![]() So what do for ‘84? It was back to the Juno drawing board basically for an upgraded 60 with a cleaner new look. ![]() Imagine…ĭCB didn’t last long being introduced at exactly the same time that MIDI was becoming a standard so Roland were soon thoughtfully offering a Roland MD8 box that converted MIDI to DCB so JSQ users didn’t get left high and dry. The 60 came equipped with a socket for Roland’s new DCB (Digital Control Buss) which allowed it to interface with their JSQ-100 and later MSQ-700 hardware sequencers, allowing users to program notes and have them played back perfectly rather than manually having to play the thing yourself. ![]() Users could even dump these presets to tape and load them back in later.Īnd the innovations didn’t end there. Thus the scene was set for a major win when – also in 1982 – the Juno-6 became the Juno-60 with 56 patch memories on board. Most notably it lacked the ability to store and quickly recall sounds, a feature reserved for its pricier big brother, the Jupiter. For all its winning good looks and sleek, synthy sound, the market-leading 6 wasn’t without its faults.
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