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Akai MPK25 User Manual

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FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW
1. LCD – The display is used for navigating
menus, displaying data, and affecting change
on MPK25’s options and parameters.
2. [VALUE] (Push to Enter) – This dial is used
to increment and decrement Presets,
parameter values and settings. This dial also
functions as an [ENTER] button when it is
pressed down.
3. [<] AND [>] BUTTONS – These buttons are
used to navigate through the fields of menus
and options. The [<] button also functions as
a [CANCEL] button.
4. [PRESET] – This button calls up Preset
Mode. You can select and recall different
Preset programs in this mode.
5. [EDIT] – This button calls up Edit Mode,
which allows you to edit the behavior of the
keyboard, pads, knobs, buttons and default
settings for each preset.
6. [GLOBAL] – This button calls up Global
Mode, where MIDI reset commands and
global system preferences are set.
7. [PREVIEW] – This button allows you to see
the last value that was sent by a controller
without actually sending a value. Hold down
this button and adjust a controller to display
the value in the LCD. Then, you can either
change it to a new value or return it to last
value that was sent.
8. [PROGRAM CHANGE] – Pressing this
button will enter Program Change mode. In
this mode, you can send a Program Change
or Program with Bank Change message to a
hardware or software module.
9. TRANSPORT CONTROL BUTTONS
These five buttons are dedicated buttons for
sending transport control commands. The
transport control buttons can be set to
transmit either MMC (MIDI Machine Control),
MMC/MIDI SysEx, MIDI START/STOP or
pre-assigned MIDI CC values.
10. 12 ASSIGNABLE KNOBS – Each 360-
degree knob can be used to send continuous
control data to a desktop audio workstation or
external MIDI device.
11. 4 ASSIGNABLE BUTTONS – These buttons
can be used as MIDI CC switches or Program
Change switches. They can function in
momentary or toggle modes. When [TIME
DIVISION] has been activated, these 4
buttons are used to set the time division of
the Arpeggiator and Note Repeat features.
12. [CONTROL BANK] – The MPK25 features 2
independent banks of continuous controllers.
Effectively, this allows you to control up to 32
independent parameters with the knobs and
buttons on the MPK25. The [CONTROL
BANK] button is used to switch among the 2
banks. The LEDs above the button will
reflect the currently selected control bank.

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Akai MPK25 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Mixer section-
Product colorBlack
Number of controls3
Number of drum pads12
Display typeLCD
Built-in displayYes
USB ports quantity1
Current0.1 A
Input voltage5 V
Power supply typeUSB
Minimum RAM1 GB
Minimum processorPentium 4/Celeron/G4/G5 or faster
Minimum processor speed1.5 GHz
Mac operating systems supportedMac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supportedWindows 7 Home Basic, Windows Vista Business, Windows XP Home
Bundled softwareComes with Ableton Live Lite Akai Edition software.
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
Depth88 mm
Width477 mm
Height359 mm
Weight3400 g

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