A big advantage of the Machinedrum over its modern counterpart the Analog Rytm is that it is a competent MIDI sequencer. Basic in implementation but complex and flexible in use, there are a variety of ways to approach MIDI sequencing with the Machinedrum that take things to a very modular place, with the ability to produce and generate rhythms and melodies through both deterministic and probabilistic modulation networks and patterns. This video details an approach utilizing a MIDI machine modulated via LFOs through the use of a CTR-8P machine. By using the Map Editor to map particular MIDI notes to instruments in combination with careful adjustment of the range of generative MIDI output we can produce and manipulate a wide variety of patterns using very simple inputs. Implementation of a basic use-case is thoroughly covered, with many details, quirks, and possibilities of this approach discussed
essentially this is a variation of the ‘LFO trigger conditions’ technique I demonstrated for the Octatrack, but instead of slices, we have MIDI notes, and they either trigger an instrument, or are not mapped