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About the Workshop Booklets
Roland’s JUNO synthesizers have been making history since the 1980s.
They’ve always been affordable, easy to use, and sounded great. The
JUNO-Di is designed for performing anywhere. It’s super-lightweight, can
run on batteries, and it puts everything you need on a gig right at your
fingertips. Enjoy the best of the latest performance-oriented sounds from
Roland with 128-note polyphony. Use dedicated buttons to quickly split the
JUNO-Di keyboard or layer sounds. Shape JUNO-Di sounds as you play using
its extensive realtime controls. Play along with audio files or SMFs stored on
a USB flash drive, or connect a personal music player. Plug a mic into the
JUNO-Di for singing along. Configure the JUNO-Di as a MIDI controller of
external MIDI devices or a computer-based DAW with a single button-press.
This Workshop booklet is intended as a companion to the
JUNO-Di
Owner’s
Manual
. It requires JUNO-Di Operating System v1.03 or higher. Download
the latest JUNO-Di O.S. for free from
www.RolandUS.com
.
About This Booklet
The JUNO-Di exchanges MIDI data with a Mac or PC via a simple USB MIDI
connection. This lets you use the JUNO-Di as a lightweight, battery-powered
MIDI controller for a DAW (“Digital Audio Workstation”), or as a multitimbral
sound module. MIDI also allows you to create and edit JUNO-Di sounds from
your computer. This booklet explains how to set up your MIDI connection.
Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet
Throughout this booklet, you’ll come across information that deserves
special attention—that’s why it’s labeled with one of the following symbols.
A note is something that adds information about the topic at hand.
A tip offers suggestions for using the feature being discussed.
Warnings contain important information that can help you avoid
possible damage to your equipment, your data, or yourself.
Hot Links
Each Workshop booklet is meant to be read in order from beginning
to end. However, if we mention an upcoming section—and you see
this arrow—you can click the arrow to jump there immediately.
Things You Can Do with Your MIDI Connection
Though you might think the JUNO-Di’s Playlist Editor software somehow
involves MIDI communication, it doesn’t—all you need to use it is a
JUNO-Di-formatted USB stick you can plug first into your computer, and
then into your JUNO-Di.
In this booklet, we’re going to assume you know how to operate your
computer. If you don’t, consult its documentation before proceeding.
Edit and Create JUNO-Di Sounds
The JUNO-Di’s front panel is highly streamlined, with few knobs and buttons,
for ease of use onstage. This simple interface, though, hides the many
possibilities of the JUNO-Di sound engine. The JUNO-Di Editor software
allows you to unlock this power. The accompanying Librarian software helps
you store and keep track of all of your JUNO-Di sounds and performances.
Current settings...
U
S
B
...are sent to the software.
Your edited settings...
U
S
B
...go back to the JUNO-Di.
