Sorta a throw back, I just got my old Akai LPD8 out for some travel jamming. Of course Akai has never updated the editor software and I couldn't install on a recent Mac (Big Sur, so not brand new). But looking online and boom found a free online editor and it works!
I programmed the pads to be in a scale. Could do 4 different scales too. Good to go, worked super easy!