Akai APC40 Ableton Live Performance Controller

The APC40 is the world's finest Ableton Live control surface. Ableton and Akai Professional worked in a joint partnership to make the APC40 the perfect Ableton Live control surface. Whether you are an electronic-music performance artist and Live is your canvass, a DJ using Live to mix tracks, or a traditional musician using Live on stage or in the studio, the APC40 is designed for intuitive, powerful control.

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Manufacturer: Akai
Item: AKAAPC40
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Customer Comments:

Feature:
I give it a 9 for features, because I still need one other MIDI controller in my rig to do everything I need as a DJ.

Quality:
Very solid, built well.

Value:
RIDICULOUS!!! After seeing the Ableton Touch video, I expected this thing to be 2-3 times more than the cost!

Desirability:
I have been drooling over this piece of gear for about 4 months now. Any Ableton user might be doing very well with their current rig... this was made for Ableton. Not only that, but it replaced two pieces of MIDI gear in my own rig. More work with less gear... who dosent love that?

Sound:
Its a controller, has no sounds of its own.

Ease of Use:
Its so intuitive, they dont even come with a manual. (But it would be nice if they did.)

Support:
Closed on the weekends.. they got back to me first thing Monday morning from a call on Sunday afternoon. I got the first shipping of the first generation. Out of the box, the global play, global record & global stop were mapped to their buttons, as well as to 3 of the buttons in the first column in the clip launch matrix. A 2 min phone call, and a 3 sec fix in the software. (Just delete the global midi mappings, dont remap them and save your new template.) Great support so far.

Overall:
I will probably use this until is no longer functionable, and order a new one. Unless my company really takes off and I can afford a Lemur.

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