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johnebaker wrote on 1/24/2024, 6:01 PM

@sherwood-johnson

Hi

Video Pro X is not a DAW it is a video editor which does not support VST Instruments so cannot be cannot be controlled by MIDI.

. . . . t has a lot of preset daws but none of them is for Samplitude or magix products . . . .

The Akai mpk261 will work with Magix Music Maker, Samplitude and Sequoia the latter 2 being DAWs and behave as a standrard MIDI keyboard/controller.

As it does not have specific DAW presets for the pads etc on the keyboard, you may find, particularly for Samplitude and Sequoia that one of the common presets for another DAW will work with them. For Music Maker you should be able to create a new preset in the keyboard, or its driver, to map the pads etc to the correct MIDI commands the program responds to.

John EB
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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

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sherwood-johnson wrote on 1/24/2024, 7:46 PM

Sorry that should be samplitude pro x8, yep it is the daw

sherwood-johnson wrote on 1/24/2024, 7:50 PM

Hi i am sorry it should read Samplitude Pro X8. Which is the daw not the video editor...i used magix studio for a long time but never used it with midi...i was always an analog into the daw guy, but i felt it was time to learn the midi side of things. But i am having trouble getting the midi keyboard/controller to link up with the software...

johnebaker wrote on 1/25/2024, 2:55 AM

@sherwood-johnson

Hi

Samplitude has its own forum here.

I would suggest you sign up there, first do a search, before posting, as it is likely that other users have had the same issue with Akai keyboards .

HTH

John EB

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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

sherwood-johnson wrote on 1/25/2024, 6:10 AM

Ok thank you i will do that