Seems like we got a bug or something is broken.
The ARP button does work but the red LED looks dead. 
Hi there !
Does anyone know if/how I can light up pads with MIDI messages ?
I use pad lightning a lot to display informations, mostly a visual metronome on my MPK 261, but I canât make it work on the MPK mini plus. Any trick ?
Considering this or the minilab to pair with my m8âŠWhat do you think if any of you tested both ?
Of those two, I only have experience with the MPK Mini Plus. Everything about it is pretty good. It really feels good, and the keys and pads are both excellent for the price range. Itâs also relatively easy to configure the midi mappings, and manage profiles without even using the app. HOWEVERâŠ
If you intend to use it in a DAWless setup to control something like an Elektron box, or even an actual MPC, be warned: the transport control buttons (Play, Stop, Record, etc) send Midi CC messages, not Midi MMC messages like, oh⊠99% of devices expect, and thereâs currently no way to remap them to send MMC messages. Doesnât even work with Akaiâs own MPC devices (at least not my Live Mk2).
Not a deal breaker for me, but itâs such a stupid design flaw that needlessly reduces the value of an otherwise excellent piece of gear. No idea if it can, or will be fixed by a firmware update.
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Thx ! Went with the minilab since because of its interesting scale/chords/strum features.
