You know, just as I was reading the bit you wrote about the Juno I thought to myself:
"JX-3P!".

I miss mine. Sold it to put the money towards other gear and I'm stil kicking myself for having done so. It was a blast to program. No PWM, unison and no portamento but who gives a toss? It had plenty to offer and the sound may be didn't do for bass but it was a hell of a synth pad machine. A few of my early tracks ar basically written around JX-3P pad sounds. Nothing else could quite do the same thick, resonant and heavily chorused swells, sweeps etc.

Came across a used JX-8P and a JX-10 just a few days ago. Just not the same synths. Not sure if its the response, the envelopes but its as if something is seriously missing. It felt nearly as disappointing as playing a D-70 after using a D-50 for ten years. Its as if some of the synth you love is in there somewhere but the features you like and rely on just don't work the same way.

-ED-

[This message has been edited by 3351 (edited 10-31-2006).]