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==Akai APC Key25 MK2 + SL==
 
==Akai APC Key25 MK2 + SL==
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This is a driver for the '''Akai APC Key25 MK2''' with the exact same functionality as the above driver. With the exception that <code>SHIFT</code>+pad at the bottom right serves to enter SooperLooper mode, with various submodes.
 
This is a driver for the '''Akai APC Key25 MK2''' with the exact same functionality as the above driver. With the exception that <code>SHIFT</code>+pad at the bottom right serves to enter SooperLooper mode, with various submodes.
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SooperLooper Mode starts in the Looper Mode.
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Besides that, there are two Levels modes, one Pan mode, one Sync/Quantize mode, and two Session modes.
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The present mode is indicated by the four buttons Volume, Pan, Send and Device.
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<code>Volume</code>:
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Cycles through the two Levels modes, and back to Looper mode.
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<code>Pan</code>:
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Opens/closes the Pan mode
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<code>Send</code>:
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Opens/closes the Sync/Quantize mode.
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<code>Device</code>:
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Cycles through the two Session Modes, and back to Looper mode
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===Looper mode===
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[[File:Akai_apc_key25_mk2_sl_looper_mode.png|800px|right]]
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This is the basic, default, mode we start with. If this mode is on, none of the four indicators is lit.
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The 8×5 grid of RGB Leds control looping commands and reflect the current state of a loop.
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Adding a loop: press the leftmost pad on an empty loop row to add a
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mono loop, press the second pad to add a stereo loop. 3rd for three
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channels, 4th for four. NOTE: more than 2 would not make sense at the moment on a Zynthian.
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Remove the last loop by pressing any of pad 5-8 on an empty loop. This cannot be undone.
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The first row shows the column commands for all the tracks.
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The commands are:
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<code>Rec/Overdub (red/purple)</code>
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<code>Multiply (amber)</code>
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<code>Insert (warm pink)</code>
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<code>Replace (pink light</code>
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<code>Substitute (pink)</code>
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<code>Oneshot (light green)</code>
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<code>Trigger (green)</code>
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<code>Pause (lime)</code>.
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Record will change to overdub on non-empty loops.
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The following four rows initially show the first four loops.
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Their pads do the same as the all-loop pads in the same position.
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For the Rec/Overdub pad, holding the Up (▲) pad while pressing a
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Rec/Overdub pad will reverse the action. This means it forcing record
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when overdub would be the normal action. You can also use this to go
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straight into overdub from recording.
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Pressing one of these pads and holding it for
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more than 1 second will make that pad function as a momentary
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toggle.
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When a pad's function is active, the entire row will have that
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color. Overdub being purple.
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The brightness of a loop row indicates the playing position in the loop.
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When a loop is blinking quickly, it is waiting, e.g. to record.   
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====Groups====
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The first 5 'global' pads contain five groups. You can use them for
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grouping loops used for chorus/verse/bridge etc.
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If loops are assigned to a group pad pressing that group pad will
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unmute its loops and mute all other loops.
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====Soft keys====
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<code>Solo</code> + any loop pad (toggle-)soloes that loop.
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<code>Mute</code> + any loop pad toggles whether that loop is muted.
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<code>Mute</code> + the top row '''toggles''' muteness of all loops.
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<code>Stop all clips</code> mutes all clips.
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<code>Shift</code>+<code>Stop all clips</code> unmutes all clips.
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<code>Clip stop</code> and <code>Rec Arm</code> are still free.
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<code>Select</code> toggles the group assign mode. When this is active, press one of the five group pads and select which loops it
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contains. NOTE: groups are not saved, nor restored, with sessions or
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in a snapshot. They are ephemeral and act globally.
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<code>Shift</code> + a row's soft key Sets the selected loop in SooperLooper. The selected loop is what is used in Level mode 2, and also often a target of other controllers (such as a single pedal).
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The softkey of the selected loop will be lit green. When the mode is active targeting the selected loop, such as Levels Mode 2, the softkey will pulsate in green.
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====Track buttons====
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[[File:Akai_apc_key25_mk2_sl_shifting.gif|800px|right|shifting the loops]]
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<code>Shift</code> + <code>▲</code> and <code>Shift</code> + <code>▼</code>:
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Shift plus the Up or Down key shifts the loops in view, as long as there are some. During Shift press, you'll see a number indicating the top loop.
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<code>◀</code> and <code>▶</code>:
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The left and right arrows + a pad in the same column perform Undo and Redo on a loop.
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Pressing the left arrow + a pad in a column to the left of its column performs Undo All on a loop.
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Pressing the right arrow + a pad in a column to the right of its column performs Redo All on a loop.
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I found this to be quite intuitive: undo/redo to the extreme.
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<code>◀</code> plus the 'global record' on the top left this way acts as a nice shortcut to clear all loops.
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====Knobs====
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The (top) Knobs 1-4 control the wet signal (volume level) for the 4 displayed loops.
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The (bottom) Knobs 5-8 control the pan of the 4 displayed loops.
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===Session mode 1: session save mode===
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Pressing a pad saves the current session to one of the 40 locations.
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Invoke by pressing <code>Device</code> button once. The <code>Device</code> button will light up red.
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The last recorded or loaded session '''by the driver''' during the current session is indicated by a blinking pad. We have no mechanism to detect sessions loaded via the preset and zs3 mechanism.
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Any pad with a session is lit up bright.
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When you want to save to a pad that already contains a session, you have to confirm with a bright green pad for 'Yes', or a bright red pad with 'No', next to the pad in question.
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===Session mode 2: Session load mode===
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Pressing a pad loads a session stored under that pad.
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Invoke by pressing <code>Device</code> twice. The <code>Device</code> button will light pulsate red.
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The last recorded or loaded session by the driver during the current session is indicated by a blinking pad.
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There is no confirmation step before loading, so any changes you may have are lost when loading a new session.
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===Levels mode 1: volume (wet) levels for all displayed loops===
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[[File:Akai_apc_key25_mk2_sl_levels_1.jpg|800px|right]]
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Invoke by pressing <code>Volume</code> button once. The <code>Volume</code> button will light up red.
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You can use the pads to adjust volume levels. The top row is the out level of all loops combined.
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===Levels mode 2: 6 levels for selected loop===
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[[File:Akai_apc_key25_mk2_sl_levels_2.gif|800px|right]]
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Invoke by pressing <code>Volume</code> button twice. Both the <code>Volume</code> button and the softkey next to the selected loop will pulsate red.
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Peak meter (red) - Record Threshold (red) - Input Gain (lime) - Wet (blue - think water) - Dry (dark grey) - Feedback (purple)
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You can use the pads, and knobs 2-6 will control the levels of each column.
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===Pan mode===
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[[File:Akai_apc_key25_mk2_sl_pan.png|800px|right]]
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Invoke by pressing <code>Pan</code> button once. The <code>Pan</code> button will light up red.
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The pan settings for each displayed loop is shown. Stereo loops show the left channel as red, the right one as blue.
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Mono loops show the setting simply in a brighter color of the current state.
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Panning values can be edited via the pads, but especially for stereo loops, this may look weird, since they are hard-panned to start with.
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===Sync/Quantize mode===
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[[File:Akai_apc_key25_mk2_sl_sync_quant.jpg|800px|right]]
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The first 6 pads in the top row toggle sync, relative sync, playback
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sync, mute quant, overdub quant and replace quant for all loops.
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The pads in the columns below toggle it on individual loops.
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Shifting loops is possible as in the Looper Mode.
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The 7th pad in the top row cycle through Sync source (off, loop1 (blue) -- last loop (all dark blue), internal (white), MIDI (orange), Jack (red)).
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The (newly) selected function/loop # is indicated in the grid.
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The 8th pad in the top row cycle through Sync to (off, MIDI(orange), 8th(brown), cycle(blue)).
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The soft key next to the top row can be used to inspect sync/quant settings in the grid.
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The two light brown pads below the top row increase/decrease the
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number of 8th within a cycle. Press both at same time to view but not change.
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While one of those is pressed, number of 8ths is indicated as brown
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pads filling up from the left bottom. Pressing ANY pad sets it to that
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number of 8ths. This allows for easy setting of e.g. 4/8 or 2/8, so
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that you easily create smaller loops than the one synced to, yet still
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be in time. Their own placement--at 23/8 and 31/8--is large prime enough not likely to pose a problem.
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The second soft key from the top can be used to inspect/set eighths as well.
    
==Akai MIDI MIX==
 
==Akai MIDI MIX==
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