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Tubbutec JUNO-66
Midi retrofit and feature extension for Roland Juno-6 and
Juno-60
User Manual for firmware version v1.1
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  • Page 1 Tubbutec JUNO-66 Midi retrofit and feature extension for Roland Juno-6 and Juno-60 User Manual for firmware version v1.1 http://tubbutec.de...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1 Juno-66 1.1 Versions ......2 Juno-66 switches and buttons 3 Play Modes 3.1 Play Modes Overview .

  • Page 3: Contents

    CONTENTS 5.5 Playing a previously saved sequence ....6 Custom tuning, scales and detuning 7 Midi 7.1 Midi in ......7.2 Midi out .
  • Page 4 CONTENTS 13.2.1 Midi in not working ....13.2.2 Midi loop back problems ....13.2.3 Midi filter control and S/H LFO not working .

  • Page 5: Juno-66

    Juno-66 The Juno-66 is a midi retrofit and feature extension for the Roland Juno-6 and Juno-60 synthesizers. It features various additional play modes, a freely definable arpeggiator / sequencer, midi in and midi out,two chord memory modes, two additional filter LFOs and plenty other features.

  • Page 6: Juno-66 Switches And Buttons

    2. JUNO-66 SWITCHES AND BUTTONS Juno-66 switches and buttons The Juno-66 functions are controlled by the following switches and buttons on the left side of the synth’s panel: KEY TRANSPOSE, HOLD, ARP ON/OFF, ARP MODE and ARP range. The original function of the KEY TRANSPOSE button is replaced and it now serves as a ’FUNCTION TRANSPOSE’...

  • Page 7: Play Modes

    3.1 Play Modes Overview In addition to the 6 voice polyphonic mode five new play modes are intro- duced with the Juno-66: Two monophonic modes, a duophonic mode, chord memory and Polychord. When the arpeggiator is turned off, use the MODE switch and the KEY TRANSPOSE button to select the play mode.

  • Page 8: Duo

    3. PLAY MODES 3.3 Duo The duophonic layers three oscillators per voice and detunes the voices to create a thicker, denser sound similar to the ’supersaw’ or ’supersquare’ modes often found in synthesizers. The fatness can be controlled by midi 7 or in the config menu 11.

  • Page 9: Auto Portamento In Mono B

    3.6. CHORD 3.5.1 Auto portamento in Mono B If auto portamento is activated in the config menu, in Mono B mode por- tamento will only be active when playing legato. Otherwise there will be no glide. 3.6 Chord The chord memory mode allows you to memorize a chord consisting of up to six notes and transpose it with the keyboard.

  • Page 10: Changing The Play Mode When Arp Is On

    Portamento The Juno-66 features portamento for all play modes. The portamento used in the Juno-66 is linear on the musical scale. This means that when sliding from e.g. C to E, the time spent between C and D is the same than between D and E.

  • Page 11: Portamento And Play Modes

    4.3 Constant Time and Constant Speed The Juno-66 features two portamento modes: ’Constant Time’ and ’Con- stant Speed’. In ’Constant time’ mode it always takes the same amount of time to slide from one note to the next no matter how far they are apart.

  • Page 12: Powerarp

    5. POWERARP 11, ’Constant time’ is set as default. Powerarp 5.1 Powerarp overview The Powerarp mode lets you define a custom arpeggiator sequence which - just like the normal arp - works in all play modes. You can define a sequence of up to 128 notes, transpose in pitch or shift it in time.

  • Page 13: Mode And Range

    To switch directly into Powerarp hold the KEY TRANSPOSE button, switch on the arp using the arp ON/OFF switch (same as recording a sequence). Now without recording a sequence press the KEY transpose button again. The Juno-66 is now in Powerarp mode with the previously...

  • Page 14: Custom Tuning, Scales And Detuning

    7.2.1 Midi out as played On the as-played channel only the key presses on the Juno keyboard are sent. If you record this channel and send it back to the Juno-66, the synth will sound exactly the same as when you played it.

  • Page 15: Midi Out As Sounds

    7.2.2 Midi out as sounds On the as-sounds channel instead of the key presses and releases, midi is sent the way it actually sounds. In this mode the Juno-66 will output the arpeggiator, Powerarp, chord memory, Polychord and Monophonic modes including retrigger information.

  • Page 16: Program Change

    filter modulation. Additional filter ADSR The Juno-66 features an additional ADSR envelope for the filter. It is a global envelope. This means there is not one envelope for each voice but one shared by each voice.

  • Page 17: Triangular Filter Lfo

    Triangular filter LFO The Juno-66 features an additional LFO for the filter which outputs a tri- angular waveform.Its frequency can be adjusted from 0,12Hz - 8kHz using a fine and coarse control. The amount can also be adjusted. See the midi controller chart for corresponding controller numbers.

  • Page 18: Config Menu

    11. CONFIG MENU shown in the midi controller chart or by using the config menu. 11 Config menu In the config menu various parameters can be adjusted. For some param- eters a value can be selected by using the lower 17 key of the keyboard, others can be selected with a single key press.

  • Page 19: Detuning, Scales And Fatness

    11.4. DETUNING, SCALES AND FATNESS 11.4 Detuning, Scales and Fatness Press the Detuning and Fattnes keys and then use the lower 17 keys to set their parameters. The lowest key produces a very clean sound, (no fatness or detuning). Increasing the parameters will make the sound more alive, extreme parameter settings might sound detuned and experimental.

  • Page 20: New-School And Old-School Chord Memory Modes

    12 Tips and tricks 12.1 Transferring a melody to Powerarp You can transfer a melody from an external sequencer to the Juno-66 Pow- erap sequencer by going into Powerarp record mode and than sending the melody to theJuno-66 midi in channel.

  • Page 21: Use Of Powerap Transpose And Polychord

    12.2. USE OF POWERAP TRANSPOSE AND POLYCHORD Bars 2.5 2 1.5 1 10 11 13 14 15 16 Bars OFF, OMNI TUNE MIDI SH - LFO Figure 4: Config mode keyboard assigment 12.2 Use of Powerap transpose and Polychord You can use the combination of Powerarp transpose and Polychord in mul- tiple creative ways.

  • Page 22: Appendix

    13. APPENDIX 13 Appendix 13.1 Midi controller chart note: controller numbers in the chart are in the range of 0-127. If your midi controller displays controller numbers as 1-128 you have to add 1 to the numbers below. Controller number Usage Range Arp midi clock divider * see table 1...

  • Page 23: Troubleshooting

    Are you sending on the correct channel? Try all 16 channels or configure the midi in channel using the config menu. The Juno-66 excepts midi input in a range of 6 octaves from C0 to C5. Check if you are sending in this range.
  • Page 24 13. APPENDIX Equal tempering Pythagorean Werckmeister III Werckmeister IV Werckmeister V 1/4 meantone Harmonic “Duo” play mode Chordmem Auto Poarta in MONO B Speed fast Speed slow C. time Const. Speed Detuning Fattness Scale As-Played Spunds internal midi note m. clock Midi Clk Div Clk div internal...

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