1st update. I found something called MMC, Multi Machine Control, that will make the second DAW d what the first one does, so if I start DAW 1 that will also control DAW 2 if MMC is enabled on both.

And last week rharv taught me about SPP!! Been a good MIDI week!

So for the drum machine thing I think I would have to find a way to turn the clock information on and off to start and stop it where I want it to. Or just use the mute on the mixer since it would be playing a redundant loop. I could just turn the channel on and off by muting it. Not elegant, but functional.