Roland Juno- GI You Know

Lets talk about a keyboard that think can hold its own amongst the competition. The Roland Juno-GI Mobile Synthesizer with Digital Recorder.Since its inception in 1982, Roland's JUNO series of compact, easy-to-use synthesizers has always delivered impressive sound at an affordable price. The Roland JUNO-Gi does justice to the JUNO name by adding 1,300 flexible sounds and professional effects processing derived from the Boss GT series. Best of all, the live-performance features you expect from a JUNO synth are now complemented by an on-board 8-track digital recorder, complete with guitar and microphone inputs. If you want your main gigging keyboard to double as a serious composition tool, without sacrificing portability, he JUNO-Gi takes the cake, while still breaking the price barrier. This keyboard is very good for working in the music studio. you will be very impressed with the versatility and potential of this key synth. It interfaces seamlessly with PC's and other gear. With over a thousand onboard sounds, and ways of combining and altering them, this is an instrument that really gets the creative juices flowing.  If there's a weakness at all it's in the percussion sounds area, but like myself, if you got a kit and a PC to interface with, it's not a problem. It's strength is in the solid consistency of the sound patches, and the creative ways to alter them, it's pretty much endless. Furthermore the number of live sets on this instrument will take forever to get familiar with. But the preview button will give you a good, brief feel of each tone offered. Needless to say, it'll be awhile before you run out of things to discover. The split/layer feature offers near endless tone customization. The D Beam makes for a much more unique experience. For all the features this keyboard offers, it is an amazing value. But I would only recommend it if you can picture yourself using those features. If you don't think you'll ever use the 8-track recorder, for example, you might find a better value elsewhere For the price, this unit exceeds my expectations.