macOS Intel, Apple Silicon
Requires macOS 10.13 or higher
Audio Unit, VST2, VST3

Formats: VST, AU, Stand-alone 

Windows 64-bit
​Requires Windows 7 or higher
VST2, VST3

Formats: VST2, Stand-alone 

Reviving the Classic Alpha Juno Sound for Modern Music Production

ReDominator is synthesizer, controller and Sysex librarian inspired by the classic Alpha Juno, a polyphonic DCO (digitally controlled oscillator) based synth from 1986 most famous for the Hoover sound used in Hard Style and Rave.

Also available as a Rack Extension at the Reason Studios shop!

RAVE ROOTS

The AJ-1/2 became popular in the early 90's techno and rave scene particularly by the classicHooversound (which ReDominator emulates accurately). But beyond those niche sounds there lays a versatile synthesizer that does bass, pads, leads, organs and a lot of other sounds waiting to be discovered!

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DCO

Featuring fourteen (14) different harmonically rich waveforms including a unique PWM-sawtooth. Three waveforms can be combined per voice enabling massive sounds

ENVELOPE

ReDominator features a unique 8 parameter envelope which enables much more complicated and expressive sounds than a standard ADSR. There are four time settings, three levels and a unique keyboard scaling parameter which gives the sound a "sampler" quality.

FILTER

ReDominator contains a high quality 24dB/octave lowpass filter with a warmth control (VCA level) which unlike the original JU causes warm overtones in place of harsh digital distortion when overdriven

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

This product is a plug-in and requires a VST2.4, VST3 or Audio Unit host to run, such as Garageband, Logic Pro X, FL Studio, Ableton Live or Cubase

Mac OS X 10.9.5 or Later
VST2.4 or Audio Unit compatible host (Garageband, Logic Pro, Ableton Live)

Windows 7 or Later
VST2.4 compatible host (FL Studio, Ableton Live 9,10,Cubase)

SOUND COMPARISONS BETWEEN AN ALPHA JUNO AND REDOMINATOR

ReDominator 1

ReDominator 2

ReDominator 3

Alpha Juno 1

Alpha Juno 2

Alpha Juno 3

COMMENTS & REVIEWS

Computer Music April 07, 2014 "Excellent Alpha Juno recreation. SysEx import of original Juno patches. Can filter external audio (RE only). Easy, inviting interface. Hoovers a-go-go!"

GearJunkies August 30, 2014 "When first encountering ReDominator i immediately got a huge smile on my face when hearing what sound came out of it. The character of a juno2 is unmistakable and never fully captured in plugin form until now. The essence of the original is closely matched by the people of AudioRealism [...]"

FEATURES

  • Emulation of the Alpha J-2 famous Hoover patch
  • Emulation of the IR3505 chip which drives the filter
  • 14 different low aliasing waveforms including a unique PWM-sawtooth
  • High quality full range 24dB/octave low-pass filter
  • Unique 8 parameter envelope generator which enables much more complicated and expressive sounds than a standard ADSR
  • 200+ bundled patches (of which many are SysEx converted from our own AJ-2)
  • Patch importer which allows importing SysEx patches from your own Alpha Juno and play them in ReDominator
  • Chord Memory function (VST/AU version only)
  • SysEx compatible with the Alpha Juno and MKS-50
  • The original rave generator hoover creator

INTRO VIDEO

Disclaimer: The Alpha Juno and Juno series was originally produced by Roland®. Roland® is a registered trademark of Roland Corporation and/or Roland Corporation U.S. The reference to Roland® is made here strictly for the legitimate purpose of comparison, and it does not in any way imply Roland®’s permission or endorsement of this product.


VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, registered in Europe and other countries.
Apple®, Mac®, and Logic Pro® are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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