Hi
I have never been able to sync my AKAI MPK88 to DP. I've neither been able to use the AKAI's transport controls to start/stop DP, nor use DP as a master to send beat/tempo info to sync up AKAI's arpeggiator. I connect my AKAI via USB.
Regarding transport: pressing start/stop on my AKAI just doesn't do anything in DP. DP doesn't respond.
Regarding using DP as a tempo master: the AKAI won't let me use the arpeggiator and seemingly stops transmitting MIDI notes.
Does anyone have any info as to why I can't get this to work? I followed all the AKAI manual's instructions, as well as the instructions in DP's manual relating to transmit/receive sync.
MOH
SOLVED: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
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SOLVED: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
Last edited by mhurwitz on Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:28 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
OK. I've managed to get DP to respond to my AKAI's transport. But DP needs to be in receive sync mode in order to do this which means that it is locking to the AKAI's tempo, not DP's conductor track.
I want to control DP's transport using my AKAI's transport controls, but I want my AKAI's tempo to come from DP so that I can lock the AKAI's arpeggiator to my sequence.
I want to control DP's transport using my AKAI's transport controls, but I want my AKAI's tempo to come from DP so that I can lock the AKAI's arpeggiator to my sequence.
Re: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
OK-- got it working.
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Re: SOLVED: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
Having same issue. How did you work around it?
Thanks
Thanks
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Re: SOLVED: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
How exactly did you set it up, there was no explanation on your posts, could you help me out?
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Re: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
Yes - spill ! We want to know exactly how you did this - I only got it working through Reason as a rewire device but could never get this to work on DP alone. A video on You Tube would make you famous.....mhurwitz wrote:OK-- got it working.
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Re: SOLVED: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
Though not exactly Fermat's , many would like to know how you solved the problem.
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Re: SOLVED: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
I know I'm replying to a two year old thread here, but I've had the same issue and Akai might have furnished an answer here:
http://www.akaipro.com/kb/article/1495#transport
For my rig (DP 8.07, AKAI Synthstation49), the key step was clicking the "Master Master" button in "Commands". From there you can manually assign the transport controls.
http://www.akaipro.com/kb/article/1495#transport
For my rig (DP 8.07, AKAI Synthstation49), the key step was clicking the "Master Master" button in "Commands". From there you can manually assign the transport controls.
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Re: SOLVED: Sync DP 7 to AKAI MPK88-- What's going wrong?
Yes, to master the Master Master makes you master!
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