Help with padKontrol and Live 5.2.2 - PLEEAAASE!!!

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:40 am

Anyone who has a padKontrol and Live 5.2.2, can you please take just a moment (from drowning in the OT threads

) and test this now. It's a simple test and I'd really appreciate it.:

Try to play an F3 (midi note #53) on the padKontrol to any instrument plugin in Live 5.2.2. Does it play the note?

To select F3 on the padKontrol, press "setting" -> "note/CC" -> hit a pad and turn the data wheel until F3 is displayed.

I've been driving myself crazy with this!

borg · Post by **borg** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:20 pm

are you sure F3 isn't assigned to anything remote control related?
i'm so busy with other things that i haven't touched Live for months now...

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:35 pm

Really? That could be it? Every note works on the padKontrol except F3 in Live. But when I plug a midi cable from the padKontrol directly into a hardware synth, it plays the note. So it's definitely something within Live.

I thought that remote messages and note messages were totally different even though they use the same note names.

I have my Live set template mapped for my faderfox controllers. It's the template file settings that come with the faderfox.

So if a midi note is programmed as a midi remote, it will only control that object and not play the note?

Amaury · Post by **Amaury** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:42 pm

icedsushi wrote:Really? That could be it? Every note works on the padKontrol except F3 in Live. But when I plug a midi cable from the padKontrol directly into a hardware synth, it plays the note. So it's definitely something within Live.

I thought that remote messages and note messages were totally different even though they use the same note names.

I have my Live set template mapped for my faderfox controllers. It's the template file settings that come with the faderfox.

So if a midi note is programmed as a midi remote, it will only control that object and not play the note?

Hi,

It is true that a same note on the same MIDI channel can only be used either to 'play' a synth, or as a remote control. So, you should use a different MIDI channel for your PadKontrol and the Faderfox, as to avoid any confusion.

Regards,
Amaury

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:25 pm

Cool. Thanks! This certainly sheds some light on the situation. I'll give it a try tonight...

This had been bugging me for months. I was ready to throw the padKontrol out the window. And Korg tech support had no idea what the problem was.

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:47 pm

That did it. Problem solved!