I've never heard of this, and yet UJIIE-san already has one. Why? Because of his time machine, but I thought we all knew about that one by now. :) He manages to make everything sound good, so I'm curious as to how this will sound in the hands of us mortals. Salud!
They come out first in Japan months before it hits the US market. He is probably a preferred Roland artist to test their new synths. HE is one of the best on the keyboards hands down. You cannot touch him. Awesome.
Thanks for the demo. Did you like the keybed of the Juno X? Is it semi-weighted? How would you compare it to other Roland keyboards, such as: Jupiter X, Fantom 6 and Fantom 06? Many thanks!
Hello guys. I just bought Juno-X but I see that my keyboard does not work and responds to After Touch. But I don't see anything related to this in the settings either. Isn't aftertouch the keyboard? as it says in the specifications!
It is possible that after you put a few notes in a pattern in the Step sequencer, instead of the pattern remaining with the fixed notes, it will work in another scale as well. like an arpeggiator? That is, to move up and down the scale? Because I can't find any function related to Pitch shift or something
I love my Super 6 but if I could only pick one, it would be my Jupiter X (or this Juno X as its functionally very similar). So much more you can do with it and whilst the S6 sounds better in isolation, by the time you layer and EQ, the differences to the end result are pretty irrelevant. If you go into the full zencore options too, a Jupiter/Juno-X will also do binaural.
@@MakeMagic If that’s the scale “so much more,” I’d pick a take 5, or better a hydra explorer, or cheaper a volca fm, or cheaper a wave state or opsix-the VSTS. And if we enter the realm of VSTs. What I could do with Roland Cloud, omnisphere, pigments, a midi keyboard, and eurack 🤭. I agree with you in that it’s relative. The new Juno/Jupiter are good if you view them as workstations IMO. But then there are better workstations that blow these “older” sounds out the water. And for that reason it doesn’t feel like they added much to this package, rather a repackage with bells and whistles. If I just want raw sounds with immediacy, always rich and expressive like a balanced smoothie, i say the UDO packs more punch and holds its weight. But I admit, now that it’s out here and clearly roland’s new norm as a brand, it has its place and function for users who are best suited to the style and flow-or necessitate it. Edit: the tech just seems overpriced though-compared to what it takes to manufacture poly analog but idk.
@@aqueous5099 I expect its quite costly just to make any premium 61 key synth on a purely hardware level Tbh - even if Roland are getting a good deal on using a common CPU across their whole range. People throw about the phrase "glorifed midi controller" but the keybeds on these are great and those 1024 step encoders really do make a difference for sound design vs your usual midi 256 steps. I think Roland realise what the synth market 'is'. Live performers want reliability & flexibility - whilst the rest of the market is visual based and irrational. If we knew what was good for us, we'd all be 100% vst. The fact that Dave Smith for example can make and sell modern Prophet 5s for thousands of dollars in 2022 is absurd - when you can get a $99 emulation that 'no one who matters' will be able to tell/prefer one way or the other in your entire process from getting a track signed to the end listener. So in that sense, I totally get why roland have a common core engine and a choice of vintage 'shells' they'll sell you it in.
Love Ujiie and he makes anything sound good but I'm tired of Roland putting their VST's in a midi controller shell. This was a perfect opportunity to do an analog re-issue of the 106, it's a DCO synth, how hard could it be? Who cares about XV-5080 samples?? There is NO REASON this costs $2000 other than pure greed on Roland's part.
@@ttststs right. Nobody was asking for that..? If they were going to add extra content at least make it 80's focused and turn it into a synthwave machine
@@SPAZZOID100 they have already made this synth obsolete. You can load this exact Juno 106 engine in the fantom, the Jupiter X and use as a plugin. All your paying for here is a glorified midi controller, and NOT a cheap one at that. If that's how you want to spend your money, great. But it doesn't sit right with me.
For those of you that hear differences in the Juno-X and the Juno 106...that's your brain creating differences with the knowledge that the two machines are in the same room together.
@@synthetic24 I have nothing against digital synths, but if you going to put the Juno name on it with all the analogue sliders and knobs then you can at least have analog filters and VCA. Virtual Analogs of the past like the Alesis Ion had more character.
Just by a Fantom 06 and the juno plug out, you'll get much more for your money. Sure somebody could make an overlay to make that look like a fake 106 like this
Software crashes my friend, and the sound card and the computer processor determines a lot. Give me hardware synths any day. Try using a bunch off computers and controllers in a live gig. Oh what a surprise you may get. Lol. If you got an issue with Roland synths, you just need to voice your dissent. Lol.
@@TheVideogamemaster9 Yes there is. Software can get corrupted. I was a beta tester for Micro Soft for years. Update your OS and see what happens sometimes. Lol. no Sounds unless you are a computer geek and know your way around programming coding conventions. Lol.
The original Junos did have wood ends. This is not a toy. Try to program it yourself if you think sit is a toy. Lol why does wood ends make it a real synth. You must to really want a Moog. Yes, an awesome synth to play and program. Limitless options, but you cannot have a slim wallet to own one. Lol.
"A VST plug-in housed in a very expensive controller." Doesn't stop people from picking up the Korg or Behringer ARP re-releases despite competent emulators being available. People are creaming themselves over the Prophet 5, vintage or current, when we have VSTs for that, too. Basically, no one cares, and this isn't your echobox. Maybe go learn to play and compose music instead? You have a long road ahead of you, may as well tackle it soon. 😉
Well, it’s got many more sliders than my Juno DS, but it’s also over twice as expensive??? Someone wants this user interface, on new gear with a current warranty, but it’s not for me.
@@jameshhenderson8243 It actually HAS internal speakers (inspired by Juno-106S and the "Synth Plus" HS-60). Check out this video at 38:50 : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VUe8r3MVgbI.html
@@jameshhenderson8243 straight from the Roland site: "Harkening back to the lesser-known JUNO-106S, JUNO-X is equipped with a high-quality stereo speaker system for personal sound monitoring." the Jupiter-X also has internal speakers as well.
Mm. No reason to get a Juno-X and pretend it's a Juno-106 or even an analog. It's very different. And much more similar to a third Fantom in another chassis... which is good if that's what you want and expect it to sound and work differently from what the chassis suggests. I think it's just weird.
Same old formula, Roland bringing nothing new to the table but overpriced clones of the same old synths in digital, this is a VSTA VIRTUAL analog with keys. I’m out
It does sound similar but not the same as the analog version but then again, most people interested in this wouldn't know or really care as they can still make a lot of 80s style music with this and the end listener certainly doesn't care whether it's a vst or analog.
@@snuppssynthchannel By "not remotely similar" you obviously mean "as similar as makes no practical difference to all but the most fringe use cases and close enough sounding subjectively to fool 99% of people in blind tests" - as that was already established beyond any doubt with the same VA code when it was rolled out in the Jupiter X 2+ years ago. There were numerous in depth comparisons. A Casio toy "doesn't sound remotely similar". A 2004 VSTi "doesn't sound remotely similar". A bontempi organ or a mellotron "doesn't sound remotely similar". The Juno X clearly does sound more than "not remotely similar" to the synths it is paying homage to. I don't know why synth purists always overstate their position. It is beyond cringe.
@@MakeMagic I have heard the System 8's emulation was down down to component level and heard this "Zen core" emulation was not as extensive, also from this video I hear very little that can be compared to the original Juno. But I actually somewhat agree with your take, Not remotely similar is an overstatement from my behalf, and is more of a result of lazy writing more then anything. A skilled programmer can obviously program and recreated the classic Juno patches on this machine or even an entirely different synth quite effectively (of course depending on which sound it is), but I do think you will agree with me that there are better Juno Emulations out there, and 2400$ is a bit too steep for something that sounds so okish, my point is, Roland could have done a better Job getting it exactly right for the price tag that this sells for, and no the Jupiter X weren't exactly outstanding either.
What i hate about this keyboard is that the year 2022 we're still getting that small display. It's insane, even a cheap smartphone have better screen than this.
I think this is reaching for different players/styles than say the Korg Nautilus. (Similar price, different approach for what it does) If you like the panel layout (and key feel), it’s for you. Different strokes, and all that…
No, the System-8 is based on ACB tech while the Juno-X is Zencore/ABM. ACB in the System-8 is better at emulating the classics than Zencore/ABM. The Zencore/ABM though is better than Roland's previous Supernatural synth engine at emulating their classic synths.
I have a Deepmind and this blows it out of the water. 256 voices and 4 oscillators? Amazing. Get your Deepmind to do that and sound this good. You can't.
This synth is a pointless exercise of pretending to be something it isn’t . I’ll take Deep Mind or Juno 60 of course over this in a heartbeat. This is a soulless instrument. It lacks identity. Preloaded models!? Digital oscillators?! And I’m not an analog snob. I love my Waldorf Blofeld , Nord A1 and Korg Op six as much as my Moog Matriarch and DSI Prophet rev 2. And what’s up with the stupid drums on the X? Why not just get a lap top and Roland cloud?
SAME SH*t if you have System8, JD-XA,jdxm, Fantom, Roland cloud etc .your not missing anything much. Roland just Milking the Cow again 😒.. and wallet recycled ♻️ sounds etc just updated Chassis, cheaper buttons & sliders, newer Ada though but .. nothing really special 🙄
A whole lot of people wish this was as good as the System-8, sweetie. Roland Cloud is right. Stage performers won't want to use the Cloud though. If you ever try being a musician, take a laptop with lots of plugins with you to a venue and see what happens 🤣🤣🤣
This is just another phony Juno nostalgia trick from Roland, no real analogue in here. It has new name "Zencore" but in reality, it is another virtual analog. It is just bigger JU-06A Boutique/ system 8/ integra/ in different clothes. Way to pricey.