MIDI Remote script for Akai MPK keyboards is broken

I have an Akai MPK 261 keyboard. The remote script that is included with Cubase incorrectly maps the sustain control to a mute button, so the sustain pedal doesn’t work. The fix for this has been documented here: How to set up sustain pedal on Akai MPK 249 - #15 by Johan_Sunnegaardh . I made the suggested edits to the driver script and it works fine. But whenever I upgrade Cubase, it overwrites my changes with the old bad version, and I have to fix it again.

Can Steinberg please fix the script, or at least stop upgrades from overwriting the fixed version?

Thanks,

Michael Davis

Ottawa

Since you want to protect the edited script, here’s a way to do it:

  • Open Studio→MIDI Remote Manager
  • Navigate to the Scripts tab
  • Find and select the MPK 261 script
  • Click Disable Controller Script
  • Click on the Folder Icon at the right side of the Script path at the bottom of the window
  • The file explorer should open
  • Copy the files in this folder
  • Navigate to [your documents folder]\Steinberg\Cubase\MIDI Remote\Driver Scripts\Local
  • Create a folder named Akai
  • Inside this folder, create a folder named mpk 261
  • Paste the previously copied files into this folder
  • Restart Cubase

Hopefully you will now have the script running from the “Local” folder, and this should continue to work even after updates, since updates recall if a script is disabled.