V1.02: Graphics Update for JT4000M

 

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Superbooth 2026

 

If you're wondering why your town is lacking balding bearded men this weekend, it's because we're at Superbooth in Berlin. After fighting through my fellow clones, so far I would say,  my favourite synth was the Udo super 6 and the Nord stage compact 4.  I can also report that massive trousers are also very much back in style, as are green bomber jackets.

Graphics Update for Behringer JT Mini Editor

 I've managed to sit down and find some time to update the graphics for the JT Mini editor:

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Free Behringer CZ-1 Mini Editor

https://www.behringer-cz1-editor.co.uk/ 

This editor has taken me forever to complete! It's by far and away the most advanced one I've built yet, featuring 90 or so sliders.  I'd had no experience with Phase Distortion Synthesis before starting this project, so it meant reading a few books and watching hours of you tube videos.  There's bound to be a few bugs, but it sure beats using the single button on the hardware to program the unit. 

The UI has also been designed to shed some light on how to program it, with panels being highlighted when accessible, and animations to convey what is being changed.  Hopefully it should help somebody.  Every control has it's function listed, you just need to hover the mouse over it.

Here's a short youtube video going over some of the features.

Free Behringer UB-1 Micro Editor

https://www.behringer-ub1-micro-editor.co.uk/ 

I've made another free online midi editor, this time for the Behringer UB-1 micro synth.  My UB-1 was meant to have been delivered back in January, but it's unfortunately been delayed for months now.  Anyway, I used the manual to get all of the MIDI CC data, and remapped it all from my original JT4000m editor.  It's currently untested, but when my unit arrives, I'll confirm it's correctly working.

Free Behringer JT Mini Editor

https://gary909.github.io/JT-Midi-Editor/

My Behringer JT Mini Editor is now available for free.  I'd originally brought the JT4000m synth and had fun making an editor for that, so I bought a few more to play around with.  I probably should've read the manual before ordering though, because the JT Mini doesn't have that many accessible midi CC controls.  Oh well! I made it anyway, so hopefully it might be of some use to somebody.

Super Saw Synth created in Klang Studio

I recently took the Basic Audio Programming course offered by PointBlank, and https://www.theaudioprogrammer.com/ and this was my version of the Super Saw Synth. It was created using Klang Studio, using seven detuned SAW waves. The course is only about 4 hours long but it serves as a great intro into DSP principles. I can only recommend.

I'm also currently going through the Audio Programmer / Matthijs Hollemans books: Creating Synthesizer Plug-Ins with C++ and JUCE, and The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Audio Plug-in Development. I'm only half way through the plugin book, but it's been really great so far, a lot less academic (aka 'hard') and much more hands on learning than the Will Pirkle books (Designing Audio Effect Plugins & Designing Software Synthesizer Plugins).