Reply to Mapping Beat Machines in Itch for Effects?

So i may be over believeing this process but hear me out ITCH users... Ive been battling with money right now and was believeing if there was a way around enabling the effects in ITCH. I have an MPD 32 from AKAI Pro and would like to use it as my effects controller in ITCH. I know this maybe something that people have already thought about and the idea of using the beat machines' pads to control the Hot Cue points... this could become very handy considering my NS7 Hot Cue points are becoming warn out from me pushing them frequently.

I dont see the point in buying (NSFX controller), if i could just use my MPD 32 to control the New Itch with effects... (I use the Mpd for Studio Only right now) Currently running the latest version of ITCH without the effects... probably version 1.5... (trying to find download for effects version)

MAIN OBJECTIVE:
Control the serato itch software with a 3rd party MIDI device for EFFECTS.
Can this be done???

thanks dj bigdad