Can I use Akai MPK Mini to control Transport (and possibly other functions)

[Roy Slough]

I have an Akai MPK Mini which I use while editing/creating midi in the piano roll.  Using the Pads for drums is only a small part of that.
I can select other Pad Programs e.g. "AbletonLive" "Logic ProX" "FLStudio20" "GarageBand" for the pads, but I don't know what any of those are or what use they may be.
Naively, I thought I could use the pads to control the transport, Play, stop etc.  But when I began researching this I was dragged into deep topics such as MPC controllers etc. I will never afford or need these expensive type controllers, but could use the simple control I have if only I knew how.

So is there a simple way with perhaps cc controls I can use the pads to trigger the transport controls, and how do I set it up in Cakewalk?
I do have the AKAI MPK program so I can load the pads with whichever Midi value or cc as required, and save it as a Cakewalk Control program (or maybe someone has already done it?)

Any simple advice for a simple guy or should I abandon the idea.

Thanks

[azslow3]

There are also "standard" solutions, with "Cakewalk ACT MIDI" and "Generic surface"

[Roy Slough]

5 hours ago, azslow3 said:

There are also "standard" solutions, with "Cakewalk ACT MIDI" and "Generic surface"

Thank you,  That helped guide me to what I needed to do.  
N.B.  The video was  for sonar but the latest Cakewalk has defaults you can select and amend instead of configuring all yourself.
I used the standard ACT midi controller (1st Screenshot) and directed it towards my MPK for In and out, then from the ACT control module settings I amended the buttons to do as I wished (2nd & 3rd Screenshots)

Once again thanks I would never have found this without your help

[azslow3]

8 hours ago, Roy Slough said:

N.B.  The video was  for sonar but the latest Cakewalk has defaults you can select and amend instead of configuring all yourself.

They always was. They exist like 20+ years, almost unchanged. But as you can guess, I had to have a good reason to write AZ Controller (MPK Mini was my first surface) instead of using or extending "standard"  solutions 😉