Using the AKAI MPK49 with Ableton Live.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:08 am
I wanted to share a little tip about the MPK49.
Maybe if anyone had anymore they could reply?
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Drumracks and MPK
WIth 3 column and 4 rows, the MPK pads dont represent Lives drum rack as well as an MPD or trigger finger.
By default, when working with drum racks, the pads on the MPK are represented only on the first 3 columns of Lives drum rack.
While this might be visually helpful (to someone perhaps?!), it means some samples may not be accessable, if for example, you are working with a loop that was automatically sliced to midi.
Annoyingly, on your keyboard, playing the drum rack from middle C up, will still leave out those samples (Slice 4, 8, 12, 16)
Some people might have missed that going down 2 octaves (starting on "note 36") fixes that problem.
With this in mind, I've set up the pads to transmit notes 36 through to 47 in my default template.
Alternatively, going to Preset 2 (Reason) on the MPK, is a quick way of fixing the pad problem, when you need to access all samples in a drum rack.
You could even rename that preset to "first 12 pads" for example.
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Cheers
Maybe if anyone had anymore they could reply?
___
Drumracks and MPK
WIth 3 column and 4 rows, the MPK pads dont represent Lives drum rack as well as an MPD or trigger finger.
By default, when working with drum racks, the pads on the MPK are represented only on the first 3 columns of Lives drum rack.
While this might be visually helpful (to someone perhaps?!), it means some samples may not be accessable, if for example, you are working with a loop that was automatically sliced to midi.
Annoyingly, on your keyboard, playing the drum rack from middle C up, will still leave out those samples (Slice 4, 8, 12, 16)
Some people might have missed that going down 2 octaves (starting on "note 36") fixes that problem.
With this in mind, I've set up the pads to transmit notes 36 through to 47 in my default template.
Alternatively, going to Preset 2 (Reason) on the MPK, is a quick way of fixing the pad problem, when you need to access all samples in a drum rack.
You could even rename that preset to "first 12 pads" for example.
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Cheers