AKAI APC40: Ableton Cntrlr with 8 Faders 16 Knobs & SW
Description
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.
Akai Professional APC40
The APC40 (Ableton Performance Controller) is a dedicated controller for Ableton Live, designed by the same engineering team responsible for Akai's iconic MPC range of products. This is a dream come true for the Ableton Live community and an exciting first step into the world of Ableton Live for new users.
The APC40 features high quality controls for real-time mixing, remixing and production. 109 buttons, 16 endless encoders with LED rings, nine 45mm faders and a replaceable crossfader give musicians and producers complete control of Live's Session View, effect devices and virtual instruments.
Whether you're in the studio or on stage, DJing, making beats, running backing tracks, firing MIDI loops or triggering sound effects, you can kiss your mouse goodbye.
The APC40 was co-designed by Ableton and Akai Professional.
Key features
Hardware plus software: Ableton Live Akai Professional APC Edition
Every APC40 comes with a custom-tailored software package: Ableton Live Akai Professional APC Edition.
This features eight audio and eight MIDI tracks plus twenty Session View scenes. It also includes all of Live's effects and even allows custom mapping, making it a simple but adequate out-of-the-box solution for studio and stage. To see the differences between this version of Live and the full version of Ableton Live 8, please check this feature comparison chart.
Pricing and availability
For more information on pricing and availability, visit: http://www.akaipro.com/apc40
Software system requirements
The APC40 requires Ableton Live 7 or higher.
Mac: Any G4 or faster (Intel Mac recommended), 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Mac OS X 10.3.9 (10.4 or later recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive
Windows: 1.5 GHz CPU or faster, 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Windows XP or Windows Vista, Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive
The next level: Extend and manipulate
With Ableton's Max for Live you can customize your APC40. Want to use the Clip Launch Matrix as a step sequencer? Go ahead. Max for Live brings the power and flexibility of Max/MSP into Live—it's a world of possibility. Ableton encourages you to dig deep into the APC40 and push the limits in completely new ways.
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