The Roland Juno-106 Analog Synthesizer

Here’s a look a look at the classic (1984) Roland Juno-106 analog synthesizer, via AnalogAudio1:

In this movie I play some of my own sounds – on some sounds I used a small amount of digital delay from a Roland DEP-5 (my favourite unit for delays).

The Juno-106 is one of the most loved and used synthesizers by professionals and hobbyists alike! William Ørbit, Überzone, Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), Autechre, BT, Vince Clarke, Moby, 808 State, Underworld, Leftfield, Fluke, Josh Wink, Todd Terry, Depeche Mode, Eat Static, Biosphere, The Prodigy, The Shamen, Bushflange, Cirrus, Astral Projection, Apollo 440, Faithless, Union Jack, Computer Controlled, Pet Shop Boys, Sneaker Pimps, Erasure, Freddy Fresh, Rabbit in the Moon, Kevin Saunderson, Jimmy Edgar, Laurent Garnier, Vangelis, Sigur Ros, and the Chemical Brothers have used this synth.

If you’ve used the Juno-106, let us know what you think of it!

Note: These patches are available as the ANALOGAUDIO1 JUNO-106 PATCH BANK.

Tonebytes Intros Harmonaut – A Free Ad-Supported Synthesizer For Windows

harmonaut

Tonebytes has released Harmonaut, a software synth for Windows that they describe as a free ad-support synth.

Harmonaut is a simple VST instrument that implements an additive synthesis with four waveform types and 32 harmonics that can be simple drawn with the mouse. In the same way can be adjusted the attack, decay, sustain and release for each harmonic. Additional timbre adjustments are made using LP/HP filter, LFO and chorus.

Here’s a demo of Harmonaut in action: Continue reading

Stria Multilevel Interactive Sound Synthesizer

striaapeSoft has released Stria – described as a ‘Multilevel Interactive Sound Synthesizer’ for iOS.

“Stria is the title of a very important composition by John Chowning,” notes the developer, “This computer music piece rapresents the manifest of Frequency Modulation technique applied to audio synthesis, invented by Mr. Chowning himself.” Continue reading