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Hi everyone,

I just made a midi remote script for my Akai MPD 26 that emulates an APC 40 pretty decently on it. The script will give you red box control (clip launching), as well as the ability to navigate between and control devices and the standard arm, mute and solo all straight from your controller!

You can download the zip file from Github: https://github.com/chrizzed/MPD_CZ

I've tried my best to comment the code to the best of my ability. The hope is that for anyone with even a basic understanding of python (or a weekend of free time) you'll be able to use my script as a starting point to bring these functions to almost midi controller you have.

Please let me know if you find this useful! I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have and help in any way I can.

Cheers

I put the files in the specified folder, and then MPD_CZ showed up under control surfaces. I then selected it as the control surface. However, I'm not seeing a red box no matter which bank I select. I set Pad 1 on Bank B to midi ch 2A note 064 which doesn't seem to do anything other than change the note the DAW receives. I think that when bank B is chosen the red box should then appear? Any chance of getting a video on how to do this stuff?

I got it to work by renaming the files, variables, commands, and etc that were labeled MPD_CZ or Akai MPD26 to Akai_MPD26. After I did this, a yellow box showed up. Progress!