Terrific, Fran. Congratulations! Looks very cool.

Are you selling your G70, like a few of the others are doing, or will this compliment it on a gig?

Ian

Ian its just a studio addition to the G70...
I watched the videos its a very powerful unit yu can do alot with it.

Fran, best of luck and have fun with your new toy!

This Juno G is a great little keyboard..

I was a bit disappointed with the Sonic Cell for my needs...so I went out and bought the Juno G to play with..[my new toy]..
I "toyed" with the idea earlier in the year before I bought the G70 , but just didn't know if I would enjoy playing it..

It has the same engine[FantomX] as the Sonic Cell, and most of the same features other than the 24 bit /96 hz audio interface...and will not play MP3's...BUT ..the 4 stereo audio track recording [16/44.1] is great..There are also no limitations to song files as the Sonic Cell's 99..
The Juno G has all the same edits and 3 multi effects as the Sonic Cell..besides the addition of a very good sequencer..

Selling the G70?..No way, the only substitute, I would consider is a brand new in the box G1000..

I will make the effort to set up the Juno G..I definitely can use it in the band as well as the studio...maybe even small 1 hour gigs too..but my comfort and pleasure is the G70..

Hey Fran.....Congrats and enjoy it....looks good, let us get a listen real soon....
TR

Fran,

I watched the video demo at Roland's website. What a cool board! That plus the G70 should be a killer setup in the studio.
Congrats - have fun!

Tim

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems the G70 did not transmit transposition over MIDI(a real drawback when using a module)...and I believe that was possible on the G-1000...strange they would remove such an important function.

The Juno G reminds me of my old Jupiter-8...you'll have lots of fun with it, no doubt.

Once again, congratulations on your new toy.

Ian

Enjoy your newest acquisition, Fran.

Taike

The transpose problem was during the midi play [midi out to module while playing a sequence]..Real time transpose via midi works fine on the G70

Thanks for clearing that up, Fran.

Fran how was the maiden voyage with the Juno G last night at Da Club?

Well the Juno G did alright..No big boo boos..It was a learn as you go night..

Performing with the laptop and the "little G" was flawless..

While just performing with the "little G" by itself, I ran into a couple of things that I figured out workarounds this morning..You can transpose the keyboard at anytime, but you need to transpose sequences via track edit...so for live use, it is too complicated..This morning I found I can use the master shift[system] to change the entire Juno G on the fly..Not as good as having the dedicated transpose button to control the entire Juno G..

The other slight problem was finding a sequence that does not seem to be in alphabetical order..The Juno G scrolls fast enough but you have to have a sharp eye while performing...That being said, once you get use to the location..the problem should be small..
The "big G"[G70] has a search[find] feature, that would have been nice on the "little G"

In a couple weeks I will take the Juno on the road again, but I will have all my "live settings" prepared and ready to go..Live settings are registrations..

I ordered the max memory and will have that up and running this week also..This will allow me to record with 4 stereo tracks along with the 16 tracks of midi..This should be interesting..

At the very least, I have a 13 pound 11 ounce controller to use with my laptop, with all the on board goodies ..

The key touch is light..but not as light as the PSR line...I don't like it because I am spoiled by the "best" key feel of the "big G"...

I will post a full review after I use all the features in a couple weeks..

For now, I can say it was a good purchase...and I have had more fun with it so far...much more than I did with my Sonic Cell...

Fran thanx for the review ...glad your having fun with it ....tell me more at breakfast