Roland Juno-G is a

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introduced in 2006 by Roland Corporation. It is based on the

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series, having a vintage design that resembles the first Juno synthesizers, such as the Juno-106. The Juno-G's main competitors in the approximate price range, with similar features, when first released, were the

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Triton Le/TR and

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MO6 workstation synthesizers. Despite the similar name and later introduction, the Juno-G was not set to replace the popular Juno-D synthesizer: for they both ran concurrently. Apart from the Juno name, the G and the D have little similarities, the D having its roots in Roland's RS PCM machines. The Juno-G was discontinued in 2010, when Roland introduced its successor, the

Juno-Gi Roland Juno-Gi is a music workstation/synth introduced in 2010 by Roland Corporation. As an installment in the long-running Juno series, the synthesizer is the successor to the Juno-G. Features The Juno-Gi is a 128-voice polyphony keyboard that ...

Features

The Juno-G has the same sound engine as the

series: 128-voice

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, 768 patches and 256 GM2 patches within the 64 MB of wave memory, with 16

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plus 4 stereo audio tracks for recording and mixing. It was

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and Mac compatible, connecting through

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for MIDI and data transfer. However, no MacOS driver software is available for Catalina. Conventional MIDI In and Out sockets are also provided, although there is no MIDI Thru socket. Up to 2 GB

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and

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memory cards are accepted using a standard PC card adapter. A single

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slot and a PC133 RAM slot is also available for DIMMs up to 512 MB. The Juno-G also utilizes a

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. Version 2 of the keyboard's

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is available as a free download, which allows user-sampling, waveform editing, and sample triggering.

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External links

Roland
- Roland US official site
Musician's Friend review for JUNO-Gi
(archive.org)

- another review
Juno-G details and resources
at Roland Clan Juno-G Music workstations D-Beam Polyphonic synthesizers Digital synthesizers Japanese inventions {{Electronic-musical-instrument-stub

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