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A few quick notes on Junovoic.bas.
The program was written for a Roland Alpha-Juno 1. It should
work on a Juno-2 and an MKS-50 although it has not been tested.
The program is not intended to be a full blown editor/librarian.
I originally wrote it to only display all of the parms for a patch
on the screen simultaneously. I later added the file save/retrieve,
patch print, and directory options for convenience.
Obviously the program has some limitations. It views a group
of Juno voices as 8 banks of 8 cells (numbers on the synth) just like
the Juno. I had trouble overflowing the midi buffer when i tried a
bulk dump so the program receives voices one at a time. The program
does not transmit any data to the Juno and uses the front panel of the
Juno as a transmission control in order to receive the voice parms.
The following tips should help.
1) Be sure to set MIDI EXCL=ON on the JUNO.
2) When selecting option 1 from the menu
a) The Juno transmits the patch data as soon as you
press a select button on its front panel. The program,
therefore pauses before every bank, including the first
one, to allow you to set the bank. For instance,
after selecting option 1 the program prompts you to hit
enter. Be sure to set to bank 1 before hitting enter.
After the prompt is gone, select cells (numbers) 1 - 8
in the ascending sequence. After selecting 8, the
program again prompts you. Select bank 2, hit enter, and
select the cells as described above. When you have
finished with bank 8 the program will return you to the
main menu.
b) Option 2 allows you to receive only 1 voice instead of the
entire group. With this option, the program needs to know
where to place the voice in the 8 by 8 group. It will
prompt you for bank and cell, then wait for you to select
the voice from the Juno's front panel. Again, be sure to
position the Juno before responding to the prompts.
3) The program prints and displays the envelope parms numerically.
The Juno has graphic representations for these parms. I used
the midi data value, 0 thru 3, in the same order as the options
appear on the Juno. For example, the second DCO ENV parm has
four options for you to choose. The first is option 0, etc.
If you have any comments about this program please let me know.
There are many modifications to be made to make this shell more
useful. I request, for posterities sake, that if you modify
Junovoic.bas, you upload it as a new version, document your changes,
and leave my name as well as yours in the code so that we all may
share in the feedback.
Good luck,
Loren Claypool