MPC Beats - How To Setup MIDI Controllers(AKAI MPK Mini & Push 2)

[@TheIronMason]

Thank god for your help man, 4 hours of trying to figure out why the pads weren't synced in the right order and your video got me straight in 5 minutes.

[@Soundahfeks]

I was tripping out on why my control knobs weren’t working. Thanks bruh you’ve helped me a lot throughout my start. 🤝

[@israelalex3881]

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[@aidanernesto218]

@Israel Alex yup, I have been using instaflixxer for months myself :)

[@challengerssb]

Thank you man! I bought this MIDI controller a few years back and did not use it. The resources from the Akai website have changed but your videos remain in KZbin! Excited to dust the MPK M2 off and get started. All the best.

[@DJ.DBD1]

Thanks A.M. just updated mpc beats software and mapped it with my New Arturia MiniLab MK II Copped it from Guitar Center they had it on sale for $99 , I couldn’t beat that although I was looking for another piece of gear and With your assist I mapping it to MPC beats , it keep doing what you doing💯🦾

[@successcoast]

Bro I have watched this video many times, I keep watching for different reasons and learning small new things every time.

[@godschampwilson3955]

I was about to go crazy until I seen your video.... Thanks Champ you really came through for me... The best channel thus far....

[@The-word-I-does-not-exist]

After watching the MPC academy video (which was useless) I found yours and was up and running in minutes, thanks to you, Akai should hire you. Props 💯

[@nikolaslalonde333]

This man here is totally underrated he’s a God

[@michaelh2650]

Thank you so much for the clarity and redundancy to help show how to map. Ive been hesitant using my MPK mini so far because I couldn't get any sound to come out. Thanks for the good looks. Also 100% agree on the Sweetwater recommendation. You can find so many deals and they have amazing customer service.

[@andrewstockell]

Thanks my bro. Honestly was frustrated with this. got it going now. MINT!

[@Ohitsyaboi]

first time watching had no clue what you were talking about after a few hours of beating my head in the wall and learning the daw everything you said came together thank you soooooo much

[@KevinArchibald]

These tutorials are funny but totally get me unstuck. Sometimes you're like "You gotta hit this thing over here" and you don't even say what it is or why it works but who cares cos we got there, and didn't have to watch 30 minutes to get there! Thank you!

[@cat_daddytv]

first time watching "the sequence" ....traptendo.....i love it! helpful thank you!

[@AshwinAnandani]

THANK YOU. Simple and to the point, even Akai's BS tutorials don't show you to go and click Enable or none of this sh*t works properly. Thanks for simplifying and showing the things no one else thinks to. Nicely done.

[@LeoSonics]

FIRST AND MAN WAS THIS VIDEO ON TIME!!!! I spent hours on hold with Akai only to get an email to a link to a website with broken downloads for the MPK Programs.

[@DudeOfTheState182]

Just got one of these the other day and I gotta say, your videos along with Taetro have helped me no end. Thanks so much man!!

[@travisqepps]

Same two for me too

[@CidaliaCastroOficial]

You're THE best! Thank you SOO much! You simplified everything with your direct and clear explanation!

[@oneyellowpeacock]

Thank you so much. The CONTROL option was not selected on my mpc midi settings. Just by enabling that everything works now :D

[@umanoid1523]

Lol. I wish you’d done this weeks ago when I kept struggling with this. All of my problems were dumb user issues from not diving into preferences and making sure the keyboard was enabled to the software. Once doing that I was able to map everything. I have a new novation launchkey mk3 so they didn’t have any drivers ( some of the mappings from old launchkey worked) but I had to make a copy and modify it to add the knobs.Thanks for this as always. This is very clear .

[@paulmorris3621]

Thanks a million my friend! I was going nuts over why stuff didn’t work.

[@wrayxphoto]

Mr Mcree you are a genius. I have spent countless weeks trying to figure this out and it was in the preferences settings under control that I was missing. Thanks...ray

[@scholzdigital]

Helped me out so much in setting up my MPKmini. Thanks!!!

[@ernesteggleston819]

Thank You Man, , Finally the secret riddle solved. Much Appreciated!!

[@TheShinham]

Omfg you are a LIFESAVER I couldn't figure out for the life of me why my pads were mapped all weird! thank you sooo much!

[@hondai]

THANK YOU! I don't know what I was doing wrong since it didn't seem like I did anything different but after resetting everything, following your steps, it works perfectly now. So again, thanks for keeping it short and simple.

[@methodm2000]

Thank you so much for this! I was breaking my head trying to figure out why my pads weren't mapping correctly!

[@a-symfony6312]

Much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much, Thanx you's bro, watching this has solved my issue for MPK mini!!!!! Yezzir.

[@trendlab22024]

Extremely helpful, thank you! I was getting no sound from the pads or keys... problem was my 'input ports' under 'Edit/Preferences/MIDI Sync' were not set up correctly.

[@forsale313]

Thank you, it worked now we cookin' wit' fire !!!

[@wesleywells7374]

Thank you so much for this free information! You just got yourself a new subscriber!

[@SBGALAXY]

In my case , why there is no sound coming out ?

[@saltedtv5498]

i dont get any sound either

[@chairmenlive]

@@saltedtv5498 same any results?

[@saltedtv5498]

@@chairmenlive nah bro still the same

[@Alectron8]

i dont even have the little keyboard at the bottom of the screen

[@brianamelina8133]

HELP. i have same problem

[@vazfinestdjchozin1599]

Oh man... You really do cover any question i ask on youtube.

[@Juskolmeal]

Thanks family!! appreciate you!!

[@88keyz]

Yeah I had to enable that control part for my nektar impact lx25 and my nanopad2 I had to figure it out on my own tho the first mpc beats drop I had everything up n running tho it was easy I'll admit at first it didn't connect everything so I know a little something about how midi controllers work in daws so I understand what I had to do i think because i have used so many different daws i know a few different approaches to connecting a midi controller to daws I'm glad you broke it down for everyone else lol

[@technicolortony3091]

Thx for doing these man! Can we maybe get a vid with your opinion on current Laptops (budget500-750, midrange750-1250, etc) it’s about to be laptop sales time with back to school...

[@ShogunisMrCwell]

This has helped, especially the learn function for mapping

[@pauloyoshizaki2103]

AKAI : MIDI : CONTROLLER : TOP Akai : Top : Top : Top : Controller .

[@onehipsista]

Geeeeez AKAI. I got the MPK Mini III a few weeks ago and couldn't understand why MPC 2/Beats wouldn't come up when you press the Prog Select on the unit, or automatically detect and map. I managed to map it once in MPC 2, then lost it. Thank you for this!

[@triple_beet]

Thank you for the tutorial, it was a lot of help. I liked and subscribed

[@straightedge_eli2062]

Back to the basics .Finally!

[@bmcguire64]

Brother THANKS A MILLION for that video. This is why I subscribed. Thanks for that VERY informative video. I've been trying to figure out how to map the knobs for two months now. Your next video has to be on how to speed up the high hats trap style.

[@TanyaOwens]

Also please explain your screen recording setup. How are you able to record the sounds from MPC Beats when you are using your screen recorder?

[@88keyz]

That 2 years warranty is nice

[@maji8722]

This is exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate the video.

[@authenticginger]

This was super great info! Thank you!

[@Xylume]

Do you hit the A/B to set up pads 9-16 and what about the other 8 endless encoders?

[@caesar912]

I so needed this . Thank you for all you do fam . Peace to da god

[@AveMcree]

My pleasure

[@jawes1]

@@AveMcree I HEAR SOUNDS WHEN I SCROLL THRU THE SAMPLES BUT I HEAR NOTHING WHEN I HIT THE KEYBOARD???

[@freethinkers-inc.]

I love the SW but this part of it is really buggy or the full concept behind is only known by the developer itself ;-). Even with your good explanations it took me more than one hour to make sense out of it how the concept behind was supposed to work. I learned similar like you showed in your video that the three buttons in the midi/sync settings play a bigger role in it. With the Track-Button still active, I was after a successful mapping to midi able to hear overlapping sounds. One from the original HW-configurations and the new SW mapped ones. Disabling this button made it work for me at the end.

[@successcoast]

Thanks man that was so easy, I really needed the preferences part for my mpk mini lay and usb piano!

[@Illnoise5959]

Thank you, Sir. I got NA Education.

[@bylakopbhu4852]

That's the best help I got ... U r a good teacher , great help . Thanks alot ..

[@CAMELEON1721]

Yeah , I have Akai MPK Mini Player Professional, but I could not use it with the DAW program. I saw an email about this MPC Beats and that this DAW is free. I just don't know what size it is and I'm afraid my computer may be too weak. For now, I'm using Arturia MiniLab with Analog Lab 4 software. I recently started using the Akai MPK Mini Player MIDI controller. Because I have an even older version of Analog Lab (maybe Analog Lab 1 or 2), I use Akai with Analog Lab. I use both Analog Lab on one monitor and record via the free On Line Sound Recorder. Everything is going nice.

[@shawndiggz8904]

Your videos are great. The instructions are on point as usual. Great content...very helpful.

[@TheGsxr1000guy]

Brand new to this and I really appreciate you taking the time to spread your knowledge. Thanks again. Brendan

[@sickboy1276]

hi from france thank for your job

[@MrCtb36]

Thanks so much for your help bruh! This really helped me fix my problem.

[@nap41123]

Amazing video as always bro! I have a question. Why isn’t the akai Mpc One listed on mpc beats?

[@christianschroer1999]

It´s not working with my Roland Midi Controller. If I try to assign it your way nothing happens ( but I can see that I can get a signal with the knob because the little light in the DAW is blinking ). What should I do to set up my controller to use the knobs or the pads ? Both I can´t use when Im doing it your way.

[@nkosinathinxele172]

yo, the q-links on the screen aren't moving when i turn the knobs on my midi controller, how do i fix that?

[@VULCAN1135]

get an answer?

[@Festisol]

@@VULCAN1135 I had this problem and the only thing that worked for me was to do the startup wizard again. Help -> Open Startup Wizard -> Follow the couple steps and suddenly they worked again

[@TheIronMason]

So, I mapped out my pads it was playing the preset sounds just fine. Then it wouldn't record them. So, I reset everything to scratch again. Now, I can't even map my pads out :( please help me lol

[@WolfEntertainmentLLC]

Looks easy and thank you for the information. I have a NI Traktor F1 and there is even a preset in MPC beats for this controller. I followed step by step and it just will not work or even detect it. Assistance would be great! Great job on the videos!

[@bigboi1729]

I have a Akai MPK Mini II and everything is hooked up and working but when I press a key or pad it doesn’t transmit to MPC Beats.

[@terencedouglas1402]

Man it's 2022 so I"m late to the game and all I can say is thanks again because Akia products are good but how-to videos are not the best.

[@orlandoliverpool29]

That really helped thank you. Do you do any basic tutorials on using the Akai MPK Mini?

[@waldimuller9158]

Thanks man, you really helped me!

[@user-ms2op1nh4p]

thank you sir this is all new to me .

[@Mr66495]

Ave i just got the mpk 249 so the setup i thank you for good brother

[@Tubefish07]

Helped a lot. Thanks!

[@rochellepetersen4312]

Your tutorial works thank you

[@TTaylor]

Thank you for this video!

[@darrenz2338]

You should be a lead at Akai. Thank you

[@natural_blur]

I'm in trouble. When I press more than one pad only sounds one, even when I recording, I do it with pencil tool but just one sounds if there is one over others. Any idea what could I do to fix it? Thanks a lot. I'm learning how to produce using your tutorials. Thank you.

[@DjEikoymusiclab]

just watch your video,truly help me.,just setting up my akai mk3 to mpc beats daw.,just wondering what is this upgrade 2.8 upgrade to mpc 2?, does the daw that comes with this mk3 i just bought is below 2.8 version? thank you idol!

[@MentPlus]

Ave saved the day!

[@shine_uno]

how i can make the keyborads play my chopped samples chromatically?

[@Xylume]

Thanks, Ave. This video helped me out. Does anyone know how I can get the Program Level back to 0.00dB after I move it? Double-clicking the slider or knob didn't work, but closing the software and re-opening does. Also, can the Q-Sliders 9-16 can be used in the MPK mini MK3 by a press of a button to toggle from 1-8, or do I just use my kb and mouse for that?

[@Raoaudiocovers]

Great....very clearly explained...thank you...

[@Itscirosantana]

Man, you saved me!!!

[@Metamophisis]

I did everything you said man it worked up until you went to preferences. Im looking 👀 at my menus and every drop down menu also and I don't see 👀 the prompt. I appreciate 🙏🏽 the feedback when you are available man.

[@gabrielperez830]

Gracias por el tutorial!! me sirvio mucho Bro!! Saludos de Argentina

[@samelkins8189]

Thanks for the help!

[@taijilesage2841]

thank you very much! good job.

[@NonsensicalReality]

For me it says none under "Input Ports" even though I selected my MK3 when opening the software...

[@henryb4182]

I cant find my Akai Mini Play to the others like Akai mpc ll

[@crizzy9077]

Me too😕

[@nap41123]

Me three 😤🤯

[@nap41123]

But it still works on it

[@picsi-software]

yeah my APC Mini isn't in their list, but going to try the mapping from this video :)

[@nap41123]

@@picsi-software tried it and doesn’t map my pads at all🤯

[@AngeloProMusician]

The map just seemed to magically appear on your screen. How do you get to the map screen to bring that up please? That's the only bit I'm stuck on. Many thanks!

[@ivanchavez6226]

You my friend are a blessing thank you!!! New subscriber!!

[@brandonnave6672]

Good advice 👍 thanks

[@psycholoc1170]

thanks brother , works fine

[@petergenesis5809]

Great! Again - thanks a lot!

[@RogerSeb7]

Ufff good explaination!

[@farrang]

Any idea if you can map a sustain pedal through the MPK mini 3 to function instead to trigger the overdub button? I tried but it doesn't want to do it. Great videos, I've watched them all and learned a bunch!

[@tetianatravina]

So, I did steps help/ open startup/ next/ and still I have no sound and preference/midi shows me none in output and input ports

[@drodriguez64]

Why can't AKAI provide this level of tutorial? You rock!! I am a newbie and have been frustrated with my MPK225 connection to MPC beats. It should come pre-mapped right?. Using iMac so preferences is on the Command key-pad. Thank you, thank you, thank you...

[@GladysGrace001]

Awesome. I definitely need to try to sync my Native Instruments M32. I will follow the steps and hope I'm successful. Thank you so much.🙏🏾

[@AveMcree]

My pleasure.. You should be fine as long if you go to your preferences, go to the midi tab, find your controller, turn on the "track" and "control" option, and go to "MIDI Learn"... The rest is self explanatory. Thanks for watching

[@GladysGrace001]

@@AveMcree thank you so much. I appreciate it. 🙏🏾

[@GladysGrace001]

@@AveMcree just a kick question.. does having a device with pads only makes easier for a workflow? I know some people work with just a midi keyboard and others have a pad controller + keyboard. Just wanted to get your feedback even if from your personal music creative workflow, as I know you have a love from music gears. Thanks in advance.

[@nehemiahjackson]

@@AveMcree WILL THIS WORK MPC 2500 I WANT TO SET MINES LIKE YOURS

[@u766i]

Thank you very much!!! 👍👍

[@thomassimpson981]

Still not working for me for some reason. Akai MPK mini, Asus laptop w/ Windows 8.1 and MPC Beats software. Plugged it in, went through Startup wizard, Clicked on Enable, and adjusted the midi preferences and nothing.

[@rotten_kiwi]

Do you have an suggestions for setting up 2 midi controllers? I have the MPD 218 and the MPK225. I tried hooking them up at the same time and I've been having some issues like none of the encoders working on either device

[@diesdas3226]

Thank you for this Video what i doesn't work for me i try it many times with an MPK249 it's totally messed up i'm so frustrated with all this digital stuff

[@MCCDEMON]

Dont know if was already written, but the learn midi showoff was wrong. It did not map anything. Unfortunately you are not able to modify existant presets. You need to create a new preset to use the learn button. You can tell that each time you assigned it correctly there will be the indicator number on the yellow overlay to show its mapped. You were just lucky that all the presets were already correctly mapped ;) besides that, thanks for sharing youor knowledge :) BR

[@cookinbananas]

Why my MPK mini mk2 arpeggiator button doesn't work on MPC BEATS ? have I to use the MPC Beats software arpeggiator ? my MPK mini mk2 arpeggiator button works on other softwares so the problem don't come from my MPK mini...