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Akai MPK88 User Manual

Akai MPK88
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................1
REAR PANEL OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................3
HOOKUP DIAGRAM ............................................................................................................................3
DISPLAYING INFORMATION..............................................................................................................5
OCTAVE AND TRANSPOSITION .................................................................................................5
NOTE .............................................................................................................................................5
NOTE AFTERTOUCH (Channel Pressure)....................................................................................5
CONTROL CHANGE .....................................................................................................................5
CONTROL AFTERTOUCH ............................................................................................................6
MIDI MACHINE CONTROL COMMAND (MMC)............................................................................6
PREVIEWING ................................................................................................................................6
ABOUT MODES ...................................................................................................................................7
PRESET MODE ....................................................................................................................................8
PAGE 1 – LOAD PRESET .............................................................................................................8
PAGE 2 – SAVE/COPY PRESET ..................................................................................................8
PAGE 3 – NAME PRESET ............................................................................................................8
EDIT MODE ..........................................................................................................................................9
EDIT MODE PARAMETERS ................................................................................................10
EDITING THE KEYBOARD .........................................................................................................11
KEYBOARD OCTAVE ..........................................................................................................11
KEYBOARD AFTERTOUCH.................................................................................................11
KEYBOARD VELOCITY .......................................................................................................11
EDITING THE PADS....................................................................................................................12
NOTE PARAMETERS ..........................................................................................................13
PROGRAM CHANGE PARAMETERS .................................................................................14
EDITING KNOBS AND FADERS.................................................................................................15
CONTROL CHANGE PARAMETERS ..................................................................................16
AFTERTOUCH PARAMETERS............................................................................................17
INCREMENT/DECREMENT PARAMETERS (knobs only)...................................................18
EDITING BUTTONS ....................................................................................................................19
CONTROL CHANGE PARAMETERS ..................................................................................19
PROGRAM CHANGE PARAMETERS .................................................................................20
EDITING THE ARPEGGIATOR ...................................................................................................21
ARPEGGIO PARAMETERS – TYPE, RANGE, BUTTON MODE.........................................22
ARPEGGIO PARAMETERS – GATE, SWING .....................................................................23
EDITING NOTE REPEAT ............................................................................................................24
NOTE REPEAT BUTTON MODE .........................................................................................25
NOTE REPEAT PARAMETERS – GATE, SWING ...............................................................25
EDITING TIME DIVISION ............................................................................................................26
DEFAULT TIME DIVISION ...................................................................................................26
BUTTON MODE ...................................................................................................................26
EDITING THE PITCH BEND WHEEL..........................................................................................27
EDITING THE MODULATION WHEEL........................................................................................28
MIDI CHANNEL ....................................................................................................................28
MIDI CC ................................................................................................................................28
MINIMUM VALUE .................................................................................................................28
MAXIMUM VALUE................................................................................................................28
EDITING TRANSPORT CONTROL.............................................................................................29
EDITING TAP TEMPO.................................................................................................................29
EDITING FOOTSWITCH PEDAL INPUTS...................................................................................30
EDITING EXPRESSION PEDAL INPUT......................................................................................31
EDITING SPLIT ...........................................................................................................................32
SPLIT POINT........................................................................................................................32
SPLIT PARAMETERS ..........................................................................................................32
GLOBAL MODE .................................................................................................................................33
KILL MIDI – Page1.......................................................................................................................33
MIDI COMMON CHANNEL – Page 2 ..........................................................................................33
LCD CONTRAST – Page 3..........................................................................................................33
KEYBOARD VELOCITY CURVE -- Page 4 .................................................................................34
PAD SENSITIVITY – Page 5 .......................................................................................................34
PAD VELOCITY CURVE – Page 6 ..............................................................................................34
PAD THRESHOLD – Page 7 .......................................................................................................35
KEYBOARD TRANSPOSITION – Page 8....................................................................................35
MIDI CLOCK – Page 9.................................................................................................................35
TAP TEMPO AVERAGE – Page 10.............................................................................................35
SAVE GLOBAL – Page 11...........................................................................................................36
SYSEX TX – Page 12 ..................................................................................................................36
VERSION – Page 13....................................................................................................................36
PROGRAM CHANGE MODE .............................................................................................................37
PROG CHANGE (Program Change)............................................................................................37
PROG+BANK (Program Change with Bank Change) ..................................................................37
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ................................................................................................38
TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................................................................................39
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................40
CONTACT INFORMATION ................................................................................................................40

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Akai MPK88 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Pad colorBlack
Control typeButtons
Number of pads16
Number of knobs24
MIDI-keyboard number of keys88 keys
MIDI outYes
InterfaceUSB
Display typeLCD
USB ports quantity1
Minimum RAM1000 MB
Minimum processor1.5 GHz Pentium 4/Celeron (Windows), 1.25 GHz G4/G5 (Mac)
Mac operating systems supportedMac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac 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 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Home x64, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
Depth378 mm
Width1318 mm
Height132 mm
Weight30390 g

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