Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

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Dave C
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Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by Dave C » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:02 pm

Anybody having this problem? I can't get the faders or the knobs to map to anything other than their respective scripts. Crazy!!!

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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by [jur] » Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:50 pm

If these devices don't have a built-in User mode, then you might need to bypass their remote script in the Control Surfaces preferences in order to midi map stuff.
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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by Dave C » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:03 pm

Thank you,
I think I tried that, but to be sure, how would I do that.

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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by [jur] » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:13 pm

Go to Live's Preferences > "Link/Tempo/Midi" tab > here you should see the controllers' name appear in the "Control Surfaces" in dropdown menus. Just select "none" in those dropdown menus (or unselect the controllers in/out).
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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by Dave C » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:20 pm

Yep.
That's what I did. Still not seeing it. It's weird, the yellow midi light shows that there is midi coming in, but, it doesn't register in the midi learn/cc window.

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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by Dave C » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:21 pm

The Keyboard keys will register, just not the rotary knobs.

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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by [jur] » Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:20 pm

Dave C wrote:
Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:21 pm
The Keyboard keys will register, just not the rotary knobs.
Can you post a pic of your midi Preferences?
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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by Dave C » Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:38 pm

I can't seem to attatch a photo here.
Am I missing something?
Thanks

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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by [jur] » Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:03 pm

Haha, our good ol' forum! :lol:
You need to use a picture hosting service like this.
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Re: Learn Midi Not working on Akai APC Key 25 APC Mini

Post by anselan » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:26 am

I also have the APC Key 25 mini, and was having the same problem.

I discovered that you have to be very careful with the MIDI settings in Ableton in order for the manual MIDI mapping to work as expected. Specifically, you must enable (check) the Remote column for "In: APC_Key_24_mk2 Input". It may be unchecked for some reason, and everything else will appear to work as normal (include volume, pan, device controls, etc.) but not the manual MIDI mapping.

In case anyone else is struggling!

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