Roland J-6 Unboxing and First Impressions! 

There is something about that Roland sound that immediately makes me happy on the first chord you play. Must be good times coming back from memory. Thanks mate.

Absolutely love the j-6. Might be the best device for $200. I also use it to control my bass station 2 via MIDI Arpeggios.

Sounds great! Thanks for the demo.

I am so pleased you have got this. I have one and a T-8 but I already haven’t explored it as much as you have in 20 minutes or so. Some Freebeat tutorials on this would be great!

Nice!! Can't wait for your t8 review, i got my eyes on it since a while 😍

Cant wait, I seem to have most if everything you review.

Great that you get this one ! Having the J-6 (and the T-8) since their inotial release, they are my on-the-go minimalist setup that i take everywhere ! From my experience, the J-6 sequencer is really great to find quickly music ideas thanks to its style/genre options and the "beat" parameter. And of course if you are fed up with the J-6 presets it can sequence external gear.

Hi, Thanks for this review. I really like your new outro. Much better than the old one!

Just wondering, is it possible to have the Chord Sequencer running while playing the keys on the J-6? So you can play a melody with a chord accompaniment. Thank you!

nice video, might look into the j-6

Great video, can't wait to see what you figure out with it. This was already more in-depth than most reviewers on youtube. I've been playing with mine but I use it to make up for the lack of music knowledge I have as it's SO approachable and really hard to make something sound bad. You should keep that one for yourself, maybe the whole lineup if you don't already have an 808 style drum machine. Then make an all aira jam, or heck, aira week!

Oh yeah the Aira Series is finally complete :) You can also use the j6 to control the e4 like on the keystep. But you have to turn down the intern volume in the menu of the j6. Looking forward for more tutorials! Especielly the menu diving. That's one thing i'm always struggling.

This is the first time I had a piece of gear before you! Looking forward to see what you do with it and what I can learn from that.

I have the original Roland JU-06 sound module. I like the capabilities of this Aira J-6 module with the built-in chords and many accessible arpeggios. I was wondering your feeling about if it’s worth getting it already owning the JU-06.

Interesting. I'd love to hear your thoughts on how this compares to the J6 Osc on the NTS-1. I imagine the experience is not as good as on the Roland and the sounds won't be as authentic. Tempted to get both at some point.

Love mine. I wonder if some of these features will end up in the new Roland SH4

Thanks for the demo.....while I don't think the J-6 is for me, have the S-1 and the form factor is frustrating and a bit silly. This has inspired me to save a bit more and get the JU-06a and cheekily use the J-6 chord progressions in the manual ( which are nicely laid out for you ).

Ooh, new outro tune. Groovy.

What a coincidence, i've just busted mine out again this past week after sleeping on IT for a good while, digging into the Dreadbox Nymphes.... Now i'm fully in J6 Land! i feel bad for all the folks that won't ever really experiment with this fantastic little box, just because of the presets boogaboo.... So many great and fairly tweakable sounds in there, so many harmonic options with varying arpeggios, progression setups, ambient exploration, house stabs, bass grooves, on and on for days with this little thing! In one box for $200!! Haters be sleeping 😄🤙🤙🤙🌌

It's a brilliant device. Perfect travel companion to use multi samples on the black box. I wish the display would show the name of the chord is.

I don't have a lot of money I can dedicate to gear so I like gear that can serve multiple purposes. I had originally been set on the Keystep Pro as a midi controller and sequencer. However, I'm super interested in this J6 as I struggle greatly on chords (and music knowledge in general) and you mentioned using the J6 as a sequencer for other gear. At half the price of the KP, that's very tempting! Would you say it's a comparable sequencer? I'd assume the additional keys on the KP would make it a better midi controller, but enough to justify the additional cost and lack of chords the J6 brings?

I'm not into synth sounds much but I am curious about using the j6 as a controller to make chords for acoustic sounds. Maybe I can suggest a video using the j6 to control an instrument track in the sonicware smpltrek. I was considering doing this but since you Already have one and do videos daily but if it's no interest to you I understand. Peace man 🙏

The J-6 was my first one from the Aira compact collection. Then I got the T-8 and finally, after you comvinced me how cool it was, I got the E-4. 😂

Hi, Great video. I think for the money this is a really useful device. I'm a bit late to the party but I've just ordered one of these. I bought a 404 mk2 in January and while I was in the shop I had a play on one of these and knew I would get one as I don't know enough about chords and wanted something to use with the 404. How easy it was to get something nice playing out of it blew me away. Does anyone know if it does midi over USB C and if it can link to the 404 that way. I'm very new to music equipment and don't really know much about connecting them. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Can you use the J-6 to play chords using sounds from other gear? Like piano from your favorite keyboard, or piano sound from MPC ONE? 🤔

Since Roland has begun the online, unfortunately subscription service cloud the possibilities aren’t endless but definitely intriguing. I too have a major interest in chords and scales which modular is becoming a huge contributor of let alone IPad. My IPad is a bunch of modules all in one place. We both have the makings of a J6 without buying one, although the size, price and convenience helps! The SPx404mk 2 will do every the whole set of these Arias will do but to be honest the size surprised me, it’s way bigger than I expected. With Zen Core in Cloud and the Integra 7 there’s is nothing thosese three modules do that I can’t! For a tad cheaper if you combine the total prices. If you want to really get in a new beginning the Behringer Brains is going to put everything to shame with just a few modules.they’ve just just released 5 more oscillators in an update and I expect it’s going to be the future of gadgets like the J6. Don’t get me wrong, the J6 is totally awesome, at an awesome price! For two hundred it’s hard to go wrong! You have Model D, for 156 dollars and you a power source, you’ll be able to do more than anyone else without them. The reason I mention the Model D is the VVCAAnd VCF mixer, etc… is already there. Having pocket operators is the compact writing solution. I just feel the J6 maybe redundant gear in the very near future. I normally loved these kind of videos, I just feel it’s going backwards from the big picture. Great video, great explanation of features, hopefully you guys and gals don’t think I’m a dick for my perspective of this one. I feel the same way about the Orba one and Korg mini Kaos, I threw my money away. Just my opinion. I guess it depends a lot on the direction the individual wants to go. Peace

Mooore pls. Gr8 review!

The J-6 is my favorite of the three Aira compacts.

hello, I have a very important question... Doesn't it have the ability to memorize the parameters of the buttons when you change the sound?

New end theme music I see… created on the J-6?

Hi, can it control synth plugins or other hardware synths?

MC-101 has an awesome chord designer + the insane sound engine, makes it 1000 times better.

I enjoy using it with other gear, microfreak, op-z and lots of fun with the Gameboy Advance. Sequencer is a little limited.

I have it. You need it, Bro.😎👍🐸

what if I want this to be a controller for a mono synth? do chords still work?

could you show this working with the Circuit Tracks in a future video?

'Mike Pounder' has to be the best name ever. I hope he's a vocalist!

what cord you using to plug in mix out?

Can you control filter, envelope etc via MIDI CC?

I thought you would get a kick out of this, told you I have apps and devices like Misha and NDLR and that’s all true. I just saw a price on the j6 and I had to get. I have the rest of the set and I have GAS OCD! Sounds like a joke, but these were designed to work together and while you’re saving for the next piece of the set, you can use it! A perfect example is Make noises Strega, it by itself has the noise generator that is completely unique too it! Now get this it has no MIDI, ahhh but it does! You need all three pieces of the set to update or use a controller, which in itself is MIDI, I learned this from Radical Technologies Delta CEP A, it’s possible to update with a wav file! I am pretty sure that’s how the Strega works, they don’t tell you ahead of time which is the update connection, there’s no usb b on the Strega but there is on there on one of the other two I believe the other two pieces of the puzzle both have built in midi! But in all honesty the Strega is one unique and just like me the one you want! It comes with the power source for all three and Strega is $599 the others are $499 and$399. Do I need another sequencer,no! Do I need more oscillators, sure I’ll take them but there’s other ways to do it! It is semi-modular after all. How this relates to the J 6? I discovered to really get the most out of it, I needed two! More voices and more arp ability with chords at the same time! I also got the Behringer 4000, and if done in Bluetooth they can all controlled From a MIDI app! I will do a video with this combo, because it’s a price point friendly and with the entire set plus one, anything is possible! I hope that wasn’t too long! My health is almost there! We’re finishing the studio room today (that’s the big stuff) and a few days to get organized and I’ll be up! Great video my friend! Peace!

Part of me wants to buy this thing, part of me wonders if there's a software solution out there that does the chord part on its own.

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It would have been nice if the pads that are in key would be lit up.

most feel its limitations after a while if you're into sound design

It's nice... I'm just not loving the sounds, the more I hear it the less I seem to like it. I think maybe it all just sounds too normal, which probably should be expected considering what it is. I really don't know why i'm surprised by this or what I was expecting from it. Still be interested to see it used as midi controller for the e4.

Midi in and out?

Ya know, unless something comes with a TON of materials that have to be sifted through in order to use it, we don't need an unboxing video for everything. Aira products are simple and just require short tutorials. What is this child-like fascination with watching a stranger open a box? Just show me how to use the damned thing inside.