My first MIDI controller KORG nanoKONTROL
Happy 2010!! This new year has brought lots of new things for me, new website, new blog, new mic stand and an awesome new Korg nanoKontrol midi controller 
. This slick little piece of equipment is great for people like me who are just beginning to expand the number of fingers they can use while performing live. I just received my controller today, and I couldn’t believe how small and cute it was but I must say that it did not come with the best manual. The manual with nanoKontrol was quite useless, also it did not come with a mini usb cable as it promised on the box, but that was okie as I had tons of them lying around in my studio. I had used a M-audio ozone in the past but that was long time ago and so it took me little while to figure out how to setup the korg nano with Ableton Live. And after reading a couple of blogs and going through some youtube videos I have a simple 4 step setup instruction for mapping Korg NANOKONTROL with Abelton Live 7.
Step 1 Connect the Korg nanokontrol to your computer with the usb cable.
Step 2 Download the Konrol Editor software http://www.korg.co.uk/downloads/nano/KontrolEditor_Mac_0100.zip and install it.
Step 3 Open Live – got to preferences – MIDI sync- under MIDI Port select the input NANOKONTROL (slider/knob) and turn remote ON
Step 4 In the Session view click on MIDI button on the top right hand corner, now all your knobs, sliders and buttons etc should get highlighted. Simply click on the fader/knob and then move the slider on the nanokontrol, it should show you the number of the physical slider it is mapped to.
Some useful youtube videos I found-
Happy 2010 again!!
