Korg PadKontrol issues

I've run into an odd little problem with the Korg Pad Control and Sonar X1. I'm running Win7 64 bit and 64 bit X1. The Korg Pad control is a little drum controller. It's a usb powered thing, with midi transmitted via the usb. The pad control comes with an editor/librarian. If I am running X1, and then start the editor/librarian, the editor/librarian can't communicate with the device. If the editor/librarian is running, then X1 recognizes the midi device (in the preferences window), but will not let you check the box. Or rather, you can select the padKontrol midi device, select 'Apply', the preference dialog 'blinks' for a sec and returns with what you just checked unchecked. I'm thinking maybe the as the editor/librarian is a 32 bit app and sonar x1 is 64 bit, the midi sharing is somehow affected? Or not? Anyone have a clue why this might be happening? Thanks.

Hi, Nick. Wow this is an old thread. lol I'm glad the "turn on device first" tip helped. I'm actually finding that to be the case with some of my other MIDI devices as well. Unfortunately I haven't been messing with the pK much lately so my original statement that I just couldn't get the Editor Librarian software to work still stands. It seems you've actually had more luck than I have. That is the exact error message I got anytime I tried to transmit scenes to my computer and I was following the directions to a T. I think there is just something wrong with that piece of software as is evidenced by a lot of the chatter over on the Korg forums (at least last time I looked which was quite some time ago). For me it's not a major issue because the 16 internal scenes is more than enough for my needs but I could see it being a real problem for guys who need to use it live or just need a lot of different programs. I'd say if you can't get it figured out try using the ACT stuff in Sonar instead but that's not something I've messed with personally either. For the pK I just use the internal programming system to map to the MIDI notes of whatever softsynth I'm using and save it. Even that is ridiculously complicated. Ridiculously complicate seems to be something Korg does well. lol
 
If I start working with the pK more again I'll probably be posting some stuff about it but for now I've shifted into mixing mode and have a few albums to put together so it might be a while. I've also started using the PRV more for most of my data input for drums which is why I bought the pK in the first place but I do kind of want to use it to input more natural sound fills over top of the point and click beats I've been creating.
 
Good luck... in fact if you figure it out update this thread. I'd love to hear any solutions to this problem. Cheers.

Huh... that's weird. I've been aware of that limitation since I built my rig and have kept my MIDI USB devices on the same ports consistently because of it. Still got the error. I did not really spend a lot of time trying to troubleshoot the Editor Librarian problem for very long though once I figured out how to just save the scenes on board. I'll have to give it another crack some day. I should probably dig around to see what's going on with my USB driver list too anyway just to see what's going on there. Thanks for the update. Cheers.
 
Oh and yes... the pK is definitely an nice unit for the price even if it is a little older. I thought mine was broken because with the default SD3 kits the velocities were all sorts of wrong and I had to resort to using the Max Velocity button on the pK (or whatever it's called). I bought the Andy John's kit for SD3 and all of a sudden the hits were responding probably. Works even better with BFD.
 
 

I have not. In fact I didn't really realize that function was there or at least what it meant when I was first messing with it. Good tip. I've obviously got it set to default which is okay with the fancier drum software but if I can find something a little smoother to work with that would be great.
 
On a side note I had found a youtube vid that was showing a set of on board programs a guy had made for the pK. It was pretty crazy. It involved the editor librarian though IIRC so I just let it be. If I can get the EL working I might take another look at it. Lemme see if I bookmarked the vid...
 
Ah yes... here it is.
 
And now I think they may be programs for sale but there's still some cool stuff. Cheers.
 
 

Interesting thread. I have a PadKontrol and a couple of older Roland devices; a Fantom XR and XV-5080 which all have 32-bit editor/librarian apps. They all worked fine on Win XP, but under Win7 X64, none of them will communicate with their respective devices whether Sonar has been running or not. However, Sonar works with them with no issues.

I'm using 3 of the korg nanokontrollers with sonar x2a 64bit and they function fine. I'll try the pads a little later and leave an answer on my suscess or failure, but I'm pretty sure they will work just fine.