About time for a all retro synth with new features. I loved the Juno 106 back in the day. It was a cheap synth that had a big sound. I loved the slider controls instead of knobs! Glad to see the look and functions are on this new model! It's a must have for synth lovers like myself!
Really great demo of a great synth. I ordered one it shall come this week. So the next big thing seems to be physical behaviour modelling instead of sampling based tone generation.
I love the idea of this Juno X. I have a Fantom 7 and this would go nicely. Two things i really dont know why they have put in are the warm up and ageing thing. Why? The out of tuneness and continual tune button pressing is one thing i would like to stop having to do on my JP8.
So conflicted between the Yamaha MODX+ and the Juno X. Can you offer some guidance for a newbie? I’m looking to take some online classes to learn basic piano chords and I ALSO LOVE the idea of being able to adjust the sound on the fly like the Juno X and the Roland Cloud sounds pretty cool to have that capability to add and download in the future, which Yamaha does not have such an ecosystem.
This synth could be possibly used to do a modern take of the Peter Howell theme tune like the sounds around 21:00 could be used to recreate the brass that was originally done on a Jupiter 4! The middle 8 sound is the hardest to recreate. The only synths I know that can reproduce that sound are the Vital and the TAL-NUX-LX only those 2 can do the Howell middle 8 as far as I iknow!
30:51 I'm confused why it needs to tune? I thought an advantage of digital was that it doesn't need to be tuned like an analogue synth would. Is there something I'm missing?
I'm in the middle of deep-diving TH-cam videos on this synth and I just watch one where the guy held a chord as he scrolled through different presets while he searched for the next patch to demo. Once he let go of the chord and played again, the new patch was there. Nobody's mentioned this feature in any of the videos I've watched but this guy did it without realizing I was paying attention to that. So I think your question is a "Yes".
Please, could anyone tell me, if the Jupiter X has a better keybed vs the Juno X? (It seems that the Juno X has the Fantom 06 keybed, only now with aftertouch, however I suspect the Jupiter X may have the Fantom 6 keybed - not sure about either one.) In other words, if the Jupiter X keys are mechanically superior to the Juno X? Or they are equal? Or Juno's keys are better?
The Jupiter X does indeed have the same keybed as the Fantom 6 and 7 series, and it is, in my opinion, superior in feel to the one fitted on the Juno x and Fantom O series.
Don't get me wrong, it sounds good, but it seems VERY similar to the Jupiter-X. There's even a Juno 106 soundbank on the JX. Are the 106 sounds on this new Juno X different than that? This kinda feels like the same synth dressed up to look like a Juno.
It is, its the same zencore sound engine but with some expansion models missing that you have to purchase to make it the same as the Jupiter X and by the time you've done that its not far off the price of the Jupiter X.
@@maccagrabme Seems like there's not much justification for owning both synths then. I already have a Jupiter X. It sounds very good and I enjoy it, but it's full of software bugs. The constant updates from Roland have helped with that somewhat, but I don't think I'd ever take it out of the studio to use on a live gig. Roland keeps dropping the ball on not doing a fully analog synth. With Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim coming back with fully analog offerings, Roland constantly making digital versions of their old synths is far from what synth players want.
@@marcoagius6926 My Jupiter X has been full of software bugs ever since I owned it. It's a fantastic tool in the studio and it sounds great, but even with a bunch of software updates it behaves oddly sometimes. I've got a Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 4 and I've never had an issue with it. But honestly, at the prices these synths cost, I'm not taking them out to gigs and traveling around a bunch with them.
Hey Roland dude i have to correct u because in the 80’s i used to stay on west 48th MANNYS MUSIC and they showcased under a super sexy lighted corner the ROLAND JUPITER-6 WHICH WAS THE FIRST EVER MIDI ROLAND SYNTH NOT ANY OF THE JUNOS I BOUGHT ONE BECAUSE THE SALES GUY TOLD ME THE 2 MIDI JACKS IN THE REAR OF THE JP-6 WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD IMPLEMENTED MIDI ON THE ROLAND SYNTHESIZER
This is just another phony Juno nostalgia trick from Roland, no real analogue in here. It is just VST named "Zencore" and in reality, it is just another virtual analog. Just bigger JU-06A Boutique or system 8 plus RD Piano 😳 in different clothes. Way to pricey
Of course no real analogue, it's explicitely stated everywhere, it's not like they are trying to be shady about it, trying to hide it and make it pass as an analogue
No DAW here, that is the Akai MPC boxes and the Force. A DAW is a digital audio workstation, newfriend. You can make a full track on it alone and export a WAV mixdown for use in whatever you please. The Juno-X doesn't even come 25% close to that. System-8 is much higher quality emulation, but too CPU-heavy so low polyphony and then performers reject it, that's why it's unpopular. Integra-7 has the SuperNatural engine from the old Jupiter-50, it does nail the Juno-106 patches really well, but Zen-Core is a different beast from this. JU-06A is a toy for beginners and synth collectors. Completely unrelated, but it is a high quality emulator that matches the real thing, like System-8. Juno-X is a watered-down Fantom-0 with a price increase. Or Jupiter-X in new clothes. Ultimately, a stage keyboard. But what do you care anyway? You're obviously not a musician or synthesist, why are you posting?
Get rid of the speakers, shed a few pounds, add controls for a second env/oscillator and I might be interested. Otherwise the limitations are too much for a $2K synth.
Yeah, for Zen-Core editing, the way to go are Jupiter-X, Fantom, and Fantom-0. Juno-X is fine for stage performers looking to roleplay as Juno-106 users, lol!
nope! the juno-x is another overprized plugin/software controller for the roland cloud for 2000 bugs, no analog reissue, no innovations! senseless since system-8/jupiter-X. lacks of an analog 6/60 reissue. juno-x engine isn't brand new - it's another simple zencore copy in a vintage case. korg released with the prologue a 16v analog 0B6 OSC reissue + 16 digital SDK OSCs for less then 1500 bugs. are u kidding us, roland? roland is decreasing themself to an ordinary software/vst dealer.
@@Tanirhum Already been done at HQ and the differences are minimal at best. Don't buy into the comments of non-professional youtube nobodies. People wandering around with 'music' in their names - usually the first to avoid.
On the contrary; it is one of our most anticipated instruments. With artists coming down to HQ and testing numerous innovations and aspects taken from their time with JP-X. It's expected to sell phenomenally well in our industry space and many of my colleagues and friends will use them for their live shows when things return to a more normal standard. So speak for yourself, not others.
@@ErraticFaith It's perhaps useful for live players, but that's definitely a niche, & not the actual main reason people still want authentic Juno 106s decades later. To call this VST in a box "anticipated" is just plain silliness. It is perhaps anticipated in the sense that the majority of musicians in the synth community have come to expect the worst from Roland, which is honestly just very sad if you think about it. The synth market is not clamoring for this overpriced inferior technology packaged to look exactly like the instrument that made Roland so revered. It will not sell phenomenally well. It is a joke.
About time for a all retro synth with new features. I loved the Juno 106 back in the day. It was a cheap synth that had a big sound. I loved the slider controls instead of knobs! Glad to see the look and functions are on this new model! It's a must have for synth lovers like myself!
At 21:57 what an AMAZING jam WOW!!!!!!
Incredible playing, examples and demo thank you so much.
What a beautiful synth! I think I want to get it.
Does the I-Arpeggio output midi notes, so you can slave another synth or output notes to a DAW?
Really great demo of a great synth. I ordered one it shall come this week. So the next big thing seems to be physical behaviour modelling instead of sampling based tone generation.
I love the idea of this Juno X. I have a Fantom 7 and this would go nicely. Two things i really dont know why they have put in are the warm up and ageing thing. Why? The out of tuneness and continual tune button pressing is one thing i would like to stop having to do on my JP8.
Is there a way to save a favorite preset list?
So conflicted between the Yamaha MODX+ and the Juno X.
Can you offer some guidance for a newbie?
I’m looking to take some online classes to learn basic piano chords and I ALSO LOVE the idea of being able to adjust the sound on the fly like the Juno X and the Roland Cloud sounds pretty cool to have that capability to add and download in the future, which Yamaha does not have such an ecosystem.
Man, that beginning song sounds like some serious David Foster 1980's soundtrack stuff.
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This synth could be possibly used to do a modern take of the Peter Howell theme tune like the sounds around 21:00 could be used to recreate the brass that was originally done on a Jupiter 4! The middle 8 sound is the hardest to recreate. The only synths I know that can reproduce that sound are the Vital and the TAL-NUX-LX only those 2 can do the Howell middle 8 as far as I iknow!
Dude, I want this synth so bad...
Sam channeling that 2010 Nickleback look.
Do the Juno-X sliders transmit controller messages like the Juno-106 sliders transmit SysEx?
30:51 I'm confused why it needs to tune? I thought an advantage of digital was that it doesn't need to be tuned like an analogue synth would. Is there something I'm missing?
Does it has seamless transition feature when changing the sound (like Fantom has) ?
I'm in the middle of deep-diving TH-cam videos on this synth and I just watch one where the guy held a chord as he scrolled through different presets while he searched for the next patch to demo. Once he let go of the chord and played again, the new patch was there. Nobody's mentioned this feature in any of the videos I've watched but this guy did it without realizing I was paying attention to that. So I think your question is a "Yes".
Please, could anyone tell me, if the Jupiter X has a better keybed vs the Juno X?
(It seems that the Juno X has the Fantom 06 keybed, only now with aftertouch, however
I suspect the Jupiter X may have the Fantom 6 keybed - not sure about either one.)
In other words, if the Jupiter X keys are mechanically superior to the Juno X?
Or they are equal?
Or Juno's keys are better?
The Jupiter X does indeed have the same keybed as the Fantom 6 and 7 series, and it is, in my opinion, superior in feel to the one fitted on the Juno x and Fantom O series.
@@mac651000 Many thanks, Brian.
@@Przhedetsky You're welcome
LOVE SYNTHWAVE 💘
It looks like a sticker that shows the Preloaded Models, is this a prototype or can you change that sticker out if you load other models into it?
You just hold the button, then pick any model from your list. Just shortcuts basically
20:16 The real question, Huey, is do YOU believe in love?
I think the most powerful thing that Roland did with Juno-X is added a Supersaw, so after this it looks like a new JP8000
The juno-6 came out in 81.
No no, 82
Don't get me wrong, it sounds good, but it seems VERY similar to the Jupiter-X. There's even a Juno 106 soundbank on the JX. Are the 106 sounds on this new Juno X different than that? This kinda feels like the same synth dressed up to look like a Juno.
It is, its the same zencore sound engine but with some expansion models missing that you have to purchase to make it the same as the Jupiter X and by the time you've done that its not far off the price of the Jupiter X.
@@maccagrabme Seems like there's not much justification for owning both synths then. I already have a Jupiter X. It sounds very good and I enjoy it, but it's full of software bugs. The constant updates from Roland have helped with that somewhat, but I don't think I'd ever take it out of the studio to use on a live gig. Roland keeps dropping the ball on not doing a fully analog synth. With Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim coming back with fully analog offerings, Roland constantly making digital versions of their old synths is far from what synth players want.
@@GusFogle Yeah! But the Japanese synths are far more reliable than the American ones😉plus the American one's are way off too expensive.
@@marcoagius6926 My Jupiter X has been full of software bugs ever since I owned it. It's a fantastic tool in the studio and it sounds great, but even with a bunch of software updates it behaves oddly sometimes. I've got a Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 4 and I've never had an issue with it. But honestly, at the prices these synths cost, I'm not taking them out to gigs and traveling around a bunch with them.
@@GusFogle Hopefully a bunch of software updates will improve it a bunch, without bunching up a bunch more trouble.
Hey Roland dude i have to correct u because in the 80’s i used to stay on west 48th MANNYS MUSIC and they showcased under a super sexy lighted corner the ROLAND JUPITER-6 WHICH WAS THE FIRST EVER MIDI ROLAND SYNTH NOT ANY OF THE JUNOS I BOUGHT ONE BECAUSE THE SALES GUY TOLD ME THE 2 MIDI JACKS IN THE REAR OF THE JP-6 WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD IMPLEMENTED MIDI ON THE ROLAND SYNTHESIZER
I would buy this quick for like 800 but not for 2k man. The Jupiter X is the same thing and Roland has yet to iron out that software.
This one goes to 38! 😂
Nice sound indeed, but overpriced for a digital synth.
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He is wrong. JX3P the first synth with midi.
It need to cost about 1300$ less
Think Andy is knackered and suck of demonstrating this board.
2000 bugs thats ridiculous
This is just another phony Juno nostalgia trick from Roland, no real analogue in here. It is just VST named "Zencore" and in reality, it is just another virtual analog. Just bigger JU-06A Boutique or system 8 plus RD Piano 😳 in different clothes. Way to pricey
Of course no real analogue, it's explicitely stated everywhere, it's not like they are trying to be shady about it, trying to hide it and make it pass as an analogue
No DAW here, that is the Akai MPC boxes and the Force. A DAW is a digital audio workstation, newfriend. You can make a full track on it alone and export a WAV mixdown for use in whatever you please. The Juno-X doesn't even come 25% close to that.
System-8 is much higher quality emulation, but too CPU-heavy so low polyphony and then performers reject it, that's why it's unpopular.
Integra-7 has the SuperNatural engine from the old Jupiter-50, it does nail the Juno-106 patches really well, but Zen-Core is a different beast from this.
JU-06A is a toy for beginners and synth collectors. Completely unrelated, but it is a high quality emulator that matches the real thing, like System-8.
Juno-X is a watered-down Fantom-0 with a price increase. Or Jupiter-X in new clothes. Ultimately, a stage keyboard.
But what do you care anyway? You're obviously not a musician or synthesist, why are you posting?
Why would I buy a big, expensive dongle like this? TAL UNO-LX or Roland Cloud seem a lot more practical, affordable and space saving.
Get rid of the speakers, shed a few pounds, add controls for a second env/oscillator and I might be interested. Otherwise the limitations are too much for a $2K synth.
Yeah, for Zen-Core editing, the way to go are Jupiter-X, Fantom, and Fantom-0. Juno-X is fine for stage performers looking to roleplay as Juno-106 users, lol!
nope! the juno-x is another overprized plugin/software controller for the roland cloud for 2000 bugs, no analog reissue, no innovations! senseless since system-8/jupiter-X. lacks of an analog 6/60 reissue. juno-x engine isn't brand new - it's another simple zencore copy in a vintage case. korg released with the prologue a 16v analog 0B6 OSC reissue + 16 digital SDK OSCs for less then 1500 bugs. are u kidding us, roland? roland is decreasing themself to an ordinary software/vst dealer.
Is it just me? I WANT to like this, but to me it just sounds like thin software. Not feeling that warm analog vibe at all that the original had.
Would you take a blindfold test with analog vs digital?
I feel the same
@@Tanirhum i would indeed
@@Tanirhum Already been done at HQ and the differences are minimal at best. Don't buy into the comments of non-professional youtube nobodies. People wandering around with 'music' in their names - usually the first to avoid.
@@ErraticFaith Lots of people beg to differ. People with ears. Grow up.
He’s not right. First MIDI was on JX3P. It sounds weak and VST like compared to real analog vintage.
I thought some later Jupiter 8s had midi?
Yeah! And a pain in the ass to keep those analog synths in Tune 😉
@@marcoagius6926 That's a worthy trade off for the warmth and rawness you get from an analog synth though. Besides, my Prophet 5 can tune itself ;-)
@@GusFogle Warmth... Love guys who buy into marketing bullshit haha! Never did someone say "Ooo that's so warm sounding" in the 70's, trust me ;)
@@80ssynthfan48 retrofit only I think
Nobody wants this
On the contrary; it is one of our most anticipated instruments. With artists coming down to HQ and testing numerous innovations and aspects taken from their time with JP-X. It's expected to sell phenomenally well in our industry space and many of my colleagues and friends will use them for their live shows when things return to a more normal standard. So speak for yourself, not others.
@@ErraticFaith It's perhaps useful for live players, but that's definitely a niche, & not the actual main reason people still want authentic Juno 106s decades later. To call this VST in a box "anticipated" is just plain silliness. It is perhaps anticipated in the sense that the majority of musicians in the synth community have come to expect the worst from Roland, which is honestly just very sad if you think about it. The synth market is not clamoring for this overpriced inferior technology packaged to look exactly like the instrument that made Roland so revered. It will not sell phenomenally well. It is a joke.