@@felixoupopote you’re just frustrated. Once you learn it, you’ll find they’re all basically the same, and they’re all pretty easy to use.

Let me know which things DO work and perhaps I can figure something out for ya! :-)

@@Deepdiveintomymind heck yeah. What are you looking for help with? I’m not a tech help channel but I might have the answer!

@@JonValtandtheEvilRobots Thank you, so pretty much I'm doing a little contest for some music to see how I do and in the pack there is a midi track that you drag in but it don't really play back. I'm trying to use it to mix it into my idea, so far I just recorded the sound instead for the time being and applied it as if I dragged it from the pack. I normally do a lot of work on the piano roll so this is something that's a problem still.

@@Deepdiveintomymind​​⁠sounds like you don’t have an instrument loaded. A midi track by itself is basically just a set of instructions. Try dragging a in instrument into the MIDI track. Then the clip should play. In Session view, click the little triangle next to the clip or on the scene. In arrangement view the big play button should work.

@@BenLoula thanks dude! I can do more of these.

Yes please!

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@@catsystemcorp hey thanks! :) have a great day

Knobs and buttons that are MIDI Mapped communicate via the "Sync" checkbox in Live's MIDI settings. If you're wanting to record, play notes, etc., make sure you have "Track" checked under the "In" section (It'll likely be called [Your_Keyboard_Midi_OUT] - something similar to that.) Enable MIDI In Track checkbox. Do you see that little yellow dots I describe? Do you have a VST loaded?

@@gregtheflyingwhale I’ve heard a lot of people say that! I think I lucked out choosing it after trying a few. I believe most of what I currently do would be way harder in Logic. But depends on what you’re used to! :)

@@JonValtandtheEvilRobots Maybe its better as ableton is, but its just so painful to relearn from 0. Like not being able to even hear the tracks without plugging in the guitar into a computer and other details like that are annoying

@@gregtheflyingwhale can’t hear the track without plugging the guitar in? I’m thinking of all my experience with Logic and Live and I can’t imagine what you’re meaning there (what makes Logic vs Live different with your guitar). Something about recording? The best signal path is instrument --> mixer / audio adapter -> computer. You never need Live open because guitar sound comes from your mixer.

BOOM! Yep this works! I actually forgot about that and accidentally do it in the video 🤣

Thank you!! 🥰🥰

@@nikolalajic-tk6cn sounds like you can successfully record MIDI, correct? You are seeing notes show up on your piano roll in Ableton Live when you record? If so, you’re doing everything right. Let me ask a couple important questions that will help me help you with the next step… while you are playing on the piano to record it into the computer, where is sound coming from? Does your keyboard have its own speakers? And after recording when you want to listen back, where do you WANT sound to come from? Do you want your keyboard to play by itself through its own speakers, or do you want a computer instrument to play what you’ve just recorded?

@@JonValtandtheEvilRobots Thank you for the help. I have managed to solve the issue. It seems the problem was selecting appropriate output type next to the track title bar in the main lane.

Sounds like one of the buttons / controllers on the mpk25 is controlling Live. Look under the Control Surfaces section of the settings (under LINK TEMPO MIDI) and remove it for now. See is that helps. Totally sounds like you're touching an encoder (knob) while you're playing and it's sending the value to Ableton Live, hence the action happening "after awhile." Look at your mpk25 software and see if any knobs or buttons are using MIDI CC 7, 8, 10, or 11. Those will affect volume, pan, etc. If removing it as a control surface doesn't work, and none use the CC above, then we'll have to figure out something different.

@@JonValtandtheEvilRobots Yes, that is what I did. I removed the Akai from the chooser control surface and set it to none and that seems to help. Weird. In what way will leaving the control surface chooser set to none affect my recording/playing on the Akai?? Thank you for helping me!

@@simonmay2776 not at all. It will only affect your ability to control the program, like say moving the cursor between tracks, volume control etc. (these can me MIDI mapped without using the control surface setting) Under MIDI settings, enable these as you need: INPUT TRACK - if you want to record (“track”) into Live from MPC SYNC - if you want MPC to control things like tempo, starting and stopping, etc. REMOTE - allows you to midi map your knobs and stuff to just about anything inside Ableton live. Take a peep at my videos lol I have stuff midi mapped like you wouldn’t believe.

@@JonValtandtheEvilRobots Thanks Jon, will do!

@@SpaceFaceFPV it’s ALWAYS something easy that nobody thinks to mention!! Hahaha. Hey check out my other stuff to see what a person can do using only Ableton Live as the DAW / performance software!!!

@@JonValtandtheEvilRobots I'm subbing right now, I could use a good tutorial as I'm coming from FLstudio and GarageBand, and hardware synths. So I want to try mixing Ableton soft synths and massive vst with my hardware synths for a unique sound pallett. Your channel seems really good so far! Thanks again 😊👍

@@SpaceFaceFPV totally doable. I use VST instruments as well as real ones. I even have one where I can send midi out from Ableton Live, to an external drum machine…. Then the audio comes BACK into Ableton Live! It’s actually super easy once you get the hang of it. (Don’t beat yourself up if it takes a bit!!!) Lmk if you have questions. I could maybe make a video. My contact info should be in bio or on my other social media. 😀

So funny. This video is super popular on my channel because apparently a lot of folks needed the tip!

@@BenLoula find me that venue in NZ!

Thank you! This is a work in progress and it feels great.

Thanks Travis!!!

Thank you sir!!!

Btw, before you got sound on that Midi channel, your Monitor-Midi-To was set to "No output". Once you dropped the wavetable - it went to Audio-To: Master. So, why couldn't you simply do that first? (without adding an instrument-wavetable...

@@prtzl8lgc460 Ableton Live typically automatically arms a track when you drag a VST into it. This only happens automatically one time. If you drop VST 1 into Track 1, it *should* arm by itself. Then if you drop VST 2 into Track 2, it should arm Track 2. You will then be “nervewracked” because you hadn’t yet learned about the Arm button (and Exclusive Arm) because you’d find that your VST 1 instrument is “suddenly” silent, and the only way you know how to make an instrument play is by dragging and dropping. Haha THAT is why I showed you in the video. :)

@@prtzl8lgc460 look into getting an ASIO driver (such as ASIO4ALL). It’s Microsoft Windows that is difficult with sound, not Ableton Live. :) Get to know if a little better and you’ll see. 😄 You need ASIO. Using MMX -> Realtek Speakers is gonna be weird. What you’re describing - hearing metronome as well as previews, means you’re properly receiving “Cue” audio. Awesome! Everything is working! Once you’ve assigned to a track - nothing… yep! I got the answer! That’s cuz your “main” (not cue) output is not set to your main speakers. Look down in the bottom right corner area for what looks like two volume faders. One has headphones next to it. Top drop down is Cue output and bottom drop-down is Main output. As you get better with Ableton Live you’ll find this very useful! Because you’d send cue output to your headphones and main output to Speakers. That way, as you’ve already found out, you can sample midi clips, play previews, etc., without the audience hearing it. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@@JonValtandtheEvilRobots Yup, I have ASIO4ALL, I choose Driver: ASIO. Audio device: ASIO4ALL V2. Now, this is where confusion sets in. All help videos indicate to choose your own audio hardware. I have tried that - Realtek ASIO - was the option given. I have also made the sampling rate for Ableton the same as computer, at 48K. So, I can choose a pad, and load it to a track, and hit space bar - nothing, no audio. I have tried all options of the output (1, 2, 1/2), to no avail. It has degraded to not even playing the metronome anymore. This can't be this hard, can it? I'm thinking there are 4 million musicians out there with a PC, just wanting to try this software....

@@prtzl8lgc460 are you seeing that there are TWO places to select audio out, cue and regular? Sounds like you’re adjusting the cue output again. Do you see the two drop downs? Let’s start there.

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Hell yeah brother. Let’s hear those tunes!!

Go to your Settings - Audio - and choose your audio interface as the output. If you are playing an instrument and seeing the green bars showing that audio *should* be coming out, then it is definitely your audio settings. If no output bars show up, it's more likely the instrument isn't producing sound at all, because either your midi device isn't properly controlling it or a myriad of other reasons. Feel free to try it and ask a follow-up question - I like helping people figure it out.

Thank you! 🥰

You're welcome 😊