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The Minicommand is a flexible MIDI controller designed to be small and easy to use. In fact, it is a very special MIDI controller, because you can completely change the way it functions: you can use it as a sequencer, as a controller, as a backup tool, as a MIDI merger, as a MIDI clock, etc… The principle behind this is very simple: a MIDI controller contains a small CPU (like the processor in your desktop computer) that runs a single program. This program controls everything the device does: it recognises button presses and knob turns, it displays data on the screen, it receives and sends MIDI messages, and it can read and store files on the internal SD-card. Normally, a MIDI controller has a single firmware that can’t be easily changed (either the manufacturer has to upgrade it, or you have to use a complicated flashing tool), and you are limited to what the manufacturer has programmed into this firmware.

The approach of the Minicommand is the exact opposite of this. You can very easily upload a new firmware over the MIDI connection to the device. Thus, you can easily browse the Ruin & Wesen Firmware repository, choose a firmware you like and want to try, upload it to the device, and get down to business. The Minicommand needs to be connected to a computer just the time it takes to upload the new firmware. After that, you can use it as a standalone MIDI controller.

The firmware possibilities are endless. At the time this document is being written, most firmwares provided by Ruin & Wesen are oriented towards Elektron Machinedrum users, although we provide a simple MIDI Controller firmware as well. We provide a controller that allows for controlling the effect sections of the Machinedrum, that has a very easy MIDI learn functionality displaying parameter names, we have a polyrhythmic sequencer, we have a firmware providing backup snapshots every 30 seconds of the current pattern on the Machinedrum, etc… We also provide a complete development environment for the Minicommand, allowing users who want to program their own firmwares to very easily do so. The development environment is based on the Arduino environment, but comes with a full set of Ruin & Wesen libraries designed specifically for the Minicommand. We provide a full featured MIDI stack, allowing you to use the following features:

• Sending and receiving all kind of MIDI messages (notes, CCs, aftertouch, pitchwheel, NRPN, sysex, etc…)
• Generating and synchronising to MIDI clock streams
• Sequencing events
• Sending and receiving samples over SDS

Firmwares written by users can very easily be uploaded to the online Ruin & Wesen firmware repository, where they can be accessed and modified by more users. We hope to launch a thriving firmware community for the Minicommands, allowing programmers to share their creations and get feedback, and users who are not programmers to access a huge amount of custom firmwares and help with their development as well.

Very soon...

The Monojoystick is a small joystick controller designed as the ideal companion to the Elektron Monomachine SFX-60. Featuring 6 buttons, it allows to intuitively select the controlled track. The controlled parameters are setup in the Monomachine settings panel, just as on the SFX-6 model.

More than just an emulation, the Monojoystick has a few tricks up its sleeve: when pressing multiple track buttons, you can control up to all tracks at once with a single sweet of the joystick, allowing for some sonic madness! To clean up, just revert to the saved kit at the press of a button. Alternatively, you can also revert a single track back to its saved settings. Furthermore, the MonoJoystick finally allows you to have access to CTR-AL tweaking on the MonoMachine. Press a button on the MonoJoystick, turn a knob on the MonoMachine, and all tracks are affected!

To make for an easy live-setup, the Monojoystick features a MIDI merger to allow you to chain additional devices in your controller setup.

The Monojoystick can also be used for advanced sound design with its organic machine randomization. Select a machine type, tweak a few buttons, and then wiggle the joystick around to incrementally mutate the machine settings.