First 5 Things to Do After Buying Your AKAI MPK Mini!

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Intro-0:00
Get an Angled USB-C Adapter-0:30
Fix the Key Velocity-1:16
Get Your FREE Software-2:56
Arpeggiator External Sync-5:01
Map Transport Controls-7:08
Final Thoughts-9:07

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[rileyxsko]

Tip #2 is invaluable. I was sitting here thinking "damn I'm weak as hell I gotta smash these keys just to get a decent sound" lol.

[whzdz]

OMG the key velocity is the golden tip. Made it so much better! Thank you man.

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Btw, the pads are so stiff on this controller, you may want to get used to hitting the corners, they're far more reactive than anywhere else on the pads. other than that, excellent quality, wonderful pots, and controls, and one hell of a value...DON'T GET ALL BLACK KEYS!

[chaosordeal]

Akai totally hooked me up!!
I bought a MKII years ago, and got in touch with Akai. They sent me links to every useful thing for my keyboard AND hundreds of dollars worth of cool free software. I DIDN'T EVEN BUY FROM THEM!! I bought it used, and Akai made $0 from me. I was floored by how cool they were about helping me out.

[dennisgordon]

Defaults:
V1: 24.0
V2: 06.0
V3: 04.0
V4: 02.4
Black bal: 0.7x


also if u want to have all keys sound the same max all of these values and see how you like it. Yes there wont be much of a velocity curve but at least all sounds will sound the same

[leilanialitzelmartinezcast]

TE AMO WEY!!! I got my keybord as a gift from my dad 2 years ago and i didn’t really used it because i felt it was hard to use, but with your hacks you really helped me to start using it. And i can say its awesome. Un millon de gracias💕 saludos desde 🇲🇽 mexico

[arnellepowell]

Thanks for this Info, I.m playing Bass Synth now. drumming for 62 Years. You are a very smart young man. Thanks again!

[googabooga-nniu]

if you have a mpk mini 2 and youre using fl studio and want to fix the velocity, go to MIDI options, click on the line next to "link velocity on note to" and change the velocity curve by dragging the center dot up to make the graph curved.

can also set velocity to none if you dont care about dynamic range.

[willmorrell]

As someone whos finally making the switch from old school Akai MPC 2000xl for sampling sequencing and physical synths and only using DAWs for audio recording my equipment... thanks for making this video and making the transition so much easier im so used to navigating midi controls on tiny screens and horrible interfaces left over from the 90s and this made it super easy to find some of the first things i actually wanted to change

[philippebackprotips]

Pad sensitivity curve can be set in MPC Beats/Software.
Mini Plus is cool but nothing can beat the MPK Mini as a throw in your backpack thing.
I have a MPK Mini and a MIDIMix in a case and throw that in my backpack along w the laptop. Perfect combo.

[M.S.Podcast]

Thanx bro, i payed AlBe for the mapping preset for transpose and you gave it up for free.

At first I thought you would say "press 'Full Level' and then you don't have to hit so hard'. Because that's what I've done, essentially turning off velocity. But when you'd held it for five seconds I was blown away!

[hExx]

Very handy tips! I haven't seen anyone else suggest these yet.

[AshU-ugfy]

I'm sold, this solved most of the complaints other reviewers had! Thanks!

[SounakBanik]

What is the name of that software which you use in this video on ipad? Is this available on iphone?

[djdeep]

You're doing a great job. Recently got a MPK. These videos are very helpful.
Please make more of these.

[pandajaeger]

That velocity trick helped a lot as someone who tries to stay away from the keys due to that, this really gave me more use out of this

[oswaldoicaza]

Velocity Defaults:
V1: 24.0
V2: 06.0
V3: 04.0
V4: 02.4
Black bal: 0.7x (in case you forgot to take a picture like me lol)

[wirelessx]

Champion ! Walking instruction manual. Just saved one MPK from being pulled apart for reverse engineering.

[Garcia]

Thanks for the tips! Have been wanting to get back in the game for a while.