Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
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By Jean-Marc Liotier Tue May 21, 2024 1:28 pm
So, while not editable through the MPC, MIDI program pad colors are recorded in the program's .xpm XML file - they are the numeric fields in "&quot;value0&quot;: 0" in the ungodly abomination that is the "ProgramPads-v2.10" JSON-esque data structure within the <MPCVObject> XML.

But what are those values ? Brandon Crowe decoded the pad LED SysEx - there are RGB values there, but that doesn't match with the length of the example given by SuperKonquer - but maybe he picked a random value. Looking at a drum program of mine, I see values such as 16776960, 11206400, 65280, 255, 6238976 and 16742144 - so not even fixed length !

Does anyone has a color chart with corresponding pad color codes ?
By SuperKonquer Wed May 22, 2024 12:20 am
You can find the colors by creating a drum program, set colors, save it, then open the program file in a text editor and copy the color values from there.
Edit.

Oh sorry, did a quick read. I see you already see the numbers. i had a list somewhere. I'll see if i can find , but it's likely lost in the cloud. A way you can find which number block represents the color values is save your program multiple times but change the color of the first pad, then compare the 2 files to see which value is different