Issue:
You thought that by just plugging in the KORG NanoKontrol2, it will recognize the control and automatically maps the controls to some nice defaults like the transport buttons working and fade a few tracks. But nothing happens.
Root Cause:
The Preference's MIDI panel is actually misleading. You cannot select a NanoKontrol as the device and nor have it auso-sense and hope for it to download the configs.
You also probably thought that there is something you can do with the KORG control editor and that's also a wrong answer. There is nothing you can do there either.
Fix:
This is actually clearly in the NonoKontro2's manual. But to make this to work, you need to make the control in Mackie control surface emulation mode. I would take a thin magic marker pen and write the following in the back of the control (hope yours isn't black one.)
Hold the (Set) and [STOP] button together while plugging in the USB cable to the NanoKontrol2 to set it the Mackie control surface mode.
On the Ableton Live preference, under the MIDI tab, you also need to select Mackie Control as the Control Surface.
Note on the Windows, plugging in a MIDI device after the Live has started won't generally make the Live to sense that it is connected. All MIDI devices must be up and connected before you start the Live. On Macs you can plug things in and out, generally, at any time.
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