Control Roland synths beautifully.
Turn your iPad, iPhone, or Mac into a custom control surface for Roland synthesizers, drum machines, and BOSS effects. Download MIDI Designer Pro X, pull a community-made layout, and start shaping your Jupiter Xm, D-50, JX-8P, RD-88, TR-6S, Katana, Fantom X, or SE-02 through a polished touch interface.
Popular Roland layouts from the community.
Explore some of the most-downloaded Roland layouts for MIDI Designer Pro X.
Jupiter Xm Manager
A multi-page Jupiter Xm manager that puts tone editing, performance scene control, and system settings behind separate tabs, with SysEx-driven parameter recall so sliders mirror the hardware state on load — the most-downloaded Roland layout in the community.
RD-88 / RD-08 Manager
A combined RD-88 and RD-2000 manager with dedicated pages for tone selection, three-zone splits, effects routing, and EQ, designed so stage pianists can switch registrations and dial in reverb or chorus depth without leaving the touch surface.
FA06 - Supernatural Synth Editor
A Supernatural Synth editor for the Roland FA-06 that maps oscillator shape, filter cutoff and resonance, amp envelope, and LFO routing onto a single clear control surface — bypassing the hardware menu-diving that FA-series synthesis normally requires.
Jupiter Xm ZEN_Core Editor
A deep ZEN-Core synthesis editor for Jupiter Xm that exposes all four partials, per-partial LFO and envelope shaping, matrix modulation routing, and structure settings — the kind of patch surgery that would take dozens of menu presses on the hardware alone.
From download to synth control.
Download MIDI Designer Pro X, grab a Roland layout, connect your rig, and start controlling tones, effects, and performance parameters from one screen.
Download the app and grab a layout
Download MIDI Designer Pro X from the Apple App Store, then choose the Roland layout you want to use.
Connect
Route your Apple device through a USB MIDI interface to your Roland instrument. Many modern Roland instruments support USB MIDI directly.
Play
Load the layout into the app and start controlling tones, effects, and performance parameters from a touch interface.
See the rest of the Roland library.
Browse the full Roland layout library for MIDI Designer Pro X — vintage synths, drum machines, stage pianos, guitar processors, boutique modules, and community-made variations.
TR-6S & TR-8S Remote Control and Basic Sequencer
A remote control layout for the TR-6S and TR-8S with pattern triggering, per-instrument level and decay, scatter and fill controls, plus real-time muting — turning the iPad into an extended performance surface for live drum-machine sets.
Aira TB-3 Bassline
An Aira TB-3 Bassline controller that puts the filter cutoff, resonance, envelope mod, accent, and slide on large touch-friendly knobs, plus pattern and variation selectors for hands-on acid bass without squinting at the TB-3's tiny display.
Jupiter X-Xm Global Setting
A Jupiter X/Xm global settings editor that surfaces system-level parameters like MIDI channel assignment, master tune, velocity curves, and local control — the utilities buried three menus deep on the hardware, now one tap away.
BOSS EQ-200 Single-Page Controller (for iPad)
A single-page BOSS EQ-200 controller that lays both EQ channels side by side on iPad, with per-band gain sliders and global bypass, so you can shape your signal chain without bending down to the pedalboard.
MC-303
An MC-303 Groovebox controller that maps part selection, per-part effects, filter sweeps, and pattern triggering for the vintage dance-music workstation — giving touch-screen immediacy to a unit whose original interface was designed for the '90s.
Boss Katana F/w 2.04 Primova MIDX-20 Preset Version
A Boss Katana amp controller built for the Primova MIDX-20 USB host, giving iPad access to internal amp parameters, effects, and channel switching that the Katana doesn't normally expose over standard MIDI — requires firmware 2.04.
D50 (Updated 8 feb 2015: v1.1)
A comprehensive Roland D-50 editor controlling all 313 SysEx-addressable parameters across Upper and Lower tones, TVF, TVA, and effects — replacing the rare and expensive PG-1000 programmer with an iPad touch surface.
FA-Synths: New Feature! Part Volume and Mute for all Parts
An FA-series Supernatural Synth extension that adds live part volume and mute control across all 16 parts on iPad, letting performers manage their mix without navigating the FA's multi-level menu system.
JUPITER-Xmix for Roland Jupiter-Xm and Jupiter-X (iPhone)
An iPhone-optimised live performance mixer for the Jupiter-Xm and Jupiter-X, with per-part level, mute, and panning controls plus scene recall — designed for stage use where the phone is more accessible than the synth's own panel.
JX-8P, designed for patch creation and live performance
A JX-8P patch editor and live-performance surface on iPad that recreates the PG-800 programmer's full parameter set — oscillator waveforms, DCF, envelopes, and chorus — in a colour-coded layout built for hands-on sound design.
FA Supernatural Synth (Jupiter-8 Workflow)
An FA-series Supernatural Synth editor on iPad that applies a Jupiter-8 workflow to the FA's engine — mapping oscillator shape, filter, and envelope parameters as if you were patching the vintage polysynth rather than navigating workstation menus.
GP-8 Guitar effects processor midi designer /StreamByter layout
A Roland GP-8 guitar effects processor controller on iPad using StreamByter and SysEx, resurrecting full parameter access for the 1987 rack unit — compression, overdrive, phaser, delay, EQ, and chorus all on one screen.
FA Supernatural Synth (Juno-60 Workflow)
An FA-series Supernatural Synth editor on iPad modelled on the Juno-60 workflow — presenting the FA's synthesis engine through the classic single-oscillator, HPF/LPF, and chorus architecture so you can dial in sounds the vintage way.
Jupiter X/Xm "Jupiter-X" Model Editor
A Jupiter X/Xm editor focused exclusively on the new Jupiter-X model tones, exposing the model-specific parameters Roland added in firmware updates — a stripped-down alternative to the full ZEN-Core editor for quick patch tweaks on iPad.
Gurbz Boss Katana mk1 fw 3.01 Bluetooth sysex mididesigner pro 2 layout (iPad)
A Boss Katana MK1 (firmware 3.01) controller on iPad using Bluetooth SysEx via a Raspberry Pi relay — full wireless access to amp channels, boost, effects, and EQ without a USB cable to the amp.
Jupiter X-Xm ToneWheel Organ Emulation
A Jupiter X/Xm ToneWheel Organ emulation editor on iPad with live drawbar control, percussion settings, rotary-speaker MFX editing, and access to 230+ fixed drawbar presets — all the organ parameters that require deep menu navigation on the hardware.
A-01 Controller+Generator
A Roland A-01 Controller+Generator editor on iPad connecting via Bluetooth LE, using SysEx to expose parameters that aren't available over standard CC — turning the pocket-sized module into a fully programmable synth voice.
Jupiter-8 (Groove Electronics MIDI Mod)
A Jupiter-8 controller for units with the Groove Electronics MIDI modification, mapping all parameters that the 1987 retrofit exposes — filter, oscillators, envelopes, and LFO — onto an iPad touch surface for a synth that has no native MIDI.
JX-10/MKS-70 with Vecoven PWM Kit
A JX-10/MKS-70 editor for units with the Vecoven PWM upgrade kit on iPad, exposing the expanded parameter set — additional waveforms, modulation options, and PWM depth — that the aftermarket firmware adds to the vintage polysynth.
Juno-X Global Setting Update
A Juno-X global settings bulk editor on iPad that pushes system-level parameters — master tune, transpose, velocity curve, local control — across all scenes at once, eliminating the repetitive per-scene editing the hardware requires.
TR Pattern and Kit Display - Demo of new 10.5.0 SysEx string capability
A TR-6S/TR-8S pattern and kit display demo on iPad showcasing MIDI Designer's SysEx string capability — queries the drum machine for pattern and kit names and presents them in readable pickers.
LAYOUT for PODHD500/DT50/GR55/NOVA System/NOVA Drive/GR55 (MDP2)
A multi-device controller on iPad spanning POD HD500, DT50 amp, Roland GR55, TC Nova System, and Nova Drive — unified patch and bank switching across an entire guitar rig from a single two-page layout.
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