The transport functions of some hardware recording devices and DAW applications can be remotely operated via MMC (MIDI Machine Control) commands. MMC is a specialized transport control protocol and requires a somewhat different configuration method.

The following values need to be specified:

To configure a button to send the MMC command “Play”:

1. Press to select an assignable button.
2. Press the Edit button.
3. Press the Control Assign key. The LCD screen will read “ASIGN” and display the currently selected control, and the current MIDI CC assignment.
4. Type 149 using the number keys. This sets the button to send MMC (MIDI Machine Control).
5. Press the Enter key.
6. Press the Edit button.
7. Press the Channel Assign key. The LCD screen will read “CHAN” and display the currently selected control, and the current MIDI channel is it assigned to.
8. Enter 127 (Poly On) using the number keys. This ensures that all receiving devices will respond to the MMC messages.
9. Press the Enter key.
10. Press the Edit button.
11. Press the Data 2 key. The LCD screen will display the current function for the Data 2 (in this case, “MMC”) and the number of the current MMC command. Refer to the table below.
12. Enter a number from the table below to select the MMC command for the button. This determines which transport function will be controlled by the button. For example, enter “2” for the Play command.
13. Press the Enter key.

After programming your device, please refer to this article to store your changes to memory.