Welcome to the Freepad wiki !

Freepad is a virtual MIDI controller (see screenshots) and an editor for Akai LPD8 MIDI controller. It read and send programs to the LPD8, give a visual feedback, and optionally show MIDI messages.

The screenshot above shows Freepad receiving two notes from LPD8, and you can notice that the pad n°4 default velocity control have the focus.

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Features:

• Virtual pad : send MIDI notes and control change messages.
• Get and send programs from and to your LPD8.
• Load and save programs from and to your computer (with instruments names).
• Show MIDI messages sent by LPD8.
• Display a visual feedback.
• Display instrument names corresponding to notes in drum kits.
• switch automatically between the virtual pad mode and the editor mode when you plug/unplug your LPD8.

Freepad is written with PyQT. QT6 and QT5 are supported.