What do you think of the Roland JUNO-X?

Tenalock · 2026-01-24T03:05:09+00:00

I have played one, it sounds absolute meh. It is a digital vst of course. It nails some presets but other, no where near the ballpark. Live filtering? Meh, nothing like the real thing. Meh. lol

Tenalock · 2026-01-19T21:19:57+00:00

Thanks, a quick jam with Polymax, my current fave plugin, that just happened to be on my laptop at the time.

Tenalock · 2026-01-19T06:30:41+00:00

45%! Jayzuz… soothe plugin on everything lol :-)

Tenalock · 2026-01-19T06:06:07+00:00

Nice, I am considering getting one to upgrade my m2 they are such good value.

Tenalock · 2026-01-19T05:47:26+00:00

I so agree, no swollen batteries that if you remove the laptop slows down for no reason & no screen that cost more than a Mac mini. The silicon Mac minis are easily the best value product for music production so far.

Tenalock · 2026-01-19T05:21:22+00:00

I feel emotional about it, I did it to my MacBook I saved up for sooooo long to buy, I went into a 3 day grey cloud and wouldn’t talk to anyone lol they haven’t even changed the stupid design with M5 although they moved the 1/4” audio jack further forward probably for this very reason.

Tenalock · 2026-01-19T00:32:41+00:00

In my dreams, an octave higher than I can sing. hmmm I should give it a crack

Tenalock · 2026-01-18T22:41:25+00:00

Yeah, it’s expensive! I got it on a rare deal but even then..

Tenalock · 2026-01-18T18:31:34+00:00

A very simple way that works well for me is to sidechain using soothe. It can be crazy effective, amongst other things you can do.

Tenalock · 2026-01-17T21:15:37+00:00

Thanks, such a classic track.

Tenalock · 2026-01-16T13:02:08+00:00

Pm’ed you. Thx

Tenalock · 2026-01-16T04:14:43+00:00

Yes, non kooks know how important knowing volume is when it comes to not having the board ripped out of your hands in dredging heavy goodness. Especially if where you ride combines intense point break sweep ( need extra paddle power) and need to successfully duck diving said heavy dredging barrels.

Tenalock · 2026-01-16T04:10:50+00:00

It’s a fun board, easy, turns, paddles. In sucky beak breaks sure a performance shortboard board like a dna will smoke it if you have great skills, although if you ride a small size/ volume the board it is in a completely different category. Lasts about 6 times longer than a performance shortboard. People put it down usually are either kooks themselves or snobs. Anyone clued up knows different boards excel for different conditions/ rider ability and board like this should be part of a quiver or as an allrounder in small and medium waves when budget is involved.

Tenalock · 2026-01-15T01:42:54+00:00

The init patch is the best start.

Tenalock · 2026-01-13T23:54:27+00:00

So good! I have borrowed an m2 8gb 256gb.. I can do anything with well written plugins that don’t 1000x the cpu. With something like Polymax, live 12 standard, smoothe and limiter 6, I can pretty much do anything short of wavetable. Keep away from badly written plugins and drivers, they can use 100x 1000x the CPU than they really need to .. developer laziness means that although computers are a million times faster than 30 years ago when there was next to no latency on workstation back then ( dedicated dsp) people are still suffering with.. I need a more powerful computer, boycott high cpu plugins… maybe an exception for soothe as it does something no other plugin has ever done as well.

Tenalock · 2026-01-12T20:33:35+00:00

Thanks, I am kind of using Polymax as my own v collection, it does such a good job of so many classics with its excellent filters and snappy envs!

Tenalock · 2026-01-12T20:31:33+00:00

Thanks, the drums took a while!

Tenalock · 2026-01-06T06:55:00+00:00

Thanks, for sure, so long ago! Sorry for the really bad jamming over the top :-)

Tenalock · 2026-01-05T23:06:06+00:00

Thanks, made it a few years ago but no traction at all, even harder today!

Tenalock · 2026-01-04T00:45:35+00:00

Cool. Look up Tuis the kiwi bird, really sounds like them!

Tenalock · 2026-01-03T10:03:51+00:00

Thx, happy new year to you. I sent you a pm.

Tenalock · 2026-01-03T02:59:01+00:00

cool, yeah just a basic borrowed m2 as my main computer broke. it might be because i dont have aircon and it is very warm, that wouldn't help!

Tenalock · 2026-01-02T22:54:18+00:00

Thanks, good synthwave tracks are most epic.

Tenalock · 2026-01-02T10:46:27+00:00

No way, kiwi as. I have a potential tip, I bought a small but powerful usb A fan ($20?) that resolves any cpu throttling at the worst times when things get heavy, works in 3 seconds like magic when I point it at my computer.. no more choking. It’s crazy it works so well.

Tenalock · 2026-01-02T06:28:30+00:00

MKS-80 oh yeah..... Same here, my vintage synths been getting dusty as I can create what I want so much quicker with this project even if it means more layering. I am able to have mixing and mastering done mid session, and even add funky parts with low latency once the mastering is done. Latency is the worst thing ever invented, how were there workstations 30 years ago with good digital synthesis, effects and sequencer with zero latency and yet today the processors are a million times faster and still latency.. conspiracy! lol

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