AKAI MPD 24 FIRMWARE INSTALL
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Plug the MPD USB back in and you should be all set!

Close MIDI-OX, then unplug your alternate midi connections and USB from the MPD.

Once it finishes the MPD will say itвЂ™s completed and to press enter.

Click on вЂњCommand Window/Send SysExвЂќ and look at the screen on your MPD, you should now see the data loading to your MPD! YouвЂ™ll also see a progress bar for MIDI-OX.

After this you should see that white box now filled with hexadecimal data.

Click on вЂњCommand Window/Load FileвЂќ then select the firmware you downloaded above.

This is all the firmware is, is a SysEx file.

Close the options dialog, then click on вЂњView/SysExвЂќ a new box will open up which allows you to view and send SysEx data.

At this stage you should not be able to see the MPDвЂ™s usb midi in midi-ox, but just in case you do see it, DO NOT SELECT IT! Use the hardware midi in and out ONLY. When the dialog opens, select your alternate midi device as the input and output for MIDI-OX.

Open up MIDI-OX and click on вЂњOptions/MIDI devicesвЂќ.

Connect the hardware MIDI out from your alternate computer midi interface to the hardware MIDI in on the MPD.

when it comes back up push enter to erase the old firmware, this will leave the MPD in a waiting state to receive the new firmware DO NOT UNPLUG THE USB CONNECTION TO YOUR MPD and do not touch anything on it!.

hold down rewind, stop and rec on the MPD and plug it back in.

unplug the usb connection from your MPD.

Follow the steps below once you have your midi connection figured out and it should only take you 5 minutes. The way around this is to transmit the data through a hardware MIDI port using a standard midi cable and MIDI-OX.

AKAI MPD 24 FIRMWARE 64 BIT

The reason for this is once you wipe the old firmware off the MPD, windows 7 64 bit will no longer recognize the device correctly, making it impossible to transmit data to the MPD over USB. It does not have to be one of those exact cables, you may also use an audio interface that has a standard hardware midi interface output. The last item listed above is essential to a successful update. But I have confirmed my method to work and it is fairly simple. These items were all listed in other forums as hacks to get it to work with varying results.

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What you do not need: A korg midi driver (like some people have suggested), a longer than usual usb cable, or the vyzex software from Akai.

An alternate hardware midi port to your computer.

HereвЂ™s what you need (all links provided):

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It theoretically should work on windows 8.1 or 10, but I have not tested those. This is a Windows 7 64 bit tutorial only. That being said I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR MACHINE, FOLLOW THIS TUTORIAL AT YOUR OWN RISK. If you follow my instructions on this page however you should be fine.

This is not the case however and updating this firmware runs a chance of bricking your MPD.

AKAI MPD 24 FIRMWARE INSTALL

Now at first this may seem like just download something then install it and youвЂ™re done.

AKAI MPD 24 FIRMWARE UPDATE

You need to update your MPD to the most recent firmware 1.10 which allows the transport buttons to work as regular midi controls rather than MMC. I guess what I'll do is set it for 'All' and overdub sections that need more attention to velocity.Did you get an MPD24 and find it odd that the transport functions didnвЂ™t work with Ableton Live? Me too, but donвЂ™t worry thereвЂ™s a fairly easy fix. The only thing I really have to bitch about is the pad sensitivity - I upped it from 4 to 16 (the max) and it's still not enough (either it was designed to be used with sticks or somebody with ham fingers that loves to punch the shit out of stuff). I can control up to 64 pads with a single preset.

I can control all the transport stuff with it (without having to configure it), and with the rotaries and faders it's kind of a one-stop solution to augment my MIDI setup. I think I fudged with it for around 3 hours last night. It's a nice unit but man what a nightmare to get it up and running. I have two problems right now - I don't have a spare AC adaptor and if I go that route I'll need to pick up a MIDI merger.

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