JP-80×0 MAKE THE CONNECTION, AGAIN

Selecting MIDI In and MIDI Out

First choose MIDI IN [1], where your JP MIDI Out is connected in at. Then choose MIDI OUT [2] which will send data to your JP MIDI Input.

JP-80×0 User Manual – Setting MIDI Input and Output

After setting MIDI OUT, plug-in will scan for the hardware and auto-detect the JP model you have. Based on the System Exclusive message the plug-in receives, it will automatically set your MODEL [1] accordingly and plug-in Control Display [2] will say “Plug-in is ready to go!”.

JP-80×0 User Manual – Auto detect Model

Advanced MIDI Settings

We included Advacend MIDI Settings function to JP-80×0 plug-in so that you can control which messages gets processed and which do not. You can open Advaced MIDI Settings window from by clicking ADV. MIDI SETTINGS [1] button in the plug-in user interface.

JP-80×0 User Manual – Open Advanced MIDI Settings

You can block messages being processed from DAW or from the Synthesizer itself. Settings seen in the image below are default values.

JP-80×0 User Manual – Advanced MIDI Settings

Synchronize DATA from your synthesizer to plug-in

Open BROWSER [1] window and click SYNC DATA FROM HW [2] button to request current Performance data to the plug-in user interface.

JP-80×0 User Manual – Librarian Functions

Plug-in will now request the currently active hardware data to the plug-in user interface. This is quite important in order to make program changes and / or send data to your synthesizer from the librarian.

Plug-in Control Display [1] will show “Data import completed!” message once data has been synchronized. Now you can tweak your sounds / performance as you wish.

JP-80×0 User Manual – Successful Import

If something in your settings is wrong, Plug-in Control Display [1] will inform you that the process has timed out or no response from JP!

JP-80×0 User Manual – No Response

TIP #1: Be patient and do not disturb the data flow with any knob movements or so. This will ensure the data packages are being sent as supposed and you are not going to receive any SysEx error messages! While making changes to your patch, might be good to stop playback too.

Playing each Layer individually (2 JP’s in 1 huh!?)

In case you did not know, JP-8000 and JP-8080 have two individual layers (also referred to as “Panels”), which can be triggered separately. This is quite easy thing to setup, and we’ve got this covered in the manual too.

Playing it multitimbral

• Set each of the layers MIDI channel to different value;

JP-80×0 User Manual – MIDI Channels

Upper Layer = Channel 1.
Lower Layer = Channel 2.

• Set Performance MIDI channel to 3.
• See further instructions below for each OS…

[mac]: … Add two empty MIDI tracks to your DAW and point the MIDI output directly to your JP-8000 / JP-8080 MIDI port, each with corresponding channel mentioned above (channel 1 & 2)!
NOTE: If you play notes / sequence blocks directly through the plug-in, there is no delay compensation applied.

[pc]: … Add two empty MIDI tracks to your DAW and point them to virtual out port i.e. JP vMIDI Out, each with corresponding channel mentioned above (channel 1 & 2)!

Now if you choose MIDI track 1 (JP channel 1) from your DAW and play some notes, you will hear the patch from Upper Layer being played.
Now choose MIDI track 2 (JP channel 2) from your DAW and when you play it, you will hear the patch from Lower Layer being played!

If the current performance has Panel LINK [1] toggled ON, then you will hear both layers at the same time. Toggle OFF the Layer Link in order to play parts individually if that is your thing!

JP-80×0 User Manual – Key Mode

We will be covering Panel Link function more in the Functions of custom added controls.

Below you can see how JP-80×0 Plug-in is on Instrument Track [1] and how MIDI track 1 [2] & MIDI track 2 [3] are routed in Logic Pro to play each part separately directly to hardware MIDI out ports. MIDI track 1 points to JP-8080 channel 1 whereas MIDI track 2 points to JP-8080 channel 2.

Audio from JP-8080 is routed to my Apollo Quad inputs [4] and monitoring is active on Logic to hear the synth when played!

JP-80×0 User Manual – Automation Guide

Taking things even further

Most synths with Multitimbral functions come with individual outputs. Well, can do MONO output for each layer from the Extended Settings window. Click EXPAND [1] and choose Parallel Out [2] from the OUTPUT MODE dropdown menu. Now you can hear each layer on different output, one on Left and the other on Right.

JP-80×0 User Manual – Output Selection

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