Some free VSTi try to emulate (more or less faithfully) the sound of the Roland Juno‘s synths (Juno 60, Juno 106 & Juno 6). All these synths were and are still popular. The Juno 106 were used by Acrid Abeyance and can also be heard in countless techno trax.
Get ready for fat chorus ! here’s a selection of freeware plugin :
TAL-U-No-62 by Togu Audio Line (@KVRAudio Product Listing): TAL-U-No-62 is a polyphonic virtual analogue synthesizer with a unique filter sound. An original Roland Juno-60 was used as reference for the oscillators, filters and controls. Features: Polyphonic (6 voices). Band-limited oscillators. TAL VST, AU, Audio Unit, AAX plug-ins for OSX and Windows. Tal-Uno-62 Presets note not for TAL-U-NO-LX V2. Log in to comment.
1. TAL U-NO-62
DL : http://kunz.corrupt.ch/products/tal-u-no-62
Available in 32 & 64 bit for Windows and MAC OS X (in VST & AU format).
The best VSTi to get Juno60ish sounds, trust the chorus ! trust the chorus.
dont forget to check out the other plugins by TAL, the chorus is available as a separate VST effect !
Check the “power pad” preset : the sound is full.
Great for bass and pad, few controls for easy tweaking. Pump up the bass!
2. Sixth Month June VST by Elektrostudio
SIXth MONTH JUNE VST Roland Juno VSTi
go ! => http://www.elektrostudio.ovh.org/index.php?go=june
Available for Windows (32 bit). A virtual recreation of the Roland Juno 6, there are some nice pads in the presets. + a simple and effective arpeggiator and a delay effect.
It’s great for pads, and can do some good bass too.
and if the chorus isn’t “fat” enough for you, there’s also a unison. When the unison is on, the synth turns to monophonic mode.
here’s 16 presets for the bestiole : https://blog.wavosaur.com/download/SixMonthJune-16-presets.zip
some samples : pad / choir pad / noisy keys / arp bass
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rezoarp.mp3
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/choirpad.mp3
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/noiserKeyPad.mp3
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/arpbass.mp3
3. kwop7 VST by GTG
direct download & information
A synthedit creation (Windows 32 bit only).
This free VST from GTG is an emulation of a Juno6, it sounds very good.
The first bass preset is my favorite ! full persuaders attitude.
It’s great for bass & pads. Great smooth silky chorused sound.
4. DCO-6 VST by mztk
DCO-6 VST free
info & download
A VST emulation of the Juno 106, created with Synthedit. Nice look, doesn’t sound bad.
You can do bass , lead & pads very quickly.
5. Retro 6 JUNO 6 VST by Brainslayer & Strepto
Nexus Vst Download
direct download & info
The UI is nice but the sound lacks in all departments
The project is open source, so feel free to improve it ! http://sourceforge.net/projects/juno6/
Here’s a screenshot of an older version :
Juno 6 VST
7. Luno by Osiris Synth
download : https://sites.google.com/site/osirissynths/Home/synth-page
here’s the bonus track ! a VST emulation of the Juno 106. It’s pretty simple and comes with 40 presets. You can tempo sync the LFO.
We have searched on all the web for free VST emulation of the Arp 2600 synth :
unfortunately, there’s really only one. The good news is that it’s a very good emu!
**edit **: une fois n’est pas coutume we have not searched deep enough ! Thanks to BlackWinny (see the first comments), another Arp 2600 like emu is available for the masses!
Come on let’s do it :
1. Arppe2600va by Glen Stegner
Tal-u-no-62 Vst Download Full
Based on the Richard brooks Synthedit source, the Arppe2600va is a must have, for all semi modular virtual analog lovers. Despite some bugs it has all you need : three oscillators, an ADSR generator, a LFO, a Sample & Hold Unit, a Filter, a spring reverb and many more!
If you are not familiar with the Arp 2600 you may have a look at the manual before programming some patches :
http://soundprogramming.net/manuals/Arp_2600_Manual.pdf
This (free!) eBook by Samuel Ecoff is also a must :
https://blog.wavosaur.com/download/arp2600fundamentalsofmusictechnology.pdf
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The matrix on the Arppe2600va VST is less fun that “patch chord” but is very powerful and easy to use.