Live 7/ KP3

plEEk · Post by **plEEk** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:41 am

Being the lazy bastard that I am , I need help getting a KP3 to jibe with Live 7 , any links or walkthroughs as far as configs would be greatly appreciated

much love

salamanderanagram · Post by **salamanderanagram** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:59 am

this is a vast subject.
i'm probably down to help you but you need to at least tell me what you're trying to do.

plEEk · Post by **plEEk** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:32 am

i'm trying to load a song of mine in ableton , send it into the KP3 for wonderous tweaking and record it while it's happening , i can give you specs if need be

salamanderanagram · Post by **salamanderanagram** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:56 am

i assume you have an external soundcard?

plEEk · Post by **plEEk** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:40 am

no , creative x - fi platnum

salamanderanagram · Post by **salamanderanagram** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:53 am

what outputs does that have and how many?

mixer or other components? i assume you want to record into ableton?

plEEk · Post by **plEEk** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:28 am

1 x audio - RCA
1 x MIDI - input - 5 pin DIN
1 x MIDI - output - 5 pin DIN
1 x audio - line-out (rear/right surround) - mini-phone 3.5 mm 4-pole
1 x audio - line-out (center/subwoofer/left surround) - mini-phone 3.5 mm 4-pole
1 x audio - line-out/headphones - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-in/microphone - mini-phone 3.5 mm
I/O Hub

Korg Kontrol49 MIDI contoller and of course the KP3 , also have a kaossilator if that helps

salamanderanagram · Post by **salamanderanagram** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:08 am

keep in mind i've never done this but here's a guess.
i can't tell exactly what's going on with your sound card or how it works, but i'm going to assume you have space to plug in your kp3 ins and outs and your speakers into it at the same time.

right. so if you have an audio track in ableton it will have a drop down menu labeled 'audio from'. you need an audio track, with audio from set to receive audio from your soundcard. i'm pretty sure going into audio effects and double clicking 'external audio effect' will work.

after, you can plug your kp3 into the soundcard and you *should* be able to hear and record any drum loops or synth noises you can make on the kp3 in ableton. if not, make sure the audio is coming from the right source.

then you can use a send / return and change the audio out from master to the appropriate output on your soundcard, set up the audio to go to the send, and you should be ready to go.

i've probably left some stuff out but let me know if that helps.