elektron machinedrum SPS1 MkII

[john_nick]

Considering buying this. Does any member have one and would appreciate your feedback.

Kind regards

[stiiiiiiive]

Yep, MD UW user here. Great drum machine. Very live friendly, you can do anything while playing.
The UW adds A LOT. I would not trade the UW for the +Drive, for instance.

If you have specific questions, feel free to PM me

[john_nick]

thanks stiiiiiive. Will look at manual and see what UW is all about

[Norcaljak]

Hi stiiiiiive,

Just actually bought one of these units the other day, but struggeling to figure out how to connect my Nord Rack 2 so that its triggered by MD using MIDI...do you have any suggestions on how you might have gone about setting this up? Ive tried going to the Elektron user forum, but not had much luck...

Ive been connected NR2 Midi IN -->MD Midi Out, set up a Midi Track on MID 01 SYNT, set base channel to "--" on MD and midi channel 1 on NR2...im getting the light to trigger whenever i press the track button on the MD, but just no sound ouput...again, any ideas/suggestions/advice would be very much appreciated

All the best

[stiiiiiiive]

Hey !

First of all, check your MIDI cables. Then, read on

There is a « double layer » in MIDI possibilities of the MD.
If I remember correct, you can set a MIDI “Base channel” (search that in the Reference Guide). That channel and the 3 subsequent ones will be used for transmitting/receiving the program change messages, clock/start/stop messages as well as messages related to each parameter of each track.

Then, you can use the MIDI machines to send track related MIDI sequences. Edit your kit to add it the MIDI machine with the number of the channel you want to use (independently of the Base channel setting), and go ahead.
BTW you can set no Base channel so that only the MIDI machines send MIDI data (again refer to the MD manual).

Obviously, have your NR2 set on the right MIDI channel, i.e. the one of the MIDI machine you use.