I’ve been waiting long long time for Roland to finally launch a keyboard such as this. Zen core engine, 88 hammer action key bed, simple controls without compromising too many features. The 8 parts simultaneous playing is notable and also the XLR mic input, it looks cool too! At this price point, this is the ONE.
@dvamateur3 ай бұрын
I agree. It's the same price range as the iPhone 16. Except that Roland won't make millions of of JUNO-D units like Apple will with the IPhone 16. I wonder how Roland can ever make any money on these keyboards.
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
@@dvamateur Because they sell it to you at 900$ but cost them waaaay less than that to manufacture it... and they won't sell millions of JunoD but they wil DO sell thousands of them.
@dvamateur3 ай бұрын
@victorespina Well, how much is an iPhone 16 to manufacture? At million of exact same units, the cost of production comes down to the cost of material, which would be a $5-$10 for a small thing like a cell phone. For a Roland keyboard, would it be $50-$100? Shipping is ore expensive though for Roland due to its big size. Producing and shipping iPhone is basically like printing money.
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
@@dvamateur Nobody is sayingthat producing musical keyboards is a better business than producing smartphones. What I am saying is that the Roland's profit margin is more than enough to keep a healthy business.
@dvamateur3 ай бұрын
@victorespina Well, without the hobbyist, enthusiasts, and gearheads, the electronic musical instruments business world have been even tougher, because the actual celebrities playing them expect the instruments for free.
@thepatzer3 ай бұрын
I think Ed could play just about any keyboard and it’d sound fantastic.
@wolfunplugged4 ай бұрын
excellent showcased, thank u man!
@blaketakesАй бұрын
my boy ed coming in clutch with this review, thanks!
@wheatworkspro3 ай бұрын
Good look Ed!!!!👍🏾💪🏾
@FlorianBusi3 ай бұрын
The Arturia Astrolab also have USB-C on the back, and it's a great contender (with a lot of Roland's best synths on board, and lots more) for stage musicians.
@righttime72 ай бұрын
Is there any tone cutting problem on memory registration please in detail sir
@payt014 ай бұрын
'I was scrolling for days' - reaches the bottom of the list within a second :) Seems like a fun keyboard. Kind of a rehash of all the stuff they made previously. Same engine, same sounds, over and over again.
@synthmanlim71523 ай бұрын
How about max splits and layer?
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
You get 7 layers to work with however you want. An 8th layer is hard coded to drums, whether you want them or not.
@LuizCarlosJesusdosSantosАй бұрын
Great sound captured. Make about Fantom 0 too! 🥺
@charlieplatnum823 ай бұрын
I see you Ed!
@squeakD3 ай бұрын
Great video.., I’m curious about something I couldn’t find in the manual. I see the Juno-D series now has a SCENE mode like the Fantom line. It’s 8 parts, but I’m not finding any info on whether the new Juno’s are 16 part multitimbral. Is there a dedicated mode for 16 part midi recording when using the new Juno line with a DAW, or is it limited to only 8 parts via SCENES?
@ElektronicCricket3 ай бұрын
@@squeakD hi, I’m not sure about this new model but I use the JunoDS and I have 16ch available. But you must work with pc for recording. (It’s not possible to use a standalone sequencer like the Roland MC50 in my experience … limited channel features) that looping system is also not very interesting , there’s no internal song mode … the reason that I use the JunoDS is the 88 touch of that keyboard.
@evrencnar20783 ай бұрын
I am wondering this keyboard sound engine and juno x sound engine is the same ? Because juno x sounds killing me :) i want to play that kind of pads 80s songs if i buy this can i close to juno.x sounds ?
@leodelosreyes2753 ай бұрын
Audio midi out? Via iPad? The fantom 0 doesn’t work that way? Still the same?
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
The internal audio interface on the JunoD is supposed to be class-complain.. .JunoDS was not class-complain so you needed a driver... not sure if is the same for the Fantom series.
@TheDennisbaldo2 ай бұрын
Great video, awesome playing, congrats! Do you think this version is better than the DS? DS is getting cheaper now and it´d becoming very attractive. Thanks!
@freein233927 күн бұрын
I like the keyboard but it doesnt have built in speakers and it's only 8 tracks for recording...
@markom19764 ай бұрын
what is the boot time?
@Whizzinby7773 ай бұрын
The sequencer looks simple to use, but can you stack multiple sequences to build a full song to send to a DAW?
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
Up to 8 parts per sequence. No export to Ableton or other DAWs of any kind. You probably want the Fantom instead.
@evrencnar20783 ай бұрын
Also for nice review chuck thanks 🎉
@fourthtunz3 ай бұрын
Speaking of gigging, can you set up scenes like on the FA 07 and recall them quickly from the pads?
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
You recall them from the Category buttons. That's a standard Roland feature, all their Juno and workstation type keyboards have it. FA-07's successor is the Fantom-07, in case you weren't sure. Even the Fantom-0 manuals are just FA manuals with a few edits.
@musacman573 ай бұрын
Thanks for your review
@Tony-iv9sl15 күн бұрын
can i play oriental songs on Roland Juno D? Thank you
@JohnHallberg-v4o3 ай бұрын
Thats the way you play the piano ❤ from Dj John Sweden.
@akhtarshaikh86243 ай бұрын
Howmutch price on india?
@fourthtunz3 ай бұрын
How do you recall scenes? Can you recall them easily while playing live like from favorites?
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Reference Manual, page 19
@fourthtunz2 ай бұрын
@@Jason75913 thank you I haven’t bought it yet so I wanted to see how easy it was to set them up. I’ll check out the manual. Thanks.!
@khaleefd3 ай бұрын
Nice review. I own a Fantom 06 and a 07 and I'm still considering getting a Juno-D. Only thing I wish Ed mentioned in his review is what it doesn't have and I wish he mentioned if favorite tones could be saved for quick access while gigging without scrolling through numerous tones.
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
You have 8 banks of 16 favorites each for a total of 128 favorites you can save and recall later.
@khaleefd3 ай бұрын
@@victorespina Thanks for the info. It's appreciated.
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Juno-D can be a good idea if you have the Fantom-0 playing sequenced parts. Then solo over them on the Juno-D (or vice versa). Sure, you can do that with just one keyboard, but you free up polyphony by using a second, and these Zen-Core keyboards run out of polyphony a little easier and quicker than the previous keyboards like Juno-DS and FA according to folks commenting about the newer keyboards online.
@ArtinRu7 күн бұрын
@@Jason75913лучше купить mc707
@ElektronicCricket3 ай бұрын
I’m wondering … has this one beside the Zen Core also the same engine like the JunoDS … 🤔 also the touch for the 88 is not the same.
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
Zen-core replaces the "PCM engine" of the Juno-DS. Zen-core can reproduce most Juno-DS patches.
@yiimingkai-87953 ай бұрын
Hi may I know, comparing this Roland juno D8 and junods88, which is better in terms of functionality and quality?
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
For what I've seem so far, JunoD keeps all the functiionality on the JunoDS but it solves many of the problems / shorcommings on thad model, for example, you now can have only 8 parts on a performance (scene) but each of those parts can have their own MFX (while in the JunoDS you were limited to 3 MFX). Also, now you save the arpegiator parameters ON THE SCENE (which was not possible on the JunoDS) and now the formance remain function (changing from one perfromance to another without audio drop) works ALL the time and not only some times like in the JunoDS. Also the JunoD can be powered using an external power bank using the new USB-C connector, which is waaaay more practical than the traditional batteries. So, we have the same things we had on the JunoDS and A LOT MORE in a very familiar package.
@daeone15143 ай бұрын
Everything. It's basically a fantom. Nice screen. This is a Juno DS updated to today's standards
@yiimingkai-87953 ай бұрын
@@daeone1514 thank u so much, may I know if this juno D8 can synthesise the own sound using the zenology or zencore whatever and save their own sound to be used as the new preset? As in synthesising new grandpiano now as close to those premium grandpiano vst like keyscape?Is the synthesizing ability same as fantom series? Sorry if my ques is dumb cuhz I'm new to this😅
@yiimingkai-87953 ай бұрын
@@victorespina thank u so much
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
@@yiimingkai-8795 There is no multisampling right now. They will likely add it later. You can design new patches from scratch or edit factory patches, and either can be saved.
@rashminbhatt69292 ай бұрын
When it will be introduced in india..metro cities
@oljones313 ай бұрын
I have a RD88… but I’m still tempted to get one, maybe next year.
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
This has no advantage over RD88 as far as sounds, unless you want to make your own custom patches. Then 8-part sequencer, more FX processing, and I do not remember if RD88 can play backing tracks and one shots and stuff from a USB flash drive like the Juno-D and Juno-DS.
@oljones313 ай бұрын
@@Jason75913 the RD does have pre loading tracks, but I don’t think you can play them from a USB… I just play keys with it, so I wouldn’t need that.
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
@@oljones31 RD88 has far better pianos and a few other sounds, then many of the same general Zen-core sounds. RD88 is sort of better suited to a keys player, too. If you'd like to layer on sounds from a more different keyboard, consider instead a Korg Krome EX, Modwave, or ASM Hydrasynth.
@oljones313 ай бұрын
@@Jason75913 thank you
@BobTrombone13 ай бұрын
Love the review, Chuck. I'm brand new to synthesizers, although I am a long-time professional trombonist and have played a lot of piano over the years and arranged for bands. But this is new to me. I Just purchased the Juno-D6 (61 keys) and love the sounds, but I don't know how to install a SUSTAIN pedal. I have tried plugging my Yamaha pedal into it (using the "HOLD" input), but it does not make any notes or chords sustain on any of the sounds (piano, guitar, etc.). Do you know how to do it? Do I need a different pedal? Or - is it even possible to use a sustain pedal on this product? I have other questions, but this one came up immediately, and you seem to be the expert! Keep up the good work! Bob
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Yamaha pedals are incompatible with Roland keyboards. Use an M-Audio SP-2 pedal instead.
@plugdn19173 ай бұрын
I see you Ed
@JackThomas-t4m3 ай бұрын
I’m behind the times. Does it have classic Juno 60 and other Juno 80/90 sounds D50?
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
It has some.
@JackThomas-t4m3 ай бұрын
@@Jason75913oh. Thank you. I really want a Juno 60 but they cost. $3000 and are 40 years old
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
@@JackThomas-t4m Consider the Behringer Deepmind 6 or 12. Behringer's clone of the Juno-60 and 106, but with a number of extras they added in for more versatility in sound design, plus digital post effects by companies owned by Behringer like Klark Teknik and TC Electronics. It is quite awesome. They are supposedly working on a simpler Juno-60/106 clone, too, you can wait for that if you want. Any sounds from those old synths missing in Juno-D can be programmed manually, the new Zen-Core engine incorporates the VA oscillators of Roland's Supernatural synth engine from Jupiter-80 and JD-XA, Zen-Core can emulate older Roland synths well enough. It has multiple filter models, adjustable oscillator drift, noise, mod matrices, and more you can use to emulate the old stuff. There's also a Pitch Envelope. Purely optional and not often used by factory presets. If you leave Pitch Envelope Depth at zero, you can then assign it to other things in the mod matrices, so it can double as an extra Mod Envelope. You could, say, have it add a bit of extra movement to the Filter Envelope to mimick the extra filter movement of a TB-303, for example.
@MinisterDRJ2 ай бұрын
What are some good churchy patches And worship layers
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Check it out in person. You can always make some if nothing it has somehow doesn't satisfy you. Sound design is a large part of workstations like this one.
@ChuckLevins2 ай бұрын
We just teamed up with Ed Diaz AND our own Ed Spence and put up a follow up video on our channel that focuses on some great house of worship patches/features - check it out!👍
@letMeSayThatInIrish3 ай бұрын
This looks like a great keyboard for the price.
@Marian1st.4 ай бұрын
I can’t think of the song you’re playing, and I know it well. 😂 Something like “Do you know” …. Right? It’s 3AM. Some of my tools are shut off until 6 AM. 😂
@ju34edwards4 ай бұрын
Sounds good. Does it have a Super Natural piano
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
Nope, but one of the free EXZ expansions for this has a "Premier Grand" preset that kills the Supernatural pianos from Fantom-0 and FA keyboards.
@ju34edwards2 ай бұрын
@@Jason75913ok thank you 🙏🏾
@nigelrossiter60133 ай бұрын
Would the Juno D be a rival to the Yamaha ModX?
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Of course not. Juno-D's rivals are Korg Kross2 and Yamaha MX. Kross2 is better for sampling and composing, MX is only better at Steinberg Cubase integration. Juno-D has better sounds and performance controls and workflow. MODX is even better and rightfully pricier. It is not an entry level keyboard, but Juno-D is entry level, same as Kross2 and MX.
@OfficerFredPowell3 ай бұрын
I wonder it's capable of at least 4 layers without polyphony cut off 🤔
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
My guess is that this would have the same polyphony problem of its big brother or even worse... but for this keyboard target audience, this should not be a problem, honestly.
@Marian1st.4 ай бұрын
Got it. Do you know, by Diana Ross. It took a minute. 😂
@onemaxlightАй бұрын
WHY noone make a DIRECT COMPARISON between JUNO D8 and DS88?? Many many people claim the DS88 has less TONES (1300 vs 3500) but sounds REALLY better and the Keybed little bit lighter but more pleasant Someone please take out their atttribute e DO THIS?
@simbaking63383 ай бұрын
Nice review Chuck.....Question...why do they call it Juno D again...wasnt that what it was first named 15 years ago? then u had Juno Di,,then Juno DS..then some Juno G series before or in between...My problem with this is they are the same boring sounds..rehash some stuff then slap on a few minor stuff that the majority of keyboardists never really asked for...smh.
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
This JunoD uses the same sound engine that is used on the Fantom series... top notch sounds (with limitations, of course). They should sound a lot better thant the ones on the old JunoDS / JunoDi series.
@daeone15143 ай бұрын
Its a throwback thing. They've revamped the fantom. Now they're revamping the Juno. Back then, Juno had fantom sound engine. They're at it again
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
@@victorespina this Juno-D doesn't beat the sound of Juno-DS and Juno-Di. Zen-core does have the potential to beat the engine in those older Junos, but that is a sound design matter, 99% of Juno-DS and eventual Juno-D users don't know anything about that or how to coax that, plus it depends on what kind of sounds you design from scratch. Ultimately, a niche feature that a tiny handful of "power users" will enjoy.
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
@@Jason75913 So what you are saying is that the stock patches on JunoD/Fantom are no significantly better than the ones on the JunoDS ?
@Jason759133 ай бұрын
@@victorespina they are not. They are even using the very same 30-year-old samples from XP50 and whatever else. Every Zen-Core product + Juno-DS, Integra-7, and FA-08. RD88 and Juno-DS get a couple of unique patches using samples not included with other Zen-Core products, like the DS' and RD's main pianos, that's about one of the very few differences.
@nsera94623 ай бұрын
I have a Juno DS and have been researching the Fantom 06 which I was thinking about purchasing, however now that the Juno D has come out I'm considering buying this as I am familiar with the work flow. I recognise the fact that it has some of the Fantom sounds but I have not been convinced by some of the Roland Juno DS sounds. Also, is this scene mode like the Fantom or have they just changed the word performance mode to scene mode. I need to research the features of the new Juno D. Any thoughts/ideas?
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Scene = Performance If you don't like the Juno and Fantom sounds (they have the same sounds), grab a Yamaha MODX or Korg Krome EX instead.
@HoodHandyman3 ай бұрын
They screwed us with the juno stage and the juno di the sounds were thin and tiny with no sequencer so i'm not gonna jump the gun and buy this i'm gonna wait till i get it second hand.
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Juno-Di was superseded by Juno-DS and now this 2024 Juno-D. All the same sounds brought over from the old XP50 and XP80 in the '90s, buddy. These entry level keyboards can rock if you are into sound design, but otherwise, maybe move up to Yamaha MODX or Korg Krome EX instead? Even Fantom-0 and the flagship Fantom share the same sounds as these Junos.
@tigerboy45163 ай бұрын
Nice but Same sounds since the 90's Roland needs to update the orchestra and guitars
@michaeltrenier3 ай бұрын
Big time
@akhtarshaikh86243 ай бұрын
Indian tone avelable?
@RoshansundasOfficial4 ай бұрын
With the price of keyboard not very convinced
@dougmccutcheon79062 ай бұрын
What they don’t tell you is that the horn sounds are terrible. They sound like an eight-year-old trying to program the cheesiest brass sound he could. No realism at all. I was all set to order one, until I came across a video that demoed the horn sounds. Now it’s a hard pass.
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Good luck, if you want good horns, best use a laptop. Or get a Yamaha Genos or something.
@dougmccutcheon79062 ай бұрын
@@Jason75913I have great horns on the Montage. Was just hoping to get a lighter board for the quick in and out gigs.
@Jason75913Ай бұрын
@@dougmccutcheon7906 MODX?
@LaloRaj133 ай бұрын
looks old
@yabuinu392 ай бұрын
健康のために、もう少し痩せた方がいいと思う。
@Jason759132 ай бұрын
Leave.
@yabuinu392 ай бұрын
@@Jason75913 なんて?
@Tripwelleverday4 ай бұрын
Great showcase but this is a pos the ui is horrible and it such crap that shills keep shilling this bs to the masses no wonder the Behringer bros groups keep getting bigger and bigger the sound is better pure analog and the builds are better too
@_mickmccarthy3 ай бұрын
Lol are you actively seeking out all the videos on this product to leave comments like this? Is it just this one or do you do it for a variety of other products too?
@Tripwelleverday3 ай бұрын
U reported my response weak af
@Tripwelleverday3 ай бұрын
This is literally the same as the ds 50 horrible crap compared to the real stuff analog for life !!!!!!
@_mickmccarthy3 ай бұрын
@Tripwelleverday It's clearly not literally the same, and I didn't report your response btw
@victorespina3 ай бұрын
So the only thing worth it and not crap is the things YOU consider to be good? I TOTALLY LOVE my JunoDS and it has served me well for the last couple of years, despite of what you consider "crap".
@DingdongbillybongАй бұрын
Just another variation of the same old trimmed fantom. Good presentation, bad product, bad company. Just my opinion, nothing innovative about them