Layout: Jupiter Xm Managerby jkhiser

Question

Platinum

MIDI Target Manufacturer(s): Roland

Overview: The Jupiter Xm is a powerful, complex sound tool, trapped behind a small screen.  With Midi Designer Pro 2, the Xm can be freed from the small screen limitations.  This layout is focused on configuring your board settings and saving to Scenes in the studio, not on live performance controls.  Additional editors and controls will be included in future releases.

• Analog Synth Model Editors - all settings visible laid out similar to the original model
• Enhanced access to all 4399 Tones, direct access to Scenes and Drum Kits
• Master mixer page
• Fx overview, with all major controls in full sound chain
• Editors for Chorus, Delay, Reverb, EQ, Compressor, Scene and Zone Settings, and Arpeggio

Downloads: 3745
Jupiter Xm Manager 1.60 - Recognize / select JD-800 TONEs and additional effects in System Update 1.40 Simplified editor views for Chorus, Delay, and Reverb, editors for all master effects now included Additional mixer controls for Microphone, added Microphone Compress

Jupiter X-Xm Manager 1.51 - Manager now speaks EXP. A new tone picker provides access to EXP Tones by bank, category, and title. Read Tones will now display loaded EXP Tones. If you select a EXP not loaded, there is no sound, display shows not available.
Downloads: 1621

Jupiter X-Xm Manager 1.50 - REQUIRES MDP2 2.150! Added: Analog Synth Model Mfx, additional iArp controls & Zone settings, Jupiter X wheel settings, Simplified Controls and Mfx to show only active items (e.g., System or Scene), Continued minor control cleanup
Downloads: 316

Jupiter X-Xm Manager 1.40 - Added editors for Part Offsets & remainder of Scene Part settings; iArp Pattern or Rhythm change will now auto-sync settings with MDP2; Fixed error on FollowToneMfx, corrected Midi control labeling (thanks Paul Cotton)
Downloads: 450

Jupiter Xm Manager 1.32 - Adds SRV 2000 editor and 32 presets from original unit/manual
Downloads: 303

Jupiter Xm Manager 1.30 - Added remaining Analog Synth Model Editors (Juno 106, JX-8P, SH 101). Additional Tone sorts (alphabetic and user tones)
Downloads: 325

Jupiter Xm Manager 1.21 - Updated for System Program 1.20 - Midi In channel selectors added to Zones - changed Tone recall from Bank/PC to Sysex - With updated multiple edit select logic Part Edit buttons are display only - continued display improvements
Downloads: 329

Jupiter X-Xm Scenes & Tones R1.zip - Scene and User Tone names for bulk rename. This does NOT change the names in the X/Xm. Updated to add the additional X scene names. Layout is preloaded for Xm. Use this to update for X or to bulk rename. (9 downloads of R0)
Downloads: 401

Images

Jupiter 8 Editor - all controls in view, laid out close to original flow

Improved Effect Summary Overview

Improved Controls Editor, Including Jupe X Wheels, New iArp Page 3

Index and Help P1

Arpeggio Controls

Tones pages: Category / Model / Name sort & Category / Name sort shown

Mixer, Sample Master Effects Editor

Comments

Very good job, Thanks

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Jury results just came back and this layout has been awarded Platinum which is to say it blew our minds. Thank you for making this, sharing it, updating it and talking about it. Also, as an approved layout it'll show up in Browse on your iPad. Also, it's been highlighted to the first page of this QA site.

Big up, JKH, so much great stuff coming from you, it's a ray of light in these strange times. THANKS!

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OMFG.   What an editor!!  I have the keys to the kingdom.  The XM is an amazing synth with an opaque and convoluted interface with most external control sysex.  This lays bare so much.  A thousand thanks.  This editor is worth several x the price of Midi Designer all by itself.  Fantastic work.

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Thank you for this amazing layout JKH!  

Especially, for a new user of the Xm - this would have to be an essential item as Roland does not provide any easy way to delve into their complex scene management.

I love the way you have opened up a panel to view the banks and sounds.

*** I have an Access Virus TI2 - would you be able to share some insights as to how one might be able to create a layout to display the programs on the Virus TI2 and be able to select a patch?

John

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The masters class layout has an example of building a program change picker: https://mididesigner.com/qa/7955/layout-mdp2-masters-course-tips-and-techniques

The list of patches is static - it does not "read" the current values in the board, you need to start with a spreadsheet of patch names and msb/lsb/pc values.