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Midi Events

 
$ aseqdump -l               # list connected device
$ aseqdump -p "MPK mini 3"  # read midi event

• Pads are controller 16 to 23 (bank A) / 24 to 31 (bank B)
• knob are controller 70 to 77
• program change ? (control avec pad)
• The System Exclusive messages (SysEx) that are exchanged between the device and its settings editor software (which of course is only available for Windows and mac OS) are not documented
  • see 1 / 2 trying to reverse them

Toubleshooting

• How to Sync the AKAI MPK mini Arpeggiator to DAW TEMPO / Sync MPK Mini arpeggiator to external tempo

• [How to adjust AKAI MPK MIDI velocity on the keyboard itself

  increase key sensitivity

  any DAW](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iU8q_2CTpE) - press Full level for 5 seconds, then adjust parameters with knobs K1 to K4. They all take a value ranging from 1.0 to 40.0, with the constraint that they must have decreasing values from v1 to v4

  • If you want to reset them to their default values:
    • v1: 24.0 / v3: 04.0
    • v2: 06.0 / v4: 02.4
    • Black bal: 0.7 - A value of 1.0 means the black keys will respond to pressure exactly as the white keys. A value of 0.5 means the black keys will be half as sensitive as the white keys.

more details in Workarounds for velocity issues on a AKAI MPK mini3

Tutorial

• Akai mpk mini (play) arpeggiator tempo sync in Mixbus/Ardour / MINI MK2 TUTO N°1

Using a Linux DAW With a USB-Connected MIDI Keyboard

Luppp

• Lupp MIDI Binding

Making loops

• Live looping with FL Studio #1
• The Weeknd / Blinding Lights
  • Novation pad

see also

• Translating MIDI input into computer keystrokes on Linux?

• Step-by-step to run a midi keyboard input device?

• Akai MPC Beats