Add midi controller?

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Add midi controller?

Hey everyone,

I recently picked up Logic Studio and am very excited to get started recording some of my stuff. So I plugged in my Novation Remote 25 LE Midi Keyboard/Controller and it didn't work. I went to Preferences and looked around for an answer on how to add. I got a list of some midi controllers but I have no idea how to get my working with Logic. I'm a novice to the program so any help provided will be helpful. All I want is to be able to control the logic synths with my Novation Remote 25 LE.

Thanks so much,
Henry

Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jun 8, 2009 7:50 PM

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Caramby

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Jun 9, 2009 4:30 AM in response to hiimhenryyy

You say you "plugged it in", but did you install a driver?
When you go to +Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup,+ can you see your interface listed as an option?

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Eriksimon

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Jun 9, 2009 10:48 AM in response to hiimhenryyy

Download and install drivers and the OS update from here first:
http://www.novationmusic.com/support/remote_le/

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hiimhenryyy Author

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Jun 10, 2009 7:21 AM in response to Caramby

Yes, I can!

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hiimhenryyy Author

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Jun 10, 2009 7:34 AM in response to Eriksimon

I installed the drivers, but couldn't figure out how to install the update. When I go into logic > control surfaces I just get a list of generic midi keyboards and controllers. I'm stumped!

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Bee Jay

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Jun 10, 2009 7:37 AM in response to hiimhenryyy

Why are you looking in the control surfaces preferences? You do not have a Logic supported control surface, you have a generic MIDI controller.

The Control Surfaces manual shows which devices are supported in Logic as a control surface.

As long as your keyboard is installed correctly and sending MIDI to Logic, you can configure it to do what you want with some work.

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hiimhenryyy Author

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Jun 10, 2009 7:45 AM in response to Bee Jay

I'm not sure, this is my first time using logic. I just screwed up my Novation Midi keyboard though, I tried to send it update, but it said Error! and now everything is showing up as lines. How do I install a .syx file?

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Bee Jay

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Jun 10, 2009 7:48 AM in response to hiimhenryyy

Doesn't its manual give you the procedure to update it?

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hiimhenryyy Author

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Jun 10, 2009 7:51 AM in response to Bee Jay

I got it from a friend. Can I post screenshots here? Cause I'm pretty sure this thing is installed now, but it's not working. Thanks for the help.

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Eriksimon

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Jun 10, 2009 7:57 AM in response to hiimhenryyy

hiimhenryyy wrote:
(I have no manual because) I got it from a friend.

The manual is downloadable from the same page I linked to earlier.
Or here:
http://www.novationmusic.com/support/startdownloadfile=2.pdf?source=www.novation music.com/support/remotele/&did=2&name=ReMOTE%20LE%20User%20GuideEnglish.pdf

Includes update instructions on p. 20.

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Bee Jay

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Jun 10, 2009 7:56 AM in response to hiimhenryyy

Play a key on the keyboard and watch Logic's transport window. Do you see events being received there?

If so, it's working fine.

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hiimhenryyy Author

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Jun 10, 2009 7:57 AM in response to Eriksimon

I found that, and I found a guide to installing it, I followed it and get an error. :/

If it shows up in Utilities > Midi Setup

Should it be working? This is so confusing, new program, new os!

Thanks for all the help to all you. I'm grateful for all this.

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hiimhenryyy Author

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Jun 10, 2009 7:59 AM in response to Bee Jay

I see absolutely nothing. Nothing at all changes.

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hiimhenryyy Author

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Jun 10, 2009 8:02 AM in response to Eriksimon

"Updating the operating system
The last page of the GLOBAL Edit menu allows a new
operating system to be received by the ReMOTE LE. To
access this page, press the GLOBAL button so that the LED
to the left of it illuminates, then scroll using the OCTAVE
UP (right arrow) button to page 6 so that the screen shows:

Now press the WRITE button to put the ReMOTE LE in
'waiting' mode, and transmit the OS update from the
Template Editor running on an attached computer. "

That's all the information given in the guide. I followed this one.
http://www.novationmusic.com/answerbase/en/article.php?id=305

But like I said, I got an error. "Error! Abort download" or something similar to that. I tried searching the error, but I couldn't find a post about it.

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hiimhenryyy Author

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Jun 10, 2009 8:08 AM in response to hiimhenryyy

This is what I see:

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Eriksimon

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Jun 10, 2009 8:17 AM in response to hiimhenryyy

hiimhenryyy wrote:
I found that, and I found a guide to installing it, I followed it and get an error. :/

If it shows up in Utilities > Midi Setup

Should it be working?

Yes. See also Bee Jay's directions. Colonel Bee Jay, I mean... 🙂

This is so confusing, new program, new os!

The main problem seems to be the firmware of the Novation.

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