User Guide English ( 3 – 12 ) Guía del usuario Español ( 13 – 22 ) Guide d’utilisation Français ( 23 – 32 ) Guida per l’uso Italiano ( 33 – 42 ) Benutzerhandbuch Deutsch ( 43 – 52 ) Appendix English ( 54 )
User Guide (English) Introduction Box Contents MPD226 USB Cable (2) 1/8”-to-MIDI Adapters Software Download Cards User Guide Safety & Warranty Manual Important: Visit akaipro.com and find the webpage for MPD226 to download the MPD226 Editor Software and Preset Documentation. Support For the latest information about this product (system requirements, compatibility information, etc.) and product registration, visit: akaipro.com. For additional product support, visit: akaipro.com/support. Quick Start 1.
Features 6 8 7 10 5 4 1 2 3 9 18 16 11 12 13 13 13 13 19 20 17 14 14 14 14 23 15 15 15 15 21 1. 22 24 24 24 USB Port: Use a standard USB cable to connect this USB port to your computer. The computer’s USB port provides ample power to MPD226. If you connect it to a USB hub, make sure it is a powered hub. This connection is also used to send and receive MIDI data to and from your computer.
3. Power Button: Press this button to power MPD226 on or off. 4. MIDI Out: Use the included 1/8”-to-MIDI adapter and a standard five-pin MIDI cable to connect this MIDI Out to the MIDI In of an external MIDI device (e.g., a synthesizer, sequencer, drum machine, etc.). Please see the above USB Port description for information about how MIDI messages are routed while using MPD226. Important: Do not connect audio devices (e.g., headphones, monitors, etc.) to this jack.
17. Pads: Use these pads to trigger drum hits or other samples in your software or external MIDI sound module. The pads are pressure- and velocity-sensitive, which makes them very responsive and intuitive to play. 18. Pad Bank: Use this button to select one of four independent banks of pads. This lets you access up to 64 different pads (16 pads across 4 pad banks). 19.
Operation MPD226 has three different modes of operation. Each mode can be accessed by pressing the corresponding button on MPD226. In each page of each mode: • Use the up/down Cursors to move between settings on the current page. • Use the left/right Cursors to move between different pages. • Turn the Data Dial to change the currently selected value/setting. Following is a short description of each mode. Each mode is described in detail in its corresponding section later in this User Guide.
To store your new settings in a Program: Important: Without storing your edited settings, your changes will be lost if you load a new Program. 1. Press Preset to enter Preset Mode. 2. Press the Right Cursor to enter the Store Program page. 3. Use the up/down Cursors to select either the Save To or Name field: • Save To: Turn the Data Dial to select the Preset to which you want to store your new settings (this will overwrite that Preset). • Name: Turn the Data Dial to select the current character.
On Color / Off Color: These determine what colors the pad will be when it is pressed (On) and not pressed (Off). The available settings are Off, Red, Orange, Amber, Yellow, Green, Green Blue, Aqua, Light Blue, Blue, Purple, Pink, Hot Pink, Light Purple, Light Green, Light Pink, Grey. Note Mode: If Note is the selected Type, this determines whether it is in Toggle or Momentary Mode. Faders (Fader 01–12) Type: The type of event that will be sent. The available settings are Aftertouch and MIDI CC.
Key 2: If Keystroke is the selected Type, this determines what modifier keystroke (e.g., Shift, Command, etc.), if any, the switch sends with the Key 1 keystroke. The available modifier keystrokes are None, Control, Shift, Alt, Option, Control-Shift, Control-Alt, Control-Option, Shift-Alt, Shift-Option, Alt-Option, Control-Option-Alt, Control-Shift-Alt, and ControlShift-Option. Tip: The HID (Human Interface Device) protocol lets devices send typical computer keyboard keystrokes.
Tempo (Tap Tempo) BPM: The tempo as indicated in beats per minute. The available range is 30–300 BPM. Time Division: The speed of the Note Repeat repetition as a division of the master tempo or external clock. The available options are 1/4, 1/4T, 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T, 1/32, and 1/32T. (T denotes a triplet-based time division.) Gate: The length of the repeated notes of the Note Repeat feature. The available range is 1– 99% of the current time division setting.
Pads Pad Threshold: The velocity threshold to trigger the pads. The available range is 0–10. This can help prevent false triggering or make it easier to trigger the pads. Velocity Curve: The pads’ velocity curve. The available settings are Linear, Exp1, Exp2, Log1, and Log2. Pad Gain: The pads’ overall velocity sensitivity. The available range is 1–10. At 1, it would take a lot of force to generate a velocity value of 127. At 10, the opposite is true.