Roland Juno 60 or Juno 106 ?

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I was going to buy an ARP 2600, but can't find one (on eBay there were some 2600's, but there where for US-shipping only, or there were too expensive - more than $ 2.500).

So now I have the chance on the Belgian eBay department to buy - quite inexpensive - a Juno 60 or a Juno 106.

I know on the Juno 106 there is MIDI, but that's not really a point because I think with the Juno 60 I can send MIDI messages using my Kenton Pro 2000 - if not please say it !!

So I read in vintage analog gear reviews that the Juno 60 is sounding fatter / thicker than his successor.

Is this true ?
 
why not buy them all ?:D hmm an arp 2600, did you try the nord modular THM ? it is an amazing synth and can sound like a lot of different synths, plus it features a high sample rate digital to analog converter (which means no nasty anti alias filters)
 
Well I tried the whole Nordlead range, but it was not really the thing I expected. Still prefer my Supernova II and JP-8000.

Does anybody has experience with Juno 60 and Juno 106 ?

Please tell me the difference in sound !!!
 
Juno 60 looks better, and sounds better, but you're not going to have MIDI unless you buy a MIDI upgrade kit that is wired internally, which I don't think anyone makes a kit for the Juno 60 anyway, but I could be wrong. The Kenton Midi 2000 is just a control box right? That will only work with synths that have MIDI already inside them or have been upgraded and the Juno 60 is not.

The 60 has a little bit more umph to the sound, the 106 has so good punchiness, but the 60 has just a little bit more. You're probably gonna want to use them for basslines and if you're not a fast keyboard player, your going to want MIDI so you can have it played for you.

I think you should know that both of them are really limited, much more so than I expected it to be when I bought my 106. I'd do up some sound exampled for you, but my recording computer isn't connected to the net and I'm all out of blank CDs. Effects really help to have if you get one of these because they only have chorus and that's it. What a damn good chorus it is though.

Just make sure you play it or hear a whole lot of sound exampled before you buy. You can always buy it, try it, and sell if you don't like it. You'll be able to sell it for at least what you bought it for.

If I were you, I may skip over the Juno series and maybe look into buying a Jupiter 6. You should be able to buy one for 600 to 700 bucks and they have far more features than the Junos.

It seems like I put you off to every synth you ask about, heh. Sorry about that.. I guess it's for your own good though:)

http://www.midiwall.com/archives/ah/
You can find a ton of info on synths(mostly analogue) there.
 
Thanx alot !!

Well, the Juno 60 I have the chance to buy, has - according to the seller - a Kenton DCB add-on, which does send/receives MIDI messages in connection with a Kenton Pro-2000. I own a Kenton Pro-2000 (at this moment I use it for my midified TB-303), so that would be no problem.

Are the Jupiter's that thicker than the Juno's ? I know they have 2 OSC and the Juno only 1, but do they use the same sound engine ?
 
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Oh ok, MIDI should be fine then.

I've never played a Jupiter, but I bought a Juno only a week earlier and I didn't want to spend too much so quickly and I ended up missing a good deal on a Jupe. Point is, I've never touched a Jupiter. I've heard that they are thicker and they're obviously more advanced. I'm not sure if they use the same sound engine, I'm almost certain that they don't, but I'll bet that you can come close to getting Juno-like sounds.

Again, I'd try to hear as many sound examples as possible before buying.

If you want to choose between the 60w/MIDI and the 106, I'd go with the 60 definately.
 
Besides the obvious MIDI and sound difference, the 106 has portamento whereas the 60 has the arpegiattor...
 
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