Alpha Juno Control

What is Alpha Juno Contol?

Great question, glad you asked. :) Well, for the five years that I've owned my Alpha Juno, I've loved the sounds it produces but have always detested its editing method. I mean, the LCD display is nice and all, but using the Alpha Dial to get everywhere just drove me nuts. So I coded Alpha Juno Control. In short, Alpha Juno Control is a small utility app that will let owners of Roland's Alpha Juno keyboard control patch parameters via MIDI from their beloved Mac's (OS X).

Can I use it with my MKS-50?

Yes. The Alpha Juno series and the MKS-50 share the same functionality (MIDI-wise). Thanks to Murdock Scott for verifying this.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Mac OS 10.2 (Jaguar) or higher

Roland Alpha Juno 1 or 2 keyboard

SETTING UP YOUR JUNO:

Important Note: You must enable your Alpha Juno to receive system exclusive messages. This can be done by pressing the MIDI button six(6) times until the LED reads:

MIDI EXCL: OFF

Now rotate the alpha dial until the LED reads:

MIDI EXCL: ON

Now save this setting: Press and hold WRITE, then press MIDI again.

I am providing the source code for Alpha Juno Control so that others might get a head start on some of their own projects.

Feel free to use any of the source code at your discretion.

Download the source code