Anyone Have the Akai APC40?

contakt321 · Post by **contakt321** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:32 pm

I preordered mine over a month ago and it still hasn't shipped yet

Anyone have one on here? Thoughts?

Are you using it for production or djing?

Did it meet your expectations? Surpass?

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:53 pm

supposedly a LOT of bugs.

im going to get one in a year or so when they sort everything out

contakt321 · Post by **contakt321** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:13 pm

Hmmm, really? I haven't seen many on the Ableton forum.

My new shipdate is supposedly now June 26th...hopefully 3 more weeks.

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:24 pm

alright maybe the caps were a bit excessive

plug and play issues...etc. nothing hardware so youre good im sure

emef · Post by **emef** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:35 pm

no apc for me

i use a touchscreen monitor and a korg nanokontrol with a script so it automaps to whatever ableton/vst plug i point at

pisses on the apc

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:40 pm

emef wrote:
i use a touchscreen monitor and a korg nanokontrol with a script so it automaps to whatever ableton/vst plug i point at

HOW. Pm me if its just a drag and drop file

emef wrote: pisses on the apc

well see what happens when people start to get the hang of it. has potential. just watching Tom Cosm's video review got me hyped on it, looks like loads of fun.

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:11 am

my man Dub Gabriel just got one; gonna be out his way in a bit so am definitely going to pick his brain on it. The guys @ ableton are really excited.

basically, the thing looks well-laid-out and well-thought-out, so that you can always have x/y/z controllers for eq's, etc, etc-- would beat the serious limitations of 8 knobs and sliders.

though i do like the punk rock, let's-fuckin-rock-out aspect of the mpd24!

we shall see. it's definitely a new world as far as controllers go.

bedroom beats · Post by **bedroom beats** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:35 am

I think having the option to launch pretty much all the clips you got going at the touch of a button will be amazing, especially if you are in a live situation.

emef · Post by **emef** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:48 am

hurlingdervish wrote:

HOW. Pm me if its just a drag and drop file

i've pm'd you the script and instructions on what to do and where to put it

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:03 am

we got a couple of these in at work, unfortunately no floor model yet
really want to give this a test run both with ableton and as a general midi controller

myst · Post by **myst** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:41 pm

I was thinking about getting one, but im quite set in my ways of how i produce, so i didnt wanna spend 400 and never use it.

Looks fuckin sexy tho

contakt321 · Post by **contakt321** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:17 pm

WooHoo!

Mine is finally shipping tomorrow. Can't wait!

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:33 pm

i got one 5 days after my previous post. I like the mpd24 but it's habit of stopping sending midi during a live set is kinda not-so-useful.

so no bullshit: this apc40 joint is LIFE CHANGING.

been practicing about 7 hours/day figuring out how to re-lay-out my sessions, where to put dummy clips, how to better organize follow actions, etc.

it's nothing that you couldn't do without the apc40, but the point is that the organization is just dead-on perfect; i can't believe how focused i am in ableton now.

one of the best and most inspiring purchases i've ever made in music. literally like buying my first pair of drumsticks when i was seven--

life. changing.

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:35 pm

TeReKeTe wrote:i got one 5 days after my previous post.

no bullshit: this joint is LIFE CHANGING.

been practicing about 7 hours/day figuring out how to re-lay-out my sessions, where to put dummy clips, how to better organize follow actions, etc.

it's nothing that you couldn't do without the apc40, but the point is that the organization is just dead-on perfect; i can't believe how focused i am in ableton now.

one of the best and most inspiring purchases i've ever made in music. literally like buying my first pair of drumsticks when i was seven--

life. changing.

damn it now i want to play with one
we have a floor model now just not hooked up to jack
just out of curiosity what version of ableton are you using?

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:45 pm

8.03 i think? whatever the current release is.

i also might be the only person who really, really prefers the new warping technique-- much more musical.

xxxy · Post by **xxxy** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:38 am

This will be my next purchase! Quite excited about it tbh.

notch · Post by **notch** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:06 pm

TeReKeTe wrote:i got one 5 days after my previous post. I like the mpd24 but it's habit of stopping sending midi during a live set is kinda not-so-useful.

so no bullshit: this apc40

life. changing.

WOW.. Really.. Sounds awesome..
Yeah Ableton totally sucks...LOL..

bellybelle · Post by **bellybelle** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:09 pm

yeah i'm pretty jealous. last week, i went to hear this cat play out some hip hop and he was using one. since i was pretty familiar with his tunes beforehand, I just wanted to hear what you could do using one in a live setting....

I was impressed with everything he was doing. It was nutter butters and now that's on the list of future must have purchases. So sick!

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