Maschine MK3 Mikro: possible to use as midi input AND control surface?

[Hneel]

 I have the Mascine Mikro MK3. I use it as a midi controlled drum interface together with EZDrummer software. This works fine, both as a standalone Windows app as well as a plugin in Cakewalk. 

I basically only use the 16 pads of the device, but it also has a lot of extra buttons like for example 'Play', 'Record', 'Stop'. I've mapped these buttons as 'MCU buttons', and when I select the device as 'Mackie Control' in the 'Control Surface' menu of Cakewalk, these buttons indeed operate these buttons in Cakewalk. 

So far so good, you might think. But when I use the device as Control Surface, the midi signals are not coming through anymore. Is there perhaps some way to use both at the same time? 

 

 

[Promidi]

In Preferences - MIDI - Devices, how many ports are listed for the Mikro?

[msmcleod]

You can't use the same MIDI port for both Mackie Control and normal MIDI input.  The Mackie Control takes sole ownership of the MIDI port.

Devices that support Mackie Control will expose extra ports specifically for that purpose.