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FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW
1. LCD – The display is used for navigating
menus, displaying data, and affecting change
on MPK25’s options and parameters.
2. [VALUE] (Push to Enter) – This dial is used
to increment and decrement Presets,
parameter values and settings. This dial also
functions as an [ENTER] button when it is
pressed down.
3. [<] AND [>] BUTTONS – These buttons are
used to navigate through the fields of menus
and options. The [<] button also functions as
a [CANCEL] button.
4. [PRESET] – This button calls up Preset
Mode. You can select and recall different
Preset programs in this mode.
5. [EDIT] – This button calls up Edit Mode,
which allows you to edit the behavior of the
keyboard, pads, knobs, buttons and default
settings for each preset.
6. [GLOBAL] – This button calls up Global
Mode, where MIDI reset commands and
global system preferences are set.
7. [PREVIEW] – This button allows you to see
the last value that was sent by a controller
without actually sending a value. Hold down
this button and adjust a controller to display
the value in the LCD. Then, you can either
change it to a new value or return it to last
value that was sent.
8. [PROGRAM CHANGE] – Pressing this
button will enter Program Change mode. In
this mode, you can send a Program Change
or Program with Bank Change message to a
hardware or software module.
9. TRANSPORT CONTROL BUTTONS –
These five buttons are dedicated buttons for
sending transport control commands. The
transport control buttons can be set to
transmit either MMC (MIDI Machine Control),
MMC/MIDI SysEx, MIDI START/STOP or
pre-assigned MIDI CC values.
10. 12 ASSIGNABLE KNOBS – Each 360-
degree knob can be used to send continuous
control data to a desktop audio workstation or
external MIDI device.
11. 4 ASSIGNABLE BUTTONS – These buttons
can be used as MIDI CC switches or Program
Change switches. They can function in
momentary or toggle modes. When [TIME
DIVISION] has been activated, these 4
buttons are used to set the time division of
the Arpeggiator and Note Repeat features.
12. [CONTROL BANK] – The MPK25 features 2
independent banks of continuous controllers.
Effectively, this allows you to control up to 32
independent parameters with the knobs and
buttons on the MPK25. The [CONTROL
BANK] button is used to switch among the 2
banks. The LEDs above the button will
reflect the currently selected control bank.
