AKAI MPK MINI MK3 - Ableton Live Setup Tutorial

00:00 Intro
00:21 Plug In USB Cable
00:31 Open Ableton Live
00:41 Play Sounds With Pads
00:56 Play Sounds With Keys
01:30 Assign Encoders To MIDI Mappings
02:40 MIDI Preferences
03:42 Selecting MPK mini Preset MIDI Map
04:44 Selecting Ableton Live Program
06:20 Syncing MPK mini MK3 To Ableton Live
07:07 Note Repeat Example

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[xenshi]

I've searched the internet for damn near a day trying to find what you described in a couple minutes. You have earned a subscriber from someone getting into this as a hobby!.

[maikelthedev]

I've learn more in this 8 minutes than in a 3 hours course.

[Dftne]

Dude, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This little step, where you need to go to PROG Select and pick Ableton, not a single damn forum or anywhere was mentioned about this! It all works. Even though I have older Ableton and only MPK Mini original as a pick, all the knobs still work.

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[captainz]

Dude thank you so much! You are allowing people to learn and stretch a part of creativity at an entry level point!

[JejuneJesuit]

Thank you!

You made me realize that I was using the wrong control surface for my MKII. I had the mkIII surface selected and was really confused why some range of the keys didn't work. Now it's fixed!

[stijnvaneven]

Very helpful. I am a total novice in this space. Surprise when I discovered Akai does not provide a real manual... This has saved me a of a lot of time and frustration to get started.

[billcar]

We just picked one of these up. Great video for a beginner! My daughter (she's 6) said she enjoyed the video. :)

[jamesangell]

Thank you so much, I've just made the switch to Ableton after using logic for 8 Years and I'm very out of my comfort zone at the moment :D thanks again (Y)

[Michael_Diago]

Best video on this. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for your clear tutorial

[cookiesdll]

Question on the knobs around 5:17.
Why is it that when I select a new instrument, with the hand icon on, my knobs don't control the new instrument/other instruments i have selected? It only controls the first one mapped.
Thank You!

[meh]

Amazing tutorial. Even the mapping part at 1:30 is more concise than some videos dedicated to it!

[dekkstr_music]

That info about changing prog select to pad 2 saved me!! Thanks so much! :)

[esmeegloria]

4:52 I was looking all over the internet for what was wrong.. this solved it. Thank you SO much lol

[siredward]

I was always scared to buy one of these cause I had no idea how to work this I’m glad I found the channel!

[hectomortus]

thank you! i got my akai mpk mini 3 today and thanks to you I have made my first steps in Ableton XD

[ChuckYoCouch]

Thank you for easily and nicely explaining this. You’re a great teacher. I’ve been wanting to figure this out for a while. Subscribed!

[palmera]

estuve a punto de volverme loca, conseguí tu video y pude resolver todo sobre mi instalación. Graacias

[lynguist]

that was so helpful and saved me a ton of time after buying both ableton and the akai today. thanks !

[axel.keen]

Thats Probably the best MPK helping Video i ever saw. So Many Great Informations in 8 Minutes 👍🏻. But one question i still have. How can i Loop the MPK With Ableton so that i can record all in one Take ?

[jakeforshey]

YUS! The Prog Select on the control surface was the issue! Much thanks man!