Shit.. I can't stop to watch this video and after almost two years I cannot understand why.. 😂 You are the best guys! (Even if I don't have hardware to test with LK)
There are powered MIDI thru boxes that might be better than the ones that have no power. I have one that uses a choice of wall power or 9V battery. It's called MIDI Splitter made by Amptone. Very reliable box and very well thought out. I have an audio interface that was not working well with the MIDI Solutions thru box but perfectly with the MIDI splitter. It was the fault of the audio interface. The splitter one compensated for the flakey output from the interface. It's obviously made well with excellent circuitry.
We didn't knew about MIDI Splitter from Amptone. Seems like a solid piece of gear. Thanks for watching and for your feedback. Best regards from Portugal!
We didn't knew about MIDI Splitter from Amptone. Seems like a solid piece of gear. Thanks for watching and for your feedback. Best regards from Portugal!
@@ImaginandoPt already knee deep into the matrix. I looked for days for a serious midi sequencer for iOS and couldn’t believe when I figured it out, I had LK installed for years. 🥴😹
Looks great but the shift should be on the left side of the user interface. Add track, scene, duplicate etc are too important. Why not add a + button, then show a list to add track, scene, duplicate etc, so you can do it with one hand. Currently doing this with one hand feels like acrobatics and is a recipe for handstrain. The UI looks fantastic but please consider that users have two hands. 👌 And midi CC send and receive would be great as well
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions :) Not sure how many hands you want to use though, as you want to be able to do something with only one hand, but then ask that we consider users have two hands. Of course we're always open to handy ideas from our users! :D
Imaginando Thank you, what i mean is, if you type on a keyboard with your right hand then you use your left hand for shift and the other way around. The reason is simple. Its faster, more ergonomic and intuitive. I would also suggest a single press command to show hide the pianoroll. Currently those lines are barely visible and require a tap + hold + drag action for a primary feature. This is also not very intuitive.
Thanks! LK can import both single and multi-track MIDI files. For Type 1 MIDI files you are prompted which tracks to include in the import. Type 0 files should be fine though - if you have any issues, please reach out to us via our website!
Hi Nuno, That's really a powerful tool! I have question regarding MIDI In/Out. Can LK also receive MIDI clock signal? I'm using e-mr multiclock and I'm unsure if LK automatically receives the midi clock signal when everything is set as in your clip, but LK is not the Master it's the Slave? Thx
marquez van roeschen yes, LK syncs to midi clock. The best thing is to try for yourself. We allow a free to try experience. Get LK demo and let us know what your experience.
Amazing amazing !!!!!! Amazing !!! it´s like having your hands inside Ableton and just flow !!!! Impressive !!! :DD Does the router needs to have "internet connection" Perse or it could work with just a router network ??? I have a router I would like to use for this setup. I love all of your products guys !!! Greetings From Panama !!
Hi Julian, the router doesnt need an internet connection, it just needs to support multicast packet communication. Give it a try, you can always stop by our website for a chat if you run into any problems! Greetings from Portugal!
Hi! Just saw this was updated to AUV3 on iOS. Any chance you could describe the functionality of the matrix inside of a program like AUM or ApeMatrix? I’m trying to figure out if the Matrix is a good in-App for me and my workflow which is quite modular. I am particularly interested in whether I could use this as a MIDI Timeline. As you probably know apps like AUM, audiobus and ApeMatrix do not have a timeline so when one works mostly on these apps, recording midi is ultimately a pain and often requires opening a separate app such as a DAW to record it . If I could load one instance of LK and have timelines for my instruments where I can record all the midi I’m composing, that would be amazing! Essentially, can this act as a Xequence 2 / multitrack-midi recorder but inside of an AUV3 Host? There is nothing like this really on the AppStore. The closest being piano roll, and it’s a massive disappointment unfortunately (abandonare which didn’t even make it to the “actually usable” phase). Thank you !! I love DRC btw!
Ok, I’ve tried it out. This looked to good to way for a reply I simply had to test it since it all pointed out to it being the last thing I was missing on my setup. Thank you for designing what is essentially the last missing piece of my modular music production setup on iOS. I’ve been building this for over a year and I really needed a multitrack pianoroll. To think it came in with all these additional available goodies only makes me even happier. The keyboard was an instabuy for me as I love DRCs keyboard. Would be nice to be able to define how loud keys are but this can easily be remapped with Mozaic. I like the midi control section and the chords too! The control section is a convenience I don’t really need but can benefit from so I will eventually get it. Maybe tomorrow depending on how my wallet is feeling lol. Overall, this is a killer app and is IN NO WAY just an ableton live tool. This is a fantastic midi suite for Modular music production on iOS! Finally I don’t have to open a separate program only to record decent midi tracks👌🏼🔥
Enrique, it seems that you have already found an answer for this problem. With LK follow actions and more recently clip actions, you can have a automated flow. It is not a timeline yet but allows song structuring within a matrix of clips.
OK. follow up. I turned my iPad off and on and the app saw Ableton and I was able to control functions from the iPad using your app, but not use the pads or the keyboard, and still get the bothersome prompt to buy the extra features. I would rather pay a little more and have those be part of the purchase. this seems a little cheap. So do I have to be connected to MIDI to use the pads and the keys and x/y pad in Ableton? I am pugged into a USB powered hub that has many of my keyboards and sound devices into it as well. Can I get this app to work through that USB port? I was hoping that this UBridge or the KL app would help me to organize and direct my different keys and devises. But I would be happy to just get the pads and the keys and the x/y to just work. Sorry for such a long and negative post, but not so happy so far with the app. Maybe I will continue with emails to tech support to resolve these problems. Thanks.
Hello, Nino @ Imaginando: Cool presentation, but a bit difficult to understand you. Now do you speak Spanish as well? Will love to use my iPads Pro first gen as well as my latest Pro, but also will like to use LK in generic mode without midi, Is this possible? I’m been using GrooveBox and I’m in love with it, but what I do is to manually and live select the patterns I create and using an old MacBook Pro, with audio out and audio in record the entire Song, also using an old application called “Sound Studio” an old version as well. So can I use LK the same way as I use GrooveBox?. Is there a message system we can personally use for private communications? Please let me know ASAP: Edwin
Hi Edwin. I'm Portuguese. Close to Spain but not exactly the same! :) If you need help, reach us out via website. As you can see we might take a while to respond via RU-vid comments! 😅
Quick question, is it possible to control software on the iPad from a seperate device using LK? For example I want to be able to run the sequencer on my phone (android) and transmit the midi data to AUM on the iPad essentially freeing up my iPad screen. Is that doable between android and iOS, is it doable at all if I switched my phone to an iOS device?
Yes, that is possible. There is a free app called midimttr that allows you to advertise a bluetooth midi device on your phone, which your iPad can find and AUM can use. Then on your phone, you can send midi out to that device and it goes directly into AUM. midimttr is an incredible free app -> apps.apple.com/us/app/midimittr/id925495245
I just discovered this application, I thought it was only for Live (appstore description is a bit misleading), but now I realized it can be used with AUM, it really opens lot's of possibilities. Will this handle audio loops (clips) in the future?
Is there a way to input the notes with the controller? I just connected it eith the model D app and launchkey mini mik3 and sometimes notes sound, suddenly they don't, suddenly a note gets stuck and I have to remove the app from the channel slot.
Hey. Like the software, but can't use it properly unfortunately. The problem is - I want to play sounds on midi channels with my Push 2 or fingerdrum with it, while switching clips with LK. But as soon as I touch clips in LK in session mode, my Push switches channel to one on which I select clips, so i loose control over midi channel on my push and need to switch it back. I wonder if there is a posibility/script ect, to prevent LK to take control and switch channels while I am using Push or any other midi controller. Thanks!
Hi. Sorry for the late reply. I think the only way to overcome this problem is to prevent scene/track selecting change when selecting a slot. This could be a MATRIX option.
On your Website this app pretends to be free. When when using the IOS app it turns out that every single component of the app has to be purchased. You should be honest and inform your customers about the total cost of the app so then they will know.
Marcus, in the bottom of LK page, in the availability section, there is the following information: - Time limited demo - 6 independent modules - Free download - Unlock modules independently Best regards
I want to run frms on a pc and control it though LK accessing to the interface axactly how it looks like in FRMS, is that possible? I know there is an FRMS app for tablets but i want to avoid to use the tablet output and running on the pc instead
Hello, will you ever make a Windows APP too, to use it on the same PC together with ableton (Touchscreen laptop)? :) I read that you suggest using emulator, but i m almost certain this will add much latency too my PC. :/ Another question, concerning android: is it possible to connect to Ableton on my windows11 PC via USB cable (android tablet) ?
Hi there, we don't have any plans to make a dedicated windows app, sorry. Rather than an emulator, on Android, you're better off using a free android device mirroring app called 'Scrcpy'. (available on github) Latency is hardly noticeable.
Hi there, if you long press a clip, select properties, the second tab (piano keys icon) gives access to the scale functionality, which includes the custom layouts for devices in addition to traditional scales.
Hi out there, I would like to use LK on Android for controling Protools Virtual Instruments. I cannot get it to work. Wireless would be nice but USB may ok. Does this even work. Has somebody a briefing for me how to setup LK (which is really cool an d what I need) for Protools (2024.3) Thnx a lot.
Hey there, LK should be able to work as a MIDI controller wirelessly as long as you're connected to the same network. This chapter of the LK manual should help you: www.imaginando.pt/products/lk-ableton-live-and-midi-controller/help/setup Feel free to contact us through our website if you need to talk to us!
On your screen there is a Q icon next to the magnet icon. In the manual www.imaginando.pt/products/lk/help/matrix it says “Q - Quantizes the start of selected notes”. In LK on my iPad there is no Q icon. How do I access this feature?
The application is changing faster than the documentation. There is an "i" icon at the top right of the composer section. Click on it to open the side panel and scroll down to NOTE TOOLS. There is a Quantize functions there.
You can long-press where it says ‘master’ near the bottom right corner and it should give you the option to add a track, you can get more options by long-pressing the white scene selection blocks along the right side near the top there.
Gotcha, the Android version is prob a little different. I’d make sure you’re updated to the latest version if possible. On mine it lets me long press anywhere on the dark background now to ‘add scene’ or ‘add track’. Good luck.
@@Boback111 To be honest: I can't be bothered with the first feature shown in a tutorial that doesn't work and crashes and waiting and repeating the steps and waiting and repeating the steps. I think iPhone apps enjoy more development in general because of the powers that be, so there is that. I enjoy the synth app from the same company very much and I'll leave it at that.
@@ImaginandoPt thanks, so it's: lightning-usb connector (to a usb cable) usb jack-usb jack (to the hub) usb-usb midi adapter (to midi through) midi though adapter-any midi device connect devices via settings? and then you'd need to connect each individual hardware to a mac to be able to record audio or midi?
@@bergg2009 all of these external devices are already midi connected. the option to record audio on your computer is up to you. We are just demonstrating on how to use LK to sequence hardware devices with LK without the need of a computer.
@@bergg2009It’s almost like Apple makes their own connectors so you need to give them more money. Well, it _is_ that, but it’s also so much more. I mean, MIDI has been around much longer than USB, so the number of DIN5 MIDI only instruments is vastly higher than the number of USB MIDI instruments. It’s for that reason that MIDI-to-USB adapters came into being. If we then consider a scenario where there are three USB MIDI instruments, then a 4-port USB hub would be ideal for linking them to your control source (in this case, we’re still talking about the iPad running LK.) For the purposes of making the least amount of connections/disconnections, the ideal solution (for someone with older and newer instruments) would be a box/hub that has a Lightning cable coming out of one side, and USB/MIDI/Audio connections coming out of the other side. That sounds to me like a USB Audio/MIDI interface, of which there are numerous brands and flavors. It’s just not easy to navigate the choices that are available. This is because there are so many users with different needs, and plenty of users that aren’t vocal enough to get their cries heard by manufacturers. This, in turn, has led many industrious problem solvers to crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter, which has brought success in some cases, and disappointment in others. Returning to the ideal solution, there aren’t enough Apple users alone to warrant a Lightning-only Audio/MIDI interface, or at least not a reasonably-priced one that has the best feature set for the majority of users. This leaves the state-of-the-art at the level of: connecting multiple (single-purpose) devices together to achieve those needs. Now, I’m the last person to suggest we take money _away_ from giant corporations, but, I’m willing to bet, that somewhere, between the amount of *Raspberry Pi* processors that have been bought and sold, and the number of *Makers* (of the hacking community) that have solved a multitude of problems by incorporating coding and soldering, that someone smart folks out there could be coerced into modularizing these types of interfaces (Lightning, USB, DIN5 MIDI, MIDI over stereo cable, and CV) in such a way that ( _button-pushing electro-nerd_ ) people could just buy a LEGO set, for musical interfacing, that fits their needs. But that is just a different sort of “connecting multiple devices”. Unless *_you_* have a better solution.
i purchased your app and first of all don't like that to use parts of the app, you have to purchase another $3 here and $3 more there. But worst of all, I fire up and get the message looking for U Bridge. OK. So I go to my Mac and download U Bridge. Still looking for U Bridge. I turn off the iPad and back on, and now I get message looking for Ableton. And then nothing.Now I have gone through the task of moving from applications to the UBridge the Live 10 icon and have set LK as a controller in Ableton from preferences. I opened LK again and found my computer when the looking for UBridge came up and now I have Waiting for Ableton Live on the screen of my iPad.Still stuck on "Waiting for Ableton Live" message. This app is not working! I'm afraid that I wasted my money.
Gary, UBRIDGE communicates with Ableton Live by network. Do you have any firewall preventing Ableton Live from accessing the network? Please contact our support for more personalized help. Regards
@@ImaginandoPt Please see reply above. I did get the ableton part of this working, but still not much luck with getting the pads and the x/y pad to work with ableton or without. I have my midi patched through MOTU Express 128, so not sure how that works with U Bridge. I will contact support for further personal help. Thanks.
Yes, LK is a controller app, it needs something to control, whether that's Ableton Live, another software DAW, or external MIDI hardware like in this video.
@@ImaginandoPt Hey there. I'm trying to connect it to Ableton. The thing is that it controls some parts, but it doesn't work in midi pads mode/keyboard/x/y pad and so on. It reacts on play/stop, metronome, and so on. But pads/keyboards just don't synchronize. Connected everything according to instruction (through ubridge)
@@emma.grunwald have you selected a midi device on UBRIDGE? Are you in Windows or macOS? On macOS you just need to select UBRIDGE Virtual. On Windows you will need to install a virtual midi driver like loopBe. We have this covered on our documentation -> www.imaginando.pt/products/lk/help/setup
No need to be rude. It can be very difficult to speak clearly in a 2nd or 3rd language >> Just change your RU-vid playback speed in settings. For example x 1.25
Some form of USB to MIDI cable (if the iPad has a lightning cable port, then used in conjunction with an Apple style 'camera kit' connector cable to provide the standard USB-A port, or if you have an iPad with USB-C port, you could use a USB-C to MIDI cable) is the most popular choice, but it doesn't necessarily have to be the Roland UM1, there are cheaper alternatives to both cables available. I personally use these two, which work totally fine on my 6th gen iPad: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09S5R8BYJ www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08J466SZD
