MKS-80 Template

Hi All,

This is my first template, so any feedback is welcome.
It's a control panel to edit the Roland MKS-80.

http://liine.net/en/community/user-library/view/260/

Cheers

Version 2 is up:

-Sends/receives MIDI CC# on parameter changes, allowing for automation from non-sysex friendly DAWs (Upper tone on channel 1, Lower Tone on channel 2)

-New text dialogue showing edited parameter's full name, value and related CC#

-Able to select the MIDI channel to transmit to the MKS-80 (no longer limited to channel 1)

-Unipolar faders & inversion switched replaced by bipolar faders

-GUI is prettier!

....More changes/features to come!

Version 3 is up - with a fun 'Tone Morphing' tab.
http://youtu.be/jxULYOfSPKg

Hello
many thanks for the template, it is highly functional. I do have the HW controller so I am covered, but to have both upper/lower tone available on separate windows will come in handy one day I am sure. So will the tone morph function.

Do you think there is a way to get patch info from the synth into the template? Like dumping it into lemur? It would also be great for the morphing functionality.

Anyway, it is great to have people like you and others here that share their work, I am really grateful.

cheers flo

schmuck wrote:Hello
many thanks for the template, it is highly functional. I do have the HW controller so I am covered, but to have both upper/lower tone available on separate windows will come in handy one day I am sure. So will the tone morph function.

Do you think there is a way to get patch info from the synth into the template? Like dumping it into lemur? It would also be great for the morphing functionality.

Anyway, it is great to have people like you and others here that share their work, I am really grateful.

cheers flo

Thanks for the thanks!

I did try to program the ability to load patches from the synth, and it kinda-almost-sorta worked.

10% of the time it worked perfectly
40% of the time it loaded half of the parameters
the other 40% it didn't work at all!

When you select a new patch or tone on the MKS-80, it spits out a long string of data that contains all the information required to recreate that patch. I wrote a script that listened for the sysex string, wrote the data to an array and set the fader positions to match the patch/tone.

I have no idea why it only worked 10% of the time. I spent days trying to figure it out, (because it is a feature I really wanted!) I might have another crack at it in the future, but my work roster is a joke at the moment - not sure when I'll next get a chance to sit down with Lemur.

I see it is not that easy...

Hello,
First I like to give you my congratulation and thanks fordo it
I want to use with Alesis IO Dock, can I send my midi sequencies to Alesis IO midi in, use mks80 template tocontrol parameters and send Alesis IO midi out to Mks80? It' s the same like MPG80 method

I hope your answer,

Thanks in advance and best regards,


Jordi

Explorer33 wrote:Hello,
First I like to give you my congratulation and thanks fordo it
I want to use with Alesis IO Dock, can I send my midi sequencies to Alesis IO midi in, use mks80 template tocontrol parameters and send Alesis IO midi out to Mks80? It' s the same like MPG80 method

I hope your answer,

Thanks in advance and best regards,


Jordi

Thanks Jordi!

I don't think the Alesis IO doc supports sysex messages, unless they have created an update.

I use the Line6 MIDI mobiliser, it's just a simple MIDI interface (no audio)

Ok, perfect. I' ll use line6.
Can you tell me the method for can see real synth parameters in editor when change preset?
Hanks again.

Best,

Jordi

Hi again,
Today buyed line6 midi mobilizer II. Controls works perfect, but midi notes incoming to iPad, doesn' t go to out to gate Mks.... Can you help me?
If I start an iPad internal sequencer, mks recieve midi notes and control by lemur parameters, but I want to use it with external sequencer and keyboard.

I hope your answer.

Thanks again,

Jordi

Sorry,

I didn' t see it that need a midi merge

Hi again,
I buyed Midi Solutions Merge and eureka!
Works perfectly

HI Puzzlegob

Great template! I am trying to use it slightly differently...I have the rekon audio MKS80 vst editor and I want to assign the the controls in your template to the parameters of the rekon audio vst via midi map in Ableton. This way I get fully labelled automation, feedback into the Liine template, and hands on control (perfect!)...but I can't seem to get the template to just send standard midi CC messages into Ableton, if I move the faders it just doesn't get picked up by Ableton...is this because it is set up to send sysex?

Other Liine templates work fine (for example the faderlab one) and Ableton picks up the midi CC values and they can be midi assigned in the map

Basically I just want to use tyour layout as a standard midi cc sending controller in Ableton, because it looks great and it will save me a lot of time putting together a layout in Midi Designer Pro (which I can understand as its much more basic)

Apologies if I am missing something really obvious here...can you help??

Thanks!

Rich