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Fixed it! I downloaded Live 8.2.6 and now the APC-40 works perfect. Have no idea why it wouldn't work with 8.2.1, but at this point I really don't care. Thank you all for the help!

This is interesting...

I still have a version of Live 8.0 running on my desktop. Just for grins I fired it up and the APC-40 works perfectly with it. I have Live 8.2.1 set up EXACTLY the same as Live 8.0, but the APC-40 doesn't work with 8.2.1. I'll download version 8.2.6 and see if that helps ...

And one more thing...I did confirm that the APC-40 is functional. It works perfectly with my laptop so I'm thinking it might be a windows problem. Thanks again for all the suggestions...you guys are great.

Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work. If I disconnect the other devices they don't show up in Live so I can't disconnect them within Live. I'm gonna try to find a system restore point from about six months ago and see if that does anything. Wish me luck.

Thanks for forwarding that note from Akai. I'm aware of the issue with Logitech camera drivers, but I've never owned a Logitech product so I don't think that's it. Your message did give me a couple of ideas though. I'll keep trying and I'll keep y'all posted. Thanks for the help.

It is set up as a control surface. Has been all along.

Thanks for the response. Yes, the APC-40 is selected in all three columns. I get no red box in session view. I've disconnected all other midi gear, audio interfaces, etc. except the APC-40 and still have the same problem. I've deleted the driver and reinstalled it...tried every usb port...tried ...

Live 8 recently stopped recognizing my APC-40. I run Live 8.2.1 on a Win 7 quad core PC. I also run a MOTU micro lite and a Korg Pad control. My standard startup procedure is to start the computer, let it "settle", start the APC-40, wait for the ba-doink sound, start Live, and get to work. For some ...

I have Live 8 running on two computers...a Toshiba laptop (WIN XP with 1G RAM) and an HP desktop (WIN 7 with 8GB RAM). Every time I try to slice a loop to midi Live gives me the error..."A serious error has occured. Live will shut down after this message box has cleared." Live does more that shut ...

I just want to add that Abelton tech support have tried their best to fix my problem. Dom Wilms has been very helpful and responsive. It's just that nothing has worked. He even offered to talk to their sales team about a refund.

This just keeps getting better and better. I went ahead and installed version 5.0.3. When I tried running it I got an error message that said ...

"Cannot open file "C:\PROGRAM FILES\ABELTON\LIVE 5.0.3\Resources\Misc\MetronomeUp.wav""

I hit the okay button and then got the following message ...

Geez. I just installed the thing a couple hours ago and have had nothing but problems. I can't believe that I paid money for this piece of crap. I've never felt more ripped off, and more angry, about a software purchase. I know my system is older and slower than most, but it is still within the ...