MIDI? Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution 309 & Live

Plastic Hassle · Post by **Plastic Hassle** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:07 am

Anyone got one of these linked to Live? How did you do it? I can't get them to speak to each other. Live recognizes the MIDI input and output (E-MU XMidi 1X1) but nothing happens when I activate MIDI Map Mode and play with the 309. Is there a simple way to do this? I've read and followed the Routing section in the Manual but no joy.

blank · Post by **blank** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:40 am

are you sure your rave-o-lution is sending out all midi message.

I mean, when you move a knob, live little light is not blinking right ?

I don't own one so i'm purely theoric here, but most of the time its a midi settings you need to activate to get the midi out to work .

Refer to the manual in that specific case

Edit : There is a full section on the manual on how to connect the machine to a midi sequencer. This parameter is prolly the key

edit system/midi
2 local : on/off

Took me 2.5 seconds to find it on google

Plastic Hassle · Post by **Plastic Hassle** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:29 am

Thanks for the reply.
Yes I read the manual and done edit system/midi 2 local : on/off but nothing happened. This is my first MIDI device besides an Edirol PCR 1, which I only use as an audio interface and controller keys because the knobs don't work properly. I guess I'm going to have plough through a bunch of info and learn all about MIDI. Goodbye weekend...
I used to play guitar and am starting to feel going computer has become the equivalent of getting the solering iron out every time you get a new pedal!

Pantytec · Post by **Pantytec** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:17 am

I hope you figure it out. Live and an external step sequencer totally kill. It's so freakin fun and interactive.

Plastic Hassle · Post by **Plastic Hassle** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:58 am

Cheers mate. The 309 sounds great on it's own and is pretty easy to use but I'm hoping to use it as a controller for Operator as well. Check it out, looks ideal.

http://www.vintagesynth.com/index2.html

Pantytec · Post by **Pantytec** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:07 am

That's totally tits. Do it!

Hepha Luemp · Post by **Hepha Luemp** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:42 pm

I have a 309 and did at one point set it up together with Live, although I don't use it much with Live at the moment.

There's really nothing special needed to get this to work.

Make sure you enable the midi-out port for your interface in preferences in Live.

Make sure you have put the 309 in external or in internal/external midi modus. Was there a midi-offset also in the meny? I think there is a meny that determines what channel is the first.

Check you haven't muted all the instruments on the 309.

Send midi from Live on the correct midi-channel - remember - one channel for every instrument.

There will be sound.

Hepha Luemp