Developer Momo Müller has introduced MKS-80 Editor / Controller, a patch editor for the Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter.
The Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter is a rack version of Roland Jupiter 6 and Roland Jupiter 8 and an 8-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Roland between 1984 and 1987.
The MKS-80 Editor is designed specifically for the MKS-80, providing direct access to the majority of the MKS-80’s features.
Features:
- Integrate the MKS-80 into your DAW.
- Makes sound design easier, because you have direct access to all parameters.
- MKS-80 Parameters can be automated, and they can be stored with your Project.
- You can save your new sound on the MKS-80 Synth and the editor settings as VST Presets (.fxp) in the DAW.
- With the X-Y-Pads any Parameter can be selected and controlled.
- The MKS-80 Editor is available as: VST and Standalone for PC 32/64-bit and Mac as VST, AU and Standalone.
Pricing and Availability
The MKS-80 Editor is available now for 5,90€.
Another one???
Two max now
http://rekonaudio.com/products/roland
Looks good though
Ooooo that’s nice.
Calm down Vincent.
Bought.
The MKS-80 is an expanded rack of the JP6, NOT the JP8!
Why do comment posts here take so damn long to submit ?
More specifically, the underlying electronics of the earlier MKS-80s are essentially the same as the JP-6, with a few significant changes:
– it has 8 voices instead of 6.
– the resonant highpass and bandpass VCF modes are gone.
– a bass boost is added to the sum of the whole instrument.
– a global highpass filter has been added, similar the JP-8 and the classic Juno and JX instruments.
Because of the 4 changes above, one might look at the front panel of the programmer and conclude that it must be more closely related to the JP-8 – after all, the controls are similar. They might even hear the bass boost and assume that it sounds a bit richer than the JP-6. Now here’s a brand new MKS-80 editor, skinned to look like an 8… I think it’s misleading and unnecessary.
During the last few years of production Roland made a major revision to the “Supe Jupe”. Newer units had more in common with a JX-8P than any previous Jupiter. People generally seek the earlier model, but both versions have their strengths and weeknesses. Depending on the patch, and the player, the difference in sound can swing from subtly noticeable to plain as day. I am fond of both revisions.
it’s ctrlr, and only upper voice at that.
The problem with these editors is, that they can´t get the patch parameters from the current patch which is loaded into the MKS80. So if you just tweak some parameters of a preset and safe it, the rest of the parameters show wrong values and your safed patch is nonsense, since some of the parameters are wrong on load.
Would be great if this could be fixed one day…
Did you check http://www.razaudio.com/mks80-tools.html? this one has bi-directional edit/view. and a bank manager (load/save). Too bad it’*s only 32bit.