akai mpk49 assignment of sliders doesn't work

arnoid · Post by **arnoid** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:14 pm

I have a mpk49 for a while now it's a good controller but if I want to assign slider 9-27 in ableton it doesn't work.
I follow the right steps from the ableton manual I'm pressing midi then midi mapping shows up then I press a slider with my mouse and when I move that slider normally it would be assigned but nothing seems to happen ? The same happens for knobs.

In the akai mpk49 manual they say for editing the sliders you have to change the CC (controller number) but then i have to now the CC numbers they not talking about manually change like the ableton manual explains...

Has somebody the same problem getting frustrated about it...

arnoid · Post by **arnoid** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:43 am

nobody ?

condra · Post by **condra** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:15 pm

What Operating system are you using?

Is Lives midi indicator flashing?

I use my MPK with OSX Leopard, and for some reason, it only works if I turn on the keyboard after the computer has been booted up.

arnoid · Post by **arnoid** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:21 pm

i'm using windows xp

Yes the live midi indicator is flashing... and everything sliders, knobs, etc turns in a blue overlay so that's good.

the mpk49 has no on/off switch it's usb powered so it turn's on when the computer is started... maybe i can try to put the usb-cable in the mpk after i started ?

ultra · Post by **ultra** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:26 pm

the first thing i would try is midiox to see exactly what the device is sending.

ultra

arnoid · Post by **arnoid** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:00 am

it's working now you must turn remote on from the mpk49 in midi preferences

but you can't save it i in a own created preset in the mpk49 i think...saving a template in ableton is the only option