Controlling MachineDrum With MIDI

[PeterHanes]

@Jbuckley92

Do you know if I can open the mute and swing functions?

As @sezare56 points out, you can mute individual tracks by sending MIDI CC messages to the MD.

@hyperstationjr

I thought I read about hidden sysex messages that controlled buttons on the Machinedrum. It was part of a list of hidden sysex values and these buttons may have been part of it. If you find the list and have a midi controller that sends out sysex messages, that may do it?

Indeed, @JustinValer posted a list of undocumented SysEx commands for the MD, including commands to hold and release bank buttons and open/close swing and mute windows, here:

Undocumented Sysex

After performing some MIDI probing I discovered undocumented SYSEX commands that allow you to control the MD GUI via MIDI. MIDI Byte | Purpose (MD SYSEX init) | 0x40 | n | See below a | See below 0xF7 | n | a | Purpose 0x00 | | 0x01 | any | Toggle KIT menu 0x02 | any | Toggle LFO menu 0x03 | a > 0x64 | Hold up arrow | a <= 0x64 | Release up arrow 0x04 | a > 0x64 | Ho…

[pink_man]

I Have a Question to this Device: Do you think I can record MIDI information to that? I wish to Jam on the MD on a production. Afterwards I want to record Single tracks or groups from the Main Out based on the recorded MIDI data to process the groups or tracks with the main effects.
It would really help as Jamming with little editing afterwards is my main workflow for composition and I still want the capability to edit sounds separately.