Roland SH201 vs Roland Juno D

[Mushface]

Hi, I'm really confused right now, I don't know which one I should buy so can you please help me :
Does the SH201 has Grand Piano presets ?
Which one is the most reliable ?
Give me your own opinion about both of them plz!

[brandondrury]

Are you buying this strictly for recording purposes or are you just looking for a keyboard that you can play gigs with and stuff?

I have the crappiest keyboard on Earth. Actually, I borrowed it like 5 years ago and never gave it back. I just trigger samples with it using Kontakt 2 and others. No one has complained about tone yet.

Brandon

[richiebee]

I don't know much about keyboards, but I think the SH201 is like the SH101... a subtractive synthesis modelling synth. Doubtful it would have a piano sound. The Juno D I think is more of a workstation and even if it doesn't have a piano sound, I know you can get an expansion pack to give it one.

What other sounds do you want???

I would think Roland would have as good reliability as Yamaha etc... and better than the likes of Alesis.

R.

[Mushface]

There is synths in the SH-201 that I absolutly want in the Juno-D for recording purpose. I heard that the Juno-D has been built more for jazzy sounds. If the SH-201 offers a variety of Grand Piano presets then I would take the opportunity to buy it. All I need is Piano, Synths and catchy electronics samples. What synthetisers is cheap but that has a variety of sounds between 0-700$ ?

[richiebee]

If you're doing all recording (no live stuff) and have a good computer, get a sampler like NI's Kontakt. Then you can fill it with whatever you want. If you need a keyboard too, buy a master keyboard.

The sample library that comes with Kontakt will give you a good start in the areas you need. It doesn't have a huge variety of anything specific, but there are a lot of sounds there, and manipulation of things like raw synth wave samples is easily possible with Kontakt.

R.

R.

[junoden]

I have a Juno-D synthesizer.

I just can't find the "Acoustic Piano" patch... I want to find it so, I can play the song "No Scubs" by TLC.

Would anyone know where I could find the "Acoustic Piano" patch?

IT's a really good entry level synthesizer.

[Jroye82]

I have a Juno-D

i would hardly call it a workstation...

it has decent sounds - I just use it as a controller for REASON tho.
thinking of selling mine and just getting a Midi controller or something.


The Juno has some pretty cool sounds - they are hit and miss for me tho.

Some guys luuuv Roland - some Luv Yamaha....

[SammyK]

Originally Posted by Jroye82

I have a Juno-D

i would hardly call it a workstation...

it has decent sounds - I just use it as a controller for REASON tho.
thinking of selling mine and just getting a Midi controller or something.


The Juno has some pretty cool sounds - they are hit and miss for me tho.

Some guys luuuv Roland - some Luv Yamaha....

Please advice on settings for Juno D using reason 4 as a sound modulator to Cubase

[SammyK]

Originally Posted by SammyK

Please advice on settings for Juno D using reason 4 as a sound modulator to Cubase

Juno D as a controller on Reason 4

[garww]

I tend to discount built in sounds to a degree unless you only have analog output. More important for me is the feel of the keyboard, and then Features - like GM mapping. I've lived with a mini-key Yamaha for years and only recently got a old Kawai synth. The Yamaha PSS-790 has pretty bad sound, but I can pull up samples of just about any instrument in MIDI. I will collect patches and banks for the Kawai for the line out sound.

Synth patches are best for synth sounds anyway, and Analog instruments (piano) I recreate with samples.