[DOS.putin]

YO! Thanks for writing up your experience with the MKS-80

I am still having trouble getting this to work with my MKS-50.
I am using the MKS-50 Advanced panel.

jasefos wrote:

0) In Ableton’s MIDI Preferences panel, ensure the MIDI ports you have your synth connected to are not enabled for “Track/Sync/Remote” (i.e. CTRLR communicates to your MIDI ports directly rather than via Ableton – you don’t want Ableton interfering with communications since it will strip out SysEx data which is the very reason why we love using CTRLR since it fixes that issue very neatly!).

So I did this step.

jasefos wrote:

1) Launch CTRLR within an Ableton MIDI track and load your Panel.

2) Configure the MIDI Input and Output port and channel settings appropriately within CTRLR for your synth. Set the MIDI Thru functions in CTRLR so that the following are ticked “plugin host -> Output Device” and “Change channel Plugin Host -> Output device”. These last two setttings are important since the CTRLR plugin will then “Thru” MIDI notes incoming from your controller keyboard (Push) and sequence data in the track directly to your MIDI synth.

And this is where I start to run into problems. It seems when I try to “tick” or select the options in ‘MIDI THRU’ menu, there is no ‘tick mark’ to notify that the selection of said option is valid. no feedback.

I am able to get the MKS to change patches via ‘Previous / Next’ patch buttons in CTRLR panel. But nothing else works, i.e.; sliders switches, nada. My MKS is switched to ‘MIDI EXCL =ON’ and the MIDI monitor on my MOTU Ultralite is lighting up when I move sliders on the panel. But the synth is not responding. I must have missed something.

Ableton Live 9.1.2, MOTU Ultralite MK3, Roland MKS-50.

I also tried this with my Alpha Juno, and the same business, no tweaking, no joy.

Anyone help with this?

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