Juno Di Synth - Sonicstate.com Review 

These outrageous cuts and angles = ) ). This is amazing.

I have had this synth since 2010 and I use it alot when making new sounds. Juno di has a few secrets under the hood that Roland never really exploited. First off Juno di is a 4 osc 2 lfo synth engine with sample and hold and step filters effects. Also you can turn this into a xv-5050 clone since most patches on the axial ds will work on the di just have to edit them a bit. Some do not work at all but the best ones do like bass,sample hold stuff,and the waveforms that make the sounds are actually real samples from moogs,p5,ms20,sh-101,202,808,909, etc in the creation the sounds called stacking. Also I created my own 808 kit and 909 kit with 808 blended in the 909 kick since you can layer drum sounds another secret in the juno di.

Love the feeling of those old Sonicstate videos. (Also love the actual ones). thanks for the video. very helpful!

Another on point review. Thanks again, you're educating alot of new folks like me and helping us maximize our budget. Great work.

This is the tempo and presentation quality i always need. Such a great video. Congrats!!

Thanks for this informative and enjoyable/entertaining review.

I know this is old content but my son is picking one up next week and this info is great to have. My favorite synth reviewer!

One of the best reviews! Thanks

Thanks for the informative demo

My father got me this as a teenager, I’ve been playing with it but never learned how to hook it up to my Studio one 3 DAW. Does anybody know more videos like these? I need the Di software too

Hello, I was thinking about throwing wav tracks from USB memory to touch up , but i dont know if the quality is good , or better throw from a laptop with interface? greetings

ano ba ang magandang e drive na keyboard amp.sa juno d.i?kc hindi aq combinsido sa tunog ng grand piano..promise!

Awesome review!!

Also, I can start a rhythm and then play on top of it ?like piano melody or chords? How many rhythms are there ?

I am using it for 4 yrs It goes out of tune when I use pitch bender.. And shows battery low even I am using it through electricity.. any solution to it?

I can't edit the patches on the software. I plued this into the m aduio fastrack pro. Help

Any of you guys here know how to control the strings volume of a pianostrings patch through the knobs?

Does anyone know if the Juno Di will recognize the aftertouch from another midi keyboard? Thanks

great review!

Hi...I have a 16 inch 2019 MacBook Pro There is no connection ...Any tips please

The Juno D line, like the RS-50, of which the Juno-D is simply a copy, is not meant to be a "full" featured synth. It's more of a "performance synth", plug it in, and play. Believe it or not, it's does have it's place; I have the original RS-50, it's actually nice to have for working up ideas, before I move to my main flagship synths.

I got one like that but there is a problem with it. sometimes it goes flat. Its out of tune sometime i dont know if anyone got the same problem as mine but really need some help.. dont know why.. any help?/ thanks.

I have tried and tried to get the optical sensor the play sine wave to imitate a Theramun....It just does to do this please can you help me ............... steve

Great review. I want to learn to play piano/keyboard. How is the touch sensitivity of the this keyboard? Are the keys full size? Do you think learning on a reduced octave board is a mistake?

can ny one help me select between yamaha mm6 and mm6??? plzz a reply wud b appreciated...

dose any one know If I can use juno Di as audio interface as well like juno Gi?

I just ordered mine today, I'm so excited ^_^

Hello, is the Solo Synth sound you used around the 07.59 mark a patch from the Juno Di that can be played using the keyboard or special to be used with the D-Beam? Thanks.

Thanks for sharing, Can connect with Korg pa800 ? Sound comes from pa800 speakers ? Thank you

can the superlayer be split/layer by range and velocity?

Darn, I accidentally hit remove for the last comment - no are you sure? stage.. Sorry about that, it was saying that the Di didnt deserve the Juno tag - I would mention that the Juno range was always about affordable Roland technology rather than special analog- ness. Anyhow, sorry about the delete

I have a question for any experienced keyboardist. I am starting a band with a style similar to Nine inch nails/ foster the people/ grouplove. I have no Idea when it comes to synths. Would this be something to consider taking in to effect price?

i want to buy the kbord..ive read the manual..the manual did not specify if you can use the split, layer and superlayer simultaneously..please answer me..thnks

What was the song you played with the piano at 3:25? Beautiful

I own this pretty synthesiser over around 5 years and I'm still satisfied with it and its capabilities. The editing of the custom sounds is bit tricky, but you can get used to it in a pretty short time. Speaking of the sound design, it's actually easier to program something like modern sounds than classical analogue synth sounds (well, because it's obviously digital synth, so what do you expect?), but when you can sacrifice your time to training your ears, you can very nicely get close to some classic analogue sounds. And the best thing on this synth is, that is affordable, it can run around 5 hours on rechargeable batteries and his portability is great, when you want to play on street or wherever you want.

I messed with this in the music store, and the achilles heel of it seemed to be the bass sounds, which seemed thin, but then again, I didn't use the layer, superlayer feature which would probably beef it up considerably.

The Di actually is a synth. It's just set up different. It's more than a built in filter. The onboard patch modify options aren't as detailed as other synths (including the older Juno-D/Le).., but when you use the software editor the Juno-Di is every bit of a synth.... The software unlocks the synth engine.

This is a verry cool review, I love the diffents scene xD

sonicstate... Hi i looking for synthesizer that can handle great midi n sampling,hence i am looking into getting a mox6 or a juno di... whats the difference between these two products and can you recommend on between them,thanks

Top tip. Try flicking through the rhythm section with the cursor button but keep arpeggiator rolling at the same time hold down a key like a snare tom or kick and flick through with the cursor. You can make some amazing beats super fast like this and generally play around with the arpeggiator in the rhythm sections, a fast way to flick through sounds and, it's fun!

Hi Sonicstate, I feel almost dumb for asking this , but can the Juno do sounds as heared in 80's new wave/post punk tracks... Cure, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy, etc... Type sounds? Thanks in advance.

Can it work as a Midi Controller also?

These old sonic state reviews are UNHINGED and I love it

Have you played one? If you have.., did you play it through a decent set of monitors? The pianos are not bad at all. the Concert Grand is amazing. For the price and how many sounds were compessed within the 64mb's of ROM the pianos are really quite good. The key is to adjust the velocity settings to your playing style.

Do I need an electronic amplifier for this Synthie?

@dnichols24 there is the E-09. it has almost the same voices as the juno di. but no knobs for editing patches and its a pretty old model (i think it was released in 2006)

This looks very similar to the Juno Stage. But a compact version. I just picked up a Stage for €250 I was very impressed by the possibilities. I wonder if a remote midi keyboard can be setup to modify the other parameters.. I thought I needed to have a stage grade keyboard that I might be able to rent out once in a while but now it's one of my favourite keyboards / synths. Especially at that price! Wow the new price is a bargain! Nice sounds overall and some great bass sounds / possibilities. I also like that you can use either the cursors or the jog wheel to scan through the different sounds.

So versatile, so light to carry around -- if ur a working musician. I like that Roland retained a lot of the great patch sounds and control buttons from the JV and XP models, altho some people say that the sound engine is identical to a Fantom. They keep touting this board as "entry level" but I can tell u as an experienced keyboardist whose played for nearly 40 years. This instrument, for it's price, is one of the most inspiring keyboards u will ever play. The patches alone are worth the price

This synth is AMAZING! Great sounding presets.., looks great, and is built better than the previous Juno-D/Le. It sounds 1000 times bettter too. The software editor is awesome. The Juno-Di's patch mode is really a 4 osc structure (just like the Juno-G and Stage models). The software editor bumps the Di's patch editing up to a pro level.., the editing options are UNREAL. I've had mine for several weeks and LOVE IT. The Vocoder is much more capable than shown in this vid too.

hi sonicstate, so much like your review hear, well all i hear about juno di 96% good sounding, and am planning to spend on this next month, one question only, am split player like particularly bass in the lower and brass in the upper, i wonder if this synth gives thickness to brass would be in the upper? thnk you so much and you are entertaining as well.

Thanks a lot for this great review! When presenting the piano sound of the Juno Di, you're playing a song while an album cover of Richard Clayderman is displayed on bottom of the screen. What's the name of this tune?

@JimBobJrJackson I guess there was a misunderstanding concerning my use of the word "programmable" If you mean that it was possible to create a sound by tweaking the parameters, then yes, in that sense it is programmable. What I meant by "programmable" was "building a sound and storing it in a soundbank so that it can be recalled later" and that was oviously also Rolands definition because the word "programmable" is used on the control panel of the Juno 60 but not on the Juno 6

haha, the vocoder sounds really great in this video.

Just ordered the DI offers me a lot of options for the entertainment mode the mic hookup and usb player are a big plus should be a fun board as a 2nd board my main is a Kurzweil sp4-7 thats a whole different story lol

I loved your review, thanks. I'm not a musician (okay, I dabble a little with drums) but my 7 year old son who is learning piano and has been doing so for nearly 2 years now really wants me to get him a synth. He current has a full size key digital piano and I'm concerned that if I get him a synth with smaller keys, he'll struggle with playing a real piano due to differing key sizes. Please can you give some advice on that because otherwise this seems like a good starter ??? Thanks. Jez

juno 6 was programmable?

if you don't want to spend extra cash on a fantom keyboard.. buy this instead.. it literally has like all the fantom sounds

I know it's no Juno of the past.., but these modern Juno's are exactly what the Juno's from yester-year were. They're a cost effective unit based on today's standards. These modern Juno's are simply just "A sign of the times".

yeah, i like the sahara string patch too :)

The style of these Classic Nick Batt reviews 🎉

Actually one of the topics covered for the Juno-Di upon the initial release info was that (one) of its purposes is to provide a good synth for people who have played in the past, and are getting back into it :)

For £750 I want some knobs. What's the fun in editing hardware synth on the pc. The reason you buy hardware is 'cause of its tactile nature.

I'm thinking of buying this instrument. Great sounds, even piano sounds awesome with a lot of functionality. You said "no internal power supply" What does that mean? The box includes a power source that is PSB-1U (an adapter) right? Batteries is just an additional function. Please help. Reply quick.

Depends on your needs. If u want an inexpensive board with nice commercial keyboard sounds, then this is a great board. If u r a synth seeker who wants something 2 program, and manipulate tones, waveforms, etc....., then this aint 4 u Bro. I have 1 for playing live, and some session work. I can't complain.

Great review. This guy tells exactly what you need, adding no flavors.

I play in a club band and while we're not strictly and 80's band we do play a bunch of stuff from the 80s...Duran Duran, Howard Jones, Thompson Twins, Cars, Steve Winwood Modern English, Yaz, Madonna, Lover Boy, Psy-Furs, Don Henley, Motels, Michael Jackson, Peter Gabriel, Bon Jovi, Blondie, etc... and I can confidently say, with over 350 great synth patches alone, there's something closely resembling just about every type of syth sound that was popular in the 80s, "twin saws" patch is amazing!

Tip; you can have chord mode and arpeggiator on at the same time to play 1-finger arepegios

I like it for the synth and some other tones and because it acts also as a MIDI controller, but not for piano because the keys aren't weighted. I guess if I had another MIDI controller that had weighted keys I could use the tones from this that way because the piano tones are good, just not weighted

I sent a vid response to them to show what the Vocoder can do (audio only demo). I tweeked a patch (took all of 3 minutes) and even used a cheapo mic. It turned out fairly well too. The Di's Vocoder is actually pretty darn good. If you have a good quality mic the sound quality will be much better. Plus using the preset Vocoder patches won't get you far. You can use ANY of the presets as your source for the Vocoder. It's easy to make a user patch for the Vocoder too.

I think you need to know how to sing a little to get Vocoder working properly , other demo's on this feature sound great.

£565 is about the present price. It's good, but considering how old it is, I would have thoughts it would have come down in price.

I might be nitpicking, but I have to point out that the Juno 6 was not programmable, at least it did not have a patch memory to store sounds, that feature was introduced in its successor the Juno 60. But the Juno 6 was a great machine nevertheless. I have one of those babies in my studio and it is the puchiest polysynth I have ever heard.

nice sandals

Is it still cool today? Relevant? Good for creativity these days?

I can understand that.. but the way I look at it is that this is 2009 (almost 2010). Personally I can't understand the anger in some that a Juno in 2009 doesn't sound like a Juno from the 80's. There are other options out there to get that type of sound (affordable one's too). Roland just "updated" the Juno series. The new line's purpose is exactly what it was in the early to mid 80's. It's a cost effective unit based on "current" technology. I used to own several of the old Juno's too :)

Привет из италии!!!!!! Мне очень понравилось видео! А Roland juno-Di ещё больше!!!!!!! Мне приятно видеть такой инструмент!!!!!!!!! Вы делаете хорошее дело когда снимаете такое видео и такой тестдрайв!!!!!!!!!!! A me stato piacere guardare questo video! Io voglio komprare subito questo instrument!!!!!!!! Sei GRANDE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ciao!!!!!!

Mine goes out of tune too..

You guys gotta look at it differently. When the old Juno's were on the shelves they were an affordable alternative to what was being used "IN THOSE DAYS". Much has changed in how keyboards produce sound today. The current Juno does EXACTLY what it did years ago. It provides a very cost effective unit based on where we are TODAY. It's pointless IMO to compare these modern Juno's to yester-year because VA and Modeling Synths are what you buy TODAY for retro sounds (or a real analogue unit).

nick your killing me with your piano playing :P super emotional style you got not in an emo way though

5:15 true true true!! so true!! why??

This is basically a casio with USB and other amenities. I used to hate this casio I had because the sounds were so cheap, but now I can appreciate it. Good fun to be had on a good preset machine. This isn't really a synth though IMO.

hindi aq combinsado sa tunog ng piano ng roland juno d.i. magaling lang sa advertiment,f sa personal ku na gagamitin, hindi q macxado gus2 ang grand piano

No, I dont think it was actually, well spotted.

I've owned this keyboard for 5 years and I'm something like the 3d or 4th owner. The previous owner was a gigging musician; I've taken it on the road quite a lot too. And it's still going without a problem. So this is SOLID animal, even if it's mostly plastic. Buttons and knobs are failing a bit but I think that's normal and nothing that a good maintenance can't fix. On the cons, most sounds are real crap. The electric organs are unusable. The "solo synth" is just a gimmick. The keys feeling is horrible. Nice rhodes tho.

compre una unida y la devolví a los 2 días

@dudewhosaysarrh The Juno 6 was totally programmable. That's all it was. Just because it had no presets doesn't mean it wasn't programmable. That's like saying that modular synths are not programmable since they don't have presets. Anyway I have a 106 and would love to add a 6 or 60 to my studio because I agree that they sound more "punchy" than the 106.

Any one here wants to share their patch to the world? :) We would be happy

what is the difference between juno-D and juno-Di ?

i enjoy watching his tutorials, even if i hate the synth.

I dont understand why they take such a trail blazer brand such as the Juno and create something this cheap and weird out of it? They should have left the "Juno" out of it and not tarnish that once so legendary name,

Can you just ship this to me? I'll trade you a Juno-106...

@maccagrabme AMEN to that! This thing has nothing to do with the juno series at all. It's not even a synth, it's a ROMpler!!

The difference between this and a real Juno is that in 30 yrs time this will be long forgotten.

Fantom G sounds, but without the Fantom G hardware. So it still sounds like a SoundCanvas. For live performances unusable, since it can't be heard above the guitars, bass and drums.

My sister says she wants to play with his bottom.

Preset machine = big turn off

I really hate this kind of synth, it reminds me of that awful DX7. I know, it's about the music and who's playing behind it their inspiration, drive, love etc that makes it sound good, but I can't help getting the feeling there's something deeply soulless, plastic and preset about this synth. Give me the new Moog (out in May) any day of the week.

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You wouldn't catch me dead buying that piece of rotten plastic

This hunk of junk is basically Roland's version of a Yamaha PSR