Hey guys, I'm having a bit of an issue with Ableton 9 sending MIDI notes to my new Boss Dr-880 drum machine. I'm admittedly haven't used Ableton all that much for MIDI in the past, I've mainly used it with audio clips/samples. I have installed the drivers for the 880 and Ableton is acknowledging that it is connected but I cant seem to get the drum machine to play any sounds when I input a pattern into the piano roll. However, I have been able to play a demo loop on the drum machine by pressing play in Ableton and have gotten the drum machine to increase/decrease its speed by adjusting the tempo in Ableton...So I think I'm close to figuring this out, I just have no idea what I could be overlooking.
This is what I'm following from the Ableton website...
MIDI Output Ports:
To adjust the settings for your MIDI ports, open Live's Preferences' MIDI/Sync tab. First, enable the "Track" switch for the corresponding Output MIDI port. This allows you to send both MIDI notes to your synth to play back melodies and MIDI Control Change messages to automate its parameters such as the Filter Cutoff, Resonance, ADSR and everything else that can be tweaked in realtime.
If you are using an external drum machine, or if your external synth has an in-built arpeggiator or LFOs, you can synchronize these to Live's tempo. To enable this, activate the "Sync" button for the corresponding Output MIDI port.
Leave the "Remote" button disabled for the Output MIDI port.
And this is the machine I'm using...
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.