This may be obvious for people with some experience but not for absolute beginners like myself. I've spent hours trying to make my midi controller sound until I found this easy and well-explained video. Thank you so much!

WAS LITERALLY STRUGGLING FOR 4 HRS N IM GLAD I FOUND THIS CAUSE I WAS JUST ABOUT TO GIVE UP ON YT TUTORIALS 😂🤣 THANK U!!

I searched so long to find a solution for this problem and was ready to return my keyboard... thank you so much for this video! Amazing!!

You're literally the ONLY channel that helped me with this. Rather than telling people what they require, you did a step by step walkthrough. I really appreciate it!

As someone who just began using Ableton, this drove me absolutely crazy when I couldn't find out how to, and no tutorial gave me the answer I needed, this one totally helped, Thanks so much!

That video really helped. Like you said, nobody tells you these tips. Thanks very much.

So, for the SECOND TIME, this video solved my problem. I don't know why I can't remember to arm a track, but after going down a 20 minute rabbit-hole to troubleshoot, I remembered I had playlisted this video under my "Troubleshooting" playlist. Went there, found it, and solved my problem. Thank you!

So simple but yet so frustrating when you don't know how! Thanks for the video!

I spent ages trying to work out why my MIDI keyboard was only playing drums and not a new instrument I assigned on a new clip Thank you so much

Thank you very much! As you started, it may be obvious to some but I've spent hours trying to resolve the 'no audio' problem. I really appreciate you taking the time to post such a simple and clear solution.

I've watched a ton of videos on this and yours was the simplest and actually fixed my issue- THANK YOU!!!

YAY! my first time using a midi and you fixed my problem in under 5 mins! Thank you so so much xx

Thank you so much lol. I was so confused. I was in the middle of a new project and couldn't figure out what was going wrong. You're amazing man

Thankyou so much for this beautiful tutorial i was stuck at beginning with this now i am free from mind 🙏🏻

Hey Jon, This solved a MSSIVE problem for me being a complete novice. Thank you SOOOOO much!!!

Dude 28 year IT guy and i was losing mind. Had the Arturia midi controller app open and my controller was orange in preferences. You got me there i would hug you if i could. Thank you.

Thank you so much! I was convinced both my external midi and computer keyboards were broken just with Ableton

Thanks for the video, I noticed what my problem was and also learnd about the exclusive option.

Yay! I've been going spare following all the instrutions but getting no sound and you fixed it in 90 seconds. Wish I'd found this video weeks ago.

I’ve been 2 hours trying to figure out this shit, thank you so much!! You just made my day

You sir have helped me figure out this problem after i have been everywhere searching for an answer. thank you so much.

Thank you! It was part of the tutorial I watched but there's many tiny details like that, which are easy to forget. Especially since I'm used to Waveform 11 haha

Wow!! Glad I found your video! So many other tutorials but they just don’t seem to deliver like you did!! This really helped. Thanks

This was so helpful. Thank you so much. Subscribed!

Yay so helpful..i am a full noob so this was very very simple and useful! I haven't scrolled through your playlist so you may have made a vid on this but...now I want to fix the lag I hear when I push the keys on the midi. Thanks!

Thank you so much for the tips! Very helpful for Ableton beginners. I spent almost one hour trying to figure out why there's no sound but MIDI signal was confirmed, until this video I just noticed the little red button and this really save my ass.

Great Video this was just the info I needed to get my Midi Novation LaunchKey 49Keyboard to come out of my monitor. Thank you.

Keep up the great work What makes you different is you explain the little things Thank you 🙏🙏

Great video! I had this same problem and couldn't find this video before I figured it out.

So very helpful! Thank you yes I’m a newby! This is so necessary!

Hey...Thanks for sharing this information...I was searching everywhere on KZfaq and net for this problem and nowhere I got the solution...your session solved my problem...thanks 😊🤘

You are so amazing for doing this and helping!

omg...you saved my evening ! i always thought its a random error with my HW or something... Thanks for this !

Thank you for the video!!! It helped a lot.

Thankyou so much. For a beginner this was so helpful. Was searching high and low for this fix!!

Omg thank you so much!!!!!! Was looking for hours to figure this out.

I am laughing so hard right now! I appreciate the realism and human-figuring-things-out-in-the-moment authenticity

Thank you so much. I had this exact issue using Reaper rather than Ableton and this helped!

Thank you for this. This helped me a lot compared to other midi set up videos.

Very helpful I completely forgot about this

you saved my day, thank you much for this!!! :)

Omg thank you so much dude!!!!!!!! 💖💖💖🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Thank you Jon! Jon was awesome to answer my questions. I aksed kindergarden questions to the professor. Greetings from Omaha, Nebraska

thank you very useful tip for beginners like myself :)) Appreciated :))

YOURE A LIFESAVER!! I BEEN SEARCHING FOR AGES AND I NEVER KNEW WHY IT WASNT WORKING, DID THIS AND I GOT SOUND. URGHHH, MA HERO.

All KZfaq tutorials should take a lesson from Jon! Thanks so much this was an awesome tutorial.

Man you saved my life. thank you

Thank You. Your video was helpful.

men wow literally no-one explains this easy things u rock!

This is what I needed, thanks!

Thanks, this was driving me nuts :)

Thanks so much that was really helpful

Thanks, Jon! You helped me a lot!

Thank you so much man ! I was loosing it, couldn’t find the information anywhere 🙏🙏

very helpful. thanks. hopefully tonight I'll get the keyboard fired up

Thanks so much, this has taken me days to sort. If your after ideas for videos, it would be great to have one about what file types play on what channels, ie MIDI or audio. Thanks again. x

Thanks man!!!

Thank you dude! I was super confused as everything was 'correctly' set up. Silliest thing, which is a good thing.

really helped a lot thanks !

Very helpful. Thanks

thanks my dude, you out here saving lives

Excellent, thank you so much, God bless you!

You are the real MVP! Thank you so much!

this helped. thanks!

Thank you so much!

Thanks !! That really helped me !!

THANKS SO MUCH BRO KNOW IM 4 YEARS LATE BUT THIS REALLY HELPED MY GOAT

Thanks for the tip! Though I'm still having trouble getting the sound from the hardware synth to play.

great tip thanks man

Thank you sir! You saved my day

Instantly fixed it. Thank you.

hahahahahaa omg bro i love you, this solved my problem. I knew it was something super simple. :)

The video really helped. Thank you !

Thanks Man! You saved a ton of my time.

Thank you!

That was great. Life saver.

I am so grateful for this video lmao thank you!!

Ableton is strange when it comes to this kind of thing. Thanks for the video

thank you soo much i was so close to quitting making songs before even starting

Brilliant Jon! Love your video and the way you explain something so complex in such a simple way. You step by step instructions has helped me and I can hear my midi ‘notes’ being played although I can’t record them for some reason? I am using Live 8 and have tried using the ‘global record button’ but it still doesn’t work? It sure whether anyone knows?

Thanks for the help! Might check your audio levels on the video.

hehe he's crazy and i like it

You are the best..from the bottom of my heart

Thank you so much!!

Thank You Man!

Thank you sir!

Perfect fixed it. God bless brother keep it up.

very helpful thanks

THANK You so much, after looking through many forums I was like fuck it youtube must have something lol

This is exactly (how to fix )has to be like ...great job.!

thanks

I appreciate you Jon, I just got an Arturia MiniLab MKII midi keyboard - it's amazing - I followed your steps and finally was able to record new tracks, dragging and dropping from the VST menu onto midi tracks THANKS!. I'm using Arturia's Analogue Lab 4 playing neat sounds to find what I like. Here's the thing, for some reason Ableton Live Lite will weirdly only play one track & silence the other tracks. I have to quit Ableton (after googling forever) restart and it plays fine. The track doesn't have "S" clicked to single it out either. Admittedly this is the 1st time I've ever used this DAW so I may be missing something. 2. When I create a new Midi track on Ableton, and on a separate window, on Analogue Lab 4 load a new instrument, pad or synth, Ableton plays the last tracks sound @ the same time. I have to quit Ableton, can't find any mute button or anything to be able to play new sounds on the MiniLab on Analogue Lab 4 without Ableton doubling the new sound (before even selecting it from the menu your vid describes so well) with the last track's sound. Sorry for the TLDR! Any thoughts?

thank you so much

Thank you so much. Beyond frustrated trying to find this simple answer.

thanks man!

Thank you sir

Thanks a lot

Thank you Thank you!

Thank you!!!!!!

This was really helpful! Could you also please tell us howto assign sounds or tracks to the pads on a midi?