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Noob, here. Awesome forum.

I have just purchased a Nocturn 49. My intention was to use it as keyboard for my Korg Radias (rack mount) as well as a midi keyboard with Ableton Live. Obviously, I didn't read the spec's well enough to note that the Nocturn 49 only has a single USB connection to PC and no Midi connections.
Is it going to be possible to use the Nocturn 49 with my Korg Radias? Doesn't look like it to me.
*Korg Radias has Midi (In, Out, Thru) and USB connections as well as audio jacks.
*DAW - Ableton Live

Thanks,
Steve-O

Hi Steve,

if you have installed correctly the Radias USB drivers (read the installation guide) you will have 4 MIDI ports via USB. 2 input "RADIAS 1 KBD/KNOB"; "RADIAS 1 MIDI IN" and 2 outputs "RADIAS 1 MIDI OUT"; "RADIAS 1 SOUND"

Now you have to use your DAW with Ableton or any other program to act as bridge between your N49 and the Radias. Select in Ableton your N49 as MIDI input and route it to the "RADIAS 1 SOUND" output. Since I don't use Ableton, I can't tell you how exactly to do this with it.
In long term it may be a pitty having to activate your DAW every time you want to use your Radias for sound editing (provided you want to) so the better solution will be to sell that N49 and look for another KB with MIDI ports or buy a USB to MIDI converter.

Thanks for the timely reply.

Your answer was just as I expected. I would need to always use the DAW to connect the keyboard to the Radias. I should have read the spec's better before my purchase but who would have thought a midi keyboard would have only a single USB connection and no midi connections.
I didn't completely unpack the Nocturn 49 but I'll be packing it back up tonight, send it back tomorrow and start shopping for a new keyboard.

Thanks again.

Steve-O