Juno-60 through Sony HR-MP5

I originally bought a Sony HR-MP5 multi-effect processor when it came out in the '90s. It broke irreparably in the early 2000s, and I've missed it since. Recently I had the opportunity to buy an HR-MP5 and HR-GP5 (the version for guitar) together as a combo deal, and was taken back in time by listening to the mesmerizing sound of the HR-MP5. Here are a few examples of the great FX of this small but cool machine.

[@tarxCS]

027Mtpyramid, it was just beautiful holy shit

[@ChristopherYabsley]

Slow LFO modulating the pitch is just gorgeous on the Juno 60

[@gasolineandwine]

Honestly, yeah. It's something so small and seemingly useless to add oscillator modulation, but it can do so much.

[@austinbrantley3923]

i realize it is pretty off topic but do anybody know of a good site to watch newly released tv shows online?

[@ryantakach1478]

The Juno sounds so good on its own but when you throw in the fx, wow

[@WalyB01]

a good synth is good. A good synth with reverb echo and chorus, is, well lets say 18+.

[@richardballinger517]

Brilliant, tired of all these dry demos which don't really show what can be achieved with keyboards. This shows how you can bring the best out in them with the use of effects.

[@vinyljunkie07]

One of my secret little boxes, it's superb. Cheaper version of the also great Sony DPS-V77

[@Fixmix78]

The dry sound in the beginning reminds me of early 90ies PC-games like WingCommander :)

[@TheAMN83]

+Fixmix78 it is more like FM sounds, i think so...

[@looneyburgmusic]

So many great multi-processors out there. It's so hard not to try and buy them all.

[@Javelin276]

Dramatic difference! From flat to cinematic in a flash. Just what I needed for my Effect-less Analog.

[@funkysp186]

I bought the MP5 because of this video. Thanks for sharing!

[@alborsedgardo]

Still using it? Anything you want to share after all these years?

[@AmpAHolic-wn6mr]

The Juno 60 and a good working knowledge of a Lexicon PCM70 is also a beautiful thing.

[@EugenioBissacott]

is always a privilege to see your videos! Thanks for shareing

[@devmiles]

absolutely gorgeous fx unit!

[@RONNIESPOEMS]

Sound fantastic! Thanks for the inspiration ❤

[@monsterjazzlicks]

SUPERB demonstration and beautiful sounds !! Great stuff dude.

[@devmiles]

Man, that sounds absolutely amazing! Loving both machines very much!

[@paul_shuler]

awesome demo! thanks!

[@phillytee9106]

The Juno sounds amazing through these effects, much better than some of the high end synths of today with all their modern technology and built in effects, nice sound demo! 😎👍

[@mvoproject]

What a true magic duet! This simple first "poor" preset sounds just like a concert hit when it comes with Cloudy Moon Fx! Super and super video demo! Thank you again!

[@jaykarimi7123]

wow. it sounds so clean and would work well in a mix

[@MarkoHimanka]

Wow...lovely multi-effect that is. And Juno sounds so good.

[@Bhunibelza]

Woooah, those are some beautiful sounds with the wet effect turned on!

[@DanielHuman1996]

The effects are an incredible difference!

[@EuroDJ]

Cool Space Phaser ... it would be interesting to compare with DP4 and SE-70

[@MarshalArnold]

Sounds really nice! Was checking these out and they aren't too expensive. As always many thanks for the demo Paolo!

[@nebstaism]

This sounds so nice together

[@fizzywack]

I love the Cloudy Moon preset. Sounds fab!

[@mysterio77690]

this magic box is AWESOME!! the differnce between dry and with effects is amazing!!! Thanks for sharing! greetings from France. Mysterio.

[@J._Campbell]

All sounds became alive!! Fly away!..

[@machiwoomiapoo]

Wow! That's some nice effects. :)

[@sergiodallalana]

1st track !!! it makes me always shivers and feel like crying.. thanks

[@natura808]

Oh my... digital heaven! Thank you for the goosebumps!

[@freakyfadge]

dat "slow chords"

[@harryelektron3086]

Great FX! I have the guitar version HR-GP5, bought back then in '93. It has problem with the memory battery dying out to quick, but still works...

[@Arkanoid_242]

Wow! It was seriously impressive :-)

[@ivanski28]

Absolutely gorgeous, time to hook up my fx units to the 3P

[@orbital5]

thank you for showing this amazing piece of gear! bought one for my little homestudio. this is an absolute one in all solution! Didn´t get the point to create my own presets at the moment but i try it as hard as i can :D Thank you paolo for inspiring me a lot. Get my hands on a JV 1080 because of your showcase, too. :D greetings from a German synth cave and stay healthy.

[@gkeaoyrge]

2:59 reminded me of the track Point of View by DB Boulevard haha. Great video!

[@Glenfiddich101]

sounds wonderful, think I might get one too for my range of Roland synths :-)

[@Superlover]

so beautiful

[@sablelasermusic]

Kind of Todd Terje arp at 2:37, very nice !

[@TheKorgUser]

The analog warmth of the sounds is incredible. Inspirated me to create similar multis with NI Maschine, Kontakt and Komplete Ultimate 10. Many thanks and greetings from Münster in Germany 😀

[@bradmodd7856]

it was analog warmth before it went through the 20 bit digital converters in the Sony...but the warble is real analog warble....I don't understand why that isn't mimicked better by the analog modelling hardware synths, it is one of the key ingredients to that sound. Maybe the softsynths are better in this respect.

[@analogsynthmuseum784]

i didnt see it yet nice demo !!!!

[@mame100able]

SynthMania i love your chanel...all you give to us is gold

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, mame100able kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGHUnmOBirWYepo

[@johnsaunders6510]

Always amazing.

[@MeekPoitier]

Sounds great ! Very interesting. :)

[@JIMMYLEGS_]

undeniably deliscious

[@kallethunell6486]

Just wow! I've heard that effects are important for the Juno-60, but MAN I've never seen a demonstration quite like this. This makes me want to use my Juno-60! And yes, I have one that just collects dust...

[@JayTheLane]

I'll come and remove the dust and take it off your hands.

[@gregoryphilip81]

Your music amazes me. Of course, these perfect machines must have been created by Aliens, but they are useless without such talented guys like you! Your cloudy moon inspired me: Gregory Blank - Cloudy Moon (Arpeggio Sonata) I've got only soft synts, but maybe someday... Anyway, Thank you very much!

[@dr_tomK]

Gorgeous

[@MrWoofer]

Fantastic!!!!!

[@nickguy6820]

2:30 Every (synth-)harp arpeggio since the 90s reminds me of Final Fantasy.

[@soundmanhaven1]

love the slow chords :)

[@DonSolaris]

For some of you who wonder, Paolo has a special edition Juno 60 with motorized faders. Proof at: 06:23

[@torroidal7545]

@@t1merickson You should have looked up Don on the Internet before commenting........ ;)

[@TheRetroGamingKid]

At 8:39 my god that sounds so good :). It sounds like an orchestra!

[@stephendelacruzone]

Sounds like... Heaven! 😆

[@bobboheemoth7255]

+Dashot Bae Get a room ! ;)

[@tgbitw17]

sounds the im listening to a glorious early 80's sci fy movie . nice

[@CaughtInTheRapture25]

Definitely adds a lot of nice atmosphere. I thought I would need to chain another synth with my analogue to do that, but I see here is another option?

[@billrebsamen1810]

All these great old analog synths need effects to take you into outer space - but boy - they sure sure fly you to the moon in style. Sweet silky warm sound!

[@billrebsamen1810]

I finally found a Juno 60! it was within driving distance and very affordable (as far as Juno 60's go these days at least). It was a unicorn! One owner, great shape, within driving distance to check out (posted in the local Marketplace!) and great price. The best part is he didn't sell it out from under me to a last minute higher offer! Drove to meet the guy and check out the Juno. It fired right up and made gorgeous sounds. I gave the guy my money - "Take my money now!" - and came home with a beautiful synth!

[@rs2klee]

very nice, back in the day I had the choice to buy this keyboard or the Yamaha dx27, the dx was hooked up to an effects unit "microverb" I didn't know at the time until I got it home and just didn't sound the same I was gutted even phoned them back saying just sounds flat, " oh that's cos it going through an effects unit"! if only I know now and take that back to then, as it brought all the sounds to life, do now wish I got the juno60 and would be worth more than my dx27 :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Grazie :)

[@jlrpmusic]

Amazing you definitely can’t compete with 80s and 90s music gears

[@ErykMaler]

to zawsze cacko było, i nadal jest

[@ko83na]

just wow, applause!

[@royroger1984]

meraviglia sonora. grazie

[@davidgeppert5763]

Very nice!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@liranziv]

excellent

[@jaggass]

That just sounds 10x better.

[@discodivo]

Question, I got the Sony HR-MP5 only because of this beautiful demo and I'm loving it. I recently purchased the HR-GP5 and I thought the only difference would be the mono input. I was disappointed to find out that most of the presets are totally different and most of them lean towards distortion. Do you know by any chance if it is possible to dump the presets that are on the HR-MP5 to the HR-GP5?

[@DynamicRockers]

58 Space phase is huge!

[@amulpatel]

sublime.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, Amul!

[@kekethetoad]

The ultimate synth and effects unit for blade runner style synth tracks.

[@MrOldLipi]

This video lead me to buy a HR-MP5 ;) Thanks! :)

[@MrErnesto]

Me too

[@DynamicRockers]

@@MrErnesto Me too :)

[@tonyisyourpal]

The little Sony is one of my favourite FX units - the pitch shifter is a little slow but apart from that it's a great unit. Of the FX I have, only the RSP550 of my set sounds sweeter to me :)

[@gabrielalvarenga8574]

Qe buen equipo musical maravilla

[@kentaccordionist]

I remember years ago a mate of mine had a Sony fx unit, don’t think it was this though. I tried it with a dx 27 and it sounded great. I had forgotten till this video that Sony even made fx units for a while.

[@dannybrazen]

it was an 80s synth, the era of big studios, big budgets and big effects. this synth was made for being processed through refrigerator sized rack systems! fortunately, the expensive reverbs, delays and choruses can be done very well in software these days. juno vst's however? i'll stick with the original

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Oh yeah, they have been making pro audio for a long time... they also have a famous microphone that's like $10,000 and is used by all the who's who of the music industry

[@FreiherrVonHohebach]

YES. Thants why I use my JUNO-60 with an BOSS SE-50 ;-)

[@terrelldrayton]

So dreamy the cloudy moon 🌓

[@BuzzJones]

That MP5 is cool as Hell I thought it was just for Guitars

[@j.h.jun.2214]

Great video and great sounds! Did you tweak something on the presets or using other additional effects? I'm asking because the preset "Space Phase" (52) on mine sounds very different than yours...

[@DynamicRockers]

Same here. Check the screen on Paulo's unit, it's #58: EQ1(on)Phase(on)-EQ2(ON)HALL(on). On mine it's #55: EQ1(on)Phase(on)-EQ2(Off)Plate(on).

[@almightyshux303]

I'm here to complain about you not sustaining the bass notes during the dry performance for the MTPyramid? patch! I can see and hear your tricks, buddy! :) Thanks for all your hard work.

[@BlixtenMarlowes]

Yes, amazing is the word! :-D

[@illprophet1]

This demo was pretty amazing... Do you release music anywhere?

[@vinyljunkie07]

Oh yea what was wrong with your original HR-MP5? When the backup battery dies the box goes crazy to the point of it not powering up, all it needs is a fresh battery and a factory re-set. Power it on while holding the BYPASS and EXIT buttons pressed at the same time.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yup, I know about the battery and reset procedure, but my old unit had one of the channels on the audio converter go out and other serious circuit problems on the board, enough that the repair store said it would cost more to repair than buy another one (at least back at the time it broke several years ago).

[@ebeep]

Would you recommend this unit over current-production effects pedals? I require external effects for my DX7 and 106 live. It's difficult to tell from KZbin as harsh high-end is rolled off, but even still, this Sony doesn't seem to have the audible digital delay artifacts that I hear in virtually every Strymon Big Sky patch. The HR-MP5 sounds absolutely stunning here.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

If you require deep programmability, I'd go with the Sony - if you can do with solid, good sounding effects and basic tweaks, I'd go with modern pedals

[@DorozhkinAlexandr]

Шикарно

[@WearySisyphus]

Do you think it is possible to get the sound at 2:09 with a Polysix ?

[@platinumjimjam]

You definitely could get a similar patch. The envelope is what mostly affects this type of patch.

[@TheHerryansyah]

Hi, do the HR GP5 works the same as MP5? I could find a good deal on the GP5, just wondering if you have tried it and works well or not with Juno 60 as well. Cheers!

[@stef1017]

Just wondering, what you playin' at 4 minutes in?? Love it!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

It's my improvisation. I improvise in 99% of my videos. I'm a composer.

[@johnnyapostal]

Question: can u use any footswitch pedal with the mp5? or does it have to be the sony hr-rc5 when using the mp5?

[@dikochi690311]

Sony HR-MP5 looks great effector. No longer related to the will instrument such do.

[@mcpersso310u]

Very Nice. What is the difference in sound between the MP5 and V77 ?

[@BijouCinema]

Nicce

[@TomLittle1981]

Cloudy Moon reminds me of some lost Angelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks music.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Hahaha :-D I love your humor, Don ;)

[@fabiocuccu6086]

How come that vintage digital effect processors like this sounds so good? Digital should get better over the years, but still...

[@stephenmulcahy3694]

any info on how to reset it, I've tried turning it on with bypass and exit button held but nothing, also notice mine is at p092 and yours is at p098 so maybe mine has been modified thanks in advance

[@scottburden9798]

No wonder why my Juno -106 sounded so dry in 1984! After $1200 could not afford effects then, much less in stereo!

[@stevem1130]

hi :) can i ask if the first effect Cloudy Moon is factory or programmed as mine sounds nothing like that, cheers

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

It's a factory program - maybe yours has been modified, if so, you can simply reload the factory set

[@DynamicRockers]

Same for me, I have firmware 1.11J and the preset are a bit different. Like the Space Phase is #55 not #58, mine is based on Serial EQ1(on)-Phase(on)-EQ2(off)-Plate(on) and if you look at Paulo's preset it's different : EQ1(on)Phase(on)-EQ2(ON)HALL(on). A dump of those presets from this older firmware version would be nice but I cannot find them anywhere.