A 6-
voice polyphonic digital/
analog synthesizer with a 5-
octave keyboard.
The Juno-6 has only one
DCO per voice. A sure sign for
thin sound, although many people disagree when it comes to this
particular synth. The
waveform is
switchable between
pulse (with
pulse width modulation from
ADSR or
LFO),
sawtooth and
sub-oscillator (square). A
white noise generator is also included.
There is a
single VCF for each voice, plus a separate highpass
filter. The LFO has two modes,
auto and
manual. In the latter mode a
button is used to
trigger the
modulation. An
arpeggiator is available, with controls for
mode,
range and
rate. There is only one ADSR
envelope generator.
Released by
Roland in
1982, the synth was pretty much rendered
obsolete a year after by
Juno-60, which is basically a
programmable Juno-6 with a
patch memory and a
tape interface. Many people who paid a good amount of
money for the earlier model were naturally
furious.
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