The Roland Juno-DS76 Synthesizer is the latest member of Roland's Juno family. The Synthesizer Workstation stands for professional synthesizers and keyboard sounds and many functions for studio and live use at an affordable price. Play sounds live, make beats with the pattern sequencer, trigger loops and samples with the phrase pads, import your own samples, alienate vocals with vocoder effects via the audio input - the Roland Juno-DS76 Workstation Synthesizer has everything you need to be creative. The 76-note keyboard has a low weight and is the ideal companion for live gigs or song writing sessions in the rehearsal room. Thanks to the integrated battery compartment, the Roland Juno-DS76 can be creative anywhere and at any time.
Performance-Oriented Concept
From the velocity-sensitive keys to the Roland synthesizer's proven hand controller for modulation and pitch bending, the Roland Juno-DS76 is designed for spontaneous music-making with its simple operating concept. The sounds can be controlled quickly and efficiently via the real-time controls, whilst the non-stop loop recording of the 8-track pattern sequencer is an inspiring tool when composing or performing live.
Sound Generation
In addition to the popular sounds of the popular Juno-Di, the Juno-DS also features many new piano sounds - a good basis that can even be expanded via wave expansions. It is also possible to import your own samples - an excellent way to build your own beats with drum loops and individual sounds. The Juno-DS is equipped with a 128-note sound generator to make the most of the full range. About 1500x sounds, drum kits and internal multi effects are offered, everything can be easily edited and stored in one of the 256x user patches.
For Solo Artists & Singer/Songwriters
A microphone can be connected directly to the audio input of the Juno-DS so that no additional equipment is required. The vocals can be provided with a classic reverb effect, but can also be transformed into electronic sounds with the vocoder. There's also an auto-pitch effect that lets you reproduce the latest vocal sounds of current pop music.
Made for Music Production
The Juno DS has also been designed for connection to a software sequencer: If the Juno DS is connected to a computer via USB, the synthesizer becomes a mobile recording studio. The signals at the audio inputs of the Juno-DS are forwarded to the recording software in the computer - in principle, the Juno-DS now behaves like an audio/MIDI interface. In addition, the control elements of the Juno DS can be used to control DAW functions.
The main features of the Roland Juno-DS76 Synthesizer include:
A bit over-specced for what I need it for, there appears to be about 5 million sounds. A teeny bit disappointed with the piano sound, despite downloading free piano samples from Axial I feel my old Yamaha still had the edge though it is a bit subjective. All in all, pretty pleased with it, and nobody else could match DV247's price.