Roland Juno-106 synth - unison mode

[griff500grr]

"Absolutely miserable playing" damn right there! Should be played 1984 style. Check out jexus to see how it should be done.. ;-) ps. only a bit jealous cos my fingers can't move that fast, as my girl keeps telling me

[dondorward2010]

u can really play--im jealous..... shoot me a message--i'll let you take my andromeda for a ride--its a BEAST!!!

[randomeddie]

You're a fantastic keyboard player.

[VacTrooper]

Dave I really think that that is normal. If it's not, if we ever meet in person, hit me in the face.

[corganb]

what kind of Casio is that?

[guitarmh11]

Just bought a 106 on ebay. Still can't comprehend why you're so damn good!

[metabog]

You have some kind of strange Cthulhic blood in you don't you? How can you possibly play that fast?

[jcarterize]

I want one of these bad. Know where I can find one the cheapest but in exellent condition

[RVLVNGDRS]

Do you think 650$CAN is too much to pay for a good condition, used Juno 106?

[Zargon314]

the last 35 seconds made me laugh! awesome job!

[surfrecordslondon]

my unison is out because i need to calibrate my 106 and replace a slightly off filter chip

[notjarre]

nice finger work dude!

[j0hnyd42]

holy shit, you are awesome on the keys man!!

[isaacrife08]

your best bet ()if you own a juno 106) is just use poly 2 and Turn the attack to just barely under half than turn your release to about half and turn the porto to fatten it up and play the keys like a mono synth it can make some decent sounds that way

[MELG420]

LOL

The Africa rift at the end on the casio;)

you shred it on the juno! havent seen that before

cool vid bro

[shaynewhite1]

Your Juno isn't broken; it's because the voices are all perfectly in tune yet out of phase when in unison. If you want detuning get a Prophet, Jupiter, etc.

Junos are supposed to be poly synths, not mono synths.

[AakwardAardvark]

Im looking for my first synthesizer and i don't know where to start, i want an early/mid 80's synth sound with good recording capabilities =D ty

[TPBass1224]

So, Unison Mode = 'Compressed' Monophony.

[theescher]

lol

[Colinfichman]

dude you play real good scales.

[angie4josh]

lol i just lucked up a Juno 106 for only $500AU and all I need to do is replace chip 1 and 2 and i'm rockin!

thanks for the post!

[CASSSfilms]

I just got my for $40 from craiglist!

[angie4josh]

oh no you didn't!

luck duck!

mine needs two chips replaced, im getting it serviced today

CANT WAIT!

[edcollante]

Is it me or you don't use your pinky at all when you play?

[WakemanFan90]

What is actually Unison mode?

[tekkentool]

it's when all the voices, instead of being triggered individually. are all stacked on top of each other to make it a monosynth

[jiketu]

could play like you thanks.

[penelo1185]

damn nice, i wish i could play like you

[bastlake]

hehe, awesome, I'm gonna try that "unison mode" on my juno-106 in a couple minutes, but first a couple questions...

1) did you just play Toto on that Casio?

2) did you pronounce it "Cazzio" ?

if yes to either or both... awesome.

[dancecrave]

Thats awesome improvisation there :)

I never got used to unison as you get the stacked effect of 6 very close tuned oscillators. I'd like to see the option of fixed mono with 1 osc only.. or maybe 6 osc unison with varible detune spread. JP8000 super saw Yay!

cheers

Al ;)

[vishunest]

wow, you got talent. it was like you were playing the guitar! amazing.

[Fingermush]

didja know that teh HPF can act as a bass + volume booster in position 0 & a bass booster in position 1?

I didn't

[Tayl0NP]

What kind of Casio is that?!

it's so tiny, yet it's polyphonic!

[tekkentool]

MT 30. and it's 8 note polyphonic. get an MT40 instead though. they have a bass section

[reginaldbowlsiii]

and sound incredible.

[tekkentool]

yep

[rg2027x]

unison mode on a DW8000 is pretty cool

[Paardekut]

Unison mode on the 106 is easier than on the 60.

The 60 has to be turned off first and hold the transpose key while the arpegiator is in UP mode. Unison mode doesn't really sound very good on a Juno. It just sounds louder. The only reason for using it would be for the mono mode, or as you said, legato.

[Bassoonandsax]

Hey I play a Casio Wk 3200 and it has awsome presets!

[Jone1992]

what scale do you use when you play a solo?

[hamsterdunce]

A planned video is to show soloing in around 25-30 different scales.  Some people call it music, I call it "touching myself in an impure manner"

[canovakey]

LoL!!!

Great answer...

[drumsk8101]

your good

[cthulufunk]

They gave you unison mode so that you'd be able to play all the notes when you get the inevitable voice chip failure. ;D

[SynthaholicNH]

Your 106 isn't broken, unison mode universally sucks on the Junos because they use DCOs which don't drift and there's no detuning applied in unison mode, so you get 6 voices in perfect tune but out of phase so you get yeech.

Using portamento with unison is pretty cool on the 106 though. Try that.

[mrshock18]

Nice!! :D

[Lemii]

Hahah good vid :)

[thegodbrother]

Huzzah, huzzah for Amazing Dave and his Keyboarding Tricks!

[stretta]

yay, DCOs

/ not yay

[hamsterdunce]

I think it's all in the filters anyway... those are analog...

...sniff ...b-but ...the FILTERS....

[thedivinechemical]

Casio CZ's and FZ's FTW!!!

[BioMessiah]

Not so much a unison as it is a distortion, but it still sounds good either way. 5/5 (As per usual :o )

[mooghammondb3]

Wow...Roland sure improved unison mode on the 106! When I enter unison mode on my Juno 60, the action is just terrible! Great Video!

[hamsterdunce]

This was an "improvement?!" Wow...

[mooghammondb3]

Very much so!

[alpharisc]

@hamsterdunce I thought mine was broken also, but all voices work, all filters work.. wow, it sounds hopeless in unison mode.

[Allmanfan456]

Thats awesome! Your a wicked keyboard player!

[DTGuitarX]

Haha, cool stuff. And don't knock too much on Casio, their Privia digital pianos are solid!

Any chance of a tips and tricks video for licks and fingerings? ;)

[hamsterdunce]

HOT LIXX techniques, eh? That's a fantastic idea. I shall ruin a whole generation of players by teaching them my ugly-ass three-fingered claw technique. Look for that vid soon.

[DTGuitarX]

Make sure you use an over-the-keys camera angle for the hot lixx so we can accurately learn to melt faces and bore non-prog snobs! ;)

[shredhead91]

Even though your right...your technique is not the greatest...you are still a good player and it would be extremely helpful for us inferior musicians.

[DeanBurrito25]

dood that is sweet :)

i wish i owned a synth. :/

[visvires]

Yeah, Legato is Italian for "fancy way of saying sustained".

[hamsterdunce]

Thank God. I finally got something right in on of my videos...

[rabitguy]

Legato is the correct term.