Welcome to the LPD8 Web Midi Editor. Use this tool to change the MIDI settings of your AKAI LPD8 controller – even on MacOS Catalina :-). The code is publicly hosted at https://github.com/bennigraf/lpd8-web-editor. There you can also find a few details about the MIDI protocol used by the device.

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with AKAI. This tool has been developed completely independently and there is no official or inofficial support or warranty. Use at your own risk!

This tool uses WebMidi to communicate with the LPD8 controller. This is currently supported best in Google Chrome and Chromium browsers. Supposedly there are plugins for Firefox and Safari, but I didn't test those – and neither the Edge browser, which might or might not work.

To get started, connect your device to your computer and click "Start MIDI".

MIDI device selector

Waiting for MIDI to start…

Load settings

Waiting for MIDI device selection

Save settings to device

Waiting for MIDI device selection

Hello World! This is the console. We'll show what's going on behind the scenes here.

Midi channel

Pad 1

Pad 2

Pad 3

Pad 4

Pad 5

Pad 6

Pad 7

Pad 8

Knob K1

Knob K2

Knob K3

Knob K4

Knob K5

Knob K6

Knob K7

Knob K8