Comments on: Akai APC40 Ableton Live Controller, in Detail: Plug-and-Play Live Control For Everyone?

By: Xen Ochren

Xen Ochren — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:22:32 +0000

woops sorry i meant the apc not the mpk in my first para.

By: Xen Ochren

Xen Ochren — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:14:21 +0000

Firewire is too easy to knock the connection out. I hate it. Gimme USB any day.

Hey, one thing which really bores me about the MPK is that it again, like all other controllers, sticks to only 8 channels. only 8 channels of launch clips, and 8(9) lines of faders etc. I get the argument of simplicity and constraints being a good thing for creative stimulation and stuff, but I struggle to keep my songs below 16 tracks, let alone 8, and don’t find banks easy to work with.

also SOmething i couldnt figure out was if you could scroll ACROSS on the clip launch section, aswell as down. Across meaning a bank like setup where you could have more than 8 tracks. I guess the 256 monome is the closest i could get to this, being 16 across, other than using more than one APC40 at a time! I currently only own the MPK49. ANyone got any thoughts on this?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:06:42 +0000

Why isn’t this device FIREWIRE??????? USB has latency issues!!!!!!

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By: randomwanderer

randomwanderer — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:27:03 +0000

B&H shows a price of $399 with tax and free shipping…

By: mistermartin

mistermartin — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:52:56 +0000

BUT” it needs a diffent software!!!!!!! it seems it does not run on Live 7 or 8, but on a modified Live version!!!!!

By: Lmd64

Lmd64 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:27:06 +0000

The launch date is April? This is definitely something I want, looks ideal for live performances.