Edmond

Windows drum-pad MIDI controller for the Qanba Titan, designed for free Akai MPC Beats, including the current MPC 3 Beats application.

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Install

Run Edmond-Setup.exe, then launch Project Edmond from Start. Updated Windows 11 25H2 or later, x64. Python and the app dependencies are included; no developer tools are needed. Setup installs per user, without an administrator prompt. Uninstall through Windows Settings → Apps → Project Edmond. Preferences survive.

Set Titan to PC + DP, center the lever and release the faces before connecting. Close Vega before using Edmond with the same Titan.

Controls

Control	Action
Eight faces	Play the selected group of eight pads
Options	Switch between pads 01–08 and 09–16
Lever left / right	Select pads 01–08 / 09–16
Lever up / down	Velocity 127 / 55
Lever centered	Base velocity, initially 100
Note repeat	Repeat held pads at 1/8, 1/16 or 1/32 of local BPM
Panic / Stop	Stop repeat, pending hits and active MIDI notes

Click any onscreen pad to test without a Titan. Default MIDI channel: 10. Default pad notes: 36–51. Pad notes and channel are editable. Repeat starts off on every launch and uses a local timer; match BPM in Beats. It does not receive MIDI clock. Titan switches do not measure strike pressure.

Connect MPC Beats

Click Add to MPC. Edmond creates a native Windows MIDI route, selects Edmond Drums Send, installs Project Edmond.xmm in Akai's ProgramData MIDI map library, configures Edmond Drums as the host input, and opens MPC. No loopMIDI utility, extra MIDI driver, SDK download or routing tray app is needed. All app-side routing and host-setup code is included in Setup. Windows MIDI Service is part of the supported Windows release and is checked by the installer.

If MPC is already open, Edmond asks you to close it when ready. It then applies the preferences and reopens MPC without discarding an open project. Existing MIDI devices and unrelated preferences are preserved; the first preferences edit makes a .before-project-edmond backup beside MPC's settings file.

Load a drum program, select Bank A, and enable monitoring / record arm. The host makes sound; Edmond supplies notes. If you change Edmond's pad notes or channel, click Add to MPC again to update the host profile. Export MPC map remains available for manual or advanced setup.

For an older host or a custom setup, enable Track, Global/Master and Control for Edmond Drums in the host's MIDI preferences and choose the Project Edmond map in its MIDI Learn browser. Use View → Browser → MIDI Learn Browser in MPC 3. Do not send the host's MIDI output back into the same route.

The current free MPC 3 Beats uses the MPC 3 application. A loaded instrument or drum program and a working audio device are still required in the DAW. The apps do not bundle proprietary DAWs, instruments or sound libraries.

Compatibility status

Automated controls, settings and host-profile checks pass. Actual Windows MIDI receipt was verified on both native routes, including matching note-offs. Physical Titan play and audible DAW output are separate hands-on checks; they are not claimed as new test passes. See release verification for the exact scope.

Preferences and troubleshooting

Preferences: %LOCALAPPDATA%\ProjectEdmond\settings.json, separate from Vega.

• No Titan: check PC + DP and reconnect. If several controllers are attached, use Edmond.exe --device-index N to select the initial device.
• No output: click Add to MPC; check that Windows is updated and Windows MIDI Service is available.
• No sound: check the selected output, matching host input, monitor/arm, drum program and pad assignments. Edmond does not contain a synth.
• Cable disconnected: Refresh/reselect. Also use the host's Panic if its driver disappeared before Edmond could deliver note-offs.
• Small display: scroll to reach the remaining controls.

Source and building

Edmond's source and shared Titan/MIDI code are maintained in ProjectVega, under src/edmond, src/vega/input and src/vega/midi. The ProjectEdmond repository provides the Edmond download, MIDI map and setup guide. Build from the source repository root:

py -3.13 -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install -e ".[desktop,packaging]"
.\.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m unittest discover -s tests -v
.\scripts\build-edmond.ps1 -Compiler C:\path\to\ISCC.exe

Use Python 3.13 x64 and Inno Setup 6 on the build PC. Output: dist/installer/Edmond-Setup.exe. End users only need the finished installer.

License: Unlicense; bundled dependencies retain their own terms. E. Honda inspires the project name and white, baby-blue and red palette. No game assets are included.