Roland JUNO-G User manual

Juno-G

1023

298

102

Micro Manual

Artemiy Pavlov

www.sinevibes.com

Contents

System and settings 3

Internal structure 3

Making settings 4

Expanding the memory 5

System settings 6

Working with eects 8

Processing an external signal 8

Patch eect settings in performance mode 9

Working with audio 10

Importing audio les 10

Recording a song into an audio le 11

Exchanging data with a computer 13

USB MIDI connection 13

USB storage connection 13

Using the Juno-G Librarian software 15

System and settings

Internal structure

To have a clear understanding of how the Juno-G works, please have a

look at it’s internal structure diagram:

Synthesizer

Flash RAM

PC card

Eects

ROM

SRX

Sequencer

Arpeggiator

Rhythm machine

Keyboard

Controllers

USB MIDI IN

RAM

DIMM

The keyboard and controllers send MIDI messages to the synthesizer

and this information can also be recorded into the sequencer.

The synthesizer has 16 instrument parts and 128-voice polyphony. The

sounds it produces are based on waveforms from the static memory, ROM (64

MB standard, expandable to 128 MB with one SRX series card), and dynamic

sample memory, RAM (4 МB standard, expandable to 516 MB with a DIMM

memory module).

The eects units can process both the internal synthesizer sounds and

sound from the external line/mic input. Juno-G has 3 multi-eect processors,

chorus and reverb processors and a dedicated input processor. There are two

independent stereo outputs (A and B). The sound Juno-G produces can be

recorded into the sampler or the sequencer’s audio tracks.

The sequencer includes 16 MIDI tracks and 4 audio tracks. Also, the Juno-

G has an arpeggiator and a rhythm machine, both are programmable.

The compositions (songs) and audio samples are stored in ash RAM (16

MB standard). This memory can be expanded with a card like Compact Flash or

Secure Digital using a PC card adaptor.

The USB port can work in two dierent modes. In USB MIDI mode you

can use the Juno-G with your computer as a MIDI controller keyboard or a

sound module. In USB storage mode, your computer will access it as a USB ash

drive, this is how you can import and export sound banks, songs and samples.

Making settings

In all instructions given here, we will use the following text style to

designate dierent actions you need to make:

•BUTTON (bold font, capital letters) stands for a real physical button on

the front panel.

•SOFT KEY (italic font, capital letters) is a virtual button at the bottom of

the LCD screen which is accessible with a physical “F” button below it.

•Some parameter (italic font) means an onscreen menu item or parame-

ter which you need to select with the Juno-G’s cursor buttons.

Expanding the memory

The sample memory (RAM) is used for working with audio data in real

time. It has a high speed which allows to play a big number of samples

simultaneously. However, when the power is switched o, the RAM looses it’s

data.

Juno-G’s ash memory (ash RAM) is like a hard drive, it is used for

saving the data, and it can keep it when the power is o. However, ash RAM is

not fast enough for working in realtime.

Thus, keyboards like the Juno-G use both RAM and ash RAM, and to be

able to work with more data you need to expand them both.

The sample RAM can be expanded using a standard DIMM module with

a size of 64 to 512 MB and the following specications: PC100 or PC133, 3.3 V,

168 pin, non-buered, non-EEC. The memory module slot can be reached

under a small lid at the bottom of the Juno-G.

To expand the ash memory, you need a ash card like Compact Flash or

Secure Digital, and a corresponding PC card adaptor. For example, this can be a

Compact Flash card and a Compact Flash to PC card adaptor: the card is

inserted into the adaptor, and the adaptor goes into the PC card slot on the

back of the Juno-G.

After you have installed any new memory, you can check if it works in the

Information →Memory system settings section.

System settings

To enter the system settings mode, in the main PATCH or PERFORMANCE

screen, press MENU, select System and press ENTER.

All settings are divided into several sections and screens (see the table

below). To select the needed section and screen, use the “F” soft keys below the

display. Press the WRITE soft key to save the system settings.

Section

Screen

Description

GENERAL

COMMON

General system settings

AUTO LD

Auto-load settings

SOUND

Global tuning

USB

Default USB mode

KBD/CTRL

KBD

Keyboard settings

PEDAL

Control pedal settings

CONTROL

Realtime controller settings

MIDI

GENERAL

General MIDI settings

Data transmission

Data reception

MMC MTC

External synchronization settings

Section

Screen

Description

METRO/SYNC

METRO

Metronome

SYNC

Internal synchronization settings

D-BEAM

GENERAL

D-Beam sensitivity

ASSIGN

“Assignable” mode

ATV EXP

“Active Expression” mode

SYNTH

“Solo Synth” mode

INFORMATION

MEMORY

Information about RAM and ash RAM

SRX

Information about the SRX card

VERSION

Operating system version

Working with e!ects

Processing an external signal

With the Juno-G it’s possible to process sound from an external source

(microphone, audio player, guitar or another synthesizer) using it’s internal

eects processors. This can be used both during recording and for realtime

applications.

To send the external audio into one or more eects processors:

1. Connect the external source to the Juno-G’s input jacks.

2. Set the AUDIO IN mixer slider to the lowest position.

3. In the main PATCH or PERFORMANCE screen, press MENU, choose

Input Setting and press ENTER.

4. Set the Input Select parameter to the value which correspond to

what and how you have connected:

•LINE IN L/R: stereo line input (L and R jacks)

•LINE IN L: mono line input (L jack)

•MICROPHONE: microphone input (L jack)

5. Play something using the external sound source (instrument) and

use the AUDIO IN slider to set a normal signal level.

6. On the screen, the Audio Input Assign parameter denes where the

external signal goes:

•MFX 1, 2 or 3: will be processed using the respective MFX unit

•DRY: will not go into the MFX

7. You can adjust the Chorus and Reverb processor sends with the

Audio Input Cho Send and Audio Input Rev Send parameters,

respectively.

8. Next, press EFFECTS and adjust the eects processors as you like.

You can save these settings as a patch or as a performance. When

you save your song (press WRITE and select Save Song), these

settings are saved within it as well.

Patch e!ect settings in performance mode

Part of the Juno-G patches actively use the eects processors to produce

the nal sound. However, when you call up such patches in performance mode,

these eects settings are not loaded by default. In order for a patch to load it’s

eects settings, you need to do the following:

1. Select a performance part and assign a patch to it.

2. Press EFFECTS.

3. Set the OUTPUT parameter on the screen (marked “2” on the image

below) to “MFX”.

4. Set the MFX SEL parameter (marked “3”) to one of the free MFX

processors (1, 2 or 3).

5. Then, set the MFX settings source (marked “1”) to the number of the

performance part you are working with (see step 1).

6. If needed, set the Chorus and Reverb processor settings sources to

the same part number as well.

Working with audio

Importing audio ﬁles

Using the USB storage connection with a computer, you can load audio

les in AIFF and WAVE formats (16 bit, 44.1 kHz) and use them as patches,

phrases and insert into audio tracks.

The procedure for importing audio les is as follows:

1. Enter the USB storage mode (see the Exchanging data with a

computer section below).

2. Copy the audio les into the /TMP/AUDIO_IMPORT folder.

3. Exit the USB storage mode by pressing EXIT.

4. Press the AUDIO button twice to enter the Juno-G’s sample list.

5. Press MENU, select Import Audio and press ENTER.

6. You will see a le selection window. Select the USER or CARD area

depending on where you put the samples.

7. With the MARK soft key, choose the les you’d like to import, or

press SET ALL to select them all.

8. Press IMPORT. The les will be imported into the Juno-G’s sample

memory.

9. Press SONG, then press WRITE and select Save All Samples to save

the imported samples into the ash memory.

10. In the USB storage mode, delete the original les from the /TMP/

AUDIO_IMPORT folder.

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