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Roland Juno-60

Name: Roland Juno-60
Brand: Roland

Roland · Juno-60 61-Key Polyphonic Synthesizer

Price: 55 EUR – 5.970 EUR

Availability: 8/10 (Common)

The predecessor to the Juno-106, sharing the same DCO-based analog architecture and chorus effect but adding a built-in analog step sequencer and arpeggiator the later model dropped.

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About the Roland Juno-60

The Juno-60 established the DCO (Digitally Controlled Oscillator) approach that made Roland's Juno line famous - digital pitch stability with genuinely analog sound generation - a year before the Juno-106 refined and popularized it further. Its onboard step sequencer and arpeggiator, features not carried over to the 106, let a player program basslines and repeating patterns directly on the instrument without external MIDI gear, a genuinely useful workflow feature for the era.

Lacking factory MIDI (added later via an optional retrofit), the Juno-60 predates the mainstream MIDI standardization the 106 was built around, making it a slightly more hands-on, self-contained instrument in original form - a distinction some players specifically seek out for its more direct, knob-per-function workflow compared to its more universally MIDI-integrated successor.

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Sound character of the Roland Juno-60

The Juno-60 uses the same DCO-plus-analog-filter architecture and the identical built-in chorus circuit as the later Juno-106, so the two share almost the same fundamental tone; the 60 predates MIDI entirely (using Roland's proprietary DCB interface instead) and adds an onboard arpeggiator and chord-memory function the 106 lacks.

Warm Smooth Vintage-voiced