MIDI Designer Community Layouts — Custom Controllers for Your Gear

Turn your iPad, iPhone, or Mac into a custom control surface for your synths, pedals, and plugins. MIDI Designer Pro X layouts are built by musicians in the Community, who own the same gear you do. The layouts are curated for quality before they're listed here. Find your gear, download a layout, and start playing.

377
layouts
78
manufacturers
470,497
total downloads

Original, Generic Show all 29

Ableton

Admiral Quality

POLY-ANA VSTi by ezb, Rating: Gold [ 1186 downloads ]

Adobe

Remote Control for Adobe Lightroom (MIDI2LR) by qid, Rating: Bronze [ 1836 downloads ]

AIR Music Technology

Akai

Alesis

Akai Miniak/Alesis Micron Controller by landschall, Rating: Platinum

Ample Sound

Ample Guitar controller by mlafontaineca, Rating: Silver [ 2005 downloads ]

Antares Audio Technologies

Antares ATG template for iPhone by csucu, Rating: Silver [ 1089 downloads ]

apeSoft

apeSoft iPulsaret Performance Layout by qid, Rating: Gold [ 1125 downloads ]

Apple

Applied Research and Technology (ART)

ART DR1 Digital Reverb by rob, Rating: Silver [ 799 downloads ]

Arturia Show all 8

Audiofier

Bastl Instruments

Bastl Instruments MicroGranny 2 Controller by thetuesdaynightmachines, Rating: Bronze [ 1900 downloads ]

Behringer

Chase Bliss Show all 11

Cheetah

Cheetah MS6 (MAAD 1.3 fw) Editor by joelbrave, Rating: Silver [ 2165 downloads ]

Clavia/Nord

Sequential (was DSI) Show all 8

Elektron Music Machines

Empress Effects Inc.

E-MU Systems

EnergyXT2

iPhone with EnergyXT2 by mossontherock, Rating: Gold [ 1149 downloads ]

Ensoniq

Eventide

Fractal Audio

General Music (GEM)

Gem Equinox Editor by thefuze, Rating: Silver [ 504 downloads ]

Glitchmachines

Glitchmachines Fracture Layout by qid, Rating: Gold [ 970 downloads ]

Hologram Electronics

Hologram Electronics Microcosm by yasir, Rating: Gold [ 3090 downloads ]

IK Multimedia

Impact Soundworks

iMusicAlbum

Soundscaper Layout for iPhone by qid, Rating: Gold [ 1174 downloads ]

Indiginus Instruments

Jomox

Jomox MBase by landschall, Rating: Bronze [ 670 downloads ]

Kawai Show all 10

Kemper

Layout for the Kemper Modeling Guitar Amp by drkberman, Rating: Silver [ 937 downloads ]

Korg Show all 19

Kymatica

Lennar Digital

SYLENTH1 by ezb, Rating: Gold [ 1483 downloads ]

Line6 Show all 8

Meris Show all 13

MODARTT S.A.S

Modartt's Organteq2 virtual pipe organ by akstudio, Rating: Bronze [ 392 downloads ]

Moog Show all 10

Mutable Instruments

Native Instruments

Novation

Oberheim

Peavey

Peavey Spectrum Bass by thedood, Rating: Gold [ 874 downloads ]

Pigtronix

LAYOUTS: Pigtronix Infinity Looper and Line6 M5 by adamixoye, Rating: Silver [ 1882 downloads ]

Pioneer

Layout TORAIZ AS-1 by locosynth, Rating: Bronze [ 893 downloads ]

Radikal Technologies

Radikal Technologies Accelerator by michael-raleigh, Rating: Gold [ 937 downloads ]

Roland Show all 52

Sample Logic

Sequential Circuits

Singular Sound

Sonic Potions

Sonic Potions LXR Digital Drum Synth by effegee, Rating: Gold [ 1220 downloads ]

Sonokinetic

Source Audio

Spitfire Audio

Steinberg Media Technologies (Yamaha)

Steinberg Wavelab Remote Control by mlafontaineca, Rating: Bronze [ 1856 downloads ]

Strymon

Sugar Bytes

Sugar Bytes Egoist Performance Layout by qid, Rating: Silver [ 1045 downloads ]

A Tasty Pixel

TC Electronic

TC-Helicon

TC-Helicon Voicelive 3 Extreme by the-elf, Rating: Silver [ 354 downloads ]

Traktion

Tracktion 4 by azurecrystal, Rating: Bronze [ 620 downloads ]

Teenage Engineering

Teenage Engineering Choir by qdrtshlz, Rating: Silver [ 79 downloads ]

U-He

UJAM instruments Show all 11

ValhallaDSP

Controller for EVERY ValhallaDSP Plug-in by deadbeatsynesthete, Rating: Gold [ 1266 downloads ]

Vienna Symphonic Library

Waldorf

Where's the Party At (WTPA)

WTPA sampler. Where's The Party At? Here! by austingreen, Rating: Gold [ 716 downloads ]

Yamaha Show all 29

Yonac Inc.

Magellan, Galileo, AUFX, Loopy, Filtatron Bundle UPDATED 4/2/14 by cswinn, Rating: Gold [ 1323 downloads ]

Other and Unlisted Manufacturer Show all 42


Gold

Roland TR-6S Manager by jkhiser

1619 downloads
Roland
Unleash the full potential of your Roland TR-6S with this expertly crafted MIDI Designer layout. Enjoy a traditional mixer view that provides instant access to key track and kit parameters, with the current kit name and number always in sight. Effortlessly manage your effects with a functional flow view and quick-setting buttons, including a DRY option to disable all effects. This layout serves as both a heads-up display for live performance and offers direct touch-screen access with your ten fingers. Transform your TR-6S experience with this powerful and intuitive layout.
TR-6s Mgr 1.3.mididesigner | TR-6S Mgr 1.2.mididesigner | TR-6S Mgr 1.1.mididesigner | TR-6S Mgr 1.0.mididesigner | # TR Manager 1.3 SB Code.pdf.zip
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Gold

Chase Bliss Mood MKII by yasir

2173 downloads
Chase Bliss
April 2024 Update: Tweaked colours to match the awesome Mood MK2 Light Bright pallet
March 2024 Update:
Re-design: Most notably. I have moved dip swi…
LAYOUT: Chase Bliss Mood MKII v6 | LAYOUT: Chase Bliss Mood MKII v5 Light Bright Colo | LAYOUT: Chase Bliss Mood MKII v4 Light Bright Colo
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Gold

Roland FA06 - Supernatural Synth Editor by broadwave

3285 downloads
Roland
A comprehensive and beautiful layout for the Roland FA06. "Roland's new FA series completely reimagines the music workstation, streamlining it for effortless real-time power, ultra-fast workflow, and maximum versatility"... This layout provides four big pages with common functions are available at the top of each page. Well-designed and functional, this is one of our most popular layouts.
Updated Layout | Layout with ID for Integra 7
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Gold

'Mickie' MCU-compatible control surface with colour strips by the-elf

410 downloads
Other/Unlisted Maker
MCU-compatible Layout, which should work with any MCU-savvy device/software.
This new version responds to scribble-strip colour messages, displaying up to 7 colours, plus 'dark'. Please note that the …
'Mickie' MCU-compatible DAW control surface - now
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Gold

Controller for EVERY ValhallaDSP Plug-in by deadbeatsynesthete

1266 downloads
ValhallaDSP
As deadbeatsynesthete puts it: "A collection of amazing plug-ins that are some of the best effects out there, they also can be played as instruments in their own right. With mouse clicking, you can only get so far....but with Midi Designer, you'll take these plug-ins to places they've never been before!" ValhallaDSP is from the team that is "utterly and completely obsessed with digital signal processing algorithms for audio," and it shows. These plug-ins are loved by musicians and industry pundits alike, but... how can you control them? That's where this amazing layout comes in. Enjoy control over every parameter of every ValhallaDSP plug-in thanks to deadbeatsynesthete's hard work. [be sure to read the release notes for configuration hints]
Layout 1.0
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Gold

Kawai K3m Editor by ibo-kai

1044 downloads
Kawai
After the Korg DW-8000 I got another mid 80s hybrid synth recently: a Kawai K3m. This layout is for editing patches, with one page for oscillator and various performance settings and a second one for …
Kawai K3m Editor v2.0 | Kawai K3m Editor
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Gold

Korg DW-8000 Patch Editor by ibo-kai

1947 downloads
Korg
Here is my take on the Korg DW-8000. Full patch editor with all parameters that can be set via sysex and it provides a few extras.
First tab provides settings for the oscillators and auto bend, second…
DW-8000 Editor v2.0 | DW-8000 Editor V1.1 | DW-8000 Editor
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Gold

Roland TR-8S Manager by jkhiser

841 downloads
Roland
Unleash the full potential of your Roland TR-8S with this expertly crafted MIDI Designer layout. Enjoy a traditional mixer view that provides instant access to key track and kit parameters, with the current kit name and number always in sight. Effortlessly manage your effects with a functional flow view and quick-setting buttons, including a DRY option to disable all effects. This layout serves as both a heads-up display for live performance and offers direct touch-screen access with your ten fingers. Transform your TR-8S experience with this powerful and intuitive layout.
TR-8S Mgr 1.1.mididesigner | TR-8S Mgr 1.0.mididesigner
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Gold

Roland RD-88 / RD-08 Manager by jkhiser

6584 downloads
Roland
Nov 18, 2023 note - you should NOT need the extra features pack to USE this layout, only if you want to EDIT the layout.
Roland have recently announced the RD-08 - which appears to be just a variant o…
RD-88 Manager 1.00.mididesigner | RD-88 Scenes.zip | Roland RD-88 Manager Beta 0.09 | Roland RD-88 Manager Beta 0.08 | Roland RD-88 Manager Beta 0.07 | Roland RD-88 Manager Beta 0.06
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Gold

MDP2 Masters Course - Tips and Techniques by jkhiser

5010 downloads
Original, Generic
I have used MIDI Designer Pro 2 to manage all controls on the RD-2000. This has required using many MDP2 techniques. While these techniques can be pulled out from the layouts, I have extracted them …
Masters Course Rev 1.01 | Demo 1.23 | Demo 1.22 - seven additional examples not yet in M | Masters Course Spreadsheets 1.01.zip | Masters Course Rev 1.00 | Masters Course Spreadsheets.zip
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Gold

YAMAHA CS6X/R by ezb

Yamaha
The Yamaha CS6x (and the rack-mount version, the CS6R) was released in 1999. It's a wickedly powerful (64-channel polyphony!) 61-key keyboard with awesome sounds. It's been called the "best synth for EDM" and boasts all kinds of cool features (filters, plug-in system boards adding new types of synthesis, and more). And it's a sampler! But where this device falls down is in the UI: to say the least, it's "not very user friendly." And this is where EZB enters the picture with this insanely extensive, platinum-medaled layout for MDP2. This layout is HUGE, which shows his dedication and craftsmanship: it spans eight banks (four on each side) and uses almost the full six pages in each bank. It represents thousands of hours of work, so if you dig it, please give EZB some feedback on the Q&A site. Enjoy!
CS6 Editor by EZB Version 7.1
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Gold

SYLENTH1 by ezb

1483 downloads
Lennar Digital
Another COMPLETE controller by Master Layout Designer EZB to control "the most popular VST on the Planet." It's "a virtual analog VSTi synthesizer that takes the definitions of quality and performance to a higher level. Until now only very few software synthesizers have been able to stand up to the sound quality standards of hardware synths. Sylenth1 is one that does." This layout covers all the bases and reorganized the interface of the synth to make sense in an iPad MIDI controller. Big hats off to EZB for this amazing contribution!

Be sure to check out the notes for mapping the layout to the plug, and to understand the different versions and what goes where. Enjoy!
Download the Layout
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Gold

Shruthi by Mutable Instruments (Synth, Mod Matrix, & Grids) by deadbeatsynesthete

1179 downloads
Mutable Instruments
This layout is designed for the fantastic DIY hybrid monosynth that is the Shruthi.

The firmware that it caters to is v0.97, as that is the latest firmware as of July 19 2013, and also what is on my unit. I did not include the arpeggiator / sequencer functions on this layout, but I may add support for them in the future. Also, be aware that there were issues with the modulation matrix parameters when live routing via a Mac OS X Network Session. Using http://confusionists.com/software.mjdj.aspx or connecting the iPad directly to the Shruthi alleviates this problem.
Latest Version
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Gold

Yamaha TX81Z by michael-raleigh

1631 downloads
Yamaha
I noticed that there were a lot of DX layouts out there, but not one for the quite popular (and cheap) TX81Z. So I modified Ibo Kai's DX27 (I think) layout since the sysex for each parameter is very s…
Yamaha TX81Z V1.1
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Gold

Korg 707 (released V1.5) by ibo-kai

2502 downloads
Korg
The Korg 707, released in 1987, has been referred to as a "Multitimbral Yamaha DX27," but the unlike the DX27 the 707 is a keytar: guitar strap buttons, a 49-keyboard, and optional battery power bring FM synthesis to a new way of working. But like all of that 80s tech, the front panel is awkward. That's where Ibo Kai's layout comes in. It's the ridiculously high quality we've come to expect of this Master Layout Designer. He writes that it's "for sound programming. All SINGLE parameters are covered. Only the naming and write process has to be done on the synth itself." As usual, the layout looks great: amazing attention to aesthetics and workflow. And it's in Version 1.5. [As always, be sure to check the release notes on the QA site]
Version 1.5 (Latest) | First Version
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Gold

POLY-ANA VSTi by ezb

1186 downloads
Admiral Quality
The Poly-Ana VST by Admiral Quality is an "Analog Model Polyphonic Synthesizer" which first released in 2007 to critical acclaim. From there, it's improved to meet user critique. It produces classic analog sounds "inside the box," and EZB has does the amazing work of bringing this plugin to life with a real iPad UI. The controller has hundreds of controls to access all aspects of this plugin directly.

You'll need to check the Q&A entry to get the mapping file and instructions for install.

Enjoy!
Layout for Poly-Ana VSTi
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Gold

Roland JX-8P, designed for patch creation and live performance by deadbeatsynesthete

1223 downloads
Roland
Hey guys!
So thanks to the awesome layouts that Rainer K made, I was really inspired to build one specifically for the JX-8P.
The foundation of my design is based on Patch development and Live perfor…
JX8P_patch_live_050514
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Gold

Dave Smith Instruments (DSI) MoPho by deadbeatsynesthete

1298 downloads
Sequential (was DSI)
This layout is designed for the fantastic sounding and surprisingly deep analog monosynth that is the DSI MoPho.

All parameters are controlled using NRPN commands instead of CC values, which allows for more precision and control of more parameters.
DOWNLOAD: DSI_MoPho_M13_V14_06062014.mididesigner
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Gold

Kawai K5000 Macro Control by ibo-kai

1292 downloads
Kawai
Another tiny masterpiece from Ibo Kai! "This layout resembles the Kawai Macro Control Box, a piece of hardware, that adds certain sound control to a K5000W or K5000R, both of which lack those knobs (which were present in the K5000S only). This is purely MIDI CC and I added the Channel selector as well." The Macro Control is a Unicorn in music tech: it's very useful if you own a K5000 or a K5000R, but almost impossible to find. Enjoy this virtual version thanks to Ibo Kai!
K5000 Macro Control Layout
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Gold

Xpressive Keys by ibo-kai

1540 downloads
Original, Generic
This is an original instrument from Master Layout Author Ibo Kai. Inspired by the Linnstrument and Eigenharp, Xpressive Keys allows the player to play a key and then modify the pitch (slightly) by moving off-axis in the X-dimension. Moving off-center in the Y-dimension allows the user to change the Modulation (usually to alter the sound character). The layout is made to be modified easily by other users in Design Mode: "when you go to Design mode, 2 further controls will pop up at the top left, below the name. Here you can change the function of vertical and horizontal movements on the keys. This will change the whole keyboard (because the keys are all supercontrols of these)"... it's a brilliant and original entry, and opens the door to further riffs on this layout.
Xpressive Keys Layout
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Gold

Soundscaper Layout for iPhone by qid

1174 downloads
iMusicAlbum
According to the author: "This is a master control layout for the iPad app, Soundscaper. This layout takes a "control differently" approach by mapping each of the main controls to the associated parameters for all 3 oscillators. So, for example, turning the Clock knob will simultaneously change the clock speed for all 3 oscillators. I think you'll find this adds a whole new dimension to the app."
The Layout
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MIDI Controller for Alesis Micron and Akai Miniak

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MIDI Controller for Roland VG-99

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MIDI Controller for Roland JX-3P, JX-8P,
MKS-30, MKS-50, MKS-70, Juno 1 and Juno 2

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MIDI Controller for Roland JD-990

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MIDI Controller for Line 6 DT-50 Series Amplifiers

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MIDI Controller for Line 6 Pod X3 Live

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MIDI Controller for Line 6 Pod 2.0

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MIDI Controller for Line 6 HD-500

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