Midi Control Mode - Akai MPC User Manual

MIDI Control Mode

In MIDI Control Mode, you can customize what MIDI messages are sent from certain controls on
your hardware. This custom "control map" will then work whenever you are in MIDI Control
Mode. This is useful when using MPC as a plugin: you can use MIDI Control Mode to use your
MPC hardware to control your host software, and then switch back to any other mode to control the MPC
plugin.
Important:
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In your host software, make sure your MPC hardware is selected as a MIDI controller device.
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The edits you make in MIDI Control Mode will be retained with the current MPC Project. If you want
to use the same control map for all of your Projects, we recommend saving your control map in your
template file. See the Preferences: Auto Load/Save Tab part of the General Features chapter for
more information about template files.
In your software, click the MIDI Control tab in the Mode Tab Section.
Hardware: To enter MIDI Control Mode, press Shift + Song / Other.
The software window will display a graphical interface resembling your connected hardware controller.
Editable controls display their current MIDI message. Controls outlined in red are identical across all eight
pad banks. The pads are all editable, as well, and can be set to behave identically across all banks or
differently in each bank.
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