Impact
Artists who have used the Juno-106 include Jacob Mann, Vince Clarke, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Chvrches, Leftfield, [4] William Orbit, [5] [6] Paul Frick from Tangerine Dream, Underworld, Reel 2 Real, Jam & Spoon, and Vangelis. [7]
The Juno-106 was Roland's bestselling synthesizer until the release of the Roland D-50 later in the decade. [8] It remains one of the bestselling synthesizers. [2] In 1985, Roland released two versions with built-in speakers: the Juno-106S and the HS60 Synth Plus. [2]
The synth's popularity continues to the present day, especially with EDM and artists such as Tame Impala, [9] Daft Punk, [10] Calvin Harris, [11] Armin van Buuren, [12] Mark Ronson, [13] and Caribou [14] among many others.
Hardware re-issues and recreations
The Roland MKS-7 Super Quartet, a multi-timbral synth module with dedicated sections for each part, used the same 80017 filter chip as the Juno-106 for the bass section. [15]
In 2015, Roland released the JU-06 sound module, a digital recreation of the Juno-106 using Roland's digital Analog Circuit Behaviour (ACB) technology. It is battery powered, has 4-voices and 23 parameters controlled from the front panel. [16] It cost $299 at the time of the release. [17]
in 2016, Behringer released the Deepmind-12, an analog synthesizer inspired by the Juno-106 which features 12 voices. [18] It was priced at $999 at the time of release. [19] In 2020, developer Momo Müller released an unofficial PC MIDI editor with the interface of June-106, called the Deepmind - Juno-106 Editor. [20]
In 2019, Roland released the JU-06A, which is a digitally based synthesizer combining the JUNO-60 and JUNO-106. It has the continuous high-pass filter of the 106, the envelope-controllable pulse-width-modulation of the 60, and the filter of both switchable from the front panel. [16] It cost $399 at the time of the release. [21]
Roland released the Juno-X in 2022, a modern synth featuring digital emulations of the Juno-60 and Juno-106 as well as an additional Juno-X model that features a supersaw waveform, velocity sensitivity and an Alpha-Juno style pitch envelope control. [22] [23] The Juno X's control panel design directly references the controls of the Juno-106 while the sound engine follows on from the Jupiter-X and Jupiter-Xm modern digital synths. [23]
Software emulations
In 2017, Roland released some software synthesizers in the cloud, including Cloud Juno-106. The cloud subscription cost $240/yr at the time. [24]
In June 2020, Roland released Zenology plugins for Roland synths, which includes a Juno-106 emulator. [25] [26]
In 2020, Cherry Audio released the DCO-106 plugin, a juiced up version of the Juno-106 which was priced at $39 USD in 2020. [27] [28]
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