Midi note scale programs for legacy Akai MPC sequencers. A collection of .pgm files organized into useful musical categories.
The scales are available for download at the MPC Scales website.
The LITE version only includes the recognized (i.e. named) scales and doesn't include the "All" folder. This is the recommended package for most users.
The FULL version of the scales pack includes every possible 5 to 9 note scale (including mode shifts) within the 12-tone equally-tempered system of music. The programs are organized into 5 octave directories which comes out to a total of 12,000 nested subdirectories and over 140,000 files in the system.
You may need to use third-party software such as 7-zip to extract the files, due to the large number of folders used to organize the scales.
Alternatively, you can clone the packs directly from the mpc-scales-packs repo if you prefer.
Upload the files to your MPC's hard drive or a flash drive and load the programs as you would any other MPC program.
You'll need an external midi sound module hooked up to your MPC with a midi cable. Also, make sure your midi output channel is set to the same channel as your midi device.
Then, start playing pads and your midi device should be receiving notes in the selected scale.
To test run the scales before downloading, head over to the scales player to get a sense of how the scales are mapped to the MPC pads/banks. Record a sequence and switch the scales in real-time to get a sense of how the scales can be used on an actual MPC.