Akai Force Forum: Everything relating to the Akai Force, the iconic 64 pad, clip-based standalone sampler/groovebox from Akai.
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By K. Rah Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:04 pm
Hey hey, I wonder if anyone knows if buttons on the upper left of the Force (most importantly the transport buttons and Shift)can be trigggered via midi learn from the pads of a midi controller (mpk for example). I don’t have a controller so I haven’t tried but I see that midi learn parameters seem to be dedicated fully to mixer settings. Thanks

-K
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By Koekepan Mon Apr 10, 2023 3:13 pm
It's impossible to prove a negative, so I may be wrong, but I don't think that it is.

I've never seen any sign that this is possible, nor that it was even a contemplated feature.
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By K. Rah Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:01 pm
Thanks, yeah I thought probably not.. a shame the force can’t support a foot switch. I remember when certain buttons on my old 2500 stopped working, I could just tell the foot switch to be anything at all (F3, stop, pad A01, you name it).
By stonecoldgroove Tue Apr 11, 2023 2:10 am
You don’t have to MIDI Learn transport. Force already understands MMC Start/Stop/Record Strobe, so just get a MIDI controller that can send those and it’ll work.

I already get Force to start from my Octatrack and DTXM12.

I’ve read of others having success with Morningstar Controllers as well.

SCG