Product Reviews by KVR Members

First off, I don't own a real Juno 6, but I have been the proud owner for over 10 years of a Juno 106, so I'm coming at this from that angle.

When I fired up this plugin and started playing around, I recognized instantly that it did have a certain amount of the character of a Juno, particularly in the filters and the chorus. Great Job!

I didn't care for the oscillators, though, I think they need some work. There is extreme aliasing on the upper register, and the lower register doesn't quite have the pure, raw, slap-across-the-face kind of beefiness I get from the real deal.

The GUI is a real pain, as well. I understand they're trying to go for an authentic look and cop the interface of the Juno, but it's just hard to use. You can barely see where the sliders are! And while the arpeggiator is authentic, I would at least like the option to sync it to tempo. It's a lot harder to find the right tempo adjusting a tiny virtual slider you can't really even see than it is on a real slider you can grab and move. And why bother replicating a feature that was a pain in the first place?

There's a decent selection of presets, many of them remind me of sounds from my Juno 106 (particularly the darker ones, since the filter sounds much better than the oscillators). Some of the presets make no sound, for some reason, usually tweaking up the cutoff fixes that. Not sure what the intention was with those patches, though.

If there's a manual I haven't come across it yet, but who really needs a manual for a Juno? It's all right there in front of you.

I have to give this project props for being open source and free. Free is cool enough, but hopefully the open source nature prompts significant improvement and maybe even some spin-offs. I'll be waiting for the next version before I put it much to use, though...Read Review

IMHO... this isn't so much an organ plugin as a "drawbar synth", the difference being that it doesn't do a very good job of simulating a real organ, but it has some features that real organs don't, and can make some useful sounds.

If you're looking for a definitive B3 emulator, this is not it. The stereo FX is basically a chorus, so no leslie emulator here; there's also no distortion or cabinet emulation, and no percussion or keyclick, so you're not going to get some beefy screamin' B going.

You can get some nice pads that are a bit of a change from the usual analog or sampled string patches, and some of those organ-type sounds you used to hear coming from DX7's and D50's. It's got a very clean sound to it like that.

Sound aside it's a stable plugin and the GUI is great and easy to use. There are only a few presets, but then there aren't a ton of really distinct sounds coming out of this thing so I don't expect too many. Many thanks to Bojo for making this one free; it's a good plugin, despite my criticisms about its realism. If you want a realistic B3 plug (for free) check out ZR3.Read Review

This is currently one of the best freeware VA's out there. Great sounds and very flexible modulation routing. I do have some minor technical problems with it in Sonar, even with the 1.0.0.3 update, I hope these get worked out. But sonically it does not disappoint. If you haven't tried it out what are you waiting for? It's great for your pads and leads, especially. Kind of hard to figure out offhand how the filter routing works, I've had to hit the manual a few times on that one; what it looks like it does isn't what it sounds like it's doing. Still this thing is great to have in your arsenal.Read Review

When I first tried this thing I didn't like it. It sounded horrid to me, very cheap (yeah I know a mellotron is supposed to sound a little canned). When I stumbled across these reviews, I thought I better give it a second chance. Nope, still don't like it. Maybe mine is broke, I think. So I downloaded again and reinstalled. Sorry, not to be a downer but this thing sounds awful.
If you play a triad on the strings in the middle register, it sounds good and you think "wow, a real mellotron". When you play the high or low registers you start to hear the badly looped sample, the digital artifacts, and the slight out-of-tuneness. And the other sounds are even worse than the strings.
I don't understand why this has gotten so many accolades so far. I respect the fact that it's free (gave it a ten for value; hey if it's worth anything, it's a great value), I'm no snob believe me I use almost all freebies; but this thing just sounds bad to me, and I've almost never found a use for it. I hope this isn't considered insulting or libelous. I'm just being honest. It's free so don't believe me; download it yourself and decide if I'm wrong or not.Read Review