Help with Sonar 2 and Roland JV1080

[Middleman]

Yeah I know, this is a double post in the keyboard forum. So sue me.

Anyone an expert at getting the Roland JV1080 to work in performance mode with Sonar?

Here is my dilemma.

1. First, I load the template file for performance mode to send the system exclusive data to turn on performance mode.
2. Next, I imported the .ins file for instrument definitions for this unit.
3. The unit goes into performance mode, no problem, but instead of accessing the individual performances i.e. 1-32 user, 1-32 Perf A or 1-32 Perf B, it accesses the standard patches found in patch mode. This is not a bad thing because I can play 16 different parts at once however; I want to get at the pre-designed performances, not the individual patches.

This make any sense?

 

[moskus]

I only have a general tip using .ins files with Sonar/Cakewalk programs.

Most of the times when I've downloaded ins-files for the keyboard, they seem to be somewhat different organized than the keyboard itself. It's just a matter of breaking "the code".

 

[shuggy]

I use a JV1010 but not sure of the details of the 1080. My guess is that Sonar cannot have any actual knowledge of the performances within the 1080 - it is not a library manager like say Logic SoundDiver. I am not sure what that means for performance / global setting on say effects within the unit though. I haven't tried digging that far. Good luck.

 

[Middleman]

Actually, someone at lilchips has the code and implemented it in their JV/XP Studioware interface for performance mode. When you load this little ditty up you can access the performance sounds. There is no documentation in the manual about this as I have poured over it for hours. So, I found a way to get there but the lilchips author has a password on his design so you cannot access the system comands being sent out to the JV1080.

Sonar uses the following formula to access banks:

(Bank Select MSB * 128) + Bank Select LSB = # of the bank you need. These are the numbers you get for Performance Mode when you do this.

User 10240
PR-A 10368
PR-B 10369

They just don't work however. There is system exclusive data bytes needed to implement access to the performances. I wish I could just find those data bytes. Then I could call out the sounds I need in Sonar and not have to load the Studioware panel.