Roland Juno 60 vs Juno 106 Side by Side Comparison. Comparing the most beloved and coveted synths from Roland. We are comparing the oscillators and chorus. Its said that the Juno 60 is brighter and more punchier than the Juno 106. Well judge for yourself. Just remember that these synths are 30 years old they have been calibrated recently but they still suffer from minor illness. And if your a newbie to analog when chorus is engaged there is major phasing and aliasing issues. But that what we love about old gear it has character. I prefer the Juno 106 since it has modulation on pitch bender bad ass portamento and comes with midi. Plus it has more Balls on the Low end. Among the first in Roland's amazing JUNO family! Six analog voices of polyphony and patch memory storage!! The JUNO-60 sounds great, however, like the JUNO-6 it lacks MIDI control. The JUNO-60 includes 56 patches of memory storage. The JUNO-60 is still popular due in part to opinions that it sounds better (punchier) than the JUNO-106. The JUNO-6 and 60 are very rich sounding synthesizers and are great analog machines as long as you can withstand the absence of MIDI control. The JUNO-106 is a six-voice polyphonic and programable analog synth with one digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) per voice. While classic monophonic synths used two or three oscillators to create a fatter sound, the JUNO-106 uses built-in Chorus to fatten up its sound to dramatic effect. The nature of its DCO meant it was stable and always in perfect tune but still warm and analog. There is an excellent 24dB/oct analog lowpass filter with plenty of resonance and self-oscillating possibilities and a non-resonant highpass filter. The programable pitch/mod bender can be assigned to control the DCO pitch, VCF cutoff, and LFO amount all at once or individually.
