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The Akai MPK Mini Play is a popular MIDI Controller. While it has internal sounds, the MPK's USB port provides MIDI only. It does not send audio over USB.
The Akai MPK Mini Play is a popular MIDI Controller. While it has internal sounds, the MPK's USB port provides MIDI only. It does not send audio over USB. To capture the MPK's internal sounds, you need to route its audio output to an audio input device such as an audio interface.


To use it as a MIDI controller in Loopy Pro, use Add MIDI to add the controller to Loopy Pro's mixer and route the MIDI to an AUv3 or IAA instrument that you have loaded into your project. Tap on the + sign in the destination slot to set the MPK's midi destination.
== Using the MPK for MIDI ==
To use it as a MIDI controller:


Here is a very short video showing how to do that: <YouTube>0MSO5Mf9Aew</YouTube>
* Go to Loopy Pro's mixer.
* Tap the + sign to add a mixer channel.
* Choose Add MIDI to add the controller to Loopy Pro's mixer.
* Route the MIDI to an AUv3 or IAA instrument  by tapping on the + sign in the destination slot and choosing an instrument to receive the MIDI.


If you want to capture the MPK's internal sounds, you will need to connect the MPK's audio output to an audio interface connected to your iPhone or iPad. Here is a tutorial that shows how to use the MPK with Loopy Pro and an audio interface: <YouTube>LitQMzD7tS0</YouTube>
== The video below shows how to add a controller and destination<youtube>0MSO5Mf9Aew</youtube>Using the MPK's Internal Sounds ==
To capture the MPK's internal sounds, you need to connect the MPK's audio output to an audio interface connected to your iPhone or iPad. Here is a tutorial that shows how to use the MPK with Loopy Pro and an audio interface: <youtube>LitQMzD7tS0</youtube>


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Latest revision as of 09:51, 7 June 2025

The Akai MPK Mini Play is a popular MIDI Controller. While it has internal sounds, the MPK's USB port provides MIDI only. It does not send audio over USB. To capture the MPK's internal sounds, you need to route its audio output to an audio input device such as an audio interface.

Using the MPK for MIDI

To use it as a MIDI controller:

  • Go to Loopy Pro's mixer.
  • Tap the + sign to add a mixer channel.
  • Choose Add MIDI to add the controller to Loopy Pro's mixer.
  • Route the MIDI to an AUv3 or IAA instrument by tapping on the + sign in the destination slot and choosing an instrument to receive the MIDI.

The video below shows how to add a controller and destinationUsing the MPK's Internal Sounds

To capture the MPK's internal sounds, you need to connect the MPK's audio output to an audio interface connected to your iPhone or iPad. Here is a tutorial that shows how to use the MPK with Loopy Pro and an audio interface: