Configure Roland JP-8000 – Shift Function Buttons

Click and hold SHIFT + MIDI SW (button 5) and scroll until you came across these settings:

Tx/Rx Edit SW	=	ON
Rx Exclusive SW	=	ON
Tx/Rx ProgChg SW	=	BANK SEL + PC
Local Switch	=	If JP-8000 would be my master keyboard, I would turn it off.
MIDI Clock	=	External syncs to MIDI input clock. Check if you can provide clock from your DAW.
MIDI Sync	=	If on, hardware will sync to MIDI clock from MIDI.

Next click MIDI PRM (button 4) and scroll until you came across these settings:

Device ID	=	17 (for multiple JP’s in setup, choose individual ID for each).
Tx/Rx Edit Mode	=	MODE1
Perform Ctrl Ch	=	3
Remote Ctrl Ch	=	16

Click PFM PART (button 2)

Check both layers and make sure Part MIDI CH for LOWER is set to 1 and UPPER is set to 2.

External Clock Note: Arpeggiator will not play unless your DAW is able to provide a MIDI Clock. Windows: Check our method of using MIDI OX and LoopBe together to provide MIDI clock from DAW to your synth.

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