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1. User manual Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Command Introduction Midi Command User Interface Midi Command basic operation Macro Knob Midi Command settings Page type submenu Page settings menu MID type page settings Machinedrum type page settings ECH REV EQ DYN Macro Knob settings MIDI Command Incoming MIDI Support Using the MIDI Command to control Ableton Live Midi Command Sysex Reference Midi Command Schematics Midi Command Documentation N A A Q OW 10 12 13 15 17 20 21 24 29 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Command Introduction Thank you for choosing the Ruin amp Wesen Midi Command The Midi Command is a flexible MIDI controller designed to be small and easy to use It is especially designed for users of the Elektron Machinedrum synthesizer as it can directly control the parameters of it s 4 effects This document describes how to use the Midi Command to control other musical gear how to edit its settings and how to control Ableton Live with the Midi Command It also describes the SYSEX commands supported by the device and how to load new firmware on the device Finally the electronic hardware of the Midi Command is described allowing you to design your own firmware We provide a one year warranty covering all malfunctions occuring from normal use Damage caused by abusive handling is not covered Please contact us before returning a device for repair Shipping to Ruin amp Wesen is covered by2. the customer shipping from Ruin amp Wesen is covered by Ruin amp Wesen Midi Command Documentation Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Command User Interface The Midi Command features a LCD display 1 4 control encoders 2 a menu encoder 8 and a shift button 4 It also has a MIDI IN connector 5 a MIDI OUT connector 6 a power supply connector 7 and a power indicator LED 8 The 4 control encoders are used to send MIDI control parameters as well as to set values while editing the settings of the MIDI Command The menu encoder is used as a macro knob in normal operation for more information see the section Macro Knob The shift button is used to access additional functions in order to switch pages change patches access the editing functions and to set secondary settings 5 MIDI IN 6 MIDI OUT 1 display 4 shift button 7 power connector oF Je O 0 0 3 menu encoder 2 control encoders Midi Command User Interface Midi Command Documentation Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Command basic operation To use your Midi Command hook up a device that you want to control by connecting the MIDI OUT port 6 of the Midi Command to the MIDI IN port of the device you want to control Power up the Midi Command by plugging in the power supply into the power supply connector 7 The power indicator LED 8 will light up and the display 1 will show the company logo RUIN AND WESEN After
3. Be careful not to turn the control encoder while turning it as this will cancel the press The display will display the number of the new page as well as the page type for a short amount of time and then show the parameter values of the new page The control encoders now control the values of the new page Page number P AG E 2 Hold shift down MIDI PAGE Page type Press encoder button Switching pages To switch the current patch press the shift button 4 and turn the menu encoder 3 Be careful not to press the menu encoder while turning it as this will cancel the turn The display will show the number of the newly loaded patch for a short amount of time as well as the number of the current page and will then show the values of the parameters of the Midi Command Documentation Ruin amp Wesen Electronics new current patch You can then adjust the parameters using the control encoders 2 and switch pages as described in the paragraph above Page number P AG E 2 Hold shift down LOADING PATCH 2 Patch number Turn menu encoder Switching patches The factory patches of the MIDI Command are described in the appendix Factory patches Macro Knob Each parameter page features 4 parameters that can be directly controlled using the control encoders 2 In addition to these 4 encoders the Midi Command features a Macro Knob that is controlled by turning the menu encoder The Macro Knob allows you to modify t
4. a short amount of time the Midi Command will show the parameters values for the first page of the first patch The upper line of the display shows the parameter names while the lower line shows the current parameter value Parameter name C01 C02 C03 C04 002 080 003 100 Parameter value Turn encoders press for bigger steps Changing parameters You can adjust the parameters of the current page by turning the control encoders 2 Each parameter can go from O up to 127 Pressing a control encoder and turning it will make the values increment or decrement faster by an amount of 5 instead of 1 This is similar to the push turn functionality of the Elektron machines Double clicking a control encoder will reset the value of the parameter to 0 Be careful not to turn the encoder while double clicking it because this will cancel the double click Turning the menu encoder 3 will activate the macro knob feature which is describe in more detail in the section Macro Knob Midi Command Documentation 5 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics EDIT PAGE 1 MIDI PAGE Double click encoder to reset parameter to 0 Resetting a parameter to 0 The Midi Command can store 8 patches where each patch is made of 4 parameter pages Each parameter page is a grouping of 4 MIDI parameter that can be controlled using the 4 control encoders 2 To switch pages press the shift button 4 and hold it down then press one of the control encoders 2
5. AK message see above While programming the firmware wait for ACK before sending the next page Midi Byte Purpose address 4 bytes 16 bit page address address 0 lt lt 21 address 1 lt lt 14 address 2 lt lt 7 address 3 firmware page 8 bit data Firmware page max 64 bytes 8 bit data encoded in sysex checksum XOR of all sysex bytes starting with the CMD byte Midi Bootloader Firmware Checksum message Transmits the sum of all the firmware bytes used by the Midi Command to check if the current firmware is valid Midi Command Documentation 25 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Byte Purpose CMD CMD_FIRMWARE_CHECKSUM firmware length 3 bytes 16 bit firmware length length 0 lt lt 14 length 1 lt lt 7 length 2 firmware checksum 2 bytes 14 bit firmware checksum checksum O checksum 1 lt lt 7 Midi Command Messages Send Page message This message is used to update a page but not save it to the Midi Command s patch memory If the page is in another patch than the current patch this message has no effect Midi Byte Purpose sree O ERR page type page type O for MIDI page 1 for MD Reverb page 2 for MD Echo page 3 for MD EQ page 4 for MD Compressor page page data 8bit data 8 bit encoded page data see section Page formats below Save Page message This message is similar to Send Page but the page is stored in patch memory Midi Byte Purpo
6. Drum Page format This format is used for all the 4 types of MachineDrum pages Purpose Parameter number 4 bytes The parameter number of the parameter on the effect page Unused 4 bytes Unused bytes Macro 8 times 2 bytes lower Lower and upper boundaries for the boundary 1 byte upper boundary 1 macro knob byte Midi Command Documentation Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Command Schematics 10k BUTTON INPUT SD G sus chlo INPLITS4 INPUTS amp E a 3 INPUT S16 Fr NPUTS12 3 ai gt a INP E amp INPUT S6 INPUTS NPUTSZ JNE 1070F ore INPLIT S12 GND Midi Command Documentation 29
7. L P H P High volume 107 000 107 107 The third and fourth page of patch 1 allow you to control the best of bank parameters of the currently selected device When selecting a device the Midi Command flashes the name of the newly selected device and updates the parameter names accordingly For example when selecting a Compressor device page 3 looks like the following picture Midi Command Documentation 22 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics THR RAT ATK REL 116 063 050 047 Finally the macro knob is used in its relative CC mode Turning the macro knob will scroll through the scenes of your Ableton set Turning the macro knob while pushing it down will scroll through the tracks including the mastertrack LV1 LV2 LV3 LV4 107 107 107 107 Turn encoder to scroll through scenes Push and turn to scroll through tracks The Ableton remote surface mappings use the first patch of the Midi Command Make sure that patch 1 is selected The remote surface mappings will not overwrite the saved patch 1 in the Midi Command memory Changing the patch while using the Ableton surface mappings is not recommended because the Midi Command will be out of sync with the Able ton GUI Midi Command Documentation 23 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Command Sysex Reference The Midi Command uses a number of sysex messages to support firmware flashing patch backup and special features It also can send sysex data to control Elektron s Machinedrum effe
8. ames C C01 C02 C03 C04 001 002 003 004 CC number Turn encoder to adjust CC number Edit MIDI page CC numbers parameter Be careful not to press the encoder as this will change the edited page Pressing the encoder corresponding to the selected page again will switch to the second MID type settings page EDIT PAGE 1 2 MIDI PAGE Press page encoder a second time to enter second page Editing second MIDI page The second page shows the name of the parameter on the first line of the display and the MIDI channel of the CC message on the second line To change the MIDI channel turn the encoder of the corresponding parameter Be carefu not to press the encoder as this will change the edited page Midi Command Documentation 13 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Parameter names C01 C02 C03 C04 001 002 003 004 CC number Turn encoder to adjust CC number Edit MIDI page MIDI channels To edit the name of a parameter hold the shift button 4 and press the corresponding control encoder 2 EDIT NAME 1 PAGE 1 Hold shift button Press encoder to edit name Edit MIDI parameter name The name edit menu shows the number of the selected parameter on the first line and the name of the parameter on the second line Each name can have up to 4 characters It is recommended to leave the last character empty to separate the names of the parameters on the display Turn the 4 control encoders 2 to edit the individual chara
9. ct machines Common Messages All sysex messages start with a common header Midi Byte Purpose When 8 bit data has to be sent over sysex the following mechanism is used 7 bytes of 8 bit data are converted into 8 7 bit sysex data bytes The first of these 8 bytes contains the MSB of the following 7 bytes BYTE1 BYTE2 BYTES BYTE4 BYTES BYTE6 BYTE7 is converted to 0 MSB7 MSB6 MSB5 MSB4 MSB3 MSB2 MSB1 BYTE1 amp Ox7F BYTE2 amp 0x7F BYTES amp Ox7F BYTE4 amp 0x7F BYTES amp Ox7F BYTE6 amp 0x7F BYTE7 amp Ox7F 16 bit values are encoded as either 3 or 4 sysex bytes send with MSB first Midi Bootloader Messages Midi Bootloader ACK message Used to acknowledge a firmware page Midi Byte Purpose Midi Bootloader NAK message Used to signal an error while flashing a firmware page Midi Byte Purpose Midi Bootloader Start Program message Signal the Midi Command Bootloader to jump to the main program Midi Command Documentation 24 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Byte Purpose Midi Byte Purpose Midi Bootloader Start Bootloader message Signal the Midi Command to jump to invalidate the current firmware and start the bootloader This will invalidate the current firmware and will require you to reprogram the firmware Midi Byte Purpose Midi Bootloader Firmware Page message Transmit a firmware page The bootloader will flash this page into the firmware and answer with either an ACK or N
10. cters of the Midi Command Documentation 14 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics EDIT NAME 1 C01 Name Turn encoder to the name s letters Edit MIDI parameter name parameter name Once the parameter name is edited hold the shift button down and press the control encoder corresponding to the edited parameter again to exit the name edit menu and return to the MID page settings menu If you want to edit another name you can hold the shift button down and press the encoder corresponding to the parameter you want to edit to go directly to another name edit menu Machinedrum type page settings ECH REV EQ DYN The machinedrum type page settings are much simpler than the MID type page settings You can chose the selected effect parameter for each encoder by turning the respective encoder FRQ FLF FLW LEV e O ODDO Turn encoder to adjust the MD parameter number Editing Machinedrum pages The different parameters are e ECH page Midi Command Documentation 15 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics e TIM delay time e MOD delay time modulation amount e FRQ delay time modulation frequency e FB delay feedback FLF delay filter frequency e FLW delay filter width e MON stereo width parameter LEV delay level e REV page e DVL delay send volume e PRE pre delay time e DEC reverb decay time e DMP reverb damping amount e HP highpass frequency e LP lowpass frequency e GAT gate threshold e LEV reverb
11. he 4 page parameters by twisting a single knob You can adjust the range inside which each page parameter is modified by editing the Macro Knob settings see the section Macro Knob Settings below You can set the lower boundary and upper boundary for each parameter independently For example you could configure the Macro Knob to modify the first parameter from 30 to 60 the second parameter from 60 to 30 the third parameter from 0 to 127 and the fourth parameter from 127 to O Midi Command Documentation 4 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics C01 CO2 C03 C04 000 000 000 000 Turn macro knob press for bigger steps Macro Knob Turning the menu encoder 3 to set the Macro Knob to O will set the first parameter to 30 the second parameter to 60 the third parameter to 0 and the fourth parameter to 127 Gradually turning the menu encoder to the right will change the value of the first parameter from 30 to 60 the value of the second parameter from 60 to 30 the third parameter will follow the Macro Knob exactly and the fourth parameter will be the inverse of the Macro Knob value You can also double click the menu encoder to set the Macro Knob to 0 thus resetting all the 4 parameters to a default value Using the Macro Knob you can achieve drastic sound modifications at the twist of a single knob The Macro Knob can also be used to send two different relative CCs This way stepping through software menus or other relative CC functions can ea
12. level e EQ page e LP low filter frequency e LG low frequency gain e HP high filter frequency e HG high frequency gain e PF bandpass filter frequency e PG bandpass filter gain e PQ bandpass filter resonance e LEV EQ level e DYN page e ATK compressor attack time Midi Command Documentation 16 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics e REL compressor release time e THR compressor threshold level e RTO compressor ratio e KNE compressor knee setting e HP compressor highpass filter frequency e LEV compressor output level e MIX dry wet signal mix Macro Knob settings EDIT MACRO PAGE 3 Press menu encoder while in menu edit to enter macro edit Accessing the Macro edit page To access the macro knob settings for one of the four pages enter the page settings menu as described above and press the menu encoder 8 Midi Command Documentation 17 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Lower boundary 030 060 000 127 060 030 127 000 Upper boundary Hold shift to access upper boundaries Turn encoder to adjust lower upper boundaries Editing macro boundaries The display will show the number of the edited macro page and will then show the macro knob settings menu The upper line displays the lower boundary for each of the 4 parameters while the lower line displays the upper boundary for each of the 4 parameters To adjust the lower boundary of a parameter turn the corresponding encoder Yo
13. rning the corresponding control encoder 2 The new type will be displayed on the display Changing the type of a page will reset the parameters values to the default values Be careful when changing the types of a page you can always cancel the change by holding shift down and double clicking the menu encoder to leave the Settings mode You can also activate or deactivate the display backlight while in the page type submenu Hold the menu encoder down Hold for 1 second to activate backlight Toggling the LED backlight for 1 second to toggle the LED backlight Midi Command Documentation 11 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Page settings menu To edit the settings of an individual page press the control encoder 2 corresponding to the page The display will show the settings for the selected page EDIT PAGE 1 MIDI PAGE Click encoder to edit a page Edit an individual page To go back to the page type submenu hold the shift button 4 down and press the menu encoder 8 MENU PAGE TYPES Hold shift button Press to return to page type menu Return to page type menu Midi Command Documentation 12 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics MID type page settings MID type pages have two settings pages The first page shows the name of the parameter on the first line of the display and the selected CC value on the second line To change the CC value turn the encoder corresponding to the Parameter n
14. rrent settings Saving the current settings The settings menu is composed of a number of submenus which can be accessed by pressing the different encoders The following diagram shows how the submenus are organized Page type submenu The Page Types menu is used to set the type of the 4 pages of the current patch Each page can be of one of the following types e MID Type MIDI page type The encoders send MIDI CC messages The channel and number of the CC message can be configured e ECH Type Machinedrum DELAY page type The encoders send SYSEX messages used to control the Delay effect of the Elektron Machinedrum The parameter of each encoder can be configured e REV Type Machinedrum REVERB page type The encoders send SYSEX messages used to control the Reverb effect of the Elektron Machinedrum The parameter of each encoder can be configured e EQ Type Machinedrum EQUALIZER page type The encoders send SYSEX messages used to control the Equalizer effect of the Elektron Machinedrum The parameter of each encoder can be configured e DYN Type Machinedrum DYNAMIX page type The encoders send SYSEX messages used to control the Compressor effect of the Elektron Machinedrum The parameter of each encoder can be configured Midi Command Documentation 10 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics PG1 PG2 PG3 PG4 ECH REV EQ MID Turn control encoders to adjust page type Changing page types The type of each page can be adjusted by tu
15. se Midi Command Documentation 26 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Byte Purpose page type page type 0 for MIDI page 1 for MD Reverb page 2 for MD Echo page 3 for MD EQ page 4 for MD Compressor page page data 8bit data 8 bit encoded page data see section Page formats below Get Patch message This message is used to ask the Midi Command to send a patch over MIDI The Midi Command will respond by sending 4 SEND_PAGE messages see above with the content of the patch Midi Byte Purpose C Switch Patch message This message is used to ask the Midi Command to load a patch from patch memory Midi Byte Purpose Sereen O O O Set Flash message This message is used to make the Midi Command flash 2 lines of text on its display Midi Byte Purpose flash data 32 8 bit bytes two times 16 bytes one for the upper row of the LCD one for the lower row of the LCD Midi Command Documentation 27 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Command Page Format This section documents the format of page data in memory This format is also used when sending page data over sySex Midi Page format Purpose Byte CCs 4 bytes CC number for each encoder Channel 4 bytes Channel number for each encoder Macro 8 times 2 bytes lower Lower and upper boundaries for the boundary 1 byte upper boundary 1 macro knob byte Names 4 times 4 characters Name of each encoder 4 chars Machine
16. sily be reached from each page This is especially useful for scrolling through tracks in scenes in a program like Ableton Live Midi Command Documentation 8 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Midi Command settings To edit the settings of the Midi Command press the shift button 4 and hold it down and while keeping it down hold the menu encoder 3 down After approximately 1 second the Midi Command will enter the settings menu The settings menu edits the settings of the current patch MENU PAGE TYPES Hold shift button Press for 1 second to enter settings menu Entering the Settings menu To change the edited patch hold the shift button 4 down and turn the menu encoder 3 The changes to the current patch settings will not be saved when loading a new patch To exit the settings menu without saving the settings hold Hold shift button Double click to leave settings menu without saving Leaving the settings menu without saving the shift button 4 down and double click the menu encoder 3 The Midi Command will go back to the current page To exit the settings menu and save the settings hold the shift button 4 down and press the menu encoder 3 for about 1 seconds The Midi Command will save the modifications made to the current patch and go back to the current page Midi Command Documentation 9 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics SAVING SETTINGS TO PATCH 1 Hold shift button Press for 1 second to save the cu
17. t patch 1 and connect it to your computer s MIDI inter face Then start Ableton Live Open up the preferences panel and go to MIDI Sync panel Select MidiCommand as your control surface if MidiCommand does not appear in the list verify that you have copied the MidiCommand folder to the correct location as described above and configure the input MIDI port and the output MIDI port accordingly In this example use the Port 1 of a MidiLink adapter D Input IAC Driver Bus 1 Con om om w Input MidiCommand Input Midilink Port 1 Om C om On Sync Type MTC Frame Rate w g MTC Start Offset Ca AL d 9 D Input Midilink Port 2 ow ow on Midi Command Documentation 21 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Once the correct input and output devices have been chosen Ableton will update the parameter names on the Midi Command The first page of patch 1 shows the volumes of the first 4 tracks Track numbers LV1 LV2 LV3 LV4 110 110 110 110 Volume T Turn encoder to adjust track volume The second page of patch 1 shows parameters of the currently selected track It allows you to control the current track s volume and the first send Furthermore if the track contains an EQ either the 8 parameter EQ or the 3 parameter EQ it allows you to control the volume of the low and high frequencies of the last EQ in the track Send A Low volume Track volume L E V S D 1
18. ts to incoming MIDI CC messages and updates its parameter values accordingly This way annoying parameter discrepancy jumps are avoided when modifying parameters on the controlled gear To achieve this connect the MIDI OUT connector of the controlled gear or software to the MIDI IN connector of the Midi Command Make sure that the controlled gear or software sends out the modified values Midi Command only supports absolute CC messages Midi Command Documentation 20 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics Using the MIDI Command to control Ableton Live The MIDI Command comes with a remote control surface script for Ableton Live 5 6 and 7 To install this script download the installation files from http ruinwesen com software MidiCommand AbletonScript zip Unzip the zip file and copy the folder FCB1010 into the Ableton Live s MIDI Remote Scripts folder Under MacOSX this folder can be found inside the Live app bundle by right clicking on the Live app file and choosing Show Package Contents _ App Resources J Geter Lessons info plist Li OetewtPeckages MacOS d bventecorderttelgers i Resources bd forts Open Li Graphs Get Info A Live Show Package Contents Move to Trash MACOSX INSTALLATION FOLDER Under Windows this folder is found in the Ableton installation directory most often in C Program Files Ableton in the folder Resources After the folder was copied plug in your MIDI Command selec
19. u can also press turn the corresponding encoder to adjust the lower boundary value by bigger steps To adjust the upper boundary of a parameter hold the shift button 4 down and turn the corresponding encoder While holding the shift button down you can also press turn the corresponding encoder to adjust the upper boundary value by bigger steps Setting the same lower and upper boundary value will disable macro for this parameter turning the macro knob won t affect the current value of the parameter Using the Macro Knob to send relative CCs Setting a lower boundary of 128 for the first encoder activates the relative CC mode of the Macro Knob When the Macro Knob is set to relative CC it sends out 2 bits complement Relative CC messages which are recognized by softwares like Ableton Live You can set two CC values for the relative CC mode using the shift button and the first and second encoders Midi Command Documentation 18 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics RELATIVE CC 000 001 Hold shift to modify CC values Turn encoder to adjust CC values When in normal mode turning the macro knob will send a CC message with the first CC number Pressing down the macro knob and turning it will send a CC message with the second CC number This way you can for example scroll through scenes and tracks in Ableton Live Midi Command Documentation 19 Ruin amp Wesen Electronics MIDI Command Incoming MIDI Support The Midi Command reac
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