Battery 2 with MIDI keyboard. Need help with improving.

blue_aidoru · Post by **blue_aidoru** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:23 pm

OK, this is my first post here! Woo hoo! Fanfare, etc.

Now on to the question:

I have my MIDI keyboard (Nintendo Magic) to control Battery 2 and I can record to the track, etc.

Here is my question: The "route key" in Battery corresponds to the octaves and notes on my keyboard: C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 A2 B2 C2 ... But the MIDI track after I record is set up with only C's, in other words it goes from C-2 to C9.

What I would liike to do is have the MIDI display in Ableton mimic the octaves available on my keyboard. So I can go in with my pen tool and add a few notes to D1 or E3 for example.

Hopefully this makes sense to someone out there.

Thanks in advance to any replies. Hopefully, this isn't sommething super-obvious that I don't know how to do... I am very new to Ableton after all.

Cheers.

bencodec · Post by **bencodec** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:32 pm

Mmm, could it be your zoomed out too far or have to fold button pressed?

HajoCorsten · Post by **HajoCorsten** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:29 am

Hi blue_aidoru,
for me it's the other way round: Battery 2 is new terrain for me while Live is home turf. Seems you can play Battery as VST within Live from your keyboard - I've to admit I can't get that working! How do you do the obvious that's beyond my ken?!

Cheers.