Description

Editor for the Roland JUNO 106.

To be quite honest, when I wrote JunoControl, I never really finished it. As this was my first M4L patch, I was happy that I managed to get it to a point where it looked decent and had some basic functionality for integrating the actual instrument into Ableton. There were additional functions I wanted to add, but just never made the time to do so.

Well, the wonderful thing about the M4L platform is that it is �open!�

Fabrizio Poce (http://www.fabriziopoce.com/) has taken the original patch and done a proper job of finishing it out functionally and aesthetically. Not only did he fix the bugs I left in the code, but he went above and beyond to make this a truly dynamite patch.

Here is what Fabrizio has to say:

Things I addd (among others):

- Little thing: sliders instead of rotatory knobs (more in likehood of the real thing).

- Little thing: Added the HPF filter

- General: Fixed a couple of problems with lot's of data being sent to the synth (it is now smoother).

- Added a way of handling presets libraries which is efficient to the Juno: it uses sysex program changes

- Added randomizers of patches on a per section basis (the little buttons in lfo/dco/vcf/env bars).

- All parameters are friendly to Live (they do not spit into the undo), and are named (can be easily automated)

The JunoRouter patch has't changed much (your idea to get sysex out is intact).

I just added the possibility to see activity.

About the Preset Library handling:

To use them load a library by clicking on "read library" and use the "PATCH LIBRARY" selector. Each entry is no other than the juno sysex sequence for program changes (18 bytes of data values plus the overhead of sysex).

For skipping from a patch to another use the PATCH LIBRARY +/- or display cipher.

You can edit the patches and if you click on "commit" you store the change in RAM memory (so that if you skip the preset and go back to it you get it back as you modified). Anyway if you want to save the library as you modified it, you need to do click on the "write library" and give it a name.

Very important: if you save a live set with the device in it and a loaded preset library, the same library is recalled if you re-open the liveset (recalling also the saved patch number). This is true for libraries you opened or saved.

PS: I have attached some preset libraries (text files) with presets I have created/re-edited. You can see they are no other than sysex sequences for program changes. You can redistribute them as well.

About Randomizers:

They modify the state of a section of the synth (lfo/dco/vcf/env) in a way to "mix" the old state with random feeds.

Can be nice to explore if you got short on ideas.

In my opinion, I would say that this is a MUST HAVE for any Juno 106 owner that has a copy of Max For Live. Great job, Fabricio!

You can download his patch here, but for the updated router and presets you will need to get them off of my website: www.neilbufkin.com

**UPDATE 6/23/12 - Fabrizio fixed an issue some Mac users were having with loading txt files.

Enjoy,

Neil