Using the MIDI Mode of KO II EP-133 - Tutorial Guide 

Don't think so.. they have made adjustments to make sure that the fader survives transit apparently, haven't had a problem with the one I have here. Like the sound of it and keep finding new functions that I haven't seen listed anywhere, so that has been fun, suppose if you have a load of sampler / sequencers anyway it probably isn't worth it. Have had a few different ones and have done more with this thing in a few weeks than the others put together over years. There's so much information available about the 133 that nobody should be surprised about what they get, so was easy to decide.

Mute the other tracks?

But I'm wanting the other tracks which controlled by two other synths to play along with the ko-2, I've tried changing all the individual pads to midi channel 10 in the ko-2 but they still play across the other sequences when they run.

Needs to be type A!

Type A!

I have one of these cables, but I don't know which. No matter what I try, I can't get the MIDI connection to work unless I use USB. Could it be that I have the wrong cable, and how can I distinguish them?

@@prcr I know you can access and change the midi settings on the KO2… I don’t know exactly how to get them off the top of my head but I’d make sure you figure out which device is trying to send midi vs receive. As for the cables, theres no visual way (as far as I know) to know whether you have an A or B version, unless it’s already labeled.

Thanks! In the meantime, I learned that Type A and B cables are wired differently. I most probably have a Type B cable, and I'll start by buying one that clearly says it's Type A. 👍

The KOII so far as I understand it and so far from my testing: - it gets the midi messages in omni mode, so you can’t define a pad or group of pads to get activated for an specific midi channel - if you have the “keys” functionality it will trigger the specific note you are playing in the midi controller/keyboard in the pad group you are - if you don’t have the “keys” functionality active it will trigger the sound you have in each of the 12 pads for the group you are, one note to one pad, i.e. C4 or C3 on the midi keyboard will activate the “.” Pad sound associated. - if you change the group of pads, you will be using the sounds or keys of that new pad and not the previous one - you can use the KOII as a midi controller and associate a midi channel to a pad, so your can control external synths or VTS, but that’s is all. As far as I know, there is not a way currently to assign a midi channel to a group of pads or an specific pad. I have my doubts that it will get implemented in new firmware releases.