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MPD24 FACTORY PRESET LISTINGS PRESET # PROGRAM 1 BFD Lite For use with the supplied BFD Lite softw are. 2 Reason Supports Reason Remote protocol with supplied codec files. 3 Guru Pads For use with Fxpansion’s Guru software. 4 Guru Patterns For use with Fxpansion’s Guru software. 5 Ableton Live For use with Ableton Live. 6 Stylus RMX For use wit[...]
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USING THE MPD24 WITH BFD LITE BFD is the premiere software drum module, featurin g high-quality drum samples for realisti c drum performance. BFD Lite can be u sed as a standalone compute r application, or as a VST instrument whi ch can be dropped into your favo rite host environment. BFD Lite features the same great feel and functions as BFD and y[...]
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Controller Mapping T able Fader 1 Direct Master Fader 2 Overhead Mic Le vel Fader 3 Room Mic Level Fader 4 PZM Mic Level Fader 5 Hi Hat control Fader 6 Master Volume Knob 1 Kick 1 Tuning Knob 2 Kick 1 Mic In/Out Knob 3 Snare 1 Tuning Knob 4 Snare 1 Mic Top/Bottom Knob 5 Hi Hat Tuning Knob 6 Tom Floor Tuning Knob 7 Tom Mid Tuning Knob 8 Tom High Tun[...]
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USING THE MPD24 WITH PROPELLERHEADS REASON Reason is a software pr ogram that allows for vast control of its parameters. The problem with having a lot of controllable items is the limit of physical space an d the cost of building hardware controllers that can accommodate hun dreds or thousands of controllers. T he people at Propellerheads have deve[...]
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The MPD24 preset for Reason ma kes use of pad banks A, B and C for playin g notes. With these three pad banks you get a 4-o ctave range of pitch control. Pad bank D is configured t o be used as a control bank. This pad b ank allows you to use the pads as switches for certain features. The mapped parameters are sho wn in the graphic above. EXAMPLE: [...]
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USING THE MPD24 WITH FXPANSION GURU Guru is a flexible drum pattern and loop manipulation software which partners very well with the MPD24. The ability to map pads to trigger individual drum hits and patterns on different voice engin es, as well as to trigger compl ete scenes makes for unlimited potential in live perf ormance. In addition, the abil[...]
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Controllers The controllers in Guru are not pre-assig ned to any particular function. We have mapped the cont rollers to correlate to 14 of the 16 controllers availabl e in Guru. The knobs on the MPD24 are all mapped to the controllers that can be assigned in the Pad Edit mode of Guru. There are 8 possibl e controllers: K1 – Red K2 – Orange K3 [...]
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USING THE MPD24 WITH SPEC TRASONICS STYLUS RMX www.spectrasonics.net www.ilio.com 1. To use the MPD24 with Stylus RMX you will need to copy the [Akai] folder from the [Spectrasonics-StylusRMX MIDI Templates] folder on the CD-ROM to the following folder on your computer. SAGE/Stylus RMX/Patches/MIDI Learn 2. After you have copied the folder, load th[...]