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As i said, i didnt even come close to the idea of rtfm of the device itself. I think we'll give it a try and let the forum know if it worked. I dont. I just wasnt exactly sure if my posting sounded a bit like some lame i-no-need-to-use-search-function kid and figured it would be a good idea to lighten that up. Also i gotta confess that i do love my mpk! Just got it new and still exploring everything. But im pretty confident, that ill be soldering for a couple of months now with my mate :) :)

Thank you. Oh, yeah. The manual. I knew i was missing something. One of those moments you realize, that you rely on teh internets so much that you don't even care to read this stuff they print on dead wood. Actually i just downloaded a copy from the akai website instead of going to the room next door where the printversion should be located :laugh: Apparently the mpk25 is able to work as a plain midi/usb interface. As stated in the manual. (See stuartms posting below) Thanks for these tips anyhow. I guess, we'll start out using the mpk for our little journey. Maybe later on we'll build some fancy usb stuff. It sure did. Thanks again

Oh, and by the way, im well aware of the fact, that most of you guys dont care about commercial stuff like mpk25. Just to make this clear: We are right now approaching to get rid of prebuilt stuff and are willing to learn how stuff works around here :rolleyes: Also im aware of the fact, that an external midi/usb interface is not the most expensive thing on the planet, we'd prefer to use the stuff we already own though. so far for the disclaimer :tongue:

Dear midi hackers, together with a friend im planning to build a midibox64. Basically i'd like to have a simple mixer to control live, while my friend has an eye on some traktorizer kinda thing. Being quite overwhelmed by the amount of information available on this site we have a couple of questions. I did a lot of research but as i said, the amount of information is a bit... well... distracting links everywhere :frantics: I do have some knowledge about basic midi stuff, also i know a little soldering and im not completely clueless when it comes to programming (well, reading and understanding sourcecode) in C and ASM. Nevertheless, we need a little push into the right direction: What we have so far: a basic idea of what we need. (Core, Ains etc...) What we need: An interface to my computer (macbook). The first question: Do we have to have a dedicated midi/usb interface to attach our core to the computer or would it be okay to use the midi in/out ports of my brandnew akai mpk25 which i connect via usb? We also do have another DAW controller available (i believe its an m-audio keyboard) If i got it right it should work out to connect the core to the mpk25 and use it as an interface but... well, im not sure about that. Maybe someone can shed some light on this? Thank you, greetings from Kiel/DE