Roland Juno Gi Keyboard Demo with Luke Edwards @ Nevada Music UK

Buy the Juno Gi here... http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/Keyboards-and-Pianos/Synths-and-Workstations/sc1...

The Juno has been around since the 1980's and was resurrected a few years back in 2005 with a new up to date version, since its resurrection it has gone through some subtle model changes and now here's the latest version of this popular synthesizer keyboard. The Roland Juno Gi is effectively a major upgrade from the Juno G and as such has 128Mb of waveform ROM (which incidentally is twice as much Waveform ROM as its pre-decessor the Juno G) and now contains over 1300 sounds.

The Gi has an arpeggiator and can also manage chord memory functionality but perhaps the most welcome addition to this new keyboard is the 8 track recorder, as is the usual case with Roland the sonic features and qualities are up to the highest standards and the recording resolution is 16-bit 44.1kHz. Simply connect to the line or mic inputs and away you go, two tracks can be recorded simultaneously, and tracks can also be bounced together to create additional track space - plus you can also record direct from the synth itself. Data can be recorded onto either an SD or an SDHC memory card which makes it easier to move the data about ...

The internal recorder has its own dedicated rhythm track and provides the capability to add insert effects to the input and record them too, then master and export. The conclusion to all of this is a 16-bit WAV file which can be imported to your computer and subsequently for burning to a CD, or for further editing.It must be noted that the editing features are basic when compared to a DAW but the functionality includes features such as punch in/out, bounce, copy/move tracks plus loop recording.

There's a large mono chrome display located in the middle of the Gi's control facia, the lay-out of which is largely intuitive and will be familiar to those who already own either an existing Juno or alternatively a recently released Roland keyboard - it has that familar "Roland " lay-out with particular types of functiuonality and parameters grouped together under the feature headings.

Around thedispaly are several key buttons including 'menu' which takes you into the core of the Gi's sounds and function editing, a preview button for auditioning sounds on the fly, a favourite(s) function which allows quick selection of your most used/favourite sounds and under the display are 10 categorised sound selection buttons. The categories include Rhythm Set select (rhythm sets have a different rhythm sound on each key) or Live Set select (1-9) which themselves are split into Piano, Keyboard/Organ/ Bass, Guitar/Plucked, Strings/Orchestra, Brass/Wind, Vocal/Choir, Synth/Pad, FX/other to enable quick access to the 1300+ sounds on-board.

A live set can be described as a sound comprising of up to four layers or tones and are quite simple to configure, the sounds are structured into three basic categories: Preset (which can't be edited by the user) Special Live Sets (which are more complex, layered sounds that can include auto accompanying chords, arpeggios, rhythms along with other sounds) and the User section, which contains the user's edited sounds.

As far as effects go, there are 79 types available including reverbs, delays, choruses and phasers along with more unusual effects too, such as phone filters, step-ring-modulators, slicers, plus speaker simulators, enhancers, a surprisingly good vocoder (use with the rear mic input) and modelled distortions/amp models. Like many of Roland's recently realeased keyboard/synth models the Juno Gi is remarkably light and therefore easy to transport, what's more it can should you wish run from 8 x AA batteries which means you can take it literally anywhere ...

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[philbie000]

Dam good thing, so impressed I bought one

[NevadaMusicUK]

@philbie000 What features do you like on the Gi?

[rodrigomohandas]

03:51 EARGASM

[ndizzott]

I wish I could afford one of these.....

[XxPsycho6dpkxX]

witch is best keyboard Yamaha mm6 or juno gi for this genre music styles?? Drum n Bass Techno/Trance/hard house/jumpstyle/Hip-hop pop/Eurodance Goa etc...

[himbae32jr]

@HopeBusheTV you can buy one used at Guitar Center for about $700 not a bad price and plus the do 12 month finacing for roland products check it out i just purchased one

[WinterWineStudio]

I want the Spongebob Drumset!

[1JoshPage]

at 5:15 he started feeling the funk! :D

[HopeBusheTV]

I wish i can afford this, guys can you support me and provide one for my university "Kingston University" in London. As a music tech student this would be very helpful and allow me and others at the university to be creative and express themselves musically.

[pobhockle]

I don't deserve to have one of these.

[sniperdoc8404]

@NevadaMusicUK Sorry, make that a Yamaha YPG-625 :)

[sniperdoc8404]

@sbvikings30 Yes, very much agree. I've done recordings of me playing a guitar lick to the Dead Island Piano Themesong and my brother, who plays guitar, bass, and is a pro with midi and sound synthesizing thought it was a friend of mine playing on his guitar. Definitely awesome!

[sniperdoc8404]

@NevadaMusicUK I bought one and find that in particular, for me, being able to combine 4 different sounds at once is pretty cool. To be able to record 8 tracks, though really 16 tracks and then 16 virtual tracks along with that, is also a big plus.

Though, I find that my Yamaha DGX-625 has a much better Grand Piano sound, the crispness of the Juno-Gi, the massive amounts of sounds and effects keep me going back to the Juno.

I did wish that it was available in a 88-key format though.