SFC-8 Jupiter 8 MIDI Controller
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Product Information
Specifications:
- Product: SFC-8 MIDI Controller
- Model: SFC-8
- Compatibility: USB-MIDI and DIN MIDI devices
- Firmware Version: 1.3
- Default Plugin Modes: Arturia Jup-8 V4, TAL-J-8, Roland
Cloud
Product Usage Instructions
Installation and Start-up:
USB-MIDI Device:
The SFC-8 is a class-compliant USB-MIDI device, requiring no
drivers. Simply plug it into your computer’s USB port for automatic
recognition. Ensure sufficient power supply to all connected
devices.
DIN MIDI Device:
(Instructions for DIN MIDI connection can be found in the
manual)
USB-MIDI Troubleshooting on MAC:
(Troubleshooting steps for USB-MIDI connection issues on MAC are
detailed in the manual)
Loading Configurations:
Different configurations can be loaded via the Control Panel
with firmware v1.3. Available configurations include Roland
Boutique JP-08 and Roland MKS-7. Refer to Section 4 for loading
configurations.
Plugin-specific Information:
The controller is designed to work with various Jupiter-styled
plugins. Specific modes are provided for Arturia Jup-8 V4, TAL-J-8,
and Roland Cloud. Default modes are preset in firmware v1.3.
Switching between Arturia, TAL, and Roland Cloud Modes:
Detailed procedures for switching between modes are available in
the manual based on firmware versions.
Arturia Jup-8 V4:
Instructions on behavior, preset changes, and pot behavior
options specific to the Arturia Jup-8 V4 plugin are provided in the
manual.
FAQ
Q: Do I need to install drivers for the SFC-8 MIDI
controller?
A: No, the SFC-8 is a class-compliant USB-MIDI device and does
not require any additional drivers for installation.
Q: How can I switch between different plugin modes on the
controller?
A: Refer to Section 5 of the user manual for detailed
instructions on switching between Arturia, TAL, and Roland Cloud
modes using the controller’s firmware settings.
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SFC-8 User Manual
25 April 2025
1. Intro
Thank you for purchasing the SFC-8 MIDI controller. It means a lot to me that you put your trust in my product. For the last months I certainly put a considerable amount of energy and @me in this product to bring to frui@on. I hope you will have a great experience using this device and that it will inject some fun in your music. Many new features will be integrated in the future and I am interested to get your feedback and requests: nicolas@sound-force.nl
2. Installation and start-up:
a. As a USB-MIDI device
The SFC-8 is a class-compliant USB-MIDI device which means that no drivers are necessary. The controller should directly be recognized by your computer when plugged-in. USB devices should preferably be connected directly to the computer USB ports. Please make sure that your USB ports/hubs are providing enough power to every single device in your configura@on.
To use the controller with your DAW and plugins you need to make sure that the controller is set-up in your DAW. In some DAWs, Logic for example, it’s automa@c when you plug it in and you don’t need to do anything. In others, you might need to turn on an op@on in the preferences. Please refer to your DAW manual for details. The controller is sending by default MIDI CC messages and can be mapped to plugins using their MIDI mapping func@ons. To specify which instance of a plugin you want to control, simply route the MIDI to the right track. This is usually down by scrolling (or clicking) from one track to another and thus puUng a specific track in “record-arm”. In some DAW, you can specify which MIDI devices are used on a specific track, so you can filter per device and some@mes also per channel. Please refer to your DAW user manual for specific details.
b. As a DIN MIDI device
To power the controller, connect the USB cable to either a USB host, such as a computer, or a USB power block, such as a smartphone charger. Connect the SFC-8 DIN-MIDI output to the MIDI input of other gear you would like to control. Connect any MIDI keyboard or sequencer to the SFC-8 DIN-MIDI input. The incoming messages will be forwarded to both the USB-MIDI and DIN-MIDI outputs, along with all the sliders, pots and switches messages of the SFC-8 front panel. This eliminates the needs for any MIDI merger or other accessories. This also means that you could also use the SFC-8 as a MIDI to USB-MIDI interface if you don’t own one.
3. USB-MIDI Troubleshooting on MAC:
If the device turns on (red LEDs are on and you can change the switches posi@ons) but it is not recognized by the computer, please go through this guide completely. Please also try another USB cable, USB port and if possible another computer or OS. Before geUng in touch for support, please confirm that the device is sending out MIDI correctly (or not) using a MIDI monitor (in google Chrome you can use the control panel app). If it does send MIDI messages as expected then the problem should be in the DAW and plugin configura@on, make sure the controller is setup in your DAW and the plugin is mapped.
4. Loading configurations
There are 4 different configura@ons that can be saved and loaded on the controller. Those configura@ons allow the user to switch between plugins and synths during performance without the use of a computer. Every plugin or synth is different in terms of op@ons and front panels, and especially hardware synths usually need specific MIDI CC mappings or even sysex implementa@ons. Using the Chrome control panel app (see sec@on 10), the user can save a configura@on to 1 of the 4 slots and recalling them from the controller’s interface.
The controller comes out of the box with 4 default configura@ons: – 1 = Arturia V4 – 2 = TAL-J-8 – 3 = TAL-J-8 with posi@ve modula@on only on the MOD sliders – 4 = Roland Cloud Jupiter 8
Other configura@ons available in the Control Panel as firmware v1.3: – Roland Bou@que JP-08 – Roland MKS-7
To load different configura@ons:
· press and keep down the Shig buhon · one of the Arp Range switches will start blinking, this represents the currently
selected configura@on · to select and load another configura@on press another Arp Range switches (from 1 to
4) · the controller will reboot quickly
To save configura@on to a slot see sec@on 10.
5. Plugin-specific informations
The controller front panel layout was designed to fit as many Jupiter styled plugins as possible. As there are differences between different plugin interfaces, specific modes are needed to make the controller compa@ble with each plugin. As firmware v1.3, 3 modes are available for the Arturia Jup-8 V4, TAL-J-8 and Roland. The controller is shipped with those 3 modes in the default configura@ons, see sec@on 4.
a. Switching between Arturia, TAL and Roland Cloud modes
This is the procedure for firmware v1.1:
· Press and keep the shig buhon down, 3 LEDs will start blinking · Press and release once the ENV2 KEY FLW switch, the blinking LED will move up to
the OFF posi@on · Release the shig knob and the controller is now in TAL mode
· To go back to Arturia mode, shig click the ENV2 KEY FLW switch again to move the blinking LED back down to the ON posi@on.
Roland Cloud is not available in firmware v1.1. Few things are different between the 2 modes. For example, some switches have different amount of posi@ons. Some messages polarity needed to be inverted. For the user, this is not important, just make sure you are in the right mode for the right plugin.
This is the procedure for firmware v1.3:
From firmware v1.3, the mode is saved with the configura@ons using the control panel. See sec@on 4 and 10 to load and save configura@ons to 1 of the 4 slots in the controller’s memory. Arturia, TAL and Roland cloud modes are available as default out of the box, see sec@on 4 to switch between them.
b. Arturia Jup-8 V4
From firmware 1.6, a greatly improved integra@on with the latest Arturia JUP-8 V (Vcollec@on 8/9/10/11) plugin can be accessed thanks to simple and easy to copy file(s). The controller can now receive sysex data from the plugin when presets or instances are changed in the DAW. On the controller side, the data is loaded to the interface and the controller can update the front panel. It can also request the sysex interface dump on demand if needed, this is needed when a DAW will not trigger certain events correctly. This integra@on works thanks to Arturia’s XML system that was implemented for their own line of MIDI controllers. This func@onality won’t be available for other plugins unless developers program special func@ons to implement this. Special thanks to Marie from Arturia for taking the @me to explain me how it works.
Set-up: First make sure that the SFC-8 is in the Arturia configura@on (see sec@on 4). To start using this integra@on, download, unzip the support file. Check which version you are using in the Arturia ASC and choose the right folder. Follow the instruc@ons in the README file. There are versions released in 2024 that caused problems and cannot be supported. Only the versions specified in the README files are supported. Ager copying the XML file(s), restart the plugin if it was open and then in the plugin interface click on the cogwheel, then in the MIDI tab choose the SFC-8 in the MIDI controller dropdown. This will auto-map the plugin to the SFC-8 default CC map and turn on automa@cally the 2-way integra@on.
Behaviour to expect: The plugin will “dump” all its interface data to the controller in few scenarios:
· when a new plugin instance is created · when the standalone version is opened (if the SFC-8 is checked on in the Audio MIDI
SeUngs) · when changing presets · when switching tracks/instances · when reques@ng it using the KEY MOD WHOLE switch The plugin will send a single sysex message when a plugin control is moved or touched using the mouse as well. If the controller is updated with firmware 1.6, it will ingest the plugin data and the LEDs will be set to mirror the plugin. The pot data is also ingested and they are 3 behaviors possible, see below.
DAW specifics: Switching instances happens differently in every DAW so please refer to your DAW’s manual and documenta@on to do this. Usually it involves selec@ng another track and making sure that the arm record func@on goes with it. Please note that switching tracks (using the Arm Recording switch) to open a new instance in Ableton is problema@c. The previously opened GUI is not properly closed and thus the func@ons in the plugin framework are not triggered correctly when a new instance is opened. This is not a problem related to Arturia sogware or SoundForce controllers. The easy workaround for this is to firstly switch tracks, then to manually request the sysex data dump from the plugin to the controller with the KEY MODE WHOLE switch.
Special key combinaDons: From the controller, you can change the presets:
· backward: KEY MODE DUAL switch · forward: KEY MODE SPLIT switch You can also manually request the sysex dump from the plugin to the controller with the KEY MODE WHOLE switch. This is especially handy if you no@ce that the sysex dump is not triggering when switching tracks/instances, for example in Ableton as men@oned above.
Pot behavior opDons: When the received pot data from the plugin differs from the actual pot posi@ons on the controller, discon@nui@es can appear if this is not dealt with. Similar to Ableton take over modes, they are 3 op@ons that can be set while holding the SHIFT buhon down and pressing the RANGE switch to cycle through the 3 op@ons:
· Jump: the controller will send instantly its new physical slider value and the slider in the plugin will do a jump
· Pick-up: the controller will only send new slider values ager the physical slider has reached the plugin slider posi@on. The LEDs on top of the SHIFT and USER switches will blink to let you if you need to go down (SHIFT blinks) or up (USER blinks)
· Scaling: the controller will rescale the values sent to the plugin elas@cally so that a move on the controller matches the range of a move on the plugin control. Only smooth transi@ons are created. As soon as the control reaches one extremi@es (0 or 127), the scale is back to the normal 1:1 propor@on.
To switch between those behaviors hold SHIFT pressed. The VCO SYNC LEDs will start to blink. Pressing the VCO SYNC switch you can switch between the 3 op@ons:
– VCO2 LED = Jump – OFF LED = Pick-up – VCO1 LED = Scaling. This preference is saved in the controller and loaded when the device is plugged in.
PAN SPREAD: The SFC-8 BAL rotary pot has been assigned to JUP-8V PAN SPREAD.
c. TAL-J-8
The TAL plugins don’t have a mapping preset system but the MIDI mapping is saved within the plugin presets. You can find a mapped default preset on the support page, save/ overwrite that preset as your default preset. But please note, and this is from the TAL-J-8 manual: The plug-in normally keeps the mapping when changing the preset as long as the preset does not have its own mapping. To always avoid losing the mapping when changing presets, you can turn on the LOCK op@on on the top-right sec@on of the plugin. Another important op@on to turn on is the PANEL op@on, this makes sure that both panel can be MIDI-controlled based on the panel currently selected (upper or lower). From firmware 1.7, a greatly improved integra@on with the latest TAL J-8 1.7.2 (or higher) plugin can be accessed thanks to Patrick from TAL. Make sure that the SFC-8 is in the TAL configura@on (see sec@on 4), load the mapped preset and ac@vate LOCK as explained above, then turn on the “SFC 8 MIDI CONTROLLER” op@on in the plugin menu. The controller can now receive CC data from the plugin when presets or instances are changed in the DAW. On the controller side, the data is loaded to the interface and the controller can update the front panel. It can also request the interface data on demand if needed, this is necessary when a DAW will not trigger certain events correctly. This func@onality won’t be available for other plugins unless developers program special func@ons to implement this. Special thanks to Patrick from TAL for his work on this integra@on.
Behaviour to expect: The plugin will “dump” all its interface data to the controller in few scenarios:
· when a new plugin instance is created · when the controller is plugged in · when changing presets · when switching tracks/instances · when manually reques@ng it using the User 5 switch
DAW specifics: Switching instances happens differently in every DAW so please refer to your DAW’s manual and documenta@on to do this. Usually it involves selec@ng another track and making sure that the arm record func@on goes with it. Please note that switching tracks (using the Arm Recording switch) to open a new instance in Ableton is problema@c. The previously opened GUI is not properly closed and thus the func@ons in the plugin framework are not triggered correctly when a new instance is opened. This is not a problem related to TAL sogware or SoundForce controllers. The easy workaround for this is to firstly switch tracks, then to manually request the sysex data dump from the plugin to the controller with the user 5 switch.
Special key combinaDons: From the controller, you can change the presets:
· backward: USER 3 switch · forward: USER 4 switch You can also manually request the sysex dump from the plugin to the controller with the USER 5 switch. This is especially handy if you no@ce that the data dump is not triggering when switching tracks/instances, for example in Ableton as men@oned above.
Pot behavior opDons: When the received pot data from the plugin differs from the actual pot posi@ons on the controller, discon@nui@es can appear if this is not dealt with. Similar to Ableton take over modes, they are 3 op@ons that can be set while holding the SHIFT buhon down and pressing the RANGE switch to cycle through the 3 op@ons:
· Jump: the controller will send instantly its new physical slider value and the slider in the plugin will do a jump
· Pick-up: the controller will only send new slider values ager the physical slider has reached the plugin slider posi@on. The LEDs on top of the SHIFT and USER switches will blink to let you if you need to go down (SHIFT blinks) or up (USER blinks)
· Scaling: the controller will rescale the values sent to the plugin elas@cally so that a move on the controller matches the range of a move on the plugin control. Only smooth transi@ons are created. As soon as the control reaches one extremi@es (0 or 127), the scale is back to the normal 1:1 propor@on.
To switch between those behaviors hold SHIFT pressed. The VCO SYNC LEDs will start to blink. Pressing the VCO SYNC switch you can switch between the 3 op@ons:
– VCO2 LED = Jump – OFF LED = Pick-up – VCO1 LED = Scaling. This preference is saved in the controller and loaded when the device is plugged in.
ModulaDon sliders:
The TAL plugins have few modula@on sliders that have bipolar modula@on control: VCF ENV MOD, VCF LFO MOD, VCF KEY FLW, VCA LFO MOD, VCO MODULATOR LFO MOD and VCO MODULATOR ENV1 MOD. You can spot those with the yellow line and 10/-10 range in the plugin interface. In Firmware V1.1 in TAL mode, the SFC-8 is only sending MIDI CCs from 63 to 127 in order to control only the posi@ve modula@on range. So the inverted/nega@ve range is not reachable with the controller. But from Firmware V1.3, TAL mode is now sending 0-127 on all sliders and a TAL UNIPOLAR MOD ONLY have been added to the firmware and control panel. Out of the box, the TAL mode with bipolar controls of the MOD sliders is saved in configura@on 2. And the TAL mod with posi@ve modula@on only is in configura@on 3.
VCO bend switches:
Please note that the VCO1/2 bend ON/OFF switches are different in the TAL plugin interface. It is in this case a 3-posi@on switch: VCO1 BOTH VCO2. So you can never turn it off completely using the switches, to do that please push down the VCO BEND slider. 1 of the VCO BEND switch will always stay on to reflect the working of a real physical 3-positon toggle switch. Please note that by default both of the VCO BEND switches are on at start-up, but you can change that in a preset, see sec@on 8. The CC number for the VCO BEND 3positon switch can be changed in the control panel using the SW26 VCO 2 BEND ON/OFF value.
d. Roland Cloud Jupiter-8
The Roland Cloud Jupiter is available from firmware version 1.3. It is by default in configura@on 4 out-of-the-box. Simply shig-click ARP RANGE 3 to acces it.
The Roland plugin has a fixed and specific MIDI map. When you select the Roland Cloud Jupiter-8 profile in the control panel all the CCs are filled with the required values and every usable SFC-8 control is assigned to something.
Some of the Roland Cloud Jupiter-8 parameters are leg unassigned: BEND RANGE: CC 41 BEND GAIN: CC 49 VCA TONE: CC69 EFFECT TYPE: CC70 DELAY TYPE: CC72 REVERB TYPE: CC73
If you want to use them anyway, you can use legovers SFC-8 controls to control them. You can recognize the unused SFC-8 controls in the control panel, as they are marked with CC 127. Just change from 127 to your desired CC and save it again.
Most of the mapping is very logical and the interface behavior has been custom made to fit the plugin with the SFC-8 front panel as the basis. S@ll a few assignments might be less obvious for example:
Roland Cloud Jupiter-8 parameter EFFECT TONE EFFECT DEPTH DELAY TIME DELAY LEVEL REVERB TIME REVERB LEVEL LFO TRIG ENV TEMPO SYNC
Corresponding physical SFC-8 Control MASTER TUNE DETUNE VOL pot BAL pot USER1 pot USER2 pot LFO SYNC switch ARP RATE INT EXT switch
Please note, you can change any CC you want to fit your needs. Just remember the Roland plugin will only react to the original fixed CCs. If you want to reset the CC list, just reload the Controls Panel in your browser and select the Roland Cloud Jupiter-8 profile again.
MIDI implementa@on chart (no available from official Roland sources): hhps://audiosex.pro/threads/roland-jupiter-8-cloud-midi-cc.30812/
6. Recall
When the synth/plugin parameters and the physical controller parameters are in all different posi@ons, it is some@mes preferable to “push” the state of the controller to the plugin interface. That way nothing is jumping around when you start moving the controls and it helps geUng the controller and plugin synced up when you get star@ng. Recall is reading every control and sending a pack of CC messages to the plugin.
To launch the recall func@on, double press the “SHIFT” switch on the bohom right side in the controller. The full front panel LEDs will do an animated cycle.
7. Preset system
The SFC-8 has 5 banks of 4 presets to save and load your sounds. It is built using the Arpeggiator mode and range switches. It doesn’t offer the most prac@cal interface but it is done on purpose to avoid the need of dedicated switches and screen to keep the controller more compact.
a. Loading a preset
· Press and release the load switch · 1 of the Arpeggiator mode LEDs will blink, this represents the selected bank · You can now change the bank by pressing any of the Arp modes (from OFF to Rand) · Now you can select 1 of the 4 presets with the Arp Range switches (from 1 to 4) · The preset will load and the full interface will perform a LED light cycle · As a preset is loaded, the full interface is sent out as a packet of MIDI messages to
sync the plugin or hardware synth with the controller, this is similar to the recall func@on
You can cancel the opera@on any@me by pressing and releasing the load switch again.
Please note that if the select preset is empty, the ARP LEDs with animate from 4 to OFF to indicate that the preset couldn’t be loaded.
b. Save a preset
· Press and release the save switch · 1 of the Arpeggiator mode LEDs will blink, this represents the selected bank · You can now change the bank by pressing any of the Arp modes (from OFF to Rand) · Now you can select 1 of the 4 presets with the Arp Range switches (from 1 to 4) · The preset will be saved. The controller needs 1 second to do the save and
agerwards the full interface will perform a LED light cycle
You can cancel the opera@on any@me by pressing and releasing the save switch again.
c. Clear a preset
· Press and release both the save and load switches · 1 of the Arpeggiator mode LEDs will blink fast, this represents the selected bank · You can change the bank by pressing any of the Arp modes (from OFF to Rand) · Now you can select 1 of the 4 presets with the Arp Range switches (from 1 to 4) · The preset will be cleared. The controller needs 1 second and agerwards the range
LEDs will perform a fast LED light cycle twice
You can cancel the opera@on any@me by pressing and releasing the load switch again.
d. Behavior aRer loading a preset
When loading a preset, the user will be in a situa@on where most of the controller sliders and pots are in a different posi@on then the MIDI data just loaded from the preset and sent to either a plugin or a hardware synth. The SFC-8 has 3 modes to define the behavior of the controller when a slider or pot is moved ager loading a preset. There are 3 op@ons:
· Jump: When a slider/pot is moved, the controller will send instantly sends its new physical slider/ pot value and the control in the plugin/synth will do a discon@nuous jump.
· Pick-up: The controller will only send new slider/pot values ager the physical control has reached the plugin or synth slider/pot posi@on. The LEDs Save/Lower and Load/Upper switches will blink to let you know if you need to go lower (Lower blinks) or higher (Upper blinks). Ager the controller silder/pot has reached the plugin/synth posi@on, then the controller will start to send the new messages.
· Scaling: The controller will rescale the values sent to the plugin elas@cally so that a move on the controller matches the range of a move on the plugin/synth control. Only smooth transi@ons are created. As soon as the control reaches one extremi@es (0 or 127), the scale is back to the normal 1:1 propor@on.
To switch between the op@ons:
· press and keep down the shig buhon · press and release the VCO Sync switch · VCO2 LED blinking = Jump · OFF LED blinking = Pick-up · VCO1 LED blinking = Scaling
8. Default start-up state of the controller interface
To change the default start-up state of the controller, you can change the Preset 1 in the Off Bank. Ager it is saved for the first @me, it will be loaded by default at start-up. It’s loaded but not sent out at start-up, if you’d like to send it out as a packet use the recall func@on by double pressing the shig switch.
9. Hardware specific information
a. JP-08 implementaVon
To use the controller with the JP-08, use the control panel to save the JP-08 profile in your desired configura@on slot (1 to 4). The interface and CC map is then automa@cally changed to fit the JP-08 parameters list and MIDI map as well as possible.
In the control panel, you can see some SFC-8 controls CC’d are set to 127. Those are legovers inac@ve controls that are not used by the JP-08. If you move an inac@ve control LEDs will flash to let you know. By default, all the controls with CC number 127 won’t be sending any messages. If you s@ll want to use them, for example with another MIDI/USB device, change the CC to something else then 127 and MIDI CC messages will then be sent out. Make sure you are choosing CC numbers outside the JP-08 fixed MIDI map otherwise you will have overlap.
The JP-08 VCO2 WAVE selec@on is sine, saw, pulse, low sine, low saw, low pulse. But the controller has a 4 posi@on switches including an extra noise waveform. The noise wave has been leg out and you can use the VCO2 RANGE switch (norm or low) to switch between the 6 JP-08 op@ons, with the switch on “low” you can access the low waveforms and with the switch on “norm” you can access the normal waveforms.
Some JP-08 parameters were not present in the SFC-8 interface and some legover controls have been assigned to them:
Roland J:-08 parameter Chorus
Delay level Delay @me Delay feedback Bend range
Corresponding physical SFC-8 Control Range preset buhons:
· 1 = Chorus off · 2 to 4 = Chorus modes 1, 2, 3 Vol rotary pot Bal rotary pot Master tune rotary pot VCO Bend slide pot
MIDI implementa@on chart: hhps://www.@nyloops.com/doc/roland_jp08/midi.html
b. MKS-7 implementaVon
When using the MKS-7 configura@on, the interface is fihed automa@cally to the MKS-7 sysex implementa@on as found in its manual. Sysex messages are sent out of the USB and DINMIDI ports and only the controls present in the MKS-7 are ac@ve.
Changing the MIDI channel allows you to control the 3 different blocks. To change the channel, use the Range switches 1-3:
· Range 1: Bass · Range 2: Chord · Range 3: Melody
This order is equivalent to the order of the different blocks on the front panel. Please note that the Rhythm doesn’t have parameters controllable using sysex.
Only certain controls are ac@ve. If you move an inac@ve control LEDs will flash to let you know. Here is the list of ac@ve controls for the MKS-7 and its equivalent SFC-8 control when necessary:
· Ac@ve analog sliders:
LFO RATE LFO DELAY VCO MODULARTOR LFO -> DCO LFO VCO MODULARTOR PWM -> DCO PWM
VCF CUT VCF RES VCF ENV
VCF LFO VCF KEY FLW -> VCF KBD VCA LEVEL ENV A ENV D ENV S ENV R
VCO1 CROSS -> SUB LEVEL
· The following sliders are used as ON/OFF switches, move them fully up or down: HPF CUT -> HP FILTER ON/OFF VCF VELO SENS -> VCF Dynamics affec@on VCA VELO SENS -> VCA Dynamics affec@on VCA LFO MOD -> VCA Gate/ENV
· Switches ac@ve (the switches with the lit LEDs are ac@ve in MKS-7 mode): ENV1 POLARITY VCO1 RANGE -> DCO RANGE VCO MODULATOR PWM -> PWM SOURCE USER 3 -> SAW ON/OFF USER 4 -> PULSE ON/OFF USER 5 -> NOISE ON/OFF ENV2 KEY FLW -> CHORUS ON/OFF
Fully MIDI implementa@on chart can be found at the end of the MKS-7 manual: hhp://cdn.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/MKS-7_OM.pdf
10.Control panel
The Control Panel is a Google-Chrome app that allows you to save CC maps and modes to 1 of the 4 configura@ons slots in the controller memory. Once it is saved, you can load them without a computer as explained in sec@on 8.
As firmware v1.3, the SFC-8 has 5 modes: · Arturia JUP-8 V4 · TAL J-8 · Roland Cloud Jupiter-8 · Roland Bou@que JP-08 · Roland MKS-7
Each mode has a different interface behavior that will fit the des@na@on plugin or hardware as much as possible. In some modes, a predefined CC map or sysex implementa@on is automa@cally loaded.
In the modes using CC messages, you can click on each control and change the CC message number. In some situa@ons, certain CCs are highjacked by DAWs and hard routed to specific func@ons, so some edits are necessary.
How to use the control panel:
· First plug in your SFC-8 · Then open the control panel in Google Chrome latest version · The device should be recognized and the message “Connected to SFC-8” will be
displayed on the leg middle container. The firmware version will also be displayed. · Choose your desired mode in the “plugin or hardware type” dropdown menu · If desired click on a switch/pot/slider in the front panel image and change its CC
number in the leg field. Only do this when necessary. · When you are done with your changes, click “Save to config #”
You have 4 different configura@ons available. To load configura@ons from the controller on the fly, see sec@on 8.
You can save a MIDI map on your computer: · click Export as text · click in the filled text field · copy and paste that list of comma-separated numbers · save that on a text file on your computer
Similarly, you can copy a saved text field from a text file and paste it in the control panel text field. Then click “Load text to panel”.
You can go back to the default CC values with “Fill table with factory values” or reloading the page and choosing the mode in the dropdown again.
11.User sliders and switches :
Please note that there are extra “User” pots and switches that you can map to whatever you want. For example, an other plugin reverb wet/dry or an FX return fader level.
12.UPPER/LOWER switches :
To switch between UPPER/LOWER, press and keep down the SHIFT switch then press and release either the UPPER or LOWER switch. As firmware v1.3, the controller doesn’t keep separate sets of interfaces states of the UPPER and LOWER sec@on. Please let me know if that’s desirable: nicolas@sound-force.nl
13.LEDs brightness:
Holding down the shig buhon, you can change the LEDs brightness turning the ARP RATE pot.
Documents / Resources
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soundforce SFC-8 Jupiter 8 MIDI Controller [pdf] User Manual SFC-8, SFC-8 Jupiter 8 MIDI Controller, Jupiter 8 MIDI Controller, MIDI Controller, Controller |