Akai MPK88 Support Question
Akai MPK88 Support Question
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Question posted by kenrickgrant on August 19th, 2015
Where To Download Mpk88 Firmware Update Or Restore ?
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Answer #1: Posted by aureliamarygrace on August 19th, 2015 5:05 PM
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Here's the link to download MPK88 firmware update and for instructions on what to do if you've inadvertently wiped your firmware :
http://www.noterepeat.com/products/akai-profession...
Please note that only customers who require specific new controller presets offered by a particular update are encouraged to update. And carefully read the article before you begin.
Click the link below to read the sticky post from one of the AKAI employee:
http://community.akaipro.com/akai_professional/topics/mpk88_firmware
OR
Just contact Akai support at http://akaipro.com/support and they will provide the file asap. Then you can just follow the walk through linked in the sticky post above to get back up and running.
Related Akai MPK88 Manual Pages
Operation Manual - Page 4
This dial is used for navigating menus, displaying data, and affecting change on MPK61/MPK88's options and parameters.
2. [VALUE] (Push to Enter) - The display is pressed down.
3. [] BUTTONS - These buttons are used to increment and decrement Presets, parameter values and ...
Operation Manual - Page 5
... arpeggiation. If you depress the keys. Transmits MIDI Pitch Bend information on the MPK61/MPK88 works in conjunction with the Tempo and Time Division settings, which specify the rate of... light up and down a combination of the Note Repeat and
Arpeggiator features. This button divides the keyboard into left and right sections - The Note Repeat feature can set to 0.
24. [TAP TEMPO...
Operation Manual - Page 6
...TRS expression pedal to this input.
8. If you would like to the MIDI OUT port of the MPK61/MPK88.
4. Plug a standard USB cable into the USB port of your computer to a device attached to ...MIDI cable to connect the MIDI OUT of an external MIDI device to the MIDI IN of the MPK61/MPK88.
3 FOOTSWITCH INPUT - HOOKUP DIAGRAM
Please refer to a table or other surface. REAR PANEL OVERVIEW
...
Operation Manual - Page 7
... "MIDI echo" in your software application might want the MPK61/MPK88 to control another device connected to the MPK61/MPK88's MIDI IN port, that device's MIDI information will also need...Mode). IMPORTANT
The operation of the Preferences menu.
3. This will need to slave the MPK61/MPK88 to a MIDI Clock generated by your computer is connected to the tempo selected in your software...
Operation Manual - Page 8
... INFORMATION
As you are working with it is being held down. OCTAVE AND TRANSPOSITION
When using the keyboard, the LCD will display while in use: OCTAVE, TRANSPOSITION, NOTE, AFTERTOUCH (Channel Pressure), CONTROL CHANGE... to the pad. When you may have a MIDI Note Number associated with the MPK61/MPK88, the LCD will help you keep track of what values and parameters are several kinds of...
Operation Manual - Page 9
...erroneous controller data being used to send three different MIDI CC numbers, depending on the MPK61/MPK88 sends an MMCPLAY message to transmit AFTERTOUCH information. At that slider S1 is moved, the ... to adjust S1 (MIDI CC#10), you are currently in the "Last" value readout on the MPK61/MPK88, the deck also stops. When [STOP] is held, the fader of the controller.
The display shows...
Operation Manual - Page 10
... button on the MPK61/MPK88. This way, you can change how the pads respond to how the keyboard, pads, knobs and faders are behaving. ABOUT MODES
The MPK61/MPK88 has four different modes of...these and other various parameters in Edit Mode. A Preset is a short description of the MPK61/MPK88. Edit Mode
This mode allows you to load, save different configurations so you to set -up....
Operation Manual - Page 11
...the dial increments or decrements the current Preset number and displays the screen on the MPK61/MPK88, it will automatically go into Preset Mode and Preset 1 will be saved. Press [...different pages. PRESET NAME
PRESET NUMBER
The MPK61/MPK88 features different Preset banks that the first letter of information about how the MPK61/MPK88's keyboard, sliders, knobs, and pads will begin to ...
Operation Manual - Page 14
... property you play the keys, the louder the sound will see Page 1 displayed on the screen (shown on the MPK61/MPK88 can edit include MIDI Channel, Octave, Aftertouch, and Velocity. AFTERTOUCH FIELD
KEYBOARD VELOCITY
MIDI CHANNEL FIELD
1.
2. 3.
4. You can set to turn Velocity "On" or "Off" (default is loaded. Turn the [VALUE...
Operation Manual - Page 15
... programs on your software or hardware device's documentation to find out whether Program Change messages are hit. EDITING THE PADS
The pads on the MPK61/MPK88 can use Program Change to tell your DAW or external device. The default operation of samples or instruments.
Operation Manual - Page 16
...one of two MIDI Ports, A or B, and to one of 16 MIDI Channels on the MPK61/MPK88 to find the range that the pad will transmit Aftertouch information as a group (in other parameters.
...You can select whether the pad transmits Note On/Off information in a standard momentary (MTY) way like a keyboard, where hitting the pad generates a Note On and releasing it a Note Off message, or in MIDI Port...
Operation Manual - Page 18
...each event type are controllers which can also be assigned to transmit Aftertouch information.
On the MPK61/MPK88, the knobs and sliders can be set to select 'CTRL CHANGE' (Control Change) or '...is Control Change?
EDITING KNOBS AND FADERS
The knobs and faders on the MPK61/MPK88 are outlined in the following pages.
15
Aftertouch is being held down. The parameter fields available ...
Operation Manual - Page 19
... give you might only be accessed if the pad event type is set to transmit messages.
Instead, try setting the maximum value of the MPK61/MPK88. A14). Use the [>] button to select Minimum Range field.
2.
Use [] buttons to select the next field. For example, if you a tenth of control that the...
Operation Manual - Page 27
...NOTE REPEAT]. 3. SWING - SELECT PROPERTY PRESS ENTER TO EDIT
1. You will be found on our legendary Music Production Center (MPC) models. Now, if we increase the Gate parameter, the sequence will look like ... edited:
BUTTON MODE (TOGGL/MOTRY) - EDITING NOTE REPEAT
The MPK61/MPK88 features the Note Repeat function, which can be retriggered at a rate equivalent to the Time Division ...
Operation Manual - Page 36
...13
KILL MIDI -
A RESET ALL CONTROLLERS MIDI message will return all pads, buttons, knobs, faders or keyboard assigned to the MIDI Common Channel (CC) will be the first option which appears on each MIDI Channel .... The contrast of the LCD can be adjusted for some of options shown on your MPK61/MPK88 functions. In certain situations, it is often used to turn off any notes that your DAW...
Operation Manual - Page 37
... Pad Velocity Curve.
3. Turn [VALUE] dial to PadSens (page 5).
2.
MIDI VELOCITY
WEAK
STRENGTH OF HITTING PAD
STRONG
34 KEYBOARD VELOCITY CURVE - Page 4
KEYBOARD VELOCITY CURVE FIELD
A KEYBOARD VELOCITY CURVE describes how the keyboard on the MPK61/MPK88 outputs MIDI velocities, based on a certain ratio of 127 even if you hit the pad very hard, or...
Operation Manual - Page 38
... internally or "External" if you to MIDI CLK (page 9).
2. Turn [VALUE] dial to select Transposition in Global Mode, use [>] button to scroll to transpose MPK61/MPK88's keyboard up or down.
1. MIDI CLOCK FIELD
MIDI CLOCK is the minimum force required to determine the TAP TEMPO AVERAGE in this field. 1. Page 10
When...
Operation Manual - Page 39
... MPK61/MPK88. Press [ENTER] to save all of which was sent to see "Save Setup" displayed on the MPK61/MPK88, including MIDI Common Channel, LCD Contrast, Pad Sensitivity, Pad Velocity Curve, Keyboard Transposition,... by "playing" a SysEx file into the MPK61/MPK88, the data will override the data of the operating system and firmware is connected to save all the global settings on your...
Operation Manual - Page 41
... down with the [OCTAVE] buttons. Question: Can I use a power adapter if I need to another controller value.
Answer: Yes. The MPK61/MPK88 can access the full range of the keyboard? Answer: The MPK61/MPK88 features the same pads which effectively give you a total of the knobs, as well as use the adapter. You can...
Operation Manual - Page 43
...pin DIN x 1
Slave connector x 1 (MIDI over USB MIDI output channels from 5-pin MIDI
Keyboard
Drum pads Drum pad banks Faders 360 degree knobs Switches
Accessories
INPUTS/OUTPUTS MIDI inputs MIDI outputs USB... (www.akaipro.com) regularly for additional information, news and firmware upgrades for the MPK61/MPK88. sensitive) MPK88: 88 fully weighted hammer-action keys (velocity- For additional ...
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