MachineDrandom — live kit randomizer

01

Navigate

jump the MD to the kit & pattern you want to work on. optional.

Kit slot · 1–64

Pattern

Tame mode · musical ranges for levels & sends

MachineDrandom changes the currently loaded kit in place — engine by engine, parameter by parameter — over live MIDI. Nothing is stored automatically: audition, then SAVE KIT on the MD to keep it. Enable CC + SysEx receive on the MD, and set Base ch (top right) to match GLOBAL SETTINGS → MIDI CHANNELS → BASE CH. The MD spreads its 16 tracks over 4 channels starting there. Sample machines (ROM/RAM) are excluded.

02

Global policy

defaults for every track. override per-track in the matrix.

Engine pool · families the random picker draws from

GND NFX · X12 TRX EFM E12 P-I INP · input MID · MIDI CTR · control ROM · sample RAM · sample

Includes X.12 machines: GND-SW, GND-PU (in GND) and the NFX noise group. INP (external inputs), MID (MIDI machines) and CTR (control machines) are off by default — turn them on to let the picker draw them too.

Per-parameter default · RND randomizes · DEF sends the default · FIX pins a value

RND all DEF all

Parameter	Group	Mode	Fixed value · 0–127

Synth params 1–8 are engine-specific (meaning depends on the assigned machine). Params 9–24 are the fixed track-FX & routing lane, identical on every machine.

03

Track matrix

16 voices. turn tracks ON to include them, lock an engine, lock any parameter, or inherit the global policy.

Include all Include none Clear all locks ⇶ MIDI Sequencer Mode

TRK

ON

Engine

Locks

04

FX parameters

optional · the kit's global Echo, Reverb, EQ and Compressor. activate, then randomize or pin values.

Roll FX parameters RND all DEF all

DEF leaves that parameter untouched on the MD · RND randomizes it on every roll · FIX pins a value. Transmitted as the MD's FX SysEx on the current kit, alongside the engine roll.

05

Generate & send

roll the dice, inspect, transmit live.

AUTECHRE KITS decoded from the md010308 dump · sends as engines + params, like any kit

—MIDI messages

—tracks rolled

—base channel

—navigate target

Generated kit · preview

#	Engine	FLT.F	FLT.Q	PAN	DIST	DEL	REV
Press Generate to roll.

Log

06

Pattern

generate a rhythm, then play it live on the MD. MACHINEDRANDOM is the sequencer; the MD is the sound module.

BPM

Steps · 1–128

Resolution

Clock

Algorithm

Swing · 50–75%

Velocity · 1–127

Density

38%

Vary per track

Accent downbeats

Ghost notes

Humanize

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Trigger note per track · must match the MD's MIDI map · sent on the base channel

Voice role per track · drives Linear & groove generators · auto-inferred from the loaded kit's engines

⟳ Generate trigs Clear grid

idle

MACHINEDRANDOM plays the pattern live on the MD as a sound module — it streams the trigs as MIDI notes. With Clock: Internal it generates the timing and sends MIDI clock so tempo-synced delay / LFOs lock to this BPM, and the MD's own sequencer is not started (nothing is written to pattern memory). With Clock: External · from MD it slaves to the MD's clock instead (select the MD as the MIDI input, top right) and follows its start/stop — here the MD is the master. Enable NOTE RECEIVE on the MD and make sure the note map matches. You can re-roll, edit cells, and change velocity / swing while it plays.