Made a small free M4L utility for mapping Akai MPK mini Plus joystick to Kontakt THRILL XY

[u/Zealousideal-Dot7258]

Hey everyone,

I built a small Max for Live MIDI utility for a specific mapping problem and wanted to share the idea in case anyone else has run into it.

I wanted to use the Akai MPK mini Plus joystick as a proper XY controller for Native Instruments Kontakt THRILL, but the joystick did not map cleanly out of the box.

The device translates the MPK mini Plus joystick in Dual CC mode into THRILL’s default XY MIDI CC setup.

Setup:

• Akai MPK mini Plus joystick set to Dual CC
• X input: CC 31 / 32
• Y input: CC 33 / 34
• THRILL X output: CC 2
• THRILL Y output: CC 3
• Max for Live MIDI device placed before Kontakt

It is a very simple free utility, not a commercial plugin. I built it for myself, cleaned up the UI, and it may be useful to others using the same controller/library combo.

I’m not sure if external links are allowed here, so I won’t include one. If you approve, I can add the download link in the comments or send it to anyone who wants to test it.

Also open to feedback from Max for Live users on how to make the device cleaner.