JX-8P Control

Comments (10)

• dadan · February 03 2011
  Hi!
  i'll try with my Roland Jx 10, hoping the two machines sharing the same sysex!
  (yea, i've just taken the Jx 10 eeprom...)
  thanks!!!
• kentai · February 03 2011
  Hi Dadan
  i assume you know that the JX-10 does not understand such sysex messages without a custom rom (http://www.colinfraser.com/jx10/jx.htm).
  With this rom it's like controlling a MKS-70, which has basically the same protocol as the JX-8P, except for 1 byte in the header. it would be easy to adapt the m4l device that way, or even make it selectable, but i wouldn't be able to test it, since i have only an JX-8P.
• damianschwartz · July 11 2011
  So, i asume with this object by leigh hunt would be possible to build a controller for the Waldorf Microwave?
• kentai · July 19 2011
  Yes, this is entirely possible. Basically you'd have to exchange the sysex commands with the ones for the microwave.
• ooops · November 10 2011
  Thanks so much Kentai, my jx-8p and me are loving it!
  I hope you don't mind but I made a slightly altered version, which is standalone in Max, which allows me to integrate it with other remote controls I built for TouchOSC/Max
  one question.. would you consider making the sliders etc update as you select a different patch on the jx-8p? I believe it sends out the patch as sysex when you select it right?
  either way, fantastic work.
  Cheers!
• moresounds · December 12 2011
  doesn't work for PC ... live sucks about sysex :(
• kentai · January 16 2012
  Thank you for your comment ooops, glad you like it! Haven't checked this site for some time, so I just happen to see your message. The device is free to be altered as you like, of course.
  Concerning the parameter updates when selecting a new patch on the synth, it should do this already. Also, selecting a parameter on the synth and changing it with the slider, should update the M4L device as well as the ipad. Everything should be in sync all the time no matter where you change a param. " should" because I can't retest it as my jx is far away, but it definitely worked like that.
  Are the port setting correct?
  Cheers
• foolkiller · October 20 2013
  I've recently acquired both a JX-8P and an iPad, so this is something I'm excited to use. However, Live doesn't seem to be receiving the controller data. The OSC monitor in PD shows incoming data and the device in Live is sending data to the synth, but neither the device in Live nor the synth are responding. Ports and IP address are correct. Any ideas?
• foolkiller · October 20 2013
  ^ Ignore. As usual, turning it off and on again did the trick. Many thanks for this, it's wonderful!
• girlfromthemoon · February 11 2019
  What a brilliant idea 🙏 Does this still work in 2019 (Ableton V10) ? I'm a little new to this stuff and can't get it to work — not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if the versions are incompatible. Any help is greatly appreciated — thanks!