
kidkage
Bored of Canada
I have Cubase Le5.
I bought an Akai MPK Mini
to use to put "score" sounding parts under my music, layer kick and snare samples under my acoustic drum tracks, trigger other sounds, etc.
As well as make my own samples (like, record a drum kit hit, guitar chord, etc. and assign it to a Akai pad or key then insert it into the song)
Really, just experiment with any and all sounds that I can on this thing
The problem is that I dont really know how to do that at all.
Do I need more software for any or all of that?
So far all I've got is the Akai hooked up in Cubase and can hear what I assume are the generic keyboard/ drum parts of either the keyboard or Cubase.
I don't know how to change how hard I have to hit the pads on the akai, or how or of I can move different sounds I like to different pads or keys
And I know not a thing about virtual instruments. So if Cubase has a pretty sweet selection or something already, I really don't know.
I will appreciate any and all help
I bought an Akai MPK Mini

As well as make my own samples (like, record a drum kit hit, guitar chord, etc. and assign it to a Akai pad or key then insert it into the song)
Really, just experiment with any and all sounds that I can on this thing
The problem is that I dont really know how to do that at all.
Do I need more software for any or all of that?
So far all I've got is the Akai hooked up in Cubase and can hear what I assume are the generic keyboard/ drum parts of either the keyboard or Cubase.
I don't know how to change how hard I have to hit the pads on the akai, or how or of I can move different sounds I like to different pads or keys

And I know not a thing about virtual instruments. So if Cubase has a pretty sweet selection or something already, I really don't know.
I will appreciate any and all help
