#Ableton midi monitor overlay how to
#Ableton midi monitor overlay manual

I also switched on Sync Output, which allows compatible devices to use MIDI clock to synchronise their LFOs and so on. I needed to switch the Audio Kontrol 1 On for both Input and Output in the Track column. My controller keyboard, which appears in the MIDI Ports list as 'Keystation', was already connected via USB and ready to go. The next job was to configure the MIDI tab (as shown in the bottom screen on the next page). The main reason for this was so that I could switch the inputs to two separate mono channels, otherwise only stereo pairs would be available for selection in the mixer. First I selected the Audio Kontrol 1 as the Audio Input Device, then clicked the 'Input Config' button, as shown in the screens at the top of the next page.

The next step was to configure the preferences in Live, starting with the Audio tab. Although I was using a Mac, Live pays no attention to what MIDI instruments are declared in the Apple Audio MIDI Setup utility, so as long as Live is aware of your MIDI interface, it can talk to whatever you connect to it. I connected MIDI In and Out cables between the synth and the Audio Kontrol 1, and the Matrix's mono audio output to line input one on the same interface. The first thing to do is correctly configure your audio inputs in Live's Preferences window.I wanted to get an Oberheim Matrix 1000 rack up and running in Live, using a Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 audio and MIDI interface. I recently needed to go through this procedure myself when testing some gear, so let's follow that procedure. Obviously, this should all be taken care of if you already use the gear with another software package, but if you're getting an old synth out of the loft you'll have to start at square one. Get Yourself ConnectedДЇirst, you need to get MIDI and audio connected between your hardware and the computer.

#Ableton midi monitor overlay manual

Unfortunately, there's very little information in the manual or on-line about doing this.

#Ableton midi monitor overlay how to

Even if you have no desire to record MIDI, if you want to play a hardware synth or MIDI module you need to know how to get it talking to Live.

The last couple of versions of Live have brought the software up to speed as a MIDI sequencer, and made it a serious alternative to the traditional packages as a main composition environment. This month, we look at how to connect, control and record hardware MIDI instruments in Live.ДЄlthough a lot of us desktop musicians give most of our attention to virtual instruments, there are still many hardware synths, drum machines and racks out there.