Korg micro and Kontrol 49 users keep the faith !

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:36 pm

Hey Y'all, I've been posting about some issues on compatability between microkontrol and Logic 7 on osxaudio.com, but I haven't recieved any help. If anyone here has any suggestions for getting the microkontrol to work in native mode, or at least get detected by Logic's manager could you pretty please PM me! I would really appreciate it!

I love that Live is so much easier to configure than Logic. I have had the two apps for about the same amount of time bbut Live's ease of use has kept me from ripping my hair out over Logic. I really would love to see the microkontrol used in Live with the same bad-ass support that one (supposedly) can get in Logic.

Winterpark · Post by **Winterpark** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:55 am

tracktion monkey · Post by **tracktion monkey** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:39 pm

I need Native mode for my Microkontrol & Live.
Still no comment from Ableton?
Maybe we who want native mode introduced should keep speaking up till we get a response.

dbolt · Post by **dbolt** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:08 am

I vote for Native Mode. I was reading on propellarheads website it never mentions native mode but references this technology as "REMOTE". I have Micro kontrol on the way Im selling my Alesis Photon x25 on ebay right now for a low price so I can buy the MK. Check it out if anyone likes Alesis sturdy knobs and good velocity keys and oh yea the AXYZ dome is pretty cool. I've have a Alesis Ion on the way to replace the feel of Alesis.

LET their BE REMOTE in ABleton please.

One thing I dont like about assisigning midi to LIVE's instruments like say I drop Simpler in and map out para to midi and say i load a Simpler preset from the browser presets and no longer is my midi mapping there anymore. Does anyone else have this problem.

dustin

johnpitcairn · Post by **johnpitcairn** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:05 am

For Mac users - check out LC Xmu 2.0, which will give you Mackie Control emulation (with display) via native mode on the Korg. Demo available now, release in about a week. See my signature.

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:12 am

Thanks! I'm checking it out right now.

anton_67 · Post by **anton_67** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:19 am

johnpitcairn wrote:For Mac users - check out LC Xmu 2.0, which will give you Mackie Control emulation (with display) via native mode on the Korg. Demo available now, release in about a week. See my signature.

this works like a charm!!!!

you made my day. thx!

who needs a mcu, if you have a microkontrol... this is as good as reason-remote (maybe a bit different) if not even better

a.

johnpitcairn · Post by **johnpitcairn** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:01 am

Thanks. I put a LOT of time into the Korg module, it's had a year of beta-updates.

The auto-line-switching behaviour can probably be tweaked substantially, the file that controls it isn't anything like as sophisticated as the Logic version yet. I'll be taking a further look at that after the release.

Anyone who wants to purchase now to get rid of the timeouts will get the current release candidate (which will likely be the release version anyway), and will get it for US$40 before the price goes to 40 Euro.

ploy · Post by **ploy** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:18 am

another YES for "native mode", could be wonderful using it in reason and live together.

but how many voices are to count making such simple decisions.

Wotan · Post by **Wotan** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:24 am

Yes!
Count my vote for Live support of Native Mode on the Korg MicroKontrol!

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:18 am

I'm loving my Xmu, but I would still love some more advanced functions, Like a preset midi bank for each instance of Operator and stuff like that

I long for a day where I can drop a LIve clip and already have all of my favorite knobs assigned for the tweaking (ie: tone, frequency, spread, etc. Or perhaps eq 4 parameters, etc! I haven't had the chance yet to explore how much of this can be done with Xmu, but I still want it!

The ability to play out an entire track with one Operator, an impulse, a couple sends, and some well placed plug-ins makes me very happy. It also makes it easier to experiment dynamically (imo) in realtime. Having the ability to drop new liveclips into a new track and make spontaneous changes with personally preffered midi assignments already in place would push the latency between my head and my speakers down just a few more crucial nanoseconds!

johnpitcairn · Post by **johnpitcairn** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:46 am

LOFA wrote:I'm loving my Xmu, but I would still love some more advanced functions, Like a preset midi bank for each instance of Operator and stuff like that

I think you can navigate among Operator instances with the MC - select the track, press "devices", use previous/next to scroll the list, v-select to edit a device? See the Live manual.

But LC Xmu just emulates the MC using the MK. If it can't be done within Live's Mackie Control support, your best bet is to drop out of native mode (modifier + low 3 notes), and use your own custom MK scene(s) to do the job.

lowrenzo · Post by **lowrenzo** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:25 am

i also vote : YES..
and perhaps the ableton guys can handle that microkontrol encoder problem :
the endless encoders send absolute data.. !!! and not relative data.. so they are useless for controlling as for example simpler adustments because encoders are not really flexible..
you know what i mean.
short example: sample start at 0
midi encoder for sample start: 20
when you now want to change sample start on the fly the sample start point jumps from 0 to 20..
hmm-..

greets low.

rikhyray · Post by **rikhyray** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:25 pm

I give up, it does not look like they will do it in near future ( according to what I heard yesterday on the Ableton workshop "there are more important issues to be solved first") so will leave Korg to its best- with Reason 3 and get another controller for Live- X station or Ozonic..

tedriot · Post by **tedriot** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:14 pm

Another : YES ! (please)

Korg micro and Kontrol 49 users keep the faith !

lcx mu is fucking great