Free PadKontrol app by The Covert Operators
Free PadKontrol app by The Covert Operators
Hey,
we made a neat little app to control Ableton Live *properly* from a Korg PadKontrol - no need to install custom scenes or anything - just set up your midi ports once, and go!
Newly updated RC3 version available for both OSX and WinXP!
* The lights now behave "properly"; when a note is on in Live the light stays on. If you go to a different octave range or midi channel the pad lighting will respond to the notes coming from there.
*The Encoder now transmits midi,
*The Knob assign 1 and 2 buttons are used to select octave/channel (like one would have on a regular keyboard)
*SCENE, MESSAGE, Fixed Velocity, Prog Change, Hold, Flam, Roll buttons all output midi
*the X/Y field doesn't reset when you release it anymore.
*The Pedal input is hard-wired to sustain. No messing about.
* The Parameter section now navigates the session view by using Mackie Control Emulation, and you can show hide browser, clip view from the x/y/ buttons while controlling undo/redo from the pedal and setting buttons.
*App automatically saves its midi input/output settings: set and forget!
* edit: The two top knobs have parameter smoothing - the original firmware only had 32 steps on the faders!
Brief manual coming soon, but if you want to try it out straight away it's on our website at:
http://www.covops.org/index.php/Softwar ... uared.html
Have a good one!
Andreas- The Covert Ops.
we made a neat little app to control Ableton Live *properly* from a Korg PadKontrol - no need to install custom scenes or anything - just set up your midi ports once, and go!
Newly updated RC3 version available for both OSX and WinXP!
* The lights now behave "properly"; when a note is on in Live the light stays on. If you go to a different octave range or midi channel the pad lighting will respond to the notes coming from there.
*The Encoder now transmits midi,
*The Knob assign 1 and 2 buttons are used to select octave/channel (like one would have on a regular keyboard)
*SCENE, MESSAGE, Fixed Velocity, Prog Change, Hold, Flam, Roll buttons all output midi
*the X/Y field doesn't reset when you release it anymore.
*The Pedal input is hard-wired to sustain. No messing about.
* The Parameter section now navigates the session view by using Mackie Control Emulation, and you can show hide browser, clip view from the x/y/ buttons while controlling undo/redo from the pedal and setting buttons.
*App automatically saves its midi input/output settings: set and forget!
* edit: The two top knobs have parameter smoothing - the original firmware only had 32 steps on the faders!
Brief manual coming soon, but if you want to try it out straight away it's on our website at:
http://www.covops.org/index.php/Softwar ... uared.html
Have a good one!
Andreas- The Covert Ops.
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Cool, definitly interested, just noticed the reset naggle with the X/Y pad.Machinate wrote:cool - tomorrow Bjorn and I will (hopefully) be able to substitute an external we're using with a home-made abstraction. Until that happens the software will be pc only, unfortunately.bigbadotis wrote:this sounds awesome. Can't wait to try it out. - Charlie
cheers,
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Love the PadKontrol, and like the idea of being able to use it without its odd built in limitations.
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I would like to know how this works also; I've installed it, but when it seemed to be running my PK was utterly unresponsive (this is when I ran it before opening Live). When I ran it after Live was opened, it didn't seem to be noticed at all.EgAD wrote:so is this basicly just a scene so for instance if you've got a synth loaded and you'd like to control that you just switch scenes?
Some details on how to use this would be great, as it sounds fantastic!
(It doesn't seem to be a PK Scene, since there's no kpkd/s-type files?)
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Edirol UA-1000, Korg PadKontrol, Dynaudio BM 5A's
REAPER, Live, Sound Forge
Edirol UA-1000, Korg PadKontrol, Dynaudio BM 5A's
REAPER, Live, Sound Forge
x2...I would like to know how this works also; I've installed it, but when it seemed to be running my PK was utterly unresponsive (this is when I ran it before opening Live). When I ran it after Live was opened, it didn't seem to be noticed at all.
Some details on how to use this would be great, as it sounds fantastic!
(It doesn't seem to be a PK Scene, since there's no kpkd/s-type files?)
also getting error message
PKpref.txt: error -1 creating file
in the max runtime
also which inputs and outputs do you assign in the app
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I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ahh... no OSX yet... ok...
still very excited though .. this is what has been needed for ages..
thanks guys..
ahh... no OSX yet... ok...
still very excited though .. this is what has been needed for ages..
thanks guys..
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