Roland Juno DS88

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Roland Juno-DS88

£779

The latest 88-note Juno model offers a lot for a pretty modest

outlay. How does it fair? Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman investigates…

CONTACT WHO: Roland UK TEL: 01792 702701 WEB: www.roland.co.uk KEY FEATURES I/O: 88-note ‘Ivory G’ weighted keyboard, 128-

note polyphony, 16 parts, over 1,200 presets/256 user patches, splitting/layering, wave memory expansion, sample import, battery powerable, 80 multi-effects

plus chorus and reverb units, mic/audio inputs, onboard rhythms, pattern sequencer and arpeggiator DIMENSIONS: 141.5 x 34.1 x 14.4cm WEIGHT: 16.2kg

Reviews | Roland Juno-DS88

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Reviews | Roland Juno-DS88 Roland Juno-DS88 £779 The latest 88-note Juno model offers a lot for a pretty modest outlay. How does it fair? Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman investigates… CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Roland UK TEL: 01792 702701 WEB: www.roland.co.
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Roland Juno-DS88 | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + A lot of useful features for a very reasonable price A great-feeling weighted keybed, with textured nonslip ‘Ivory G’ keys A wide range of decent sounds, plus you can pull in your own samples/audio - The screen can feel cramped during deeper editing.
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Reviews | Roland Juno-DS88 THE ALTERNATIVES Yamaha MOXF8 £1,201 Features an 88-note weighted keyboard, Motif-based soundset and flash memory for importing Yamaha’s own, or third-party sound libraries. Also features plenty of effects, a powerful sequencer and DAW integration. www.yamahasynth. com Korg Kross 88 £785 Featuring lots of bread and butter sounds, 16-track sequencer, audio recorder, plenty of effects and an 88-note weighted keyboard, the Kross is Korg’s entry level workstation. www.korg.