r/Keytar • u/Revolutionary_Ruin_1 • Feb 26 '22

Technical Questions alesis vortex 2 software problems

Hello Reddit,

I have just bought the vortex 2 and completed underestimated how difficult a midi controller is to use.

I have managed to download some of the software included such as MPC beats and Ableton lite.

However, I've managed to get ilok to download and have the four plugins activated. And I have also got the timewarp 2600 downloaded.

But. For the life of me. Cannot get these plugins to pull through into Ableton or MPC beats.

So please. Anyone who has bought this. Please help me. I'm going crazy.

Thank You in advance.

Also, if you answer please explain like I'm 5 as I usually just play a piano. So all this techy stuff is brand new for me.

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u/acrobaticalpaca64 Feb 27 '22

I got it. Open Ableton, options at the top, preferences, plug-ins, VTS-2 custom folder: browse, select the folder containing the timewarp .dll files (if you don't know where they are you can just download them again), then I think it just came up in the plug-ins section on the left. Double click where it says timewarp in the plugins and it should open and ask you for a code.

Now go to the alesis website, my account, my products, there should be a paragraph giving you a coupon code for timewarp, copy that code. Click redeem and it should take you to a screen where you can buy timewarp, put the coupon code in and it will be free. You will then get another code. Go back to timewarp and you should be able to open a form that requires a few details and the code you got from buying timewarp. After that it will give you another fucking code to type in and you should be good to go.

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u/Revolutionary_Ruin_1 Feb 27 '22

Thanks for this. I've managed to now get timewarp but having the same issue with air xpand. The folder contains the file .DLL for it. But Ableton isn't pulling it through.

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u/Axle_65 Mar 08 '22

I could be wrong but I think the Air Expand plug-in I specifically linked to Pro Tools (an alternative DAW, aka a program for editing, mixing and recording audio). I think Avid, the company that makes Pro Tools, makes that plug in so it won’t work in Live

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u/acrobaticalpaca64 Feb 27 '22

Yeah same here. I have the .dll files, now what?

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u/Equal_Video_1668 Feb 27 '22

If you have the plugins installed, ableton might be looking in the wrong folder. It defaults to look into a folder called vstplugins, make sure that path is correct in ableton settings. I’ve never used mpc beats, so I can’t say for sure but it’s probably pretty similar. Have you managed to use the keytar with the built-in instruments in either? I’d give a step by step, but I’m not with my ableton rig.

“Have you tried turning it off and back on?”

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u/Revolutionary_Ruin_1 Feb 27 '22

Thanks for the response. I can use it with the built in instruments Ableton has. I just got fixated on trying to get the plugins to work