Roland Juno 106 "Junior" with LFO Triggering

[jpmartineau]

God dammit people, get over it, it's not like it's a rare synth. It's fine to chop-up a 106.

[7graylands]

You should take the next obvious step and turn it into a keytar!

[TheEndofBeginnings]

Probably hell on the voice chips

[accordeure]

This little juno 106 is amazing !

[fuckingharpsichord]

i love the chopped juno

at least its handy to transport

[dvamateur]

Don't like 2-octave keyboards (except for the KX5). To me, a regular synthesizer has 5-octave keybaord velocity and aftertouchd, and no annoying arpeggiators.

[1986uno45s]

@dvamateur So that's a lot of the classic analogues out then. Arp Odyssey, Mini-Moog/ Prodigy/ Rogue, Korg MS 10, Jupiter 4, Pro One etc!

[dvamateur]

@1986uno45s Well, let me tell you, I have the Voyager OS, and it's fun to twiddle knobs on it, but if I actually want to play some music, I take my DX7 MK1 over the Voyager any time. By the way, I think both the DX7 and Mini are good introduction to synthesis.

[1986uno45s]

@dvamateur Fair enough and each to their own and all that. However, you don't have to have velocity/ aftertouch/ 5 octave synths to make and/ or perform good (electronic) music. As evidenced by Kraftwerk, Ultravox, Gary Numan, Jean Michel Jarre, Human League, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Thomas Dolby etc. etc! There's room for all types of synths, though obviously a lot depends on the genre of music you are creating as to which type is more suitable :-)

[snolan1990]

Do you know if there is anywhere that you can get a box with a nice big knob on it that you can plug into the VCF control instead of a pedal for the 106 or 60? This would mean I wouldn't have to worry about treating the bender or Freq fader too hard but could work the filter in some really cool ways.

I might just buy a cheap compatible pedal and take it apart to see if I can work something out.

[matthehat]

I'd love a chopped one, they're great for bass sounds. That's what i tend to use mine for more than anything

[acidchild]

Juno-106s are a dime a dozen. This is a killer mod to a rather boring synth. Would look great next to an SH-101. And the LFO into the Patch Switch input is cool. I wonder if it'll work on the Alpha Junos! Might have to dig mine out and have a look to see if it supports this.

[Gazdatronik]

Couldst we have a tour of the inside of your chop? That would really only be appropriate. Must be PAKT inside.

[Cutrexxx]

ass i want a juno too T_T

[NelSonOfABitch]

WTF? You have chopped working juno? Nightmare.

[rolandsh1000]

This Juno was beat: the logo was smeared, some rust on the corners, not a museum specimen.

But it worked great, so I felt the chop was an improvement on it's looks.

[deeJayfirby]

Hi there. You took a nice enough keyboard from the 80's and chopped it up and then put an lfo on the patch change. This is not a winner mod. So Fail on this one. However, I watched your Youtube about how to fix the chips in these things. You do have talent, maybe you should build a synth from a kit and refine that. I think that the sidstations would be a good start. Peace.

[rolandsh1000]

I respectfully disagree! this Juno has lost only it's simultaneous upper register functionality, but you can still change octaves per my added switch. I find this size Juno more convenient (and I have another full size one which is in very nice shape which I will never chop because it is clean and functional).

additionally, the LFO patch shift mod was never made permanent - it's merely a trick you can do by running a square wave 5V LFO into the patch shift jack.

thanks for your input!

[Metamusik]

@rolandsh1000 Nice trick, I got to try that sometimes. With a fast LFO and some careful patching you could probably get some pretty interesting wave-shaping, like a fast running vc switch. The size is definitely more convenient this way and it's a very stylishly executed mod. So, all in all: Junior 106 ftw. You should put up some HD vids though, these are a bit too grainy for my taste.

[PHAEDRIDER]

great work! i'm laughing at the crying .. sure it's a great old synth , but my god people, its not a memorymoog .. i too think it looks awesome like this .. i have two .. and this gives me ideas for one of them .. and to the "oh my god how could you do that" people i have two words.. micro korg ...

[Metamusik]

@PHAEDRIDER OMG You modified a 1984 Renault 25! MONSTER!

[lesingemonotone]

Ingenious! I used to this by hand or by programchanges from MIDI. But analogue is better! :)

[aknet99]

Great Job, i did the same wiht a HS-60, it's more easy to chop because the midi and outputs jacks are in the middle, so you don't need to drill the chassis. The only thing i couldn't build it's the OCTAVE function. did you did it and how ? any schematic ?

[rolandsh1000]

nice! can you send me photos or post on Youtube a 'tour' through your HS-60? I just bought an HS-60 for the express purpose of Juniorizing it. I knew that it would be easier because of the reasons you state.

I can send you the octave switching circuit if you like - it's not too much trouble to build and install.

[rolandsh1000]

that's a cool idea. one thing to note about the patch stepping: the stored patch will be incremented with each LFO trigger, so any 'new' filter setting would initially not be heard unless the uP detected a change. still, you could do it fast enough during the switching to make a change per patch.

I'll have to try that!

[Madrrrrrrr]

You forgot to use the filter while 'patch' stepping :)

[fuckingharpsichord]

yes !! i need to do the same !

[denha]

very very cute!

[Synthfool]

Thanks for the mention!

Nice work on the Junior-izing. :)

[djestouff]

very cool

[shaine315]

thats very rad! great work.