Juno-G Motherboards

31 May 2006, 14:22

To whom it may concern.
I have been hammering away at Roland US for a couple of days trying to get an answer on the delay of the Juno-G and today when I called I got a different response ;0!!
They asked me for my name, telephone number and area code. So I complied and asked for the person who had all of the answers

. He said [That would be Wilbur but he isn't here today.] OK, then maybe you can help me then.
I told this guy Rob how I ordered my unit way back in March and how Musicians Friend has been setting availabilty dates that have been coming and going. Then I asked him if there was a recall or a glitch and then he confessed!!!! He said there was indeed a problem with the Motherboards and they had to be returned to the line. The good news is that they should be shipped in three to four weeks. So still we wait but at least I got some kind of an answer!
Take care all and make some music!!!

Radioman

obsydion

Re: Juno-G Motherboards

31 May 2006, 21:26

hey, thanks for sharing this.
So it means it should be end of June.
I ordered in samedaymusic.com and they stating June 12.

Re: Juno-G Motherboards

1 Jun 2006, 07:49

Phew! Thanks Radioman, I've got a tour coming up in September and I'm needing that synth!

Jem

Re: Juno-G Motherboards

19 Jun 2006, 10:51

Just got an email from Roland saying that the Juno-G is scheduled for UK release in "July"...

Shame really as I've now run out of time (tour looms) and got an Alesis Fusion Synth instead. I wanted my rig to be all Roland, but there you go.

It should be here this week. Only 192 MB of sample RAM though. Not the 512MB I'd already bought for the Juno

Should compliment my X7 and V-Synth quite nicely...

I also ordered the Roland V-Stand. V cool!

Re: Juno-G Motherboards

19 Jun 2006, 12:05

Scheduled release time still is June around here. Roland Japan also states June but ...well... we've got just a week left.

o - ...just could not afford the 8
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hear what I've done with the 7

Re: Juno-G Motherboards

19 Jun 2006, 13:02

JEM ... curious as to why you'd want an X AND a Juno-G?

I think the Fusion is better sonic complement to the X than a G, which in terms of sound is going to be about the same.

I'm thinking of getting a Fusion (or a Korg Karma) to complement my x7, Alesis Micron, Novation X/A Station rig.

I think you ended up with a better mix with the Fusion.

Some tunes and whatnot ...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=405125

some tunes and whatnot ...
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=405125

Re: Juno-G Motherboards

20 Jun 2006, 16:56

Primarily, I wanted the Juno for gig use because of the sample RAM. With the X7 fully tanked up too, it would have been over a gigabyte of sample RAM. The album we're touring used softsynths pretty much throughout the recording so I need to lift a good proportion of the sounds straight off the ProTools multitrack and into WAV's for live. But 512mb from the X7 + 192mb from the Fusion is plenty I think. I would have gone for an Akai Hardware sampler, but I need 2 physical keyboards and I still don't trust laptops onstage (for now...). I also toyed with a Muse Receptor, but again it just felt like more things that could go wrong. I wanted the Juno G coz I knew it would be sturdy and reliable.

But I think you're right, it's a better fusion if you'll pardon the pun to get the Alesis. It also reads/converts Akai sample CD's so it's doubly handy.

I'll let you know how it stands up to some gigging...

Cheers,

Jem