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About the JUNO-Gi Workshop Booklets
The Roland JUNO-Gi Mobile Synthesizer with Digital Recorder is an
affordable, portable, perfect instrument for performers and songwriters.
It’s got a top-of-the-line sound engine and over 1300 exciting new sounds.
The onboard digital recorder allows you to record and develop your songs,
with dedicated faders and acclaimed BOSS GT-class effects. With USB MIDI
capabilities and its instant MIDI Controller mode, the JUNO-Gi also fits nicely
into any computer-based recording system. Finally, the JUNO-Gi sports a
versatile USB song player for playing backing tracks onstage.
Each JUNO-Gi Workshop Series booklet focuses on one JUNO-Gi topic, and is
intended as a companion to the JUNO-Gi Owner’s Manual.
This booklet requires JUNO-Gi Operating System v1.01 or higher. You can
download the latest JUNO-Gi O.S. for free from www.RolandUS.com.
About This Booklet
The JUNO-Gi brings together both Roland and BOSS technologies in a single
instrument. As part of its built-in digital recording studio, the JUNO-Gi offers
pro-level BOSS effects that can be used on mics and instruments connected
to the JUNO-Gi, and on your recorded tracks. This booklet discusses the
digital recorder’s BOSS effects in depth.
Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet
Throughout this booklet, you’ll come across information that deserves
special attention—that’s the reason 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.
Understanding the JUNO-Gi’s Effects
Though the JUNO-Gi is packed with high-quality effects, this booklet is
concerned mostly with the JUNO-Gi digital recorder’s BOSS effects. Even
so, it’s important to understand that the JUNO-Gi actually contains two
completely separate, multi-processor effects systems.
Digital Recorder Effects
The digital recorder has a virtual rack of
three effect processors you can use for
recording and playing back your songs.
The words “effect” and “effects”
are often abbreviated as “FX.”
When You’re Recording
During recording, you can run mics, instruments, and connected devices—
or the JUNO-Gi’s keyboard—through the BOSS Insert FX, capturing the
result on a track. (You can, of course, also record without effects if you like.)
The Using the JUNO-Gi’s Live Audio Inputs and BOSS Effects Workshop
booklet describes using the BOSS Insert FX onstage with mics,
instruments, and devices connected to the JUNO-Gi’s rear-panel
GUITAR/MIC or LINE AUDIO INPUT jacks.