Comments on: Akai MPK49 Keyboard: Keyboard Controller, MPC, Arpeggiator Love Child

By: WTF?

WTF? — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:41:29 +0000

the drum pads suck no matter how you set the velocities! weak,weak,weak!!!!
if you hit the edge of the pad it wont sound…but the korg pad will trigger a sound!…looks like im getting the korg pad for drums.the mpk49 does have a nice keyboard and arppeggiator though….akai needs to address the drum pad issues and this thing would rock.

By: sha

sha — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:09:43 +0000

tdd, relax, learn to google nub… its not that difficult, what is the issue you are having? i have had a few issues, at most it took me 30 mins to figure it out with the help of search engines… problem is people are lazy and spoiled.

By: tdd

tdd — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:50:28 +0000

Seriously, the MPK looks like a really great keyboard. But IT HAS TOO MANY ISSUES…WE WANNA DO MUSIC AKAI!!! NOT PAY MONEY TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS…wtf

Honestly if u double the price, itl be better to get an MPC…and a EMU x midi controller or just normal analog synth…

AKAI FUCKIN WAKE UP AND MAKE THE BEST MIDI CONTROLLER THAT WILL WORK CORRECTLY, ALONG WITH ALL THE MPCS features…then u will win me for sure…

By: WTF?

WTF? — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:10:53 +0000

ok,figured it out..you gotta have the 6volt power adapter…

By: WTF?

WTF? — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:21:20 +0000

cant get the mpk to work on hardware gear at all!…dead midi outs..tried EVERYTHING!…anyone get it to work!!!!!!!

By: big

big — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:26:29 +0000

does any also know how to set it up with fruity loops

By: big

big — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:25:27 +0000

does anybody know how to set up the apk49 with Pro-tools

By: unknown from 763

unknown from 763 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:57:47 +0000

does anybody know how to hook up the akai mpk49 to reasons for full optimal sounds and usage? Cant figure out anything.

By: RA

RA — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:07:17 +0000

All fixed and thankyou! Ignore the email request for more suggestions that I sent.

Seems the Cubase Preset for the MPK49 should have the transport set to CTRL (I may have moved it off this setting, but maybe not). You can then use the LEARN function to confirm the advice you gave originally.

Many Thanks

By: FNKYSHT

FNKYSHT — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:45:17 +0000

Hi All,

TO automate your MPK in cuebase do this :

1) go to (on the menu in Cuebase) DEVICES > DEVICE SETUP
2) Click on the Remote Devices Folder then click on the plus symbol on the top let hand corner to create a new Generic Remote
3)Click on “Import” in the right side of the generic remote window
4)Select the “Cubase”.html preset on the MPK disc …. yer not done yet
5)Change the midi channel on “stop, rec, play, rw, ff” from channel 2 to channel one.

VOILA …. all automated … now export that setting to a folder where you’ll find it if the settings reset.

Hope this helps .. if you have any questions hit me up at fnkysht@hotmail.com