Roland juno 106 patches update#
Roland juno 106 patches Patch#

If it is in physically nice condition and you want to keep it then it is worth investing in as it is a nice sounding synth. The importance of this step cannot be undersold! It will give a new vibrance and brightness to the sound of your synth.When quoting restoration/repair of the Juno-106 I often describe it as a money pit because of the amount of work it requires, and high parts price. Other details – We’ll also clean the often very crackly volume pot, bender pot, tuning pot and output level switch, clean the exterior surfaces and replace any missing or incorrect hardware.Ĭalibration – The final step is to recalibrate the voices, chorus, etc to Roland specs. Optional: Power Connector Swap – Replace Roland power connector with standard IEC power connector so you don’t have to worry about losing your special Roland cable.

We also reflow the solder on the heatsinked transistors and regulators that are susceptible to cracking and causing issues, and replace them if one or more show signs of being compromised. We replace them with high-quality, long-lifespan new ones to make the synth less noisy and reduce stress on the circuits that can cause all kinds of problems. In some cases they are even physically leaking onto the board.

Roland juno 106 patches update#

Power supply update – As is the case in any synth of this age, it’s time to replace the power supply filter capacitors which are way past their intended life span. The new battery will be installed in a battery clip so that when it has to be replaced (in 10-15 years or more) you can just pop it in yourself without having to desolder anything. We will externally back up whatever patches you may have saved on there now and then restore them once the new battery is in.

Roland juno 106 patches Patch#

Patch memory battery replacement – The next step is replacing the soldered-in patch memory battery. They sound identical to the originals except that they offer *superior* temperature stability on the filters, meaning you can play the filters musically like an oscillator! These have been the gold standard of Juno 106 voice chip replacements for over 10 years. So that you never have to worry about voice chips again, we replace all six voice chips with Analogue Renaissance clones. It comes from some combination of capacitance developing in the black resin that coats each 80017A voice chip SMD daughterboard, the SMD solder joints drying out and moisture infiltrating the sand resisters thereof. This package addresses the issues that a Juno 106 is likely to have even if it has been pretty well taken care of, and includes the following:Īll new Analogue Renaissance voice chips – Issues of crackling, hanging, intermittent, missing or otherwise nonworking voices are very common and in fact inevitable in the Juno 106. Furthermore, based on our experience selling Junos, replacing the chips with clones only increases a synth's resale value. Replacing the Juno's voice chips with clones truly turns the clock back 35 years and replaces them with something more reliable than the originals, which we can testify sound truly identical. We want to be able to hand each synth back to its owner feeling confident that it will continue to work reliably for many years to come, and due to the fact that the original chips were manufactured with materials and parts that have aged very poorly, they simply cannot be restored to our standards of reliability.

After seeing many, many Junos come in with chips that were refurbished by other shops several years ago but were acting up again, we have reached the conclusion that refurbishing the original voice chips only solves the voice chip issues for a maximum of a few years. We do not 'restore' or 'refurbish' original voice chips, and only replace them with Analogue Renaissance AR80017 clones. A note regarding Juno 106 voice chip 'restoration:'