Roland Juno DS & External Drum Machine Connection Help!

[Argraphics11]

Thanks in advance for helping me with this issue.
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Gear Used
Juno DS
Boss DR550 MKII
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Drum Machine is set to MIDI tempo Sync, I tried Omni & Specific Chanels....No LUCK
Cables are correct Drum Machine in to Juno Out
I press Juno and hear the Drum Sounds from the Drum machine( Communication is set Properly)
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I want to press Play on the Juno DS Sequencer and have it trigger the Start on the Drum machine...
I cant get this to work
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Any ideas what settings might need to be modified within the Junos MIDI section...I pretty much tried them all

 

[happyrat1]

You've just discovered what we discovered 3 years ago. The Juno DS Step Sequencer does NOT transmit MIDI.

Gary

 

[Argraphics11]

You've just discovered what we discovered 3 years ago. The Juno DS Step Sequencer does NOT transmit MIDI.

Gary

Thanks for replying At least ill stop going crazy trying to figure it out...Appreciate it

 

[happyrat1]

There is a workaraound.

You can save a pattern to a thumb drive as a MID file and export it that way.

Gary

 

[Argraphics11]

IM lost What I want to do is Press Play on the Juno Sequencer and that turns on the Dr-550

Very Basic

 

[happyrat1]

That is not directly doable, but you can export the pattern as a MID file on a thumb drive and use that to drive your DR-550 from a DAW on a computer.

Awkward but it does work,

Gary

 

[Argraphics11]

There is a workaraound.

You can save a pattern to a thumb drive as a MID file and export it that way.

Gary

Ill just use logic as the center piece...I was trying to avoid a Computer...Thanks I Appreciate the help...You rock

 

[happyrat1]

You're welcome

Gary

 

[erinleahmcdonald]

Hi Gary! I am having this problem too. Wondering if you might happen to know - is it possible to record a drum pattern I made on my drum machine (tr 8s) onto one of the Juno DS Sequencer channels? Thanks! I am a midi beginner .

 

[happyrat1]

While you can play back your TR8s beats thru the Juno's Drum Kits and you can export the Juno's sequences as MID files, there's no way that I know of to import sequences to the Juno DS.

Gary

 

[erinleahmcdonald]

Thanks so much Gary!