Akai LPD8 -- Any users?

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Akai LPD8 -- Any users?

Post by s3ej3s »

Hi,

I just got an Akai LPD8 from ebay. The pads work, but I'm having troubles with the rotary controllers; they don't seem to emit any MIDI whatsoever.

Does anybody have any experience with this device?

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Re: Akai LPD8 -- Any users?

Post by s3ej3s »

OK, I got it working.

I had to go the wine route and use the proprietary editor app to initialize things; I still feel a little dirty. :)

While I was at it, I dumped the sysex for future reference. But then I noticed that the exe installation includes text preset files and I'll probably just use that data in the future for configuration.

So I'll probably not need to do wine in the future. (Well, maybe a glass of merlot while I'm tapping out rhythms.)

Not a bad device for the money, though. I may or may not shim the pads to improve the sensitivity it little.
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