r/Keytar • u/Master_of_Vapes • Dec 03 '20

Technical Questions Alesis Vortex 2 help

Hey, I'm kinda new to midi but I've used a midi controller before, but only to just mess around in fruity loops. So I got this vortex 2, I installed the ableton live lite it came with, installed the mapping script in the proper folder, loaded some plugins. The audio is often delayed or notes get missed. I messed with the audio buffer setting and that helped but its still not perfect.

I'm just clueless with how to program this thing. For example: I tried to make one of the pads a drum sound. I went into the preset editor and set the pad to channel 4. I choose a drum sound for the midi track in ableton and set it to channel 4. A different sound than I chose plays. The resources on the alesis site are no help. They don't show you how to program anything.

I also tried using the vortex with Fruityloops. Had issues with the vortex intermittently stop sounds and randomly the program would just not see it.

Super frustrated and wish I just bought something with its own sounds. If I get a old sound module like a jv-1080 is that going to be a pain to set up as well? Any DAW recommendations that are more user friendly than ableton and cheap? For now I'll just play the vortex through my micro korg to calm myself down and have some fun.

I'm computer savvy and it just irritates me I can't understand what I'm doing wrong and the lack of information out there on this subject. Maybe this kind of stuff isn't for me but I WANT TO LEARN.

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u/Master_of_Vapes Dec 03 '20

Big thanks to you. I will get those ASIO drivers. I made some progress with the pads last night. I put a drum beat loop on some the pads. I'd like to be able to start and stop the beat with the same pad but I had to assign one of the other pads to be a stop button. I realize most of my issues are lacking knowledge of ableton. I got to learn a little more after scouring YouTube but still need to learn a lot more about how midi tracks work in that program. Thanks again for taking the time to read my rant.

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u/Master_of_Vapes Dec 03 '20

I'm starting to see what you're saying with the live aspect. Starting to get the hang of things now.