Sonic State is back with another one of their great hands-on reviews, this time of the Roland Juno Gi Mobile Synthesizer.
Key Features Of The Roland Juno Gi:
- Over 1,300 sounds optimized for live performance
- Friendly operation with dedicated controls and large display
- Lightweight, compact body with battery compatibility
- 128-voice polyphony
- Intuitive user interface, including dedicated Tone Category buttons and large display
- Full-featured 8-track digital recorder onboard with Guitar/Mic/Line inputs
- Plug in a guitar and play/record with built-in pro guitar effects derived from BOSS’ GT series
- High-capacity SDHC card slot for data storage and direct play
What do you think of the Roland Juno GI? Do you think it lives up to the Juno name?
Cool but disappointing….Recording is super easy…bouncing is a nightmare,still have'nt figured it out….no after touch…the usb stick should be for storage too.
This is a unit that is good for songwriters who are multi instrumentalist.
Te surface elements are easy to access, to dig deeper requires HELP!!!
Its only a nice sounding machine, but I would still prefer something like the Juno-G meaning having access to a quick envelope tweaking knobs and also a deeper sound creation possibilities such as all the way to the oscillator level. As a matter of fact Roland should keep the patch parameters standards. There is a problem when I’m not being able to expand for some new fresh waves..! no expansion cards? And there should be a sequencer! if all that were implemented then this would be a bang for the buck!
Cool but disappointing….Recording is super easy…bouncing is a nightmare,still have'nt figured it out….no after touch…the usb stick should be for storage too.
This is a unit that is good for songwriters who are multi instrumentalist.
Te surface elements are easy to access, to dig deeper requires HELP!!!
Cool but disappointing….Recording is super easy…bouncing is a nightmare,still have'nt figured it out….no after touch…the usb stick should be for storage too.
This is a unit that is good for songwriters who are multi instrumentalist.
Te surface elements are easy to access, to dig deeper requires HELP!!!
Cool but disappointing….Recording is super easy…bouncing is a nightmare,still have'nt figured it out….no after touch…the usb stick should be for storage too.
This is a unit that is good for songwriters who are multi instrumentalist.
Te surface elements are easy to access, to dig deeper requires HELP!!!
Cool but disappointing….Recording is super easy…bouncing is a nightmare,still have'nt figured it out….no after touch…the usb stick should be for storage too.
This is a unit that is good for songwriters who are multi instrumentalist.
Te surface elements are easy to access, to dig deeper requires HELP!!!
Cool but disappointing….Recording is super easy…bouncing is a nightmare,still have'nt figured it out….no after touch…the usb stick should be for storage too.
This is a unit that is good for songwriters who are multi instrumentalist.
Te surface elements are easy to access, to dig deeper requires HELP!!!
I love it! As a songwriter/composer of many different styles as well as being a singer this does all I need it to do. I can take it and a guitar or two and really do my show well. For open mic nights it is incredible as well. The ability to run the mic through it as well is just another great point.
Also, a HUGE point. I have used Cakewalk from the Cakewalk 3 Pro days and all through Pro Audio and Sonar and now have the newest X1! This unit has all of the instrument definition files that plug perfectly into Sonar. You would expect this with Roland owning Cakewalk now, and it is fully delivered upon!
Using the different storages and all I can load my memories from Sonar and have all I need to take out to perform or just open mic.
This can be an all in one studio, as I used it for ideas and writing in this way, but it can also be an incredible heart to a DAW using Sonar.
This, my friends, is the real deal to a singer/songwriter.
Hi Tom. Thanks for the review. I am only having a problem with plugging guitars into the recorder. I use the guitar setting, but when I either plug my Tele straight in, or use my pedal output, I get a big sqealing electrical sound. So, how do you plug guitars into the Juno? Thanks, Steve
USB song player? Can one direct access, say, Song #21, on the USB thumb drive through MIDI messages sent from something like a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI foot controller, and start, stop, pause, etc.?
I've searched all over, downloaded manuals, studied MIDI implementation charts…and even wrote to Roland. (Roland was clueless. They said they didn't understand the "problem" I was having. I didn't have a "problem". I had a "question".)
I understand the songs can be played sequentially as a songlist, but I wonder about direct access and control for live performance in case instead of the next song, (song #15 to #16, I want to choose #21 on the foot controller, kick another switch, and it starts playing. I'd really like to have both hands on my guitar when the tune begins!
If so, will something like a Program Change message bring up that song, and also change the keyboard patch/program to whatever I assign to user #21?
Thank you,
Bud
Tom Williams III's posting was written by a Roland US representative. Iv'e seen that type of writing before. No end-user would write such a feature benefits rich marketing review. Whoever wrote that article probably does not own a Juno Gi, hence that is why "Tom" has not replied to answer your more technically oriented questions. Sadly, this happens frequently.
I agree Gobo. Roland knows this keyboard is lacking. A downgrade from the Juno G with 4 added audio tracks. I would have settled for 4 audio tracks and a sequencer, and sampling capabilities. This to me was a let's see what we can get away with product. Roland should really show some integrity and do a major software update for this keyboard. I can't believe it's listed in the workstation category on the Roland site. If there's no update soon, I'm done with Roland. Hello Korg.
any one has try a regular usb stick on the juno? as the price of the one is ridiculous 59 euros for 2 gb….lol
roland one is 59 ,i can t imagine it don t work with a regular
I have used extensively the Roland Juno Gi, and i feel it is the best keyboard available at the price range. Very good EP, Piano, and awesome synth sounds. D-Beam and Realtime knobs bring the best out of synth sounds. However, the acoustic sounds such as guitar lack the depth.
Hari, Pune, India.
I’m thinking to buy or not to buy … can i midi control Juno Gi with my Yamaha P-90 electronic piano ?
Thank you !
I use both JUNO-G and JUNO-Gi. The sound of the older model is absolutely better – Juno-G use sound processor from Roland FANTOM-X synthesizer, but I think in the new JUNO-Gi is some fucking cheapest sound processor, sorry….
I have it 3 years now and i m a little dissapointed with the juno gi.The pianno is very good in studio but in live it sounds like a cheap synth.The strings generally are awfull and poor for live, brass sounds like a cheap casio.It sounds very well with fantasy sounds, ell pianno sounds fixed by me with very hours.Generally this organ seems to have problem with the poor prossesor – sound generator.You listen other keyboards and they sounds more real more powered more good.The recorder is very good i have puted and rythms in wav files inside and in live sounds very good the same and the microphones and the effects but the sounds generally are poor prossesorly in live.With the first oppurtunity i ll change it.