Flexbeat & Pads

Does anyone know if you can hit the hardware pads to trigger / use the fx in flexbeat? Not looking for more touchscreen controls.. hitting pads = fun.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AkaiForce/comm ... _is_great/ offers a hack based on Pad Macros:

1 - Put Flex Beat on an insert
2 - Go to pad macros (SHIFT + KNOBS)
3 - Go to edit macro (EDIT + one of the pads)
4 - Map the Pattern parameter like this: leave the minimum at 1, max at any value you want to trigger, enable TRIGGER MAX
5 - Repeat for all the patterns you want to trigger
6 - Enjoy your performance FX

Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/AkaiForce/comments/1ks6mcs/flex_beat_pad_macros_is_great/ offers a hack based on Pad Macros:

1 - Put Flex Beat on an insert
2 - Go to pad macros (SHIFT + KNOBS)
3 - Go to edit macro (EDIT + one of the pads)
4 - Map the Pattern parameter like this: leave the minimum at 1, max at any value you want to trigger, enable TRIGGER MAX
5 - Repeat for all the patterns you want to trigger
6 - Enjoy your performance FX

I didn't know the MPC had pad macros. I thought it was just the Force. Did they recently add it or was it always there?

B-Wise wrote:I didn't know the MPC had pad macros. I thought it was just the Force. Did they recently add it or was it always there?

**** me - I stumbled upon that after reading your question and, ignorant of the Force, I imagined that it would apply to the MPC too. No MPC at hand this week, so I haven't looked...

Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:

B-Wise wrote:I didn't know the MPC had pad macros. I thought it was just the Force. Did they recently add it or was it always there?

**** me - I stumbled upon that after reading your question and, ignorant of the Force, I imagined that it would apply to the MPC too. No MPC at hand this week, so I haven't looked...

I'm pretty sure the MPC doesn't have that feature, but you can check the manual to make sure.

Indeed, MPC won't send MIDI CC with the pads, only with the qlinks.

Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:Indeed, MPC won't send MIDI CC with the pads, only with the qlinks.

That's too bad. It's a really great feature to have. I like to assign them as track mutes/solos. On the Force you'll have 64 pads to mute all in one place. Some pads you can assign multiple tracks to mute/solo. I hope they bring this & the 64 envelope followers to the MPC.

In theory you can do it on an external controller. I have a Novation Launchkey which has 16 pads that can each be assigned to a midi CC and specific value. You can then use the midi mapping on the MPC to assign the pads to control the pattern.

I hope they make it possible to do what you suggest though. A mode where the 16 pads can trigger the 16 Flex patterns would be great.

T-Monk wrote:In theory you can do it on an external controller. I have a Novation Launchkey which has 16 pads that can each be assigned to a midi CC and specific value. You can then use the midi mapping on the MPC to assign the pads to control the pattern.

that's exactly how i did it with a novation launch pad x, one of the 4 16pad sets is mapped to a flexbeat on the main out and another pad set to the flexbeat on a specfic submix.

The mpc software 3.5 public beta features pad, envelope followers and cross fader macros (currently only via controller mode), so would assume it’s coming to the mpc

MPC-Tutor wrote:The mpc software 3.5 public beta features pad, envelope followers and cross fader macros (currently only via controller mode), so would assume it’s coming to the mpc

That's good to know. But how would the crossfader macro work on the MPC? Is for connecting an external crossfader or maybe a new MPC will have it & it can make using MPCs without it more compatible?