Roland MC-101 & MC-707 Get Unofficial ZEN-Core Editor Librarians
Developer Benedetto Schiavone let us know that they’ve introduced two unofficial editors for the Roland MC-707 and MC-101.
The editors, available for both Mac + Windows, use MIDI SysEx support that Roland included in the grooveboxes, but never documented.
What Benedetto Schiavone has to say about the ZEN-Core Editor-librarian for MC-101 and MC-707:
“The two Roland grooveboxes do not officially support MIDI SysEX messages and there is no documentation relating to their implementation which is hidden. In reality, the MC-101/707 are able to receive and send such messages: they respond with a completely wrong addressing, with duplicate and incorrect data which however can be corrected and used by the software.
The editor-librarian, like the analogous versions for Fantom/0, AX-Edge and Jupiter-X/Xm, communicates in real-time and bidirectionally with the groovebox, using MIDI SysEx messages.”
Features:
- Zen-Core Section
- Editing of ZEN-Core tones structured in 6 subsections where you can modify all the synthesis parameters and those relating to the 93 effects provided by the standard.
- Manage the transmission of sounds (library/presets–>Groovebox) and ZEN-Core editing in each of the locations (Clip/Trak) present in a project: max 136 ZEN-Core tones in MC-707 and max 68 ZEN-Core tones in MC-101
- Vector and resizable graphic interface.
- Real-time graphic display of the envelopes (Filter, AMP and Pitch) and of the keyboard and velocity range sections
- Copy and paste of partials via clipboard.
- Macro to speed up editing by controlling in parallel the same parameter of any combination of the 4 partials.
- Editing of “hidden” ZEN-Core synthesis parameters not directly accessible in the synths: VCF Gain Correction, Partial LFO Phase Lock, Pitch Down
- Depth, Pitch Drift, Pitch Drift Cycle Number – Condition and VA Init Phase
- 4-track step sequencer. With a new template it is possible to obtain with a single Zen-Core tone melodic and rhythmic sequences with 4 voices, synchronized with the scene BPM
- 24 ZEN-Core presets, divided into:
- INI: simple sounds to use as templates for editing.
- PR1: some of the most significant sounds of the optional library that can be purchased separately
- PR2: ZEN-Core tones of rhythmic and melodic sequences (8 STEP LFO and related template)
- Complete editing of the 93 effects from the ZEN-Core standard and 25 presets for the most used effects
- Library Section
- Library with the management of 16384 ZEN-Core tones: 8 libraries each composed of 2048 tones (16 banks of 128 tones each)
- organization of the library tones with variable clipboard (1-48 tones), bank clipboard and separate management of lib and banks (load/save on file)
- Import of ZEN-Core tones and conversion of sounds generated with the Model Expansions into “Equivalent ZEN-Core tones” via a proprietary conversion algorithm. Supported Model Expansions: JUNO-106 -JX-8P -JUPITER-8 -SH-101 – Juno-60 – JUNO-X engine – JUPITER-X/XM engine
- Project Section
- edit of the offsets of the parameters of the 4/8 tracks (MC–101/707): Volume, Pan, Cutoff, Res, Attack, Decay, Release, Vibrato, Portamento, SYS Ctrl and send to Delay and Reverb.
- edit of all the parameters related to the Chorus/Delay and Reverb effects with the possibility of using 40 reverb presets.
- edit of the 5-band Master EQ, the 4/8 (MC–101/707) EQs of the tracks and the Master Compressor of the project with the possibility of recalling 18 presets
The ZEN-Core Editor-librarian for MC-101 and MC-707 is available through Sept 30th, 20224 with intro pricing of € 29,99 (VAT included) for only the Editor, or € 37,99 (VAT included) for the Editor+ B67 Collection1-2 Sound Bank (222 tones).
