Roland Alpha Juno 1 Retro Synth Tour

30 minute tour of the Alpha Juno, outlining a few of the features included in this synthesizer which sets it apart from many others of the era.

[@soyginna]

Excellent tour! It sounds like you really know the instrument, this will be a video I will be visiting now that I bought one! :)

[@marcopoulos3493]

That rave sound brings back memories!!!!!

[@JobimSynthMusic]

Juno1 is fantastic and so versatile. People are beginning to take notice as the more expensive ones are being hoarded by collectors. I have the Juno1 and it's paired with behringer BCR2000 controller, for complete knobby editing in a single page of the BCR. It's perfect!

[@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene]

Nostalgia for me, my first synth was a brand new Juno2, the 2 has the best keybed I have ever used, synth action with absolute beautiful control. 30 years later and dozens of synths, still not a keyboard as expressive and controllable as the Juno2. Since is was my first synth, I just assumed all keyboards performed like this one, but keyboard after keyboard disappointments for 30 years. My Yamaha P95 weighted piano has excellent control, but again, it is not synth action. I am very pleased with the Yamaha MX49 I just purchased, very controllable piano, but the through distance of the keys are very short. Thank you very much for the video!

[@DeathByDinSync]

Great review... Totally agree. Extremely underrated! Love my Juno 1!

[@thehistoryofchingfordwater8933]

This is such an amazing video. How juno alpha makes 106 redundant. SUPERB!!!!

[@synth4ever]

Nice overview of the Alpha Juno. You were wondering about other synths that do PWM on sawtooth waves... check out the Akai AX-60. Fantastic PWM on all waveforms! Also, the Fender Rhodes Chroma Polaris has PWM on sawtooth waves as well. I believe the Rhodes Chroma does too.

[@railster]

Amazing work. I have it, but I got bored after years of having it, but I love the sounds of it, and the one line editor is not as terrible as they say. You just need to study the thing, and not being lazy. Thank you for this great explanation of such detailed sound design.

[@kaneda4102]

Loving the Dominator at 11.00

[@dayglo98]

Akai AX73 has PWM on all waveforms. Great video !

[@niallos1]

Great video dude, the MS2000 & microkorg have a modulatable pulse width on saw wave which continually blends between a saw and a double frequency saw.

[@Guywhowearscloth]

13:54 "Wallpapering the hallway through the letterbox" lol! I'm dying

[@Justindl26]

This has been really helpful as just bought one

[@markkilley2683]

I bought one of these in the eighties. Did a couple of live gigs and albums with this.

[@dockrecordsberlin]

noice... a lot of hidden gems... got the rack version mks-50 and the programmer... thanx for the infos.

[@halvorlillesund]

Great! Very helpful video!

[@themushieman]

Super great watch mate..😀

[@AdamJayTechnoElectro]

Gotta love that Sawtooth PWM. A4/AK has PWM on the Sawtooth as well, fyi.

[@MrElektreau]

Great Video - btw for Mentasm the Alpha Juno riff was sampled into a Casio FZ-1 sampler and the sampler's filter was used rather than the Juno's

[@ottobyte]

I love the alphas. To me the filters are better than the 106. It's really wet and squelchy!

[@davidhughes1461]

Very helpful. Wish I Had this back in 2006 when I bought mine! :D

[@Zeal808]

My first synth!

[@joelonsdale]

Mine too. About 1988?

[@Zeal808]

Joe Lonsdale 1985-87’ is when they were technically in production. I was born 89’ (random) lol..killer synth!

[@joelonsdale]

@@Zeal808 I was 14 in 1988 and had no idea what a powerful synth it was. KZbin want around to help me. I have up on it and bought something with 'better' presets and effects in the end - an Alesis Quadrasynth I believe.

[@alphanumeric1529]

AX60 has pulse width available on all waveforms including saw.

[@nihilvoid4112]

The Akai AX-60 has pulse width on all its waveforms. The AX60 is often compared to the Junos because of its similar architecture. One VCO (not DCO) with no sub osc, seperate pwm lfo, multi wave lfo, dual eg, vco filter c/o mod, keyboard split, midi. Look into em!

[@bushcraftbeats4556]

Please don't. Please keep the ax below people's radar. Let the moneyed people buy the Junos. Keep the ax's for poor artists.

[@infindebula]

I'd like to see the "pulse width modulated saw" on a scope, to see what's actually happening. The Microbrute has a modulatable waveshape for its saw, based on folding, which gives it sort of a "supersaw" character. I don't own an alpha Juno but I'd like to, because of its unique sound. I have a 106 - i would also say the Alpha is also unique among the vintage Junos for its dedicated PWM LFO, time/level envelope (what ever happened to those?) and ability to env-modulate pitch.

[@marcopoulos3493]

That FZ1

[@mitchminimal6942]

Thank you! This will help me get even more out of my AJ2 :)

[@paranoidandroid7406]

The Prodigy at @25:00!!

[@themushieman]

27:27 patch....!? Amazing

[@javierpiles5833]

Hi, very nice tour. I get mine years ago on the second hand market. I'm doing some techno stuff with it and sounds very well. I have a little troubles with loading presets. Can you please do a tutorial on how to load patches please? That would be awesome! Thanks :)

[@LektroiD]

Use MIDIOX on a PC or if you're on mac, Snoise Sysex Librarian. Both free.

[@javierpiles5833]

@@LektroiD thanks im going to take a look today!!

[@mr.underkover9439]

Stupendous ! Thank u. So what price range u say is fare to pay for it now ?

[@mysterydata9640]

At 28:00 did you use any external effects? That sounds beautiful! I just picked one up but I'm a noob so have a hard time dealing in sounds since I'm new to synths.

[@lectromagnetique]

lovely

[@jasper-byrne]

voyager has modulatable variable waveshape, which can 'pwm' between triangle, saw and square. not sure if that's exactly the same as what the AJ would be doing with its saw pwm though. would be interesting to see on a scope

[@michaelbauers8800]

Prophet 12 has a shapable sawtooth, but not sure it "counts" because the oscillators are digital ( filters and envelopes are analog I think, but the oscillators are definitely digital.)

[@dustyrhodes92806]

The OB6 has PWM on all the wave forms I believe.

[@synthetic24]

Maybe Roland will make a Boutique version.

[@juliaseppi2205]

Lets hope not..

[@themushieman]

How do oscillators differ from waveforms or that

[@markgambera5371]

Nice pads!

[@martin-mi3cg]

It is psychologically impossible to switch on a Roland alpha-juno and not recreate the Hoover Sound !

[@georgegeorgio1751]

I'd be the 1st one to avoid that drug induced sound

[@juliaseppi2205]

Lolz, move on.

[@lundsweden]

...What the!?!

[@georgegeorgio1751]

Can we please get beyond the boring hoover sound, it can do so much more

[@LektroiD]

Why this comment? You have clearly not watched.

[@thehistoryofchingfordwater8933]

Best analogue ever made. Not the best looking.

[@peterheard5132]

do you thikn its possible to convert the juno 1 to a desktop module? eg pull the keys off and recut the sound making parts into a smaller footprint? thanks

[@guntheriscariot3064]

Peter Heard you are looking for a Roland MKS50..

[@georgegeorgio1751]

@@guntheriscariot3064 Pete needs to do some research next time.

[@subconscious.com_usa6691]

Cool video buddy, Do you know where i can find some nice sound for this online,