can be use to control the DCO Pitch, VCF cutoff, and the LFO amount....individually or simultaniously. The synthesizer is very straight foreward and easy to program. It has some great filter sweeps, lush synthesizer pads, edgy synth brass, beautiful synth strings, heavy synth bass sounds, and some interesting sound effects. I have even found a nice B3 type organ with simulated Key Click. At the push of a button, the 106 can be turned into a powerful monophonic synthesizer with 6 oscillators stacked on one note for powerful chest thumping bass or razor sharp leads. The Juno 106 has 16 MIDI Channels, and MIDI SysEX data can be transmitted/received for all of the control functions for sequencing and external control."


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