MPK Mini MK2 Editor Tutorial | Map your Pads the old way! | (Use 'MPC Beats' for MPK Mini MK3)

2021 UPDATE: This tutorial is for the MK2 (that means 'Mark 2' or basically 'second edition of') version of the Akai MPK Mini and the (bad and confusing) editor program that works with it. If you have the MK3 (newest) version of the MPK Mini, I'm pretty sure you'll now use the new program by Akai called MPC Beats to do all this stuff:
• MPC Beats | Setting Up...
I haven't used any Akai devices or software in over a year so I won't know much about the MK3 controller or MPC Beats, but that official tutorial above seems to get you started and might even work for your MPK Mini MKII, nowadays. Let me know in the comments and I'll update this video information to reflect that it may be obsolete. In any case, I would recommend skipping this video if you have the MPK Mini Mark 3!
For those of you with the MPK Mini MK2, who don't wanna use MPC Beats, and wanna do it old school with this good ol' piece of shit editor, welcome:
We're taking a crash course on the MPK Mini MKII Editor for the MPK Mini by Akai. This editor is really gross when you first look at it but I'll help you get all the basics down to learn how to edit and set up your own custom mappings for your pads, knobs, arpeggiator, etc!
I made this video out of frustration a couple years ago IN ONE TAKE because I didn't feel like editing, so it's a very rough video and I cringe when I watch it because it's technically a bad tutorial lol. I was really anxious after ending the recording because this was like the 10th time I made the video and I just kept starting over cus I didn't want to edit anything. That's mostly why I didn't make more videos in this style because it wouldn't have been good for my health 😂
Also, do not pronounce "Arpeggiator" like I did in this! It's wrong! But I know this helps people who like videos in this style who still need help learning the MKII version of the Akai MPK Mini.

[@jordanpolicicchio]

"that someone had the nerve to release to the public" dude this is awesome thank you

[@Yourworldwithin]

"Lets first break down this terrible graphic user interface that someone had the nerve to fucking release to the public" 😭 Love it! Great tutorial amigo...thanks

[@matguerra333]

Funniest shit I've heard in a tut in awhile.

[@bitzandpcs]

Thats exactly the comment that made me chuckle..so funny..keep up the good work buddy

[@antoniobanderas3870]

yeah i had to pause right there cause i was laughing lol

[@JRMooreMusic]

I lol'd for real. Very true statement

[@roydhaston]

I just paused at this point in the video to see if anyone had made a comment on that quote. So glad to see it had happened already. Okay now I can finish the video.

[@EvanMichaelHart]

"F*** that! I'll deal with that later." My thoughts exactly, lol! It's later now. Thanks for making this!

[@321hellooooo]

Had same thoughts when I first saw this. I had said I give up. Like back in days of mass-producing crappy video games that were an afterthought **cough "Atari E.T."cough**

[@corey3815]

"HOLY SHIT THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT." -me, roughly 100X per minute during this video. Thank you so much for making this. You are the man.

[@leeioh]

Saved my life! Akai doesn't have any information on this topic, you helped so much! Thank you!

[@dvl56]

I've been staring at this thing for months. I open and close it. Thanks for the whirlwind tour it will take a while but at least i have something to refer to. Thanks again

[@gabrielmolina9681]

THANK YOU dude I love how straightforward you are with this tutorial. I'm getting the MPK Mini in the mail today and looking forward to figuring out how to program it all.

[@edufighter5643]

Used this tutorial to setup my MPK with Reaper. Quick, clear, concise and fun. Thank you!

[@MissBeckyBoo7]

This is so great! I am a TOTAL beginner (trained in opera, LOL) and just got mine yesterday. Was so confused by the editor but wanted to figure it out and this is so super helpful. Thank you!

[@barrylane1986]

This Is the only tutorial that actually helped me get through this whole frustrating config. although i use the mpk mini play and no one has a tutorial for that, thanks for the clarity

[@Brockmondo]

Mate, the first minute of your video told me everything I needed to know. I did watch all the video, but very well done on the description. Now I understand. Thank you. Keep up the awesome content .

[@cornelius77]

You are awesome, although I spent a whole night trying to figure out why my drum pads wouldn't change notes after watching this video, but turned out they were changing and I just didn't realize. But this is very informative and helpful, thanks

[@V4D2]

man, This is a pretty solid and quick run through the editing of the MPK's mini PADS. Thanks ;) (Sometimes we only seem to find dense videos.. when we only want the basic stuff. )

[@loopboop4205]

I just got the mkp mini mk2 amd bruhhh your video helped out a lot. Its my first time with any akai products as well. Stay awesome my man!!

[@elined9138]

THANK YOU so much. I've had the MPK for years but never understood how to program it. This video is a true life saver!!

[@max76496]

YOU ARE MY HERO!❤ i just was searching an answer for my issue since a month and i found the solution❤

[@html444]

Thank you, my good man. I will always be grateful for youtube and what I've learned from it for music.

[@OnionKid2]

Man, THANK YOU, I would have never guessed this by myself.

[@domyon]

man thanks brother! and thanks for being yourself during this too cause man other tutorials be so damn boring. much love g

[@julikei4061]

For people who are still struggling: -If your editor keeps crashing, you're probably running another MIDI program on your computer. -Make sure you're using the right software: the original mpk mini and mpk mini mkII have different editors.

[@OBZRV82]

Ur absolutely right thank u sir for ur insight.

[@derrick1019]

I spent like 6 hours trying to figure this out......thank you sincerely bro!!!! I got it up and going.....first I had the wrong mpk editor.....it didn't have the "get" and "send" options.......I finally got the right editor and found your video......

[@ZenSei-iz5hh]

this guy is the first one since the beginning of youtube history who comes straight to the point without any subscibe or leave comment or any other nonrelevant bulls*it! this made me write this comment. Thank you!!!

[@crmstudiosbc]

Kinda wish more tutorials from everyone was like this...from from the swears to the horrible keyboard playing made it perfect 🥰 Thanks so much dude 👍

[@Swagalicious714]

Hands down the funniest tutorial Ive ever seen, Very helpful to boot.

[@nmagain24]

Hands DOWN!!!!

[@cleobadashian8029]

when he said they had the nerve to release this to the public😂

[@rubenspoolder3567]

I think this might actually be the most helpful video on the whole of youtube. And its actually kinda funny too. Thanks a lot man

[@Browmandude]

"Super cool, super smart!" - I like it!

[@Violentic81]

Thank you for this work. 7:07 is already a masterpiece.

[@TheCentelred]

way more informative than any other video i've watched on this so far. thanks bud! subbed and liked!

[@LevinsThe]

Man, you are real MVP! Hope AKAI will hop on their time machine and bring this interface to 1985 where it belongs

[@breakdancingx3]

one of the better tutorials about the mpk mini - thank you, make more please! :)

[@Comphonia]

For about 9:15 instead of getting the info from fl and trying to map it in the app, there's a learn feature for FPC that automatically maps it in flstudio (maps it to the pad instead of vice-versa). Great video.

[@lukestardoinstuff1237]

Is this learn programm inside of flstudio or inside of the akai programm ?

[@statiksky1]

FL's FPC by default is general midi standard. So if you load a midi file into the piano roll of the FPC it will work. Your kick and snare of the FPC will match the midi file. FPC does allow you to map to controller. By doing that it will no longer be mapped to general midi standard which is annoying if you already have a beat that you want to add to. No a good work flow to operate like that.

[@eyesofitachi55]

comphonia how?

[@izicmirza]

Hey man, I just wanted to say thank you so much for this video. You explained it as well as it could possibly be explained. And due to my own vocabulary, your swearing kind of blended in with the content so have a sub and thumbs up sir.

[@p4trickpants]

Thanks man, helped me out of a bind 2.5 years later.

[@knotgood2598]

TY for all your hard work and content contributions.

[@roy892]

i love how im learning and lmao at the same time

[@_ar777_]

saved my life with this one man honestly, thank you bro

[@GamerGreedy9]

Thanks dude! Can't wait to set this up.

[@anniewoos]

Brilliant commentary, great instructions, happy days 👌🏼

[@viennesekangaroo]

seriously i had no idea who you were but after watching 4 mins of the video i decided to subscribe because of your comments on that disgusting interface and the default notes given for the pads. and also for cutting to the chase. good job. thanks

[@austin7591]

This is the best tutorial I have ever seen

[@eddiev9327]

Probably the best tutorial out there. Thanks

[@cicero2548]

Thanks man! Ive been trying to figure this out for 5 months!

[@AnimeOverPeople]

My g thanks bro lol definitely thought this video was entertaining haha just bought my controller so I’m excited

[@dylangleissl3907]

coming 3 years after, thank you good sir for your help

[@Gamebeastie]

Man this is great. Funny and informative

[@natebenson2313]

This was super helpful! Thanks man!

[@sergstreetmane6531]

Good shit got right to the point and said info that needed to be needed good looks g

[@wilkinsswiger2306]

Such a good tutorial and also entertaining. Thank you.

[@PabloCaputto]

I love u man this is the video i was looking for all day! thanks!

[@waryor87]

Thank you so much man you brought me the answer I needed so bad !

[@chasecuttertutorials1410]

good!! I haven't had any time to make other tutorials but it was fun to rant about this shit when I had the time haha

[@xflosensei4267]

dude.. thank you for this 🙏🏾

[@yutheflerlim5224]

Yeahnnnn this little Mpk is making a fool of me rn I haven’t watched it all but need all the help I can get so thank you for this video.

[@eternalism8274]

Rank newbie (using MPK225 + Live), I just came from another video, that had like 4 minutes of rambling non-content slowly getting started, then I noticed the thumbnail and title for the present Get To The Dam Point vid, so I bailed on that other vid. Excellent concept & approach, thx! The world needs more get-to-the-point vids.

[@amalapuranadasa8355]

I love you bro. You're a real champ.

[@felon3767]

Great video thanks for taking the time

[@keanelimusic]

Man, thanks for cutting to the chase. Other videos are so frustratingly slow. Great video.

[@tombelitza1167]

Gets a like just for berating the quality of this editor.

[@fahrradlos]

awesome tutorial!!

[@bryanmichael722]

The most relatable tuty

[@debbygrupp6127]

You're a blast!! I can relate...

[@Hemperorjoans]

Dude I love you, where was this when I needed it?

[@j.9525]

More mpk content! Great video

[@vaughnmarch3647]

Great vid! Helped a lot! A lotta these other channel should take a hint and start making vids like this.

[@rednroll1]

Thanks for making this video, that cluster F of the midi editor now makes more sense to me. What totally cheeses me off is how Akai includes like 6 different pieces of software with the MPK and has no description of what each actually does. MPC essentials, MPC VIP, Media, Hybrid, etc, etc. I just want to be able to map the damn knobs and pads and be able to control the speed/tempo of the note repeat button. Figuring out there are 8 pads which change via the Bank A/B and up to 4 program selects for a total of 64 assignable drum pads was pretty confusing as well, but your video helped. Learned MPC beats does work with the MK2, but I'm now stuck trying to figure out how to download that software. Instead of just a damn download button, they make you fill out a bunch of info and provide you 3 blank fields with no labels on them. Right now I'm trying to figure out what information to punch into those 3 blank fields where it's suppose to send me an email with an actual download link. So far I guessed wrong, name? Serial Number? email? who knows what?....no download link received in email. Good Grief! Akai needs to stick with just the hardware, their software sucks!

[@tonyestvlog8502]

much apprieciated sir! I would have been stumped for dayssssssss

[@rikkijean928]

okay but your tutorial was so hilarious, definitely needed that laugh lol

[@Theezahriasims]

this was so helpful, thank u!!

[@ahmadsy1000]

Thank you very much for the video. So helpful!

[@JumpinJonnyDumplin]

Thank you! Have been looking all over the internet for the past 2 days. WTF

[@reaganjohnson8950]

Thank YOU!...I like your Desktop background picture as well. 🙏🏽

[@kiomi8659]

Thank you so much for this!

[@rhysdavies3198]

I love that you described everyone's frustration with this software, Its definitely a WTF moment :D when you first open it haha

[@Mzvolatiledaddymantis]

My dude. THANK YOU. I'm hugging you virtually right now. This shit was confusing as fahk.

[@oscar9876543]

Nice! After having this for 1 year, I finally know how to use all that shit! Thanks!!

[@tonezmusic8758]

Super helpful! thank you

[@steels24]

greatest tutorial ever keep it up average dude (y)

[@kentuckyblugrass]

New Sub. Absolutely love your no bullshit straight to the fucking point mindset. The only tutorial that I've ever laughed throughout while watching. Great sense of humor my friend. 👊

[@KamilKosecki]

nice explanation, thanks

[@staringcontest9733]

Well done sir.

[@freddymack2531]

I had just written a whole paragraph asking the same as jleecurlz and right before I hit sent I said let me read some comments and the first one I read had the answer. Just wanted to post this I think it was funny. Thanks for your videos

[@chasecuttertutorials1410]

lmao damn I don't check this shit often enough but thank you 3 weeks ago! glad you found it cus my reply would have been HELLA LATE LOL

[@thedangersofoxygen135]

This is bad ass. Thanks for the info

[@heliodrums]

Thank you so much!

[@3STEEZ]

thanks for the video, all my frustrations were expressed and addressed....would be even more dope if you could show best way to map these for workflow in Logic Pro X specifically, for say like EX24, or in Ultrabeat, etc

[@mariodquiroz]

i LOVE YOU FOR THIS

[@staunchrecordz]

Thanks a lot mate you help me out big time easy as to follow video too hats off to you mate Now time to make some beats

[@HouseJunk1e]

finally...someone who doesnt say a bunch of bullshit for 3 mins before getting to the fkn point..liked and subbed

[@DeaupasBeats]

Your duking on the layout of the editor made me laugh audibly. +1 Sub :)

[@chasecuttertutorials1410]

Update: good thing I swore a shit ton in these videos so the FTC and KZbin's "for children detector" algorithms can fuck right off trying to mark my content as intended for kids and trying to fine me $42k USD for being too kid-friendly or anything. God, what a fucking joke. FTC is a joke. KZbin is a joke. Ahhhh that felt good. I might have to make more tutorials someday just for an excuse to swear more

[@markgiansante252]

ok, you're fucking hilarious. thanks for the video dude

[@rongoblikon5905]

May be a newbie questin but is this editor free?

[@thedangersofoxygen135]

Fuck em. This tutorial helped me out so much. I'm an adult and used my adult money to watch youtube. If kids are on KZbin, they need to be on kids youtube if this is how were gonna act

[@karolina4004]

@@rongoblikon5905 it comes with the controller so it's free

[@crankyanker789]

Hilarious video! Akai should reimburse any fees, you are a saving grace for their doghsit UI

[@markocrljenica7649]

Thanks dude, you saved me!

[@oneyellowpeacock]

Thank you so much for this

[@cbthrasher]

Thank you so much for this

[@cobyworden6445]

great video all around

[@Byronic19134]

And at first i was mad that my Novation Launchkey doesnt have one of these but this is just honestly easier to do thru my DAW Reaper

[@wireguy123]

Great info..I have the new Mini 3 and you helped allot...I dont wanna make beats and not into hip hop...just want a great controller...Im enjoying my life know

[@crebanstudios]

THANK YOU!

[@davidstevenson8079]

Holy cow! Just starting in music, was an army ranger, and the excessive use of the work 'fuck' definitely clarified everything! I need to work under someone like you!

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

Lol.

[@mikedd769]

You are so funny man! thanks for the video, was amazing

[@lens8933]

THANKS. I just subscribe this channel. The interface is really annoying, your explanation saves my time. thank a lot

[@chasecuttertutorials1410]

good, glad I could help!

[@valerievaske5872]

I have been waiting for my mpk mini for a month now. Because the pandemic hit right after I ordered there was a unexpected delay. When I ordered it, I watched your video. A month lather, when it arrived, I just remembered that I needed to watch the video where the guy calls the software a piece of shit. Found you again on the third search and enjoying the fuck out of your swearing tutorial