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Roland Juno-G is a music workstation
Music workstation

A music workstation is piece of Electronic musical instrument providing the facilities of:*a sound module,*a music sequencer and* a musical keyboard....
/synth introduced in 2006 by Roland Corporation
Roland Corporation

is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ?33 million in capital....
. It is based on the Fantom-X
Roland Fantom-X

| layer= Yes}}The Fantom-X is a Music production workstation/Synthesizer produced by Roland Corporation. It was introduced in 2004 as an upgrade from the Fantom S series....
 series, having a vintage design that resembles the first Juno synthesizers
Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequency....
, such as the Juno-106
Roland Juno-106

The Roland Juno-106 was a hybrid digital/analogue polyphonic synth manufactured by Roland Corporation in 1984. It featured Digitally-controlled oscillators for tuning stability and digital envelope generation along with analog filters and signal path....
. The Juno-G's main competitor in the approximate price range, with similar features, is the Korg Triton Le/TR
Korg Triton

Korg Triton is a music workstation synthesizer featuring digital Sampling and Music sequencer created by Korg. All Tritons use Korg's HI Synthesis tone generator....
 entry-level workstations.

Despite the similar name and later introduction, the Juno-G is not set to replace the popular Juno-D synthesizer: both run concurrently.






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Roland Juno-G is a music workstation
Music workstation

A music workstation is piece of Electronic musical instrument providing the facilities of:*a sound module,*a music sequencer and* a musical keyboard....
/synth introduced in 2006 by Roland Corporation
Roland Corporation

is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ?33 million in capital....
. It is based on the Fantom-X
Roland Fantom-X

| layer= Yes}}The Fantom-X is a Music production workstation/Synthesizer produced by Roland Corporation. It was introduced in 2004 as an upgrade from the Fantom S series....
 series, having a vintage design that resembles the first Juno synthesizers
Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequency....
, such as the Juno-106
Roland Juno-106

The Roland Juno-106 was a hybrid digital/analogue polyphonic synth manufactured by Roland Corporation in 1984. It featured Digitally-controlled oscillators for tuning stability and digital envelope generation along with analog filters and signal path....
. The Juno-G's main competitor in the approximate price range, with similar features, is the Korg Triton Le/TR
Korg Triton

Korg Triton is a music workstation synthesizer featuring digital Sampling and Music sequencer created by Korg. All Tritons use Korg's HI Synthesis tone generator....
 entry-level workstations.

Despite the similar name and later introduction, the Juno-G is not set to replace the popular Juno-D synthesizer: both run concurrently. Apart from the Juno name, the G and the D have little in common, the D having its roots in Roland's RS PCM machines.

Features

The Juno-G has the same sound engine as the Fantom-X
Roland Fantom-X

| layer= Yes}}The Fantom-X is a Music production workstation/Synthesizer produced by Roland Corporation. It was introduced in 2004 as an upgrade from the Fantom S series....
 series: 128-voice polyphony
Polyphony

In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voice , as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chord s ....
, 768 patches
Patch (synthesizer)

A patch, in terms of music synthesizers, is a sound setting. For example, a synthesizer may have patches for a piano sound, a guitar sound, etc....
 and 256 GM2
General MIDI

General MIDI or GM is a standardized specification for music synthesizers that respond to MIDI messages. GM was developed by the MIDI Manufacturers Association and the Japan MIDI Standards Committee and first published in 1991....
 within the 64Mb of wave memory, and a 16 MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIDI is an industry-standard communications protocol defined in 1982 that enables electronic musical instruments such as keyboard controllers, computers, and other electronic equipment to communicate, control, and synchronize with each other....
 plus 4 stereo
STEREO

STEREO is a Sun observation mission which was launched on 26 October 2006 at 00:52 GMT. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to pull respectively further ahead of and fall gradually behind the earth....
 audio tracks capability for recording and mixing.

It is also fully PC
Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
 and Mac
Macintosh

File:Imac alu.pngMacintosh, commonly shortened to Mac, is a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc....
 compatible, connecting through USB
Universal Serial Bus

In information technology, Universal Serial Bus is a Serial communications computer bus standard to electrical connector devices to a host computer....
 for MIDI and data transfer. Conventional MIDI In and Out sockets are also provided, although there is no MIDI Thru. Up to 1Gb CompactFlash
CompactFlash

CompactFlash is a mass storage device format used in portable electronic devices. For storage, CompactFlash typically uses flash memory in a standardized enclosure....
 and SmartMedia
SmartMedia

SmartMedia is a flash memory memory card standard owned by Toshiba, with capacities ranging from 0.5 MB to 128 MB. SmartMedia memory cards are no longer manufactured, and there have been no new devices designed for use with SmartMedia for many years....
 memory cards are accepted using a standard PC card
PC card

In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard were defined and developed by a group of industry-leading companies called the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association ....
 adaptor. A single SRX expansion
SRX expansion board

The SRX are a series of expansion boards produced by Roland Corporation. They are small boards of electronic circuitry with 64MB Read Only Memory containing Patch and rhythm sets ....
 slot and a PC133 RAM
DIMM

A DIMM, or dual in-line memory module, comprises a series of dynamic random access memory integrated circuits. These modules are mounted on a printed circuit board and designed for use in personal computers, workstations and Server s....
 slot are also available.

External links

  • - official site
  • - a review
  • - another review
  • - in-depth review
  • at Roland Clan