Trend price :200-300€
The last of the Classical "Juno" series, an interesting hybrid analog & digital characteristics with Midi interface and memory.
Overview
There are basically 4 Alpha juno machines (+ rackmount Mks50) with same engine:
- Juno 1: 49 keys
- Juno 2: 61 dynamic keys
- Hs-10: consumer version of Ju-1
- Hs-80: consumer version of Ju-2
Voice
6 voices. Each voice has an assigned DCO oscillator. System can be edited with optional Programmer PG-300.
Oscillator
DCO is composed 2 main summable waveforms (pulse/saw) + 1 sub oscillator + 1 noise generator:
Filter
- lowpass at -24dB/Oct : resonance does not reach the auto-oscillation
-
highpass: 4 scaled values
LFO
a single delayed modulator and 2 destinations with individual depth values:
-
DCO pitch
-
VCF filter
Envelope
a single 4-stages + 3 time levels with polarity inversion EG assignable to:
- DCO pitch
-
VCF filter cutoff
- VCA amplitude
with special gate mode
Memory
-
64 ROM presets
-
64 RAM slots
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: juno brand / cheap / analog
NOT : edit / lfo / EG
"A near classic ! Still a little good analog with good basses .The oscillators have something weird and digital. Try it before buying, it can be a cheap source of worthy analog sounds. "
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci