Roland Juno 106 Instrument Definition

Aah the good ole Juno 106 - my first ever midi keyboard. Threw mine out 6 months ago because the voices started dying on me, but that's another story.....

Getting back to your question, the Instrument definition file lets you select voices by name instead of by number, but since the Juno 106 only has a 2-digit LED display the patches don't have names only numbers - so an Instrument Definition is of limited use. If all you want is to be able to use the Roland bank/patch numbering system ie. A11-A18 then A21-A28 and so on up to B88 instead of 1 - 128 then there is one that will do on this very site:

ftp://ftp.cakewalk.com/pub/InstrumentDefinitions/misc.zip

The first definition in the file is called A11..B88 and allows you to select patches using the Roland numbering system.

ORIGINAL: glynbo

Getting back to your question, the Instrument definition file lets you select voices by name instead of by number, but since the Juno 106 only has a 2-digit LED display the patches don't have names only numbers - so an Instrument Definition is of limited use.

Yes, I'm aware of that, but you see, Roland had actual names for the factory sounds and one can name their own sounds via the Instrument Definition.

I did start doing that by hand last night...but I'm wondering if there's an inst def file that has controller info. I used to own a Roland MKS-7 rack module years ago, which was an all-present analog synth module with a Juno 106 engine, and I was able to do stuff like alter filter cutoff and the like. But I believe I deleted the InstDef for that one since.

ORIGINAL: uncle meat

The owner's manual for the Juno 106 / HS60 does indeed have names for all of the patches but to actually have one of these relics that still has the original patches intact would be another ball of wax altogether. it's not multitimbral anyway so you might as well just save the sounds you need in the first few banks and name them as you go within sonar.

I got mine from an Ebay bid and it had all the knobs, no scratches (except on the underside), all the voices play and it still had the original patches intact.

I replaced mine with the MKS50 (alpha Juno in a 19" rack), which still has the lovely noisy analogy sound but with much better midi implementation and sound chips that don't go belly up every two months.

This is what I use. I can't remember if these are the factory presets though.


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; Cakewalk Instrument Definition File
; Roland Juno 106
;
;
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.Patch Names


[Roland Juno 106]
0=A-11 Brass
1=A-12 Brass Swell
2=A-13 Trumpet
3=A-14 Flutes
4=A-15 Moving Strings
5=A-16 Brass & Strings
6=A-17 Choir
7=A-18 Piano I
8=A-21 Organ I
9=A-22 Organ II
10=A-23 Combo Organ
11=A-24 Calliope
12=A-25 Donald Pluck
13=A-26 Celeste* (1 oct. up)
14=A-27 Elect. Piano I
15=A-28 Elect. Piano II
16=A-31 Clock Chimes* (1 oct. up)
17=A-32 Steel Drums
18=A-33 Xylophone
19=A-34 Brass III
20=A-35 Fanfare
21=A-36 Strings III
22=A-37 Pizzacato
23=A-38 High Strings
24=A-41 Bass Clarinet
25=A-42 English Horn
26=A-43 Brass Ensemble
27=A-44 Guitar
28=A-45 Koto
29=A-46 Dark Pluck
30=A-47 Funky I
31=A-48 Synth Bass I (unison)
32=A-51 Lead I
33=A-52 Lead II
34=A-53 Lead III
35=A-54 Funky II
36=A-55 Synth Bass II
37=A-56 Funky III
38=A-57 Thud Wah
39=A-58 Going Up
40=A-61 Piano II
41=A-62 Clav.
42=A-63 Frontier Organ
43=A-64 Snare Drum (unison)
44=A-65 Tom Toms (unison)
45=A-66 Timpani (unison)
46=A-67 Shaker
47=A-68 Synth Pad
48=A-71 Sweep I
49=A-72 Pluck Sweep
50=A-73 Repeater
51=A-74 Sweep II
52=A-75 Pluck Bell
53=A-76 Dark Synth Piano
54=A-77 Sustainer
55=A-78 Wah Release
56=A-81 Gong (play low chords)
57=A-82 Resonance Funk
58=A-83 Drum Booms* (1 oct. down)
59=A-84 Dust Storm
60=A-85 Rocket Men
61=A-86 Hand Claps
62=A-87 F X Sweep
63=A-88 Caverns
64=B-11 Strings
65=B-12 Violin
66=B-13 Chorus Vibes
67=B-14 Organ 1
68=B-15 Harpsichord 1
69=B-16 Recorder
70=B-17 Perc. Pluck
71=B-18 Noise Sweep
72=B-21 Space Chimes
73=B-22 Nylon Guitar
74=B-23 Orchestral Pad
75=B-24 Bright Pluck
76=B-25 Organ Bell
77=B-26 Accordion
78=B-27 FX Rise 1
79=B-28 FX Rise 2
80=B-31 Brass
81=B-32 Helicopter
82=B-33 Lute
83=B-34 Chorus Funk
84=B-35 Tomita
85=B-36 FX Sweep 1
86=B-37 Sharp Reed
87=B-38 Bass Pluck
88=B-41 Resonant Rise
89=B-42 Harpsichord 2
90=B-43 Dark Ensemble
91=B-44 Contact Wah
92=B-45 Noise Sweep 2
93=B-46 Glassy Wah
94=B-47 Phase Ensemble
95=B-48 Chorused Bell
96=B-51 Clav
97=B-52 Organ 2
98=B-53 Bassoon
99=B-54 Auto Release Noise Sweep
100=B-55 Brass Ensemble
101=B-56 Ethereal
102=B-57 Chorus Bell 2
103=B-58 Blizzard
104=B-61 E. Piano w/Tremelo
105=B-62 Clarinet
106=B-63 Thunder
107=B-64 Reedy Organ
108=B-65 Flute / Horn
109=B-66 Toy Rhodes
110=B-67 Surf's Up
111=B-68 OW Bass
112=B-71 Piccolo
113=B-72 Melodic Taps
114=B-73 Meow Brass
115=B-74 Violin (high)
116=B-75 High Bells
117=B-76 Rolling Wah
118=B-77 Ping Bell
119=B-78 Brassy Organ
120=B-81 Low Dark Strings
121=B-82 Piccolo Trumpet
122=B-83 Cello
123=B-84 High Strings
124=B-85 Rocket Men
125=B-86 Forbidden Planet
126=B-87 Froggy
127=B-88 Owgan

.Instrument Definitions

[Roland Juno 106]
Patch

=Roland Juno 106