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Robert’s BASIC SCENES AND TONES for JUPITER-X/Xm

Just a few Scenes set up with absolute basic starting points for commonly desired performance setups. They include “true initialized” User Tones for JP8, JU106, JX8P, and SH101, set to Saw waveforms and no effects. Use MENU > UTILITY > IMPORT/EXPORT > IMPORT SCENE to import them onto your system, and include the option to import user tones as well. Don’t expect them to sound fun, that’s *your* job! But you can save yourself a lot of setup time by starting here so that you can just focus on assigning Tones.

TRUE INIT - An INIT Scene with INIT Tones in Parts 1-4: JP8, JU106, JX8P, and SH101, respectively. No effects, no I-Arp. Just a simple Scene with simple Saw Tones from which to start. By default, only Part 1 (Jupiter 8) is selected and has PART SW=ON. Use the FUNCTION button and buttons 1-4 to select OSCs, and virtually everything can be controlled from the surface controls, with little or no menu reference.

SPLIT INIT - Same as above, but Parts 1 (Upper) and 2 (Lower) are both on and assigned to a Split keyboard. Select the Part and customize the Tone or use Knob 2 to browse and replace the Init Tone. In SCENE ZONE EDIT, Split takes place at C#4 (default). Until you start changing the Tones for each Part, you won’t notice the difference.

SPLIT ARP UPPER - Same as SPLIT INIT, except Part 1 (Upper) is set to a simple Up/Down arpeggio, which can be customized in ARP PART EDIT. The Part and Arp are setup so as to be completely independent from Part 2 (Lower). Note: changing the I-Arp Type in ARP COMMON EDIT may change the settings for Part 2, like changing Switch in ARP PART EDIT to ON when it was OFF.

SPLIT BASS/PAD - Similar to SPLIT ARP UPPER, except now Part 2 (lower) is Mono and set to arpeggiate with a simple repeating bass line, bouncing between two octaves (ARP PART EDIT Octave Range -1). Great for going back in time to 1979 and auditioning for a synth pop band. Upper keys are free to play chords or a lead. Split point here is set at B3/C4 in SCENE ZONE EDIT. Also, the drum machine is thumpin’ by default. Just because. Change it with the RHYTHM dial. Or turn it off. I won’t be offended.

—BONUS SCENES!—

NIGHTCALL <1> and <2> - Not simple or basic, but a pair of fun Scenes to play and study. As seen at https://youtu.be/7ztcb9wmVJA , my cover of the synthwave classic “Nightcall” by Kavinsky, split across two Scenes. An easy way to check out the Vocoder (Part 1) and, with pre-programmed patterns in Step Edit, all that bothersome work of actually playing the keyboard has been done for you! Hook up Mr. Microphone and tell the kids you’ll be back to pick them up later.

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Robert Saint John, October 2020