Roland VR700 V-Combo EDITOR

V-Combo700 EDITOR is a (free) editor for Roland V-Combo VR700
It does not provide proper sounds but works as enhanced controller for VR700 (avoiding horrible VR700 menu diving) and gives access to many ‘hidden’ features of VR700
V-Combo700 EDITOR is running on ‘CTRLR platform’

CTRLR V-Combo EDITOR
for Windows, MacOSX, Linux

10 / 2026: VR700 EDITOR v1.01.8 Documentation release

v1.01.8 corrects internal html documentation and inbuild INFO

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

NEW FEATURES & BUGFIXES of this release: + inbuild HTML documentation : some graphic fixes + inbuild INFO menus: somes fixes

Features of “V-Combo700 EDITOR”

Direct access to VR700 sounds and parameters instead of painful menu diving in the WDOAT (worst display of all times)
Extended capabiltities for “Layering”
‘hacked’ Multi-Effects: 80 Roland Cosm-MFX, freely assignable and fully customisable for each Ensemble sound
‘V-SYNTH’ for modifying sounds, creating fat synth layers (like subtractive synthesis) etc
Hammond style organ with two drawbar sets A/B and (customisable) presets
Hammond style “organ presets” (‘black keys’) on VRs lowest octave keys
Additional effects for ensemble sounds (filter, ADR envelope, vibrato, pan, special FX …)
Extended rhythm control (drum kit select, drum sound controls)
EDITOR FAVORITES (expading VR onboard favorites): 1000 favorites with custom naming and saving of ‘enhanced’ parameters (envelope/filter, rhythm control, vibrato, etc)
Coupling of VR-Favorite buttons and EDITOR-Favorites:
- VR-Favorites can be switched by the EDITOR user interface
- EDITOR-Favorites can be switched with VR700 Favorite buttons and/or footswitch
- EDITOR-Favorites and VR-Favorites can be switched with an external controller
Synthesizer ‘live’ mode : VR GAIN+REVERB pot and drawbars work as envelope/filter faders/knobs
Enhanced EQUALIZER
UPG file editor for reordering the favorites in Favorite backup (“UPG”) files
Compatible to VR700 latest firmware 1.08 (download from Roland website)

Supported Operating Systems

– Microsoft Windows: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8/10/11
– OSX (Apple MacOS): any OSX Version
– Linux

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 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 Midi-setup of EDITOR is also explained in
V-Combo-EDITOR-QuickStart.pdf
Raymonds V-COMBO EDITOR MANUAL (for VR09 but applicable to VR700 installation)

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 standalone executable V-Combo700-EDITOR-v1018.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 available at 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 panel-plugin-file V-Combo700-EDITOR-v1018.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
Installation for OSX/MacOS:
1. download and install CTRLR .dmg-installer from OSX/Mac subfolder
2. download the panel-plugin-file V-Combo700-EDITOR-v1018.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
CTRLR Editor on linux IS NOT TESTED:
1. download and install CTRLR .dmg-installer from Linux subfolder
2. download the panel-plugin-file V-Combo700-EDITOR-v1018.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

Configuration and Usage

Important: After each installation of a of (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 and editor built-in “QuickInfo” (see the README popup)
Editor operation (‘first usage’, EDITOR features & handling, ‘tricks’, etc etc etc) is explained in the Info and QuickHelp Menus integrated in the editor

Bugreports and ideas/wishes/change requests etc are highly appreciated. Please use use the VR700 facebook group for requests.

VR700 sound packs (‘syx’ files)

‘Example’ sounds in ‘syx-file’ format for loading into VR700 using ‘syx-import’ of EDITOR V-STAGE FAVORITES or V-SOUND Patch-Register:
1. download ‘VR700-SYX-PATCHES-nm.zip” from VR700 download
2. unzip, read ‘README.txt’
3. load into VR700 via EDITOR, eventually save as VR onboard FAVORITE or EDITOR FAVORITE

EDITOR version history

v1.01.8  10/2026:  minor 'documentation' update
v1.01.7  01/2025:  major hotfix (editor dysfunctional for first time users, html manual, inbuild arp)
v1.01.6  12/2024:  minor bugs (channel missmatch of incoming program changes, html-documentation etc)
v1.01.5  02/2024:  major bugfix release: fixe7 'sound-mute' on patch load, fixes 'html-doc' reload
v1.01.4  08/2023:  stablised release, redesigned UI, EDITOR FAVORITES, V-SYNTH including 'hidden MFX' etc etc
v1.01.3  --/202x:  development version
v1.01.2  03/2019:  bugfix version (fixed 'v-link')
v1.01.1  01/2019:  initial version: UI for VR700, Hammond style UI, 'free MFX', editor registrations/patch regiister
v1.01beta 01/2018: initial beta version