Is AudioThing June the Only Juno-60 Emulation You’ll Ever Need?
AudioThing June is yet another Juno-60 recreation, but the company reckons we do need another “if it’s done with care.” The price is attractive too.
AudioThing June
Roland’s Juno-60 is a bona fide classic analog polysynth. The simple synthesis architecture of single DCO, resonant lowpass, and non-resonant highpass filters, and famous warm chorus belies the sound you can get from it. While most synths have a few sweet spots, the Juno-60 is all sweet spot. It’s no wonder then that there are so many recreations of the 1982 synth out there. You can now add one more to the list: June from AudioThing.
AudioThing is fast becoming one of my favorite developers. It’s always been great, but with a recent spate of solid emulations, including the RES-90 string machine and SX-1000 analog synth, it’s graduated into something pretty special. June looks to add to that track record with another winner of a recreation.
AudioThing June: Sound Synthesis
Do we really need another Juno-60 version, though? “We think the answer is yes, if it’s done with care,” claims AudioThing on its website. That care comes in the form of a deep emulation, with the company supposedly emulating how the DCO behaves, the envelope shapes, the filter response, and the shimmer of the chorus.
June starts with the synthesis architecture of the original, including the DCO with sub oscillator, non-resonant highpass and 24dB/Oct resonant lowpass filters, two envelopes, LFO, and famous chorus with all three modes (I, II, I+II).
There’s more, though, including an expanded arpeggiator section, octave transposition and vintage aging, polyphony beyond the original six voices and a unison mode, plus additional controls for the chorus, including rate, amount of noise, and a switch to toggle to the slightly different Juno-6 version.
AudioThing June: Effects On Board
Although AudioThing has been kicking ass in the instrument department lately, it also has a strong selection of effects in its catalog, and some of these have been imported into June.
On the FX page, you get a selection of four effects units. They are: Tape Echo, based on AudioThing’s excellent RE-201 emulation, Outer Space; Spring Reverb; Overdrive; and Phaser. You can rearrange these in any order you like, using drag and drop.
AudioThing June: Price and Availability
AudioThing June looks like another winner, and based on the demo video (below) it sounds great.
The software costs $69 but is currently on sale for $39, which is an incredible price. It’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux in VST2, VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP, and standalone formats, and also for iOS and iPadOS (AUv3 and Standalone).
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