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Hello all,

total newbie here.

just got a keyboard 25 key EMU

connected it installed the driver that came with the cd:)

installed Abelton 4.0.

in preferences it is recognised as input.status GREEN

however when opening the VST window , the banks load up, the sound comes only when pressing with the mouse on the virtual keyboard, when i press on my X-board 25 key nothing responds.

any ideas? total newbie sorry..

tnx

Lucas

still cannot get any sound (:

Arm the MIDI track that the plugin's on (the red button in the track's strip) . If the track's not armed, the MIDI data won't pass through to the plugin.

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possible for someone to explain step by step how to get this ableton working with proteus
please:(

1) have installed ableton
2) have installed proteus drum kit and mo phatt
3) midi keyboard in show in the inputs tab in preferences
4) proteus does load after all, there is a virtual keyboard and u can drag and drop the sound u want. from the keyboard no sound though

WTF am i doing wrong?

do you need a 404 card in the computer?

i only have a sound blaster audigy 2

There is a button called "arm" in every channel. Choose the channel you put the VST on and "arm" it - then Ableton responds to it. Have the big sister, the Xboard 61 - and it works with any midi controller.

tnx for the quick reply

okay this is the issue

i dont know how to even load the VST files on a channel.

only thing i know is to go into abletoni plugin tab , double click where it says proteus, little window opens with a TOOL , then this smaller window opens with a virtual keyboard where there u can actually load the sound banks but i cannot play with my keyboard:(

help

I don't know v4 of the program, but this is how it works in later versions at least - open a new project (or take the default one), go to the VST plugins tab, see Proteus, want to have it playing and drag and drop it in your arrangement. When you hit the midi track that is already in the arrangement by default (1xaudio 1xvideo), Proteus sits now on that thing. Otherwise a new midi track has been created by Live. I believe double-clicking the Proteus entry in the VST tab does the same/similar. Once you have a track with your Proteus on it, you have the "arm" button - depending on what view you chose, it is either at the bottom of the track (in session view) or at the right of it (arrangement view). If you configured your Xboard as your midi input in the configuration, you should now be able to load a patch and play funny sounds.

Note: you should take a look into your manual. Typical beginner's questions you're asking .

hello my friend, actually,

i have read the manual, i am total newbie.

i am under the impression that when installing the cd that came with xboard proteus there is a folder with DLL files created. should i drag drop then into steinburg/vst folder?

so i found where the problem is.

there is a button load VST band and a wrench EDIT plugin right?

when i click load WHERE should i go to and load what?

managed to load the files from the WRENCH, still cant it to play through the bloody middi.

only the virtual keyboard works.


what can be the problem?

GOT IT!!

tnx guys////////

really great full and sorryu:)

Lucas

Awesome.