Roland Alpha Juno 2 | demo by Jexus / WC Olo Garb

[@Jexus]

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[@alpharisc]

In my mind this video was only a few years ago …. Where did all those years go

[@Synthomania]

Agree! The Juno 2 is just as cool as 6,60, but stable with more feutures and it just WORKS all the time. Dont bother the old ones....

[@atetraxx]

No cap fr fr

[@dhollsynthmusic]

I got this synth now, and it's interesting to note that the patches Jexus has created here are easily replicable. Whereas the patches he made on the DX7 were so out of this world I never figured them out. The Alpha Juno is a much simpler synth to program too. I like it a lot. It doesn't match the DX7 for bells and glassy hit sounds in general, and the DX7 sound is more suitable to ambient, but the Alpha Juno betters it by producing powerful dark sci-fi synth sounds - suits harscher music.

[@juliaseppi2205]

It won't do the bells as well as there's no FM on the alpha, they only look similar because of the mbrane buttons, 2 totally different synths, cheers.

[@georgegeorgio1751]

No the Alpha is suited to many styles i program funky brass , leeds and bass and of course you can also get great sci fi sweeps and pads etc.

[@georgegeorgio1751]

Also all you need is an editor for the dx to understand it's architecture better once you do you'll be able to get sounds quite easily.

[@adamglock]

Im glad you show everyone that a synth is limited only by the user! Im sick of people saying this synth sucks or this one is better for this reason when it is clear that if there is programming available the limitations are up to the user.

[@stef25ify]

I have this synth and have no idea how the hell he gets these sounds, respect man.

[@lerosa3656]

Satan himself gave him all the dark secrets, but at what price?

[@georgegeorgio1751]

@@lerosa3656 no you don't need evil to get good sounds out of it just a bit of time and patience.

[@lerosa3656]

@@georgegeorgio1751 there is no evil or good they are man made constructs, just like religion, lighten up.

[@georgegeorgio1751]

@@lerosa3656 Wake up Lerosa and look around the world there are good people and bad people.

[@dxtrs_mnpltr]

This is, in my opinion, his best demo yet. Gets me excited everytime i watch it. Man I love the sound of that synth!

[@JobimSynthMusic]

i'm watching this for the millionth time, in 2019 ! timeless!

[@JobimSynthMusic]

million-first replay

[@JobimSynthMusic]

Millionth second replay

[@tiborvegh700]

Damn, this video is old but still, it is one of those rare videos where this synth sounds as it should! Other videos make it sound like a toy piano.

[@pyongyangunderground]

Killer synth !!! What starts at 5:38 is absolutely great. Very cool and creative video ... as usual ;-)

[@albedoshader]

The envelope is the curve that tells the Synth how to manipulate some parameters, like the filter frequency or the loudness.

[@DadoSimicStudiostriver]

The only video where I heard good lead sounds. All other making just some mellow, no one awake beast in it which is very capable of.

[@franzfalckenhaus]

Jexus...od 3:13 emocje wyginają mnie tak ze normalnie trzesie mną starsznie do 4:02 ;))...moglbys wiecej wyczarowac takich klimatów...REWELA..motywy takie jak ten to balsam dla ucha po tym wszystkim co dookola ....

[@superflexis]

Juno 2 has that classis sound used in many 90's retro house records, I want one!

[@WusshA]

GREAT MAN! With this shit you can revive 80's synth pop, all sounds are similar...Watching this makes me wish I could play keyboards.

[@saintsithx]

Someone please can share the patches? Give this man a beer !!!

[@bjcsupertortoise]

@proszto He's using MIDI input for the notes, as shown by the 'Midi' in curly writing in the top right of the screen. He does that for many of his videos of synthesizers with MIDI.

[@RLbitClassica]

Never mind! just found it on ebay for $20. I'm so excited because it's my first synth!

[@dhollsynthmusic]

@Olorintube I agree with your comment. It's like he says himself: "showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer." Jexus loves dark 80's vibes and C64 computer games, so that's what we get to hear in his demos, regardless of synth.

[@mummstylesound]

I bought an JU2 after watching your demo! Great!

[@rojman123]

I have this synth......Just now starting to appreciate it.

[@TW909]

its what you send letters in. an envelope controls the volume of the sound over time

[@skyreadersociety6183]

visually a nightmare, but surely the most interesting take on the alpha juno.

[@MmostlyRandom]

joey beltram would love that 1st patch :)

[@OldschoolJunkie74]

Mentasm

[@lesscunning9651]

man WTF the Juno 2 is awesome i hope to get one soon.

[@avinash240]

@MrKnnknn The noise on a Juno 2 very much sounds like that. It's one of the reasons it's my favorite Juno. I own a 106 and a 60 and my most inspirational stuff comes from the Juno 2. Only thing that hurts is having to edit it from a VST.

[@UnchainTheNight1]

it can control other things like filter cutoff frequency or oscillator frequency too

[@zblofu]

Yes it does. However it is time consuming to program from its own interface but luckily there is free software you can find on the net.

[@sniperv25]

I was given one of these for free by someone who I did some work for. It was just sitting in the closet in its box. Since it was an older one, I agreed to take it since it might have some cool sounds on it. I was right. Lucky me!

[@dustcombo]

The last minute is so powerful!

[@ChasD]

@douro20 It's an analogue synth. The oscillators are controlled digitally but the sound generation is pure analogue :-)

[@phunkyboy]

beautiful synth,

[@pheaktor]

zajebiste, jestes mistrzem synthow

[@bjcsupertortoise]

I'm not sure, but I think the Alpha Juno has tape in and out sockets on the back for saving settings, so presumably that's the only connection you can use to do it.

[@scabilos]

man, you are so hardcore! :)) the first half of the video rocks the blocks!

[@monosynthluv]

3:14 seriously amazing pad.

[@dhollsynthmusic]

great demo, mate. does it have a standard midi-in and normal audio jack-outs?

[@dustmighte]

The MKS-50 does great bass sounds. Hope mine will complement a JX8P I'm hoping to buy well.

[@SpacehotelMusic]

alpha juno 1 has tape in/out - alpha juno 2 doesn't (midi only) + a cart slot.

[@peter47a]

So dirty!! Awesome sound! Thank you for sharing :-)

[@douro20]

Very nice digital synth. I know the HS-10 is similar but a little smaller.

[@outruncoast9056]

1:15 oh yeah

[@the_tux]

Hold on a second… m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ2Ue2WrgtOihLs They sampled you?

[@gullyman777]

The pads at 3.15 😍

[@proszto]

looks like its some external stuff that you can modulate with the alpha wheel and the keys

[@williamblackwelder1495]

This thing is SO POWERFUL for a one oscillator synth. I love mine and wouldn't give it up for anything. Roland really knew what they were doing back in the 80's. These things last forever if maintained correctly. Too bad Roland is degrading they're legacy with crappy re-issues. (Except the TR-8)

[@jasonlara]

+William Blackwelder I am going to look at one for $250.00 American dollars. Is it worth it. Works and has cord.

[@kiko1935]

@@jasonlara 4 years late but yes it is worth it

[@TheLaraTube]

@@kiko1935 Better late than never! Haha. You are correct, well worth it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6ereXpne819e9E

[@llaardvargk]

this makes me miss my juno-1. i left it at my parents' house on the other side of the country.

[@jack0elias0fox]

hot damn that's a tasty sounding synth. I'm guessing all of those are custom presets yeah? Relatively speaking, how easy is it to make your own presets? Is it a lot of menu diving or is it pretty straight forward? I've seriously been considering getting one of these.

[@StingrayOfficial]

Companies should pay you to demo their equipment.

[@Scwotum]

Love your demos Jexus - keep them coming! Are your patches available for download? Love the sounds at 2:50 - 4:50.

[@TRaddcliff]

your vids are great!

[@rojman123]

@mediawasteland Roland keyboards are known for that. My dad and I took mine apart and cleaned all the contacts and now it works just fine.

[@ADVANCEDBREAKAGE]

@Hedgeyy hi what is it about the alpha junos you want to learn, if you go to yahoo groups , there is an mks 50/alpha juno group where you can ask questions downloaqd patches and also there is virtual pg300 emulator (im assuming you are using windows lol) however if not there is a mac program .

[@gladtobeangry]

I'm actually very curious what you think of the Deepmind, since it was based in part on the Juno 106. I'd also be curious if it is capable of anything this gritty and charismatic.

[@johnfdm123]

Fun! I particularly like the noisy patches you're demonstrating here - some sounds one doesn't typically associate with an '80s digital-analogue synth. Gotta love the total programmability of these old synthesizers. (I've had an Alpha-Juno 2 since 1986, and still enjoy playing around with it from time to time. It can do a few things the newer synths don't do -- just too bad it has such limited polyphony.)

[@dustmighte]

I have a similar problem with my MKS-50 (rackmount a-Juno), it only receives note information from my keyboard and not from the workstation. It's odd.

[@josephreis]

wow!! awesome!!!!!

[@torrpazz]

Yup, legendary.

[@Droidbot_electro]

a part 2 is missing... :P cheers bro!

[@RLbitClassica]

I just got one of these from my dad who got it accidently in a mixed lot auction($30 for everything! good deal!) but there is no power supply! where can i get one for this model?

[@Nord72]

@marcinha1973 : no, just thinking about how rare it could be in a few years later...

[@pauldonnelly3809]

Whats the track at 2.13 with the dog?

[@SynthLove27]

the dog part is cool!

[@deafpenguin]

lovin ure pressentation

[@jkoizoratravels]

I just discovered this old synth in my house and I really like it! But I am having problems connecting it through midi and in to Garageband/Pro Tools SE. I got midi cables in/out plugged through my Fast Track Pro (M-Audio) interface. But I don't know how to process further. When I turn on my interface, a message box immediately appears in Garageband that a MIDI device has been connected but I can't use it somehow. Help me please!

[@OxoniumTrax]

I love those old syntehsizer...they can sound so hard *OLLLLDD SCHOOOOOLLLL*

[@djsmithy]

hehe, wikipedia has a fairly in depth article on how its made. Just look for "hoover sound" on there. When in doubt, wiki.

[@rg2027x]

is MKS50 same thing in rack?

[@snotmale]

I have had mine since 1987 and the trick is to edit up so that it sounds less buzzy... more 'thumpy'..!

[@MrDanio1975]

witam mam jedynke na zprzedarz i zastanawiam sie ile takie cudo jest warte

[@Xakutor]

Are you using external effects on any of these synth demos? or are they all straight from the synths?

[@robertsmyrek187]

Hey wspaniałe to!!! Umiesz to tak vintage zaprogramowac czy uzywasz specjalny efekt? Twoje videa słysza sie bardzo vintage. Świetnie!!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍

[@ADVANCEDBREAKAGE]

what kind of music do you write,? i have owned a juno for 9years and still dnt think ive used it to its full potential, they are more versatile than juno 60/6/106 shame no arpeggio, and not as full sounding but thats not always a desire from a juno why not buy a jx10 or a prophet, however this does killer basses noises and technoeque sounds, i will never seel mine : )

[@janxenjanxen]

strong

[@alanjayee]

its a patch already in the synth dude. called what the? its loaded on the mem think its bay 8.

[@OneTanMan]

@auxili160 They are completely different synths.

[@dsny11]

very nice::

[@Biophob]

is it truth that are no separate envelope generators for amp and filter? is it possible to use it only for filter OR amp? ----- czy blok obwiedni dla filtra i głośności jest jeden? czy da się odłączyć obwiednie od filtra ALBO głośności?

[@juliaseppi2205]

one envelope

[@RLbitClassica]

@mediawasteland No aftertouch on mine and i have 1 key that jumps to 100% and 1 key that doesn't even make a sound sometimes :( My only advice is to try and find someone who specializes in fixing old keyboards because i'm sure it has to be some kind of connection problem between the keys and the circuit board

[@tobiaszkantoryt]

Hej jak podłączyłeś na midi że Ci się zapętla pod sequencer jakiś czy przez program na PC jest tp możliwe? Mam tą maszynke i chciąłbym własnie wykorzystac tez pod live recording. Z góry dzieki za odp. Pozdro !

[@Nord72]

Anyone knows how many JU-2 has been built ?

[@SpacehotelMusic]

It compliments the JX-3P better than the 8P imo (as they have different filters and tone). 8P has a few too many similarities to the Alpha (but the alpha sounds much nicer anyway).

[@deelux5519]

Have to disagree, for pure "Synthy-synth" 8P is underrated....badly, Alpha is overrated.....slightly.

[@ssstephenssskates]

@trolmper, this dude makes fucking amazing patches. end of story

[@motoboy6666]

Wich synth do you prefer best, tje jx-3p or the alpha juno? Regards HEnrik

[@destriaero]

So lucky!

[@JEANBRUCEnocturbulous]

3:00 : SO RAAAVE !!! ; )

[@Hedgeyy]

I have a Juno 2, I which I could make shit like this. I have no idea what I'm doing x_x... anyone have a site I could learn all of this from?

[@ChrisNova777]

divine madness

[@proszto]

how did you make that @ 1:34 ?? sounds like an arpeggio hook with 'hold' ON... i got an alpha juno 2 but have no idea how to make this!

[@juliaseppi2205]

Midi.

[@iamoutofideas1]

I'm considering to get one of these, my only question is how does one go about programming the sounds themselves?

[@tracer690]

Please explain how one could use the bcr2000 with the juno!? I saw a good deal on the juno 2 on craigslist here..,

[@stef25ify]

Google it, plenty of explanations online. You can even get a sticker for the BCR that labels all the buttons according to the parameters on the synth.

[@maccagrabme]

Whats one of these with a dead key worth? Cheers

[@Cutrexxx]

what waveforms at 4:04 is using ?? sorry for my english

[@gilo7171]

czy jest jakis edytor softwareowy aby ulatwic edycje pachy???

[@loneraver2]

I can't wait. I just won the bid on ebay.

[@DadoSimicStudiostriver]

Can you share patchs for Juno Alpha 2 please? I never heard so crazy sounds out of that synth and so agressive.

[@juliaseppi2205]

they're not available, he lost them I think....

[@DadoSimicStudiostriver]

@@juliaseppi2205 I never heard anyone made anything similar for this unit. I waiting my Juno 2 Alpha to arrive tomorrow,and I was hoping to get my hands on these, but if what you write is true then I`m out of luck. :(

[@hdj808]

@@juliaseppi2205 gutted, i was just looking on his link and couldnt find any alpha stuff

[@evankeal]

Ive used one since they were first sold, was never impressed by it. I use it solely for a simple lead synth sound anymore. By creating a one note chord memory, it only allows one key at a time to be played, that with portamento make a fun patch to play.

[@79Glitch]

Guess it depends on whether you like that classic, clean Roland sound. If you do, this is an under-rated classic. I’ll take an Alpha Juno 2 over a 106 any day. Never played a 60, so I can’t speak on that.

[@georgegeorgio1751]

Probably cause you're not a programmer if you know how to use the filter ,waveforms pulse wave/speed and chorus you can get some amazing pads , funky bass, brass & leeds etc.

[@evankeal]

@@georgegeorgio1751 more just not appreciating it as much as I should, it was my main board from 1986-2016 so I probably programmed it more than 99.9% of other owners. I would have loved the outboard programming box they have now back then.

[@georgegeorgio1751]

You're not impressed by it? how could you dislike all the wonderful brass and pads it makes?

[@AnthonyDavid94]

From 5:37 love it

[@gullyman777]

@jexus how can I buy the patches for Juno 2 cannot locate them on your website ?

[@Jexus]

The Alpha Juno was my 1st synth and I didn't save the patches...

[@gullyman777]

Jexus - WC Olo Garb 😭 no way! If you ever decide to make it I’ll be the first customer!

[@atetraxx]

@@Jexus same

[@cryingjordan8842]

@@Jexus will also buy

[@lookapi]

Me too🙂✌✌🤟

[@sprintbass]

giorgio moroder sounding a bit..i wish i could obtain a jupiter 12 and then hire 6 guys to lift it for me! great vid!

[@ChasD]

@optimystikill Yes it does.

[@MrKnnknn]

I notice the same distortion effect on many of your videos, do you run the output though an effect processor, because this is certainly not a sound you can get out of a Alpha Juno 2.

[@mafiososamgiancana]

04:08 name???