Akai APC40 Ableton Live Performance Controller

Started by MCK-fgn, November 15, 2009, 12:52:44 AM

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MCK-fgn

Anyone used it yet? Any good? I'm tired of trying to learn Ableton on a 13" screen while at the same time fiddling with the mouse & keyboard to get to all the controls. Do you think this could be a good long term investment I can leverage with other software as well?

http://www.bananasmusic.com/productdetail.asp/pid_9925/productname_Akai-APC40-Ableton-Live-Performance-Controller/referedby_Email-139
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I just got its replacement - the Novation Launchpad
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MCK-fgn

I know a lot has been written on APC vs LP topic and I have been reading now for many hours. I trust your judgement. What caused you to settle on LP? I like its compact nature but the faders & knobs appeal to me as well... Tough decision. What to do?
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There is no MIDI spec for APC-40 - its for use with Ableton only - or use third party drivers.
Akai is rather slow with driver updates.
Novation has much better support for the Launchpad, MIDI spec, and can already use it for other third party DAW/ Looper apps. Its a smaller footprint, and you can cascade multiple launchpads together  - if needed.

i already have other MIDI controllers with knobs and faders - and I'm not using Ableton exclusively. and the Launchpad was $199.
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Elantric-fgn

. . . the future ain't what it used to be . . .

MCK-fgn

Quote from:  Elantric on November 15, 2009, 07:09:10 AM
There is no MIDI spec for APC-40 - its for use with Ableton only - or use third party drivers.
Akai is rather slow with driver updates.
Novation has much better support for the Launchpad, MIDI spec, and can already use it for other third party DAW/ Looper apps. Its a smaller footprint, and you can cascade multiple launchpads together  - if needed.

i already have other MIDI controllers with knobs and faders - and I'm not using Ableton exclusively. and the Launchpad was $199.

Great reasoning as always. Fits me like a glove. Thanks! Order being placed.
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