Hi,
 
I need help with writing an ins. file for my Roland Juno DS. I have downloaded the MIDI implementation chart for my model and a tutorial from Tweakheads, but I still confused. 
 
Thanks,
Ed

I might be able to help.  Have you looked at any examples of ins files?  They are pretty straightforward.  I have a few Roland one's I've done myself if you want me to send them to you.

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Roland-Juno-106-Instrument-Definition-m794893.aspx
Scroll down to R!Soc's post.

Husker,
 
Do you have the ins. file for the Juno DS?
 
Thanks

I don't, but if you have a list of the presets, the actual file is simple enough to create.
 
 

They're a bit tedious to make... have done several.

Hi,
 
I have downloaded the MIDI chart implementation file for the Juno-DS, but I cannot figure out the right value number for each specific bank sound when trying to define the file for example (Piano, Keyboard/Organ, Orchestra, Guitar/Bass etc, etc.) It tells me the following:
 
Bank   |                |  Program        |  Group              | NUMBER
MSB    |   LSB       |  Number         |                         |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
000     |                | 001 - 128       | GM Patch          | 0001 - 0256
  :
063     |                | 001 - 128       | GM Patch          | 0001 - 0256
 
What value should I give each bank? The chart does not give me a list of sound banks and their MSB or LSB number.
 
Thanks,
Ed
 

Phoen1xPJ
They're a bit tedious to make... have done several.

Simple, yes.  Tedious, absolutely.  I actually finished making definition files for all my hardware last October.  Then Cakewalk went under, and I switched to Cubase.  Then I spent another month redoing everything in Cubase Patchscript format.  

edpdx1
Hi,
 
I have downloaded the MIDI chart implementation file for the Juno-DS, but I cannot figure out the right value number for each specific bank sound when trying to define the file for example (Piano, Keyboard/Organ, Orchestra etc, etc.) It tells me the following:
 
Bank   |                |  Program        |  Group              | NUMBER
MSB    |   LSB       |  Number         |                         |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
000     |                | 001 - 128       | GM Patch          | 0001 - 0256
  :
063     |                | 001 - 128       | GM Patch          | 0001 - 0256
 
What value should I give each bank?
 
Thanks,
Ed
 

What I would do is this - copy the one that Bitflipper suggested earlier, just cut out all but a few of the presets, and rename the first few presets to what is on the DS.  Install it, and see what happens.  It took me just a few minutes of trial and error to figure out what the actual numbers it was expecting.

http://cdn.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/JUNO-DS_ParamGuide_e01_W.pdf
 
Click on patchlist.