Having wanted a Juno for 20+ years, I am finally the proud owner of this beauty.
Posted Jul 12, 2022, 2:36 AM UTC
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I wish more synths had an LFO trig button, or at least an LFO delay! It seems we lost cool performance oriented features in synths as time passed.
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🥲 it’s beautiful
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A 60 and in nice shape! Sweet! I got the tubbutec mod on mine for midi.
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I was looking at the Tubbutec, I think it may in fact be in my future. I have to open her up to replace the switches anyway so it'd make sense to add MIDI at the same time. There's a couple of other MIDI kits floating around but I haven't seen another quite as fully-featured.
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i'm diggin that limited edition dustbrute
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It's never going to sound like anything but a drumbrute - not that that's necessarily a bad thing, it just wasn't what I wanted here. The sequencer, however, is wonderful.
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Is it a piece of garbage or what? I've been looking at picking one up. I know they sell well but a lot of people hate the sound.
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Not at all, it just has a particular sound. Put some compression and drive on it and it's great for aggressive techno. Otherwise it sounds exactly like what it is - an analogue drum machine. This video shows you how it sounds with/without outboard effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaS7CfOA3d8
If you're handy with a soldering iron, there are some mods out there also. It does have individual outputs for each channel, which I have yet to play with. It was also marked down significantly when I bought mine, which definitely helps the price/performance factor. If you can find one for $300 or less I'd say go for it.
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Enjoy it!!!
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I recognize that UV light. I use mine to look for cat pee.
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I think you can use a DCB-> MIDI cable probably as is
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I could, but the DCB spec is a bit.... lacking. Since I have to open it up anyway to fix the two switches, it makes sense to also add MIDI.
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Very nice im thinking sometime to get a synthesizer as my music is made on my laptop i will checkout your soundcloud im on there to im a 90.s styled underground producer
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It's a beauty ! I finally found a Juno-106 this year after searching for one for years, and passing an opportunity to buy one 3 years ago for a reasonable price. They really are the best synthesizers ever made. Just deep enough, but not too complex. Suits pretty much every genre of music and even though it's a 40 year old design, it still sounds contemporary.
I'm restoring two others at the moment, after seeing another 106 and an HS-60 earlier this year. I hope I get to try out a 60 some day!
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All indications are that the 106 is VERY close to the 60. Having the arpeggiator is a huge plus though. Congrats on your finds! I picked up a 106 last year which needs work (epoxy on voice cards needs to be removed as it's gone conductive). I may have to finally get working on it, because it is now very clear that the only thing better than one Juno is two Junos!
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My buddy tried the soak method on his HS60 and it still had issues with some of the voice chips. Some components on those little boards had failed from all the years under the epoxy. All of the units on my bench are getting brand new Analogue Renaissance chips.
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I'm surprised Behringer hasn't made a clone of this yet.
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Cherry audio have there own version of the juno 110 called dc 110 i downloaded the demo version
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I was thinking about that...I predict they'll make a deep mind 2, it'll look like a juno, chorus buttons and all, and have a switch to put it in full juno-mode...you can switch it back into deep mind mode for all the additional stuff.
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Loving that 2007 Dell.
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Loved the song
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That rocks. I use it a lot in production.
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I've wanted a Juno 6 or 60 since my late teens, but they were always priced at varying amounts out of my reach. I'd given up on ever owning one until a couple of weekends ago when one showed up relatively locally at a rather more approachable price than expected.
4 hours of driving and an exchange of (still not an insignificant amount of) cash later, and this beauty is now mine. I have spent the last few days still not quite believing it, though, and every so often I go and check that she's still there and it wasn't a dream.
Pictured here on my kitchen table (pending a permanent home in my tiny studio). Besides needing 2 switches replaced on the front panel, she's in fantastic condition. Absolutely bone stock, so no MIDI - I suspect a Tubbutec unit may be in my future.
I'm not much of a pianist but while playing around last night, this happened. Bit of reverb on the drums (SR-16 sequenced by a Drumbrute), but the Juno is mostly dry, barring a bit of compression on the arp track. https://soundcloud.com/knoid/if-juneau-juno-yknow
My first synth when I was a teenager. I eventually swapped it for a nord lead 2 which was a good deal at the time! I paid $350 for the 60 in 1995 or so. Really special synth. I shouldn’t have sold it but it made sense at the time so no regrets, right?
Nowadays I have more appreciation for a synth that isn’t super complex but sounds amazing no matter how you shape its voices. And more synths need and lfo button.
Congrats on the purchase. You’re in for some good sounds.
I would recommend the Kenton DCB box since it lets you keep the Juno stock.
You say you’ve wanted it since your late teens. But we don’t know how old you are. Are you 23 or 53? Makes a big difference in long you’ve wanted this, haha.
Congrats! It’s a magical sound for sure.
Ha! Mid-40's.
Are you outside the US? They sold for $100-200 until 2013 or so… I’ve owned something like 40 of them and have never paid more than $300 for one here
Congrats, they are one of my all time favs. Nothing other than other Jupiters has the melancholy, emotive punch of those plucky envelopes
I'm in the US, but stuck in the Midwest. There are not many here, and I've never seen one anywhere near that cheap.
Agreed, I also use the Kenton box, it has outputs for the filter control as well as midiclock synced trigger out for the arp. Keep that beauty stock!
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Congrats!
I finally found a mint Andromeda at a reasonable price last year. It’s the synth I always wanted. When it arrived at my house and I took it out of the box, I felt just like Lester Burnham from American Beauty with his Firebird. :)
Enjoy your Juno!
I played your track on soundcloud i liked it defo was like a trip back in time ps i will checkout your page proper soon when on my laptop as i checked your tune when on my mobile phone 😎