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RUIN & WESEN
MIDI COMMAND
User manual
Ruin & Wesen
c/o Odendahl Systemprogrammierung, Jägerstrasse 36 76227, Durlach, Germany
info@ruinwesen.com
http://ruinwesen.com/

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  • Page 1 RUIN & WESEN MIDI COMMAND User manual Ruin & Wesen c/o Odendahl Systemprogrammierung, Jägerstrasse 36 76227, Durlach, Germany info@ruinwesen.com http://ruinwesen.com/...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    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...

  • Page 3: Midi Command

    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.

  • Page 4: Midi Command User Interface

    Midi Command User Interface The Midi Command features a LCD display (1), 4 control encoders (2), a menu encoder (3) 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.

  • Page 5: Midi Command Basic Operation

    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).
  • Page 6 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).

  • Page 7: 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 the 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).
  • Page 8 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 easily be reached from each page. This is especially useful for scrolling through tracks in scenes in a program like Ableton Live. Midi Command Documentation...

  • Page 9: Midi Command Settings

    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.

  • Page 10: Page Type Submenu

    Elektron Machinedrum. The parameter of each encoder can be configured. • 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...
  • Page 11 You can also activate or deactivate the display backlight while in the page type submenu. Hold the menu encoder down PG1 PG2 PG3 PG4 MID MID MID MID Hold for 1 second to activate backlight Toggling the LED backlight for 1 second to toggle the LED backlight. Midi Command Documentation...

  • Page 12: Page Settings Menu

    To go back to the page type submenu, hold the shift button (4) down and press the menu encoder (3). MENU PAGE TYPES Hold shift button Press to return to page type menu Return to page type menu Midi Command Documentation...

  • Page 13: Mid Type Page Settings

    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...
  • Page 14 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 characters of the Midi Command Documentation...

  • Page 15: 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 Turn encoder to adjust the MD parameter number Editing Machinedrum pages The different parameters are: • ECH page: Midi Command Documentation...
  • Page 16 • HP: high filter frequency • HG: high frequency gain • PF: bandpass filter frequency • PG: bandpass filter gain • PQ: bandpass filter resonance • LEV: EQ level • DYN page: • ATK: compressor attack time Midi Command Documentation...

  • Page 17: Macro Knob Settings

    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 (3). Midi Command Documentation...
  • Page 18 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...
  • Page 19 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...

  • Page 20: Midi Command Incoming Midi Support

    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.

  • Page 21: Using The Midi Command To Control Ableton Live

    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”...
  • Page 22 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.
  • Page 23 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.

  • Page 24: Midi Command Sysex Reference

    Ruin & 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 effect machines. Common Messages...
  • Page 25 XOR of all sysex bytes starting with the CMD byte 0xF7 MIDI Sysex END 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...
  • Page 26 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.
  • Page 27 MIDI Sysex END 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...
  • Page 28 Ruin & 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 Byte Purpose CCs (4 bytes) CC number for each encoder...

  • Page 29: Midi Command Schematics

    Ruin & Wesen Electronics Midi Command Schematics Midi Command Documentation...

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