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JUNO-1 Reviewed by Lesley Sly Mar/Apr 1986
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ROLAND αJUNO-1
Reviewed by Lesley Sly
Published in "Sonics" Mar/Apr 1986
WWith the dollar currently riding the fiscal
seesaw at warp speed, it is getting more
difficult to define the budget end of the synth
market. But, say you have $1,000 (give or
take a few devolving hundreds), there is no
shortage of choice. Roland’s challenge is the
Juno-1, a six-voice machine combining
complex waveforms with simple operation. It
does offer more for less but is it enough?
At the supermarket each week it seems you
pay more and get less. In a time, not too far
from now, food may be a luxury but we’ll
have wall-to-wall MIDI poly synths and
sundry items to distract the hunger.
Eight Synclaviers and a can of baked beans
please... The value-for-money race – in
budget synths, not mortgage-inducing beans
– is escalating. Casio sent a few big name
boffins scurrying back to their drawing
boards a while back when it launched the
amazingly cheap and capable CZ101. A new
standard was set in the bargain basement
and it hasn’t really been challenged yet.
And we may wonder... can they do more for
less? Dangerous questions these because we
know it’s inevitable, even if it’s impossible!
So the cheap ’n’ powerful candidates are
rolling up with their under-$1000 price tags
writ large in the busy marketplace. First on
the racks... Roland’s new baby, the (alpha)
Juno-1.
Why does 1 come after 6 and 106? It may
refer to the DCO or it may be a new
beginning in simple numeric titles. That
would be a relief. But this is not an updated
Juno-106, I am informed from the start by
the Roland people. It’s an entirely new way
of creating sound. Intrigued?
Well, it is not entirely new although it is a
departure in the Roland budget department.
The test model arrived without manual or
spec, so I can’t rattle off revealing figures
but the sound source is derived through a
newly designed LSI chip which enables the
use of complex waveforms. This kind of
system has been used successfully by Korg
on the DW6000 and the new DW8000 and it
does allow a wide range of sound creation.
But, more on this
later.
It’s slim and light, with a four-octave C-to-C
keyboard, not many knobs. Touch-
membrane switches, illuminated LCD,
sombre grey metallic casing with minimum,
but coordinated, colour. All very modern.
So far, so boring. It’s a bit like all those cars
(Lasers and umpteen hatchbacks) that all
look the same bar a stick-on racing stripe or
something. Still, if aesthetics are the only
things that suffer in this price war then
perhaps it is a small complaint.
The Juno-1 is a digital/analogue hybrid and
the accent has been firmly placed on simple
operation and sound quality without a
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