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Alpha Juno and MKS-50 Editor

by detunes

The Alpha Juno is the most capable sibling of Rolands famous...

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Type
MIDI Effect
Author
detunes
Version
1.2
License
Commercial
Live version
10.0.1
Max version
7.3.5
Downloads
0
Updated
2021-12-15

Alpha Juno and MKS-50 Editor is a MIDI Effect for Ableton Live by detunes, distributed as a commercial (paid) device. It targets Live 10.0.1 and Max 7.3.5. First published 2020-04-02, last updated 2021-12-15. 9 user comments below.

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Description

The Alpha Juno is the most capable sibling of Rolands famous Juno family, but also the hardest to edit. Tweak your favorite 80s poly synth from within Ableton with this Max for Live device and enjoy nice additional features like randomization, initialization and patch management.

Features:

- For Alpha Juno 1/2 and MKS-50

- Bi-directional Sysex connection between your DAW and synth to read and write patches and parameter changes in realtime

- Dynamic visualization of envelope shapes

- Randomize all parameters to get going, or initialize all parameters to start from scratch

- Automation and Midi mapping of all parameters

- Save and load patches as single files to and from your computer and enjoy unlimited patch storage on your hard drive

- Compact design that fits nicely into the Ableton plugin panel

Includes editor device file, written manual and example patches.

If you have any questions or need help just send an email to:

[email protected]

Hope you enjoy!

Comments (9)

  • simonho · April 03 2020
    Wow, thank you sir! Having a blast with this one :-)
  • noexit · April 23 2021
    Any chance this might work on a Juno106?
  • markusschloesser · August 22 2021
    Hi Christian, I wrote you a mail addressed to [email protected], did you get it? (on the 2nd of August)
  • detunes · August 22 2021
    Hey Markus, sorry I didn't reply to your mail earlier. You were asking for a MKS-80 editor, right? That would be cool indeed, though I don't have one here unfortunately. Building such an editor requires to test it with the real hardware to make sure the Sysex implementation is correct and the transmission speed is not causing buffer overload issues in these old machines. But maybe in the future, when I get my hand on a unit!
  • richiekay · January 16 2022
    Just bought this and saved some patches to my harddrive but cant load them into the juno1 again? I have followed the instructions in detal soseems odd, any idea about what I'm doing wrong?
  • simonstein · May 14 2024
    Can you fix this bug: Envelope Key Follow doesn't work the right way. It reacts as soon as I change chorus rate. Thank you!
  • simonstein · July 21 2024
    I could help myself. There is a wrong number corresponding to the sysex of Envelope Key Follow in the subpatch.
  • Tramic · June 04 2025
    I actually bought this editor like 5 years ago, but only just noticed what I think might be an error. On the mappable version, when you set the pitchbend range to the top, it only sets it to 11 on the hardware. Meaning when I automate the pitchbend to the top, it's one note below the full octave up. I can go to the hardware and set the pitchbend to 12 manually, but it would be nice to have this saved on the software side.
    I use this and the TX81Z editor all the time. They're really great. :)
  • markusschloesser · June 04 2025
    To answer you after 4 years (😊), I built the mks80 editor myself https://maxforlive.com/library/device/8106/roland-mks-80-external-synth-controller
    Definitely not as nice as yours, but works

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