Akai MPK88 User Manual

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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