Why Do I Love the Juno-6?

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

The Juno-6 was the first synth I ever bought. I was 17 and I paid $200 form the local music shop who was trying to get rid of obsolete analog gear in favour of the new digital stuff. It was 1989. I still have it sitting next to me and use it every day.

[@yankyy1311]

true love story

[@audioeroticasynthification5679]

I bought mine full price after mowing 2 million lawns. And selling boxed candy at school for 400% markup. Still have it to the day spent 12 years on the road. Never a problem

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

@@audioeroticasynthification5679 Paid for my Juno with a paper route. (ah...the 80s)

[@gcoudert]

My first synth was a second-hand Juno-60. I paid FF6,500 for ir back in August 1985, when everybody else was selling theirs and saving up to buy a DX7. It was a brilliant synth on which to learn synthesis and it sounded awesome. I really wish I'd had decent recording equipment back then. I remember creating basic tracks with the rim shot output of my Korg DDM-110 triggering the Juno's arpeggiator (and, later, my JX3P's sequencer). I would then feed those tracks back into one channel of my hi-fi's cassette deck while recording another live part into the other channel and so on and so forth!

[@swanofnutella4734]

Similar story. Got my Juno 106 for $120 for the same reason in 1992. Just a few years later I would not have had that opportunity.

[@MichaelRoxalot]

I really appreciate the joy that you exude in your videos. I've been a little depressed lately, and your massive grin always makes me smile. Your love for music is contagious. Thank you.

[@theburrellconnection]

nice words, sometimes we're flush sometimes we're bust but we always comim up milhouse in the end

[@durion6]

You can turn Juno in mono mode : 1. turn juno off 2. put the arpeggio mode switch in 'up' position 3. keep 'key transpose' pressed while 4. switching juno back on Ii worked with very good results on basses & leads!!

[@monsterjazzlicks]

I think it only works on the 60. My 6 won't perform the action.

[@durion6]

@@monsterjazzlicks works fine in my Juno 6. Apr mode has to be in 'up' possition for performing "mono". Also the function cancel everytine you switch off the machine. Maybe i have the latest version? Is it possible?

[@monsterjazzlicks]

@@durion6 OK.

[@fannydad6123]

I also have a Juno-6 ..... found it in a fleamarket for 5 (!) Euro, and it still runs perfect. I love his crazy sounds.

[@80ssynthfan48]

Oh please, 5 Euros? And nobody else had the intelligence to sweep it up?

[@fannydad6123]

@@80ssynthfan48 oh its long ago. Many people see in this old stuff nothing more than old "rubbish" .... but also many see this old great stuff and remember the great sounds in some great old songs in their good old times.

[@rachelar]

​@@80ssynthfan48one man's trash another man's treasure

[@evaldotiger4014]

My 1st synth when I was 11. My late dad bought it. I also own the Juno 60 which I totally loved too!

[@supercompooper]

I also love the Juno 6 so much. Every sound it makes is simple but amazingly filling. I am sad I sold mine when I was a kid.

[@tenslider6722]

I love everything about it because my real name is Juno and my first keyboard was a Juno-106 that my dad got me from a garage sale back in 1994

[@rachelar]

Juno Reactor?

[@lundsweden]

The Junos are a bit of an enigma, thin sounding, yet can sound thick, clean clinical sound but with grit. Simple, easy to use, yet can make so many different sounds! I always thought of the sub oscillator as a second osc, but without the ability to tune it, just stuck at an octave below.

[@jorgenstil]

Well put! 😊

[@stacerogers4008]

I got a new Juno 106 in 1986 when I was 15. What a great 1st synth at the height of 80s synth music. Had many keyboards since, but miss this one.

[@andresheadcabellos190]

there is nothing better than being able to transform the sound your way! and the Juno is good for that, all roland, Thank u Doc.!

[@kmjansen]

Dr. Mix was a piano / music theory nerd who became a synthesizer / production nerd, but he’s the coolest cat on KZbin. Love the passion man!

[@johnskerlec9663]

I love how you know this instrument so well. I have just returned to mine after a few years of not using it and am rediscovering why I love this synth. I've had mine since new 40 years ago.

[@BreannaMae]

A few years ago I had the privilege of using the Juno-6 in my friend’s studio. A few friends of mine and I jammed together and this was one of the synths I was able to play. It was so much fun! We ended up recording a classic late 80’s/early 90’s inspired House track, which featured this. What a legendary synth!

[@josephsacher1048]

Just like the chorus takes it to the next level, be sure to add a great reverb pedal or outboard effect to your signal chain. Talk about lush and thick! I use a Strymon Flint 90’s reverb with my 106.

[@jeffkiess]

This session of synth-enthusiasm doubles as an excellent tutorial without even trying! Awesome stuff once again, Doctor Mix!

[@zaptronic]

You have impeccable taste, Doctor. I have the Juno-60 (as you might remember from your Jupiter-8 challenge where I was the guy w. smoke and lasers and the electric violin fakeout) but I rarely if ever use the presets, which is the only real difference. But make no mistake - It's the warmest sounding synth in the universe, and the best sounding Juno of any kind. Snappy envelopes, gorgeous chorus, just beautiful....

[@martinheath5947]

First synth I ever borrowed and fell in love with, plus a basic Dr Rhythm beatbox which I discovered could be used to trigger the arpeggiator in interesting rhythmic ways! Ace combination 😊

[@FLH3official]

I love my J6 too. Easy tip: for syncing the arpegiator to your DAW send a simple audio click in the sync input of the J6. You can even play this click in the DAW to achieve complex retrigerings of the J6 arpegiator. (yes, you use a mono audio out of your audio interface but it's worth it and you can record the J6 in the DAW then free this output after)

[@paulrhodesquinn]

Great tip! I’ve never tried syncing my Juno like that. Many thanks 😊

[@EarmonkeyMusic]

First poly synth I ever played. My uncle had one. A few years later he got me a Juno 106 which is also great, but I still have this soft spot for the 6. I don't have one but hope to get one some day. It's just a beautiful thing.

[@SockSockson]

Owned both a 60 and a 106. I thought you'd have mentioned the amazing juno strings. Get the settings right and you can have a sound very similar to the pad at the start of 808 State's "Pacific". Such a warmth to the sound. Another thing I loved was playing the bottom 3 octaves (use hold) and doing what you did with the filter and resonance. Loved the mechanical screech it created.

[@ModernLove100]

Everyone loved those juno strings!

[@helisoma]

i bit the bullet and bought a near mint one from Japan and thank you so much for inspiring my dream 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jonasaras]

It was my first synth. Lot of fond memories.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Could listen to those resonances on harmonics for hours. Awesome.

[@ZeldaFitz]

Dr Mix you are such a positive ball of energy and fun.

[@MrSpasticdancer]

you cant go wrong with a juno. it just sounds good.

[@MonoMemory]

I’ve been using my recently acquired Juno 60 on everything. The low end is just amazing; I have an OB-6 as well, but there is no comparison in that area. Despite being simplistic, it is versatile. The raw sound - without chorus - can be gorgeous too.

[@pcuimac]

I love my Roland V-Synth and System-8.

[@MurrayDagostino]

I got a Juno-60 which I truely love, ever since the 90s when I bought it for about $250.

[@Manuelrost]

Wow, the Moment i started this Video in 480p and it looks much better than a 1080p Video from some other KZbin Channels. 😍❤️

[@ryankm48]

Nice synth! Those oscillators really punch through evan on my smart phone I could feel the bass drop on my chest when you played low notes and the resonance cut my ears. Love Roland stuff. Use to own a Juno 106 now I have a Super JX, second one.

[@AldoXepulveda777]

Gracie very much Claudio.

[@markaprill6501]

I had a 60 bought it for 300 in 2004 it was so awesome.

[@jjacob25101]

When the Juno 6 first came out I was shopping for my first synth in 1983? I was primarily looking at the Moog Source, and the JX-3P, which I ended ip getting. I later got a used Fender Rhodes 73 Stage, years later, lots of other mostly Roland/Boss keyboards and gear including an XP-10, DruMatix TR-606, Boss DR-550, DR-880, and a DR-5 I still have, I also still have a Roland PMA-5, Go:Keys and a JD-Xi. The Juno 6 and the JD-Xi were expensive by todays standards, especially with their features. I could by an RD 88 for that price today, but back then, they were pretty cutting edge. Almost 40 years later, still buying music gear, bit not as much, so some thing are pretty tempting.

[@funkmachine6420]

Really wish I could afford one of these. Simple, effective, great sounding

[@tenmilliondreamers]

The chorus is incredibly good.

[@in_10z]

This was the very first synth I owned $120 from pawn shop. I played the hell out of that thing for years!!

[@forzaguy95]

Great video! Keep up the good work Doctor Mix!

[@mootbooxle]

I love mine too! My fav Juno.

[@chrishack6825]

Back in 1991 I sold my first synthesizer a Roland Jupiter-6 for £230 because it had an issue and bought a Juno-6 and a Numan Polymoog 280a 285a pedals and Polylegs for a grand sum of £150 total. I will always regret selling the JP-6 but I've still got the Juno and Polymoog both working.. Yep the Polymoog can still do a half decent 'Cars'. Great synthesizer and vid DM. Cheers.

[@BobKlass]

It's too bad you don't have a Juno in better condition. It is still worth celebrating for what it is able to do. I bought mine new in 1983 and it is amazing how much I did with mostly just the Juno 60. So many other instruments followed but most did not endure like the original Junos. I've heard the Juno X is quite good too, but I've not played it. I have a Fantom 8 and the emulation in the Fantom is only a little like the real thing - the same goes for most software simulations. Emulations of the Chorus are fun!

[@doogey420]

Thanks Claudio.

[@theofficialcoolguy69]

i love the juno chorus circuit! i've got a plugin that emulates it and its my go-to chorus

[@cf9539]

4:40 remembers me to my US robotics Sportster Modem...Back in the days

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

9:00 never imagined you making quite a convincing impression of Philip Glass on a Juno 6 arpeggiator👍❤️ and all that on his birthday (he turned 85th on the 31st of January)

[@adriancox5975]

Thanks Dr Mix, you have inspired me to get my Juno 60 out of my parents loft where it has been sitting in its box for the last 30 years. Probably needs a new battery I guess. I might even sell it soon. 😱.

[@ExilesGate]

It's the classic Roland chorus chip MN3009....makes everything sound awesome!:)

[@scrundy3369]

I just love your videos man. So much great info and just makes me want to play. Thanks Doctor!

[@FreshnessStudio1]

This is why I love the Dr!

[@AnnedakDragon]

My favorite is the Yamaha DX7, but the Roland Juno-6 is an icon in its own right.

[@chaton51]

Prefer the d50 to the dx7

[@stakor]

@@chaton51 D50 had some good sounds, but DX7 is a way better synth!

[@f.w.1318]

That was first synth I ever owned my dad help me with half back in the late 80s, I bought used and had some issues took it the shop for repairs a few years later and the shop got hit and there went my DX7 couldn’t afford a Korg or Roland at the time so I got a Yamaha Sy77, still miss that DX7

[@Rr0gu3_5uture]

Most folks I knew that couldn't afford a DX7 back in the day bought a Casio CZ-101. In the mid-90s I found my DX in a skip!

[@dacat101]

Juno 6 was my first synth too great synth wish I didn’t get rid of it. Now I have the system 8 which does good Juno sounds.

[@DallinJeppsonMusic]

Hey, you made a video about the Juno-6! Very nice!

[@Jacob-ur3lh]

Roland Alpha Juno with a controller is really underrated.

[@MrIanfurniss]

the 4:50 minute area was like the old dial-up modems from back in the day!

[@spu77]

That harmonics resonance filter is featured in "The age of love" track, you as an Italian surely know that!

[@Stu-Vino]

Sounds fantastic!

[@giovannicasimira]

Very interesting, thanks Doc !

[@morphoice]

I love my Juno-6 too.

[@addison1101]

Hello Claudio! Love all the Junos

[@1171karl]

I nearly bought one of these in the early 90s, I didn't because I wanted something with a piano sound... Looking back I probably should have done.

[@RayTheProducer]

I never owned one of these, but I do love the fact that there are some pretty good virtual emulations out there. Like 5 of them! 😅

[@ramseysounds2086]

When I saw Shalamar use one on Top of the Pops in circa 1983, I knew I needed to get one. 39 years later and I still wait. Plenty of software emulations, but nothing like the real thing. One day......

[@MrJandirk29]

I think i heard the exact same noise from the nr age of love before the kick starts when you moved the vcf frequencies from the top down. Love that track, now ill use my boutique to recreate that in a track! Thanks dr! ;)

[@michaelpierce3264]

the magic of this one Doc is the filter !

[@FlipOfficial]

Didn’t catch the premiere, but this looks awesome DrMix!

[@riccardotorri8648]

silly question (forgive me). the Juno hasn't the sync input right? so: how is possible to sync his arpeggiator if you are using a sequencer with sync output? such sq64, beatsteppro etc?

[@potentialbreakfast]

When you played with the filter @4:15 it sounded like bagpipe playing :D

[@peters1711]

I like very much the Juno-106/60 Sound since the 80th. Thats why i have it in my Roland System8 beside the Jupiter-8. Before i had also the Roland Boutique JU-06. But the Boutique has much worse keys than the System8 and also noise on the analog outputs. The Juno-106 is simple to learn and produce a typicall rich sound with the Chorus-Option which i very much like.

[@maplefoxx6285]

TAL-U-No-LX is s vsti plugin that replicates the juno. I was actually just using it last night. coincidence maybe

[@xepulvedaaldo677]

you can use guitar pedals to put some "Extra" options to your Juno 6

[@wilderbeast96]

Nice Philip Glass, "Metamorphosis" at 8:30!

[@docroxchannel]

I too,Claudio!

[@AhmadmaDJamAjam]

My cats went nuts when you messed with the resonance ;) :) :D

[@patriciaoudart1508]

I have this one!...mot a jup8 not a CS80, not as... But this one I have and love to play with. Everything works but the hpf. Must be not a big issue the day I will open it. Must is to use a Wha pedal on the the VCF out. I can play hour with it!

[@colsta89]

At 8:00 it reminds me more of the Tron Legacy synth that Daft Punk did. Search the track "Son of Flynn" in the soundtrack, you'll hear it instantly

[@moetarded7757]

Hope you can stream the gig after the gig!

[@heyhey708]

Your arp playing is giving me Looker (the movie) vibes.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Much better than the Korg Poly 61, even without memory!

[@EdwinNoorlander]

nice. i love the J6 🤘🏻

[@preservedjams4109]

Doctor mix playing amazing grace using nothing but a resonant low pass filter is the synth meme we didn’t know we needed

[@brianandrade_music]

Finally I’ve arrived London… Guess now there’s no excuse not going to the gig 😏

[@nerode79]

Hi Claudio, do you think you could do a video to suggest/review the best piano&music learning apps for us aspiring to become a bit more musically inclined?

[@onsesejoo2605]

If you want to hear a solo played with filter in use, please check out Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "From The Beginning", a semi acoustic ballad from them. Great, jazz - tinged solo from Emerson. If I was to buy Juno 6, I wouldn't. That filter reminds too much of a dentist.

[@miguelvarela6742]

Claudio the Synth Master!

[@michaelgmoser7845]

Hy Dr.Mix ! Thank you for your super nice Videos ! I have a problem ! Mc 707 or mpc one ? Ufff 🤔

[@evoelias6035]

Hi DrMix! That’s another great video from you! Thank you very much ! 🤗 Btw I have a challenge for you… could you compose or arrange a known song on the built-in workstation function of the KORG M1 and play it back from its memory? I mean by only using the M1 and it’s standard instruments 😁 Just for fun And btw I love the sound of the JUNO 6 a lot! 👍👍👍 I sadly don’t own one but someday I would like to ☺️

[@horder2344]

There's definitely an edge the 6 has over the 60. Having had both the 6 just sounds a bit grittier and fuller.

[@celestinocamicia]

I think you should do a full recreation of P. Lion "Happy Children" now...Paolo Pelandi himself told me he actually used the Juno 6 for all the synth parts on this classic Italo hit, despite the fact that his appearances on tv shows such as Discoring and Popcorn showed him at the wheel of a Jupiter 8. That song is a classic example of this single synth's potential in the Italo realm, you would kill it!!! Un abbraccione 😊

[@e8root]

3:30 The whole synth and especially filter/resonance sounds exactly like my Minilogue OG with 50K resonance compensation mod. Without the mod character is roughly the same but it lost too much bass/level when engaging resonance while self-oscillation becomes slightly too loud and mod fixes that. Probably having the two synths next to each other I would be able to pick some differences but I was able to reproduce this sound without any issue and it sounded the same

[@Aidan-nw7xz]

If your budget can't stretch for the real thing check out the Roland Boutique JU-06a. It's a 106 + 06 in one neat little package and it sounds great.

[@horder2344]

It really does although the sub oscillator doesn't quite have the same bottom end but for £350 it's a bargain

[@Manmademadman]

I don't know HOW MANY times during this video I hit your CHORUS button on the Juno..... yes I actually do. I hit it 5 times for you. Paused the video every time.

[@dannymack9636]

Brilliant gadget man.

[@edovlciak170]

Hello Doctor Mix!!!! How are you doing these days? I want to tell you that I am fascinated by Roland synths and Juno-6 is one of them Ohhh I wish I could have one. Anyways, I hope that you are safe and doing great job Sam🐺🐺

[@SpamMouse]

Panning shots, soft focus and the hero reveal - Who the hell even needs sound turned up on these videos!!!!!!

[@EllipticRecords]

Love mine and would never part with it....Such a great sound.

[@allenpaley]

@4:22 The face you make when you play the melody of Amazing Grace by moving a frequency cutoff knob 1.2mm

[@BorisCCRCam]

I had a Juno-60. Same as Juno six but with memories and DCB interface. Put a Kenton MIDI card into it. Also had a Juno-106 which was a modernized version with MIDI built in. Did not sound as good as the 60 which was super phat.

[@carloko08]

hahah, what a cool dude is this, very didactic video and presentation, congrats, dude, i suscribe now :D

[@kubagp3k]

3:55 like a shaman from Tuwa. Greetings from Polish

[@markdjdeenix6846]

Sounds great