Controlling a Korg Volca with the Akai MPK Mini Plus
In an attempt to move more of my music workflow off of my Mac and onto real hardware, I recently bought a set of used Korg Volca synthesizers for experimenting with synthesis and drum programming. I also have an Akai MPK mini plus that I mainly used for controlling Logic Pro that I wanted to repurpose for controlling the Volca synths through the MIDI out on the Akai MPK mini. Since I couldn’t find any existing documentation of the process, I thought I would write it down myself in hopes of helping the next person working through this setup. This set of steps should be easily adaptable to both the MPK mini IV controller and other MIDI controllable synths or devices. ...