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Akai LPD8 issues

Posted: 17 July 2025, 00:46
by twsteever
I tried to do a general search for LPD8 and came up short. I have several questions and MIDI is not working as I think it should. First. I can get the board to work. I have no trouble assigning pads or knobs to the various buttons I have in ShowXpress. I would like to modify the lights to get visual of when I have buttons active in the live window.

1) Can Show Express tell the lights on my LPD8 MK2 to change color to the on state? If so, how. I would like the MIDI boards lights to change when I activate a button in live mode. Currently, the lights just flash when you are pushing the pads. I I activate a button in the live window, I would like the button in the MIDI controller to also change

2)Can I get the button I have set as my BPM button the flash with the BPM?

Re: AKAI LPD8 issues

Posted: 17 July 2025, 13:35
by support
1)
Each button in the section "Live" of our software can send one midi message when switched on and off.
The midi devices do not have a standard protocol to control their LEDs. You have to read the manual of the midi device to know what midi message to use to control the LED of the midi device.
This video tells how to proceed with our software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bykEKgb260

2.
In the menu "Live settings" at section "Midi shortcuts", you can also assign a midi button (with its LED) to the BPM button of our software.