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If you want the Keystep pro to be master of the session:
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In the Midi ports section:
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Don't forget to also enable the external sync next to the BPM display of your
session:
From there, pressing play on the KeyStep Pro will launch playback in Live.
We're done; Ableton is now able to correctly interpret the (MIDI) control signals arriving from
the KeyStep Pro and we're now ready to make some noise!
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Open Ableton and select 'New live set' to create an empty set.
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Delete the two default audio tracks by selecting them and clicking 'delete' in the
'Edit' menu.
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Select ' Insert MIDI track' from the 'Create' menu and repeat this one more time
to create two empty MIDI tracks. As an alternative, you can right-click in the
empty track space and insert two MIDI tracks.
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Drag a sound from Category>Sounds to Track 1. Repeat this for Tracks 2 to 4.
You should now have four MIDI tracks, each with its own virtual instrument loaded. There's
nothing to hear yet because we haven't made the connection from the KeyStep Pro to
Ableton. Let's do that now:
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Focus on Ableton track 1 and click on the downward arrow in the 'All ins'
dropdown menu listed below 'MIDI From'.
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Select KeyStep Pro from the listed options.
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Select channel 1 if it is not already selected.
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In the monitor menu directly below, select 'in'.
We've now instructed Ableton to listen to what's happening on MIDI channel 1. If your
KeyStep Pro is in its default state, Track 1 will transmit on MIDI channel 1.
Select Track 1 on the KeyStepPro and play a note on the keyboard. You should now hear the
virtual instrument you dragged to Ableton track 1.
We'll repeat these steps for Ableton track 2:
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Again select KeyStep Pro as the MIDI source.
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Select MIDI channel 2 as the channel that this track should listen to and
playback.
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Select 'in' to monitor directly what is coming in on this channel.
Repeat this for KeyStep Pro Tracks 3 and 4 and select MIDI channel as input for Ableton
track 3 and MIDI channel 4 as the input to Ableton track 4.
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Enable "Track" as well as "Sync" and "Remote" on the input.
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