Hello!
I'm quite new to PD but eager to learn. I'm trying to figure out how to use my kaoss pad to control variables in PD. I have the kaoss pad connected to the computer via a midi to usb cord. I have installed the midi usb driver for the kaoss pad on my computer. I went to the 'midi settings' and added something called 'usb audio device' which i assume is the kaoss pad, to the input. I went to the 'test audio and midi' under media and none of the numbers changed as i used the kaoss pad. I created a 'notein' object and connected number boxes to it without results. PD has mindblowing potential for audio and video manipulation so I would really like to interact with it using the kaoss pad. Could anyone point me in the right direction to figure this out? thanks so much!

did you try [ctlin] with the right midi input device ?

yes i have tried the ctlin object without results, what do you mean by 'the right midi object?
thanks!

the 'usb audio device' which you assume is the kaoss pad doesn't seem to be a MIDI input but an audio driver
so go in Media/MIDI settings/Input device1/ and choose the right midi device...
i dunno...korg something...
now with a [ctlin] and some number boxes you can check the midi communication between pd and kp