Not seen anyone post about this so thought id mention it for those that may be interested- an excellent looking free VST editor for Jd800 (compatible with 990- but for now only controls all jd800 parameters)
Ive not installed it yet but it looks great, kudos to the creator....
I WISH i could get one of these for my Chroma!!

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Hi, thanks for mentionning it As I am the developper of this JD-800 and JD-990 Panel for CTRLR Please do test it out and send me feedback, It's in the beta-test process and I already have some ideas The library of 4,900 unique patch is already ready but not delivered right now

Here are some infos with tutorial videos

Developed with CTRLR version 946 that you can download

here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4540586/ctrlr/ctrlr.exe for Windows
here http://www.ucapps.de/tmp/Ctrlr_r946.dmg for Mac (thanks TK).

Do not modify or (re)distribute.

Beta release.

VST patch editor for JD-800/990 by Christian Morency.

NOT a VST Instrument.

Untested with CTRLR version 936. (Current Stable Release)
Stable with CTRLR version 946. (Development Nightly Release)
Unstable with CTRLR version 964. (Current Nightly Release)

Contact [email protected] with bug reports.

Library is disabled and missing library file.

Changes on the Active Tone (ToneX) panel will affect all active tones.

Clone will copy all modulators values from the first active tone in Tone X.

Init will initialize a tone per the Initial Patch of the Roland JD Book.

PC Auto will automatically read a patch when a program change occurs on your JD-800.

Read will read a patch from the temporary memory of your JD-800.

Write will write a patch in the temporary memoery of your JD-800/JD-990.

Software modulators will modify value on your JD-800/JD-990.

Modifying physical sliders on your JD-800 will modify the VST modulators if Midi Tx Edit Data is ON.

3 Tutorials to help you get started.

Part 1: Roland JD-VST Tutorial 1 - YouTube
On how to install CTRLR stand-alone with the Roland JD-VST panel for CTRLR

Part 2: Roland JD-VST Tutorial 2 - YouTube
On how to setup CTRLR within a DAW with the Roland JD-VST panel for CTRLR

Part 3: Roland JD-VST Tutorial 3 - YouTube
On how to use Roland JD-VST panel for CTRLR

Chris

LilCthulhu

Very interested in this too. I won't be able to test for a while, but I have an 800 and 990, so look forward to using on both.

Will you be adding the extra 990 parameters on another page?

I know looks aren't everything, but the GUI look amazing (loving the JD orange displays/LEDs)

WOW ! incredible. thank you for sharing.

The more people test, the more people ask for that, the more chance that'll be there eventually... But I want the current panel to be stable enough, then I'll decide if the JD-990 deserve it's own panel derived from this one I own a JD-990 so it's not out of the question

As for the look of it, the SDK/GUI/Designer of CTRLR made by Atom let me do that... I only took inspiration from the hardware synth and thought it would be appropriate to use the same design... I like it too... Orange is the best

Chris

Wow installed this last night and it's incredible!

Really makes the JD-990 more usable for me.

Now just need to get a vintage synth card for some extra waveforms.

Looking forward to a JD-990 panel version

Have to check it out

LK

Thanks very much for posting & developing this.

This sounds great, I'll test it when I have time. I was searching also for a Cubase Device Panel. Last time I checked it wasn't possible because the synth needs 4 parallel sysex signals, as the JDs have 4 tone layers, and Cubase Device Panel architecture will only allow one sysex signal per fader...Any news on this?

Hi everyone, Is anyone trying this panel anymore? I'm trying but I cannot use it with a Roland JD 990. Can anyone help?

does the editor work with the expansion cards??

I kinda have left CTRLR development, but I'll try to answer some questions

For JD-900 you cannot read from the device, but you can write to it... so the idea is to pick up a sound from the library which I don't remember if I released, and upload it to your jd-900 and then modify it...

Or to start from the initial patch and then create your sound from there...

Does any have a copy of this editor? The provided link is dead! I want to get a JD-990 only if I can use this! ANY HELP!!!!!??????

any chance for those to be converted to AU .. I would love logic to have editor for my fav digital synths!

The link may be old but go right to the site.

Check this out:

Ctrlr - Control your MIDI life (MIDI editor for all your hardware)
Panels | Ctrlr - Control your MIDI life (MIDI editor for all your hardware)
Index of /nightly (download the latest MAC build Ctrlr-5.3.83.dmg)

I'm going to be testing this out on some hardware soon, and I have a JD990 on the way and will let you (and the dev) know how it goes.

ebay

hmmm which version of the software to use? i checked out the tutorials but dont get a sound and the mouse cursor is disappearing on standalone version + fl studio doesnt load the vst version.

It doesn't make a sound, it's an editor interface, not an instrument.

what version of mac does it work on?

I have a m4l jd990 editor if anyone wanna dive into. It doesnt work properly tho and need some editing. I'm m4l..

editing the jd990 is really a pain and no fun as a vst user, but i always wanted to have some roland hardware, dunno if im gonna keep them or not cause im a software sucker and not happy with hardware workflow yet...

i tried out CTRLR but it doesnt work so far, i tried to set it up to recognize FL Studio and my signals. i think you can use it like a vst and edit/save patches easily like a synth vst? afaik. this would definitely make it more interesting for me and i can finally use it in my projects, i love its sound/character and as a 80s/90s junkie i need it ;D, until roland sometime release all those great hardware units faithfully as vsts....

did anyone set it up properly with an editor in fl studio`?



what is the m4l?

There is a new Ctrlr panel for the JD-990, released October 2017.

Roland JD-990 Super Editor | Ctrlr - Control your MIDI life (MIDI editor for all your hardware)

Link is dead --anyone have the OS X version they can share with me
thanks in advance

Hi d2ba - I took the page down, because I consider the panel to be flawed in several ways.

But I am doing a complete re-write (but when will that be finished I wonder?) so I put it back up again for you and anyone else who needs it.

Regards,

Thanks downloaded it

I just stumbled upon this and saw it was still active in 2018. I was wondering if your editor for the JD-800 would still work inside new versions of MacOS. Is the JD-990 also for the 800? Would love a link if it will work with Sierra or High Sierra.

Thanks so much for putting work into this classic synth. I purchased mine new in the early 90's and just purchased a set of PCB's to refurbish it. I love this synth, but unfortunately the internal sysx dump does not include FX data. I was hoping your editor might allow me to store such information.

Sounds cool, but I'm getting 404s on all the links.

The VSTs are now on SourceForge. Google it and you'll find it.

Hi Bhang I just read your message.

The panel I developed is not the same panel as the original post. Completely different.

I looked into the sysex message code for the JD800 and found it to be quite different to the JD-990, so I wouldn't be able to develop for it unfortunately, because I don't have the machine itself.

As of the time of writing, I consider this panel to be stable under windows as VST or standalone executable. Would love to know how it works under MacOS, which I also don't have!
P.S. It is able to save all FX data to a sysex file in Windows.

Thank you! I recently purchased a JD990 and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. I'll have no qualms about using it directly, but I'll be excited if I can use a VST editor for it