Akai LPD8

**lsmith** · 09-18-2009, 12:39 PM

any US stores already shipping? just canceled my order on zzounds.com because they cannot deliver this month (this also includes the audio 2 dj). quite a let down

update: ordered via sweeterwater.com now .. lets see if they can deliver in time ..

**Devious** · 09-18-2009, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by djmoonie

Devious, can you tell us whether the drum pads give off note on and off, or cc's ? (using midi ox)

I can confirm that the drum pads give note on/note off and the knobs give CC's in the standard Pad mode.

Hit the CC button and they give out CC's, hit Prog Change and you get..PC's!

I've just had a quick play in LPD8 Editor to change the MIDI channel to 2 (really simple) so it didnt clash with my BCD3000 and mapped it to my chained effects in Traktor Pro (1.1, will be updating this weekend to 1.2)

As standard it is hold for on, which is perfect for my playing as with my BCD the buttons are pretty poor so don't really enable you the quickness of the LPD8.

Got lots of plans for it now, it will be mapped to fire Cue points and some other good stuff!

First impressions are very good indeed.

**Abyrne7** · 09-18-2009, 02:03 PM

Woop woop preordered mine today! Im thinking of having a number of different mappings. To control the cue, sync, pause, play and the equalisers with filter on deck C @ D. This will make 4 deck mixing on my VCI 100 SE more fluent. Also maybe to control effects sense the new update in Traktor Pro has 4 FX Banks!

**Pollux#13** · 09-20-2009, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by djtimmmy

Yes. there is software that can setup the midi pads and knobs, from all what I have read it will do
Set the midi channel, with 4 available presets easily allows you to have a 4 deck setup

Software for Win and Mac, software has ability to save presets to a file and reuse if you use your controller for different applications and want to create different setups (nice)

Pads (3 buttons allow the pads to behave as either as notes, CC or PC)

Note On / Off (momentary and toggle)
Velocity
Midi Control Changes
Midi Program Changes

Knobs

Midi Control Changes
Low and High Values

woohooo i would def get this besides the lights around the pads would light up unlike nanopads. would be an excellent add on any set ups

**gfocus** · 09-21-2009, 06:18 AM

Are the leds controllable via MIDI? Or do they just light up when the pad is pressed?

**Quenepas** · 09-21-2009, 07:48 AM

This seems like a sweet piece of equipment with many possibilities... and pretty cheap too. Ebay has it for 89.99 but 26.00 shipping

**tomato** · 09-21-2009, 04:57 PM

how's the height of the knobs? Because on the videos they looked pretty low...

**djtimmmy** · 09-21-2009, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by gfocus

Are the leds controllable via MIDI? Or do they just light up when the pad is pressed?

not having one in hand yet (u.s. is slow to release).... cant say for sure... but there isn't anything in the manuals that reflect being able to address the leds using midi commands, looks like they are controlled strictly buy the controller itself.