NIICE! Traded "up" for an AX-60. ;) I just got a S612 for free! we'll see if it's worth lugging it out for gigs... but I have a hunch that having a sample as second "oscillator" will make this board a whole different animal...
@Chewbamma It's more like the abusive alcoholic father of the Juno's. It can cover pretty much the entirety of the Juno sound (same chips even) but it can also do a bit more that the Juno synths can't i.e. filter FM and resonance that can obliterate your hearing. Very underrated and very amazing.
Not the same chips... the AX-60 uses the Curtis CEM3394 which is a VCO (analog oscillator) "synth-on-a-chip" and has a digital envelope... the Juno 6/60 is a DCO based synth with IR3R01 (analog envelope), IR3109 (filter), and BA662 (amplifier) chips. It is however very much a "cracked-out" Juno in terms of control and function. The AX-60 is a VERY underrated synth. the AX-60 also has a bitimberal/split keyboard and a sampler input to layer or split sampled sounds.
@TheMilford So the envelopes are software generated in the AX60, rather than with something like a CEM3310? Would love to take a peek at the schematic.
Yes... this was fairly common in polysynths of this era. Not sure why they went VCO on this board... but maybe they got a deal on the chips or the DCO/VCO debate was a factor back then as well. I have the service manual... eventually I will scan it and post it somewhere.
that keyboard is mad old , i saw they had one for sale in sam ash one time in raleigh ,nc i was gonna get it but i was like it mite not have any good sounds in it.
Nope Juno 6 is DCO just have a look at the front panel on one even says DCO on the osc section. I just sold mine and replaced it with a AX60.
IHaveSynthed 1 year ago
@IHaveSynthed
NIICE! Traded "up" for an AX-60. ;) I just got a S612 for free! we'll see if it's worth lugging it out for gigs... but I have a hunch that having a sample as second "oscillator" will make this board a whole different animal...
TheMilford 1 year ago
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IHaveSynthed 1 year ago
Fantastic Hammond Organ sound at 00:03:00
Is this machine really a poor-man's Juno 60?
Chewbamma 1 year ago
@Chewbamma It's more like the abusive alcoholic father of the Juno's. It can cover pretty much the entirety of the Juno sound (same chips even) but it can also do a bit more that the Juno synths can't i.e. filter FM and resonance that can obliterate your hearing. Very underrated and very amazing.
FatSynthDude 1 year ago
@FatSynthDude
Not the same chips... the AX-60 uses the Curtis CEM3394 which is a VCO (analog oscillator) "synth-on-a-chip" and has a digital envelope... the Juno 6/60 is a DCO based synth with IR3R01 (analog envelope), IR3109 (filter), and BA662 (amplifier) chips. It is however very much a "cracked-out" Juno in terms of control and function. The AX-60 is a VERY underrated synth. the AX-60 also has a bitimberal/split keyboard and a sampler input to layer or split sampled sounds.
TheMilford 1 year ago
@TheMilford I could've sworn the Juno 6 was VCO. *takes a trip off to space*
FatSynthDude 1 year ago
@TheMilford So the envelopes are software generated in the AX60, rather than with something like a CEM3310? Would love to take a peek at the schematic.
apprenticemart2 1 year ago
@apprenticemart2
Yes... this was fairly common in polysynths of this era. Not sure why they went VCO on this board... but maybe they got a deal on the chips or the DCO/VCO debate was a factor back then as well. I have the service manual... eventually I will scan it and post it somewhere.
TheMilford 1 year ago
I was gonna get a korg r3, but then i saw an akai ax-60 in a local classified ad for like 100 dollars.
thefrankenchrist123 3 years ago
That's the Akai Ax-60 in case anyone wasn't sure. Good demonstration!
jabberwalky 4 years ago
that keyboard is mad old , i saw they had one for sale in sam ash one time in raleigh ,nc i was gonna get it but i was like it mite not have any good sounds in it.
sabotagebeatz 4 years ago
@sabotagebeatz - yea it's not for you then brotha. This is for making your own sounds, not some cheap preset synth.
hypemike 1 year ago
badass. I used to want a Korg, now I want an Akai.
backfold 4 years ago