List of posts

  • Minor update to version 2.01. Scene offsets page was not properly loading for zones 2-4. While I was there, rearranged the page to a more logical format.

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  • Explore the extensive sonic landscape of the Roland V-Pianos  Release 2.10 now supports all German Concert content other added templates RD-2000 pianos have extensive adjustable settings, including: Individual Voicing editing on the keyboard is by individual note.  Any change requires numerous actions.  This layout provides templates that update all 88 notes at once, with wide…

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  • Chord^ – flexible chord layout

    Chord^ – flexible chord layout.   Linear two octave x 7 pad array transposes and plays chords.   Assign preloaded or user specified chords to pad rows. Nine user chords with up to 10 notes each can be entered and assigned during performance. Presets save pad and user chord assignments. Controls are MDP2, logic is…

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  • Piano Geeks Only

    Piano Geeks Only

    Roland recently released new sound content for the five + year old RD 2000, a German Concert Grand V-Piano expansion. This suggested a re-look at the V-Piano capability in the RD 2000 and an examination of the new model capability. Read more here

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  • RD 2000 Manager updated

    Roland recently released new sound content for the five + year old RD 2000. It had been over two years since I last made upgrades to the RD 2000 Manager (my first MIDI Designer Pro 2 layout). I intended quickly update the tones (patch) listing, so the layout could recall the new patches. However, once…

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  • During a recent hardware beta test, production documentation was not available to the testers, such as the details of the patches and multis/programs and associated settings.  The beta testers could go individually through all patches and multis/programs to see what is of interest to test, but with a SysEx enabled synth, why not automate the…

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  • Problem statement – with a multiple page group of buttons (stops, presets, etc.) use a stepper to increment, and when the last one on a page is reached, change to the next page. Secrets to successful page jumps the page jump action occurs when the button goes OFF, not ON.  So to jump successfully we…

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  • MIDI Designer Pro layout functionality is improved when controls can be preset to match the hardware settings. This post provides a spreadsheet that will automatically build the StreamByter code.

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  • It is not obvious how to successfully control an external device, particularly a DAW, with an X- series. This post provides an approach that will provide consistent, repeatable control results.

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  • Do you have original JD-800 SysEx dumps that you want to use in your Jupiter X(m) or Juno-X? This spreadsheet will translate those dumps to import to the Jupiter X/Xm JD-800 expansion model. (No, this does not convert the SysEx to ZEN-Core format, allowing you to bypass the JD-800 model.) More information here

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