Roland VR09 / VR730 V-Combo EDITOR v1.12.25

V-Combo EDITOR is a (free) editor for Roland V-Combo VR09, VR09B and VR730.
It does not provide ‘proper sounds’ but works as enhanced controller for VR and
unlocks hundreds of ‘hidden VR features’ (hidden sounds, multi-zones/layers etc).
V-Combo700 EDITOR is running on ‘CTRLR platform’

CTRLR V-Combo EDITOR

for Windows, MacOSX, Linux

22/10/2026:
New Update of v1.12.25 (bugfix)

↠ Direct download for experienced EDITOR users : Win/OSX/Linux ↞

Releases: v1.12.25 is a continuous feature and hotfix update:

22/10/2026: Update - colour change of Tabs, bugfix in SOUND-GM2 'efx load'
10/09/2026: FEATURE update: improved V-Piano Enhancer
05/05/2026: BUGFIX update: - fixed corrupt Sound Browser

10/04/2026: Major FEATURE and BUGFIX release:
FEATURES:
- PK-Accompaniment (STAGE panel): when editor is also connected to VR PK-IN jack, 
  the 'editor PK pads' trigger VR-Rhythm variations
- Voice bar: '|||' symbols in the 'voice switches' indicate which voices react to
  VR hardware faders for envelope & filter (ADR and C/R)
- V-Piano: heavy revision requires reprogramming of VPiano presets and VR registrations:
    1. V-Piano has been made ready for 'half-damper' sustain pedals
    2. 'MidiMapper vpiano' is replaced by *direct* bank/PC activation
    3. reso-hall types' changed
    4. 2-voice piano-layer is abandoned. New Solo-voice can be used for midi actions
- pseudo-MFX 'Twin-Rotary-Chorus': this 'virtual' MFX is using MFX Twin-Rotary but offers
  easy configuration' to customise it as chorus effect
- patch load: 'clean/factory' button changed to 3 options:
   'factory', 'factory without EFX', 'clean without EFX nor default filter/envelope/porta/...':
   The last option allows to 'trial' different sounds while preserving your settings for portamento, filter etc
BUGFIXES:
- some editor 'voice switches' did not synchronise 'sound' at editor startup
- 'VR organ level bug autocorrection' did not work any more

Overview

(I) Features of “V-Combo EDITOR”
(II) Supported Operating Systems
(III) Installation
(IV) Configuration and Usage
(V) Tutorials and downloads
(VI) EDITOR version history
(VII) Pix

(I) Features of “V-Combo EDITOR”

Access to hundreds of ‘hidden’ sounds of the VR09/730:
- Roland ATELIER concert organ sounds (ca. 500)
- ‘hidden’ keyboard sounds (> 300 accoustic instruments and synth sounds)
- more than 2000 GM2, GS and Sound-Canvas sounds of VR ‘GM2 sound engine’
Increased timbrality from 2 voices (VR without EDITOR) to 9 voices (or 26 with GM2)
Multi-Zone setup (up to 4 splitted/layered zones) for VR keyboard
Organiser for VR registrations (using VR ‘registration backup’ *.upg-files)
Virtual-Analog Synthesizer with 2 User Interfaces (“Jupiter-80”-style and “GAIA Sound-Designer”)
MIDI Mapper for various live controls (VR-sysex to CC mapping, V-SYNTH patch load, etc)
VR ‘Rhythm’ extended features for ‘accompaniment’, 600 ‘hidden rhythms’
Additional ‘hidden’ sound options for VA synthesizer, keyboard sounds and GM2-sounds
Hammond style organ with 2 drawbar sets and (customisable) presets
‘Upload’ of GM2-sounds into the ‘keyboard layer’ for playing on the VR keys
Quick access of parameters instead of vR menu diving
Integrated in-line tutorials
Compatible to Roland VR09/VR730 firmware v.1.12/1.13
EDITOR MANUAL (written by Raymond) : V-COMBO EDITOR MANUAL

(II) Supported Operating Systems

– Microsoft Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8/10/11
– OSX (Apple MacOS): any OSX Version
– Linux (until editor release v1.12.09)

(III) Installation

Important Infos:
– the original ctrlr-website ‘ctrlr.org’ for ctrlr-software and panels has been closed
– download CTRLR and V-Combo EDITOR panel ONLY from the repositories mentioned in the instructions below
when installing CTRLR-platform (e.g. Mac, Linux) only use these versions: Windows: 5.4.29 (5.3.107 for XP); OSX: 5.3.198; Linux: 5.4.16
! Do NOT use newer versions of CTRLR as they are faulty and instable !
– Installation and Configuration of EDITOR is also explained in:
V-Combo-EDITOR-QuickStart.pdf
Raymonds V-COMBO EDITOR MANUAL
– the actual developpment runs in Github – do NOT use these ctrlr-versions !

EDITOR is based on CTRLR platform software. There are several methods to ‘install’ EDITOR:

MS-Windows Vista and 7-11 (XP see next) standalone EDITOR
Users of Windows Vista and 7-11 can run the “standalone” (no installation required!):
1. download the Windows executable V-Combo-EDITOR-v11225.exe
2. start EDITOR by clicking the downloaded ‘exe’ file.
MS-Windows XP (Vista, 7-11): CTRLR-platform + EDITOR plugin (mandatory for XP, at choice for Vista/7-11)
1. download and install CTRLR .exe-installer from MS-Win subfolder
– Windows XP: download Ctrlr-5.3.107-XP.exe
– Windows Vista, 7-11: download Ctrlr-5.4.29.exe
2. download the EDITOR panel-plugin-file V-Combo-EDITOR-v11225.bpanelz
3. start CTRLR: in CTRLR-menu ‘File’ select ‘Open Panel’ and load the panel-plugin-file (for updating editor, see below)
OSX / MacOS: : CTRLR-platform + EDITOR panel plugin
1. download and install CTRLR .dmg-installer from OSX/Mac subfolder
2. download the EDITOR panel-plugin-file V-Combo-EDITOR-v11225.bpanelz
3. start CTRLR: in CTRLR-menu ‘File’ select ‘Open Panel’ and load the panel-plugin-file (for updating editor, see below)
Linux: : CTRLR-platform + EDITOR panel plugin
The last CTRLR Editor running Linux/Ubuntu was release v1.12.09:
1. download and install CTRLR .sh-installer from Linux subfolder
2. download the EDITOR panel-plugin-file V-Combo-EDITOR_11209-Linux.bpanelz
3. start CTRLR: in CTRLR-menu ‘File’ select ‘Open Panel’ and load the panel-plugin-file (for updating editor, see below)
VST
EDITOR can run as a VST2 plugin for your DAW. You must generate the VST out of CTRLR on our own. Instructions are given in the inline-help of the panel

Updating to a new version of editor

– If you’re using the Windows-Standalone, just download the new ‘exe’ and start it
– If you’re using CTRLR with panel-plugin (Windows XP, Mac, Linux): download the latest “bpanelz” plugin file, then:
start CTRLR (with old editor): in left Editor menu click button [CTRLR MENU] to show ‘CTRLR menu’ on the window top
in CTRLR menu ‘File’ select ‘Close Panel’ to unload the old editor (important!)
then select ‘Open Panel’ and load the new panel-plugin-file

!! WARNING !! BEFORE LOADING A NEW PANEL INTO CTRLR, CLOSE THE OLD PANEL. Otherwise you a) risk to block the midi ports (MS Windows) and b) suffer from a bulk popup of hundreds of ‘info’ and file-browser windows: if this happens, wait until it comes to a halt, then close all popups, then close all panel instances within CTRLR

(IV) Configuration and Usage

Important: After each installation of a (new) EDITOR release, press the [v1….. README] button in EDITOR left menu (left lower corner) for version info
Connecting EDITOR to VR is explained in V-Combo-EDITOR-QuickStart.pdf, Raymonds EDITOR MANUAL or EDITOR built-in “QuickInfo” (see EDITOR [v1…. README] button)
Editor operation (first usage, all features & handling, ‘tricks’, etc etc) is explained in Raymonds EDITOR MANUAL and the Info and QuickHelp Menus integrated in the editor

Bugreports and ideas/wishes/change requests etc are highly appreciated. Please use the youtube vids for communication. Eventually use the VR09/730 facebook group or EDITOR youtube channel for requests.

(V) Tutorials and downloads

Video tutorials on youtube (outdated editor versions): [EDITOR setup, usage] [EDITOR GeneralMidi setup] [EDITOR v1.12(8) update]
EDITOR MANUAL (written by Raymond): [V-COMBO EDITOR MANUAL]
Instrument definition files for CUBASE
Instrument definition .ins-file for V-ARRANGER
‘oldschool’ software package [TechnoToys Omega] with arp, sequencer, drumbox (for Editor external program launcher)

(VI) EDITOR version history

v1.12.25 10/2026: update: bugfix in SOUND-GM2, different colour for selected tabs
v1.12.25 09/2026: update: improved V-Piano
v1.12.25 05/2026: hotfix update: fixed disfunctional Sound Browser
v1.12.25 04/2026: feature release: PK-Accompaniment, hardware-ADR/CR fader-indicators, new V-Piano, Twin-Rotary-Chorus, etc
v1.12.24 01/2025: feature update: d-beam harp, consolidated drumsets for KBD/GM/GS/SC
v1.12.23 11/2024: release refresh: minor bugfixes, "existing VR patch" dispaly in SOUND-GM2 "PCH PARSER" 
v1.12.23 09/2024: release refresh: Editor Sound Browser, MidiMapper 'drawbar value mapping, etc
v1.12.23 08/2024: hotfix for major bug in V-SYNTH: fixed general disfunction of 'per-partial' controllers
v1.12.22 07/2024: hotfix for major bug in saving/loading EDITOR patch registers in SOUND-KBD and V-SYNTH
v1.12.21 06/2024: adds new features, fixes/improves SYNTH 'envelope/filter' and V-Piano
v1.12.20 11/2023: fixes important bugs in V-SYNTH/VSSD and STAGE-RHYTHM and adds some new features
v1.12.19 09/2023: hotfix: faulty behaviour of channel volumes in SOUND-GM2 in mode 'GM2-engine'
v1.12.18 07/2023: hotfix ‘error popup windows’ when loading sounds into solo/lower/bass manual, bugfixes and adds some improvements and bugfixes
v1.12.17 06/2023: VA 'Sound Designer', Roland Sound-Canvas sounds, VA-synth PCM bugfix, bugfixes, features
v1.12.16 01/2023: 'virtual midi keyboard', bugfixes: SLT load, UPG-Editor, 'DIAL', Windows-standalone<
v1.12.15 09/2022: ATELIER sound set for GM2 engine, improved UPG-Editor, bugfixes
v1.12.14 06/2022: reorganized SOUND-tabs, 'DIAL' for sound select, new features, optimisations, bugfixes
v1.12.13 01/2022: Juno-Gi layer integration, improvments to V-Piano, JidiMapper, GM2 sound handling, many features, bugfixes
v1.12.12 01/2021: More builtin-Help, V-Piano, V-Organ, ATELIER, upg-Editor, bugfixes
v1.12.11 04/2020: STAGE view, multi-zones, 2 bass voices, MIDIMapper, V-Piano, QuickHelp
v1.12.10 12/2019: Version info, EXPERT/NOVICE mode, PCM-waveforms, V-Piano, sounds load withMFX
v1.12.9 01/2019: HOTFIX (DEL synthesizer-registration)
v1.12.8 08/2018: Timbrality, 'hidden' sounds and controls, rhythm control, program launcher +performance&bugfixes
v1.12.7 05/2018: EDITOR registration, SYNTHESIZER upgrade, V-ORGAN "Hammond style",  +performance&bugfixes
v1.12.6 04/2018: new Look, enhanced upg/registration editor, added controls, improved performance, bugfixes
v1.12.5 02/2018: HOTFIX for wrong registration order in upg-editor. UM1/UM2 VCE/SYN now fully parallel
v1.12.4 02/2018: dded: upg/registration editor, drumsets, improved workspace, bugfixes
v1.12.3 01/2018: added: patch registers, selector for VR-Key sounds, controls. Improved workspace.
v1.12.2 12/2017: modified panel surface, del. KBD/GM2-Tabulator, moved GM2 to main-tabulator
v1.12.1 12/2017: initial beta version