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[theoctoberproject]

Hey...what up...i'm new here and i'm new to using padkontrol...it's kickin' me arse over here. i've watched the video and i'm very interested in fully using the PadKontrol. i have some of it down, but sometimes i assign a pad to something and get a note too. what the? also...do i set one port for Live 6's global controls and, say, eq settings and one for musical notes by way of impulse or an instrument rack?
and how do i set the x and y pads and knobs to use for controlling eq frequencies? i saw the video but still don't really get it. the manual i've pretty much ruined trying to figure this out. but still i have nothing. HELP....and thanks in advance for you patience.

[Stray]

Welcome to the forum. I answered the 2nd part of your question in the other thread.

i have some of it down, but sometimes i assign a pad to something and get a note too. what the?

I’m not sure what’s going on there. Are you assigning notes to control functions in Live?

also...do i set one port for Live 6's global controls and, say, eq settings and one for musical notes by way of impulse or an instrument rack?

I just use Port A for everything. For the most part, I’d suggest using CCs to control Live’s function and use notes for playing instruments.

[theoctoberproject]

thanks man! i thought that may have been the deal. could my drivers be an issue?
can i use, say, cc#1 only once, or could i use it multiple times within a midi map? and, how do i get this TKP you speak of?
thanks for getting back to me.
and i'm still having issue trying to set up the EQ8 like you have in your video.

[Stray]

You can get the TKP d/l in the Link section.

And, yup, you can use CC#1 (and the other 127 CCs) more than once. There are 16 MIDI channels, so you can use them 16 times. But certain CCs have default functions, so avoiding them is a good idea. For example, CC#7 is volume, so that’s not a good one to use. Look in the back of the manual of the pK for the list of CCs. Try to stick to the ones that are Undefined.

Like I said before, the way I had that set up in the vid is not really a good way of doing it, but it’s pretty simple to set up.

Go into MIDI mapping mode in Live.

1. On the pK, hold down Knob 1 Assign and press pad 9. Click on band 1 frequency in EQ8 and turn Knob 1 on the pK.
2. Hold down Knob 1 Assign and press pad 10. Click on band 2 frequency and turn Knob 1.
3. Hold down Knob 1 Assign and press pad 11. Click on band 1 gain and turn Knob 1.
4. Hold down Knob 1 Assign and press pad 12. Click on band 2 gain and turn Knob 1.

Do the same thing for pads 13 – 16 except assign them to bands 3 and 4.

So holding down Knob 1 Assign/Knob 2 Assign or the X/Y assign buttons and pressing one of the bottom 8 pads assigns the knob or X/Y to the function you assigned it to in mapping mode.

So hold X assign and hit pad 14 to assign X b to and 4 frequency. Hold Knob 2 Assign and hit pad 11 to assign Knob 2 to band 1 gain.

[theoctoberproject]

so...first i have to activate the x, y, knob 1 and knob 2 in setting mode right? (i may not be using the right terminology) this makes them assignable...so...verily, i could assign the bottom 8 buttons to eq and the top eight in a fashion possibly using another type of filter or other effect, right? man,...again....thank you! you TOTALLY are getting one of my mom's batch of christmas cookies this year.
now...well...i have a few other issues, but i think know that i know about assigning x y and knobs, things will get a bit easier for me....thanks again...you rock!

[Stray]

so...first i have to activate the x, y, knob 1 and knob 2 in setting mode right? (i may not be using the right terminology) this makes them assignable...

No, you don’t go into Settings. You just press and hold Knob 1 Assign (or Knob 2 Assign, or X/Y assign) and press one of the bottom 8 pads.

so...verily, i could assign the bottom 8 buttons to eq and the top eight in a fashion possibly using another type of filter or other effect, right?

No, only the bottom 8 pads can be used for reassigning the knobs.

you TOTALLY are getting one of my mom's batch of christmas cookies this year.

Lol…I’m gonna hold you to that.

[theoctoberproject]

They're FANTASTIC cookies too!
Ok...another question. I downloaded the Live Keys pack and i'm having a lil problem getting them into Live. Is there a secret to this? i managed to get through adding the dennis desantis pack, but this one's killin' me.