# \[Preset\] Roland MKS50 / Alpha Juno

**URL:** <https://forum.electra.one/t/preset-roland-mks50-alpha-juno/22>\
**Category:** Instruments\
**Created:** [January 18, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/preset-roland-mks50-alpha-juno/22 "2020-01-18T10:36:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![martin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/martin/32/145_2.png) [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/preset-roland-mks50-alpha-juno/22/1 "2020-01-18T10:36:06Z")

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A preset with full support for Roland MKS50 / Alpha Juno.

In order to automatically update Electra controls when patch is changed on the panel following must be set:

[TUNE/MIDI]  
MEM. PROTECT OFF  
TX TONE APR ON  
TX PATCH APR ON

[roland-mks50.epr](https://forum.electra.one/uploads/short-url/n5y0MK86a7TLbTkYNopmjNn2edD.epr) (39.1 KB)

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**Author:** ![NewIgnis](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/newignis/32/767_2.png) [@NewIgnis](https://forum.electra.one/u/NewIgnis)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/preset-roland-mks50-alpha-juno/22/2 "2026-05-18T21:04:35Z")

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I’ve made a new Alpha Juno preset. As yet untested and WIP. Patch parsing will come 😉

> **[Electra One App](https://app.electra.one/preset/A86LY07O5ZM0Whf4oFvY)**

@martin ; could it be your MKS50 preset from January 2020 is no longer importable ? No longer compliant? At least I couldn’t open it.

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**Author:** ![NewIgnis](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/newignis/32/767_2.png) [@NewIgnis](https://forum.electra.one/u/NewIgnis)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/preset-roland-mks50-alpha-juno/22/3 "2026-05-19T21:07:54Z")

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I worked futher on the untested V0

what should work:

**Page “Main”**

- control the patch parameters
- visualize the envelope

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**Page “Name”**

- set the patch name
- change the MIDI channel on the fly
- set the patch bender range

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**Page “Performance”**

- alpha juno tone modify (upper 8 buttons)
- use an additional E1 LFO with morphable shapes and LFO oscilloscope
- layer an additional MIDI channel
- change between polyphonic and monophonic voicing
- perform a program change

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what is not yet done, but will come:

- patch parsing

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**Author:** ![NewIgnis](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/newignis/32/767_2.png) [@NewIgnis](https://forum.electra.one/u/NewIgnis)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/preset-roland-mks50-alpha-juno/22/4 "2026-05-22T10:11:21Z")

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Juno arrived. I got the remote control working, as well as patch parsing, IF you invoke a program change on the Juno. But not yet when invoked from the E1. The patch name setting is also something specific that’ll need some more attention.

EDIT: The preset is ready, and has now become V1

# Roland Alpha Juno 1 & 2 / MKS-50

**with add’l LFO and patch parsing**

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**Page “Main”**

- all patch parameters, except pitch bend range

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**Page “Performance”**

- set the pitch bend range
- use an additional E1 LFO with morphable shapes and LFO oscilloscope
- layer an additional MIDI channel
- chord mode
- perform a program change
- patch parsing and show name
- change the synth MIDI channel

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some limitations to the Alpha Juno

- you can’t set the patch name remotely
- patch parsing will only function if you perform the program change on the  
Alpha Juno, not on the E1