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anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:23 pm
by scorcha
wanted some input from you guys

Re: anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:52 pm
by myst
Thought it wasn't out till november...?

Will definitely be getting it tho!

Re: anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:56 pm
by scorcha
came out october 1st....only been a few days but wanted to see if anyones snagged it yet

Re: anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:15 pm
by Dub_Fiend
Looks tasty imo, I saw a video of some guy using it to make a sick DnB improv. track... he was using it to control faders, and he was tapping out beats using samples on each of the tracks... Mental :D That said, my APC40 should be with me tomorrow so I don't think I'll need it ;)


Dub Fiend

Re: anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:54 pm
by 86.
will be getting at some point.

Re: anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:55 am
by scorcha
curious to see what the dsf crew thinks of this and how it stacks up to the apc!

Re: anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:13 am
by hurlingdervish
scorcha wrote:curious to see what the dsf crew thinks of this and how it stacks up to the apc!
just like anything else its a trade off

apc 40 only has 40 buttons next to the LP 64

but the apc 40 has all the knobs and faders you need (but also some midi problems i hear....)

given that they put a number after apc, its an industry given that they will have to increase that number to be able to sell the next version

so i would expect a new apc 64 or 56 next year, then possibly a massive 128 controller by someone else soon after in a constant cycle of making people regret their purchases :mrgreen:

Re: anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:39 am
by deadly_habit
waiting to get one in store so i can get a hands on
the demo vid impressed me

Re: anyone got the launch pad yet?

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:27 am
by nowaysj
I was impressed, but what is so impressive?

Are the pads velocity sensitive? I don't think so, so as a drum pad? No.

Use the pads as faders? Novel, but really?

Really it looks like a great device for launching clips and scenes. But then the price actually kind of seems high for just triggering midi events and displaying a modest amount of information about the set.