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«  If you got 150 euro lends me that I bought one! »

Published on 05/25/11 at 07:28
Rack Model
19 "2 units of Alpha Juno 1 and 2,
can be controlled and configured via a box named pg 300.
Polyphony: 6 voice
Oscillators: 3 COD: Pulse, Sawtooth, Sub, Noise Waveforms
Effect: Chorus
Preset: 64 + 64 Internal User
Filters: 24db analog LowPass
Envelopes: ADSR envelopes for filter and amp
Control: MIDI (velocity and aftertouch to VCF mappable gold ENV)
Production Year: 1987

UTILIZATION

Configuration and editing simple .... if you have the habits of the expander, it is a bit like you have to like put your hands dirty, it's still pretty logical, but the screen is a little little or not it is the letter that are a little big actually 8 /
No need for that man in the habit of expanders (the guy who's farts)

SOUNDS

Its super nice, good bass, super clear and critallines bells, of brass rather aggressive (but it is not a JX8P), e piano, organ, FX very funny. Some sounds are realistic, others not at all, but they're crazy in fact, when a thing like that is that we do not want a rompler of shit that shit sounds we all cooked in 16 dicks (bits), we want to take the lead to make his personal sounds that no one will!
So sounds unrealistic but realistic in the sense of the term synthetic, yes it is an analog synth with the realistic sounds of a synth!
You've picked up grandpa!
Many sounds well (we just do the "Hoover" zozo appreciated by all of the army of small weight) by his useless .... yes I love it because it sounds me who invented it!

OVERALL OPINION

I for 6 months and never part with me, I have plenty of other synth (Aleis Ion JX8P, Waldorf Pulse, TX7, VZ1 Casio, Yamaha TX81Z, Poly 800V, Teisco 60f, MFB Synth2, Mopho , KS Rack, Novation Bass Station) but it has its place because it was stuff that only he knows how!
And he has this charm very 80's!
On occasion I've found it at 150 euros on ebay.de (germany) the vintage is still too much on side as in France!
With the experience I would do without the choice problem is less bulky than a keyboard, and the sound is divine!