Roland SH-4d vs Juno-X | Model Juno 106 Presets & Init Sounds /Pt. 1

Someone asked me to do a video comparison between the two implementations of the Model Juno 106, the one in the Roland SH-4d and the one in the Roland Juno-X. Here you can listen to some Juno 106 Model's preset sounds from both the instruments, as well as the init sounds from both.
Check it out!

00:00 Intro
00:19 SH-4d's init sound
00:46 Juno-X's init sound
02:25 SH-4d: NothinButTheRain
03:04 SH-4d: Green Grid
03:23 SH-4d: Ju-Funk Bass
03:35 SH-4d: PulseControl Pad
04:11 SH-4d: Cordion
04:23 SH-4d: Juno Viola
04:36 SH-4d: 106 Swell
04:54 SH-4d: Glow Pad
05:18 SH-4d: Ice & Fire
05:42 SH-4d: Brilliant Juno
06:00 SH-4d: Juno Strings
06:43 SH-4d: Juno Pad 1
07:00 Juno-X: Heater Pad
07:34 Juno-X: CE-Drone
08:07 Juno-X: Saw Strings
08:40 Juno-X: PWM Crawler
09:25 Juno-X: Soft Pad
09:50 Juno-X: Tsukamu /Mod
10:21 Juno-X: Bright Pad
10:42 Juno-X: Hi Strings
11:03 Outro

Enjoy, peace!

Thanks to my Patron:
Kahan Karal

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[digitaldiezel]

I like both! 👍🏾 I think the Juno X sounds better as I’m sure was the intention. I missed having a full keyboard, it definitely helps when brain storming. I’m glad I did not have to choose between the two. I bought the JunoX before the SH was released.

[raskinlex]

thank you for quick response and this comparison. i dont know why. is it presets, filter, fx or playin on keys and the other hand on knobs but sound very different on this devices. juno is so lush, with big stereo, so huge sounds and SH-4D i mostly liked on mono sounds like basses . i hoped that is the same zencore engine but for some reason JUNO X is absolute winner for me in this comparison.

[wavesequencer]

I've had the SH4D for a month now and can say for sure that compared to the ACB model of the 106 on the JU06, it aliases quite badly on high notes, especially noticeable with the wavetable model (which seems almost like it has no oversampling/oversampled tables). The SH4D could sound a lot wider if there was a possibility to do key-down alternate pan spread on individual voices (chorus effects go some way to fix that - although the Juno chorus noise is a pretty bad attempt at adding vintage feel - even on the lowest setting it's too much and too bright). It's still a nice compact multi-layer synth (with a nice panel layout) and the built in effects can really add a lot. Probably the biggest pain is the patch saving architecture, missing count in/metronome and limited recording time/always quantized notes - even as a just a musical sketch pad the pattern length is too short - only really suitable for short loops. Juno X is definitely in a different league.

[fridmanator]

Thanks for the compare, I think you could have played with an external keyboard on the SH-4D because you played very differently on each one.

[matthewgarcia]

What chords were you playing for the examples, were they major or minor?