Alesis VI49 Explained

The Alesis VI49 Keyboard Controller lets you take command of your music software with its full compliment of controllers, and Alex Solano shows you how to take control of the VI49 and get the most out of both its hardware and the software!

Videos

• Introduction (01:43) - In this lesson we’ll take a look at the software installer available from alesis.com for the VI49.

• Overview (07:01) - The VI49 features more controls than your standard MIDI controller. This section explains the pads, knobs, and switches.

• VI49 Editor (09:02) - The software editor enables you to dig deep into programing the VI49 controllers to use with your favorite hardware or software.

• Xpand2! (10:38) - Included with the VI49 is AIR Music Tech Xpand2! which is a multi-timbral synth. In this lesson, we configure multiple MIDI channels to feed one instance of XPand2!

• Ableton Setup (03:43) - Ableton Live 9 includes a preset for the VI Series. This automatically configures the transport control and mixer volume. But you can also customize the switches to performance controls.

• Studio One Setup (04:28) - With Studio One 3, configuring the transport is easy, using the MIDI learn features in your software.

• Reason Setup (03:17) - In addition to the transport controls, here we assign the switches on the VI49 to the metronome and auto-quantize functions as well.