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***UPDATE***

Got my APC40 back today.

Akai was kind enough to return it even more broken than when I sent it off for repair.

What a fucking joke.

It's times like this that justify my belief that everyone should own a confetti cannon.

Not only would it have rid you of the avian nuisance, but you could simultaneously celebrate your success.

Check this thread out, it should help.

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... 30&start=0

I believe that if, while holding the nudge button down, you hit the tap tempo button then release nudge it should lock your tempo.

So I'm sending my APC40 in for repairs.

Has anyone else dealt with AKAI for warranty covered work? Care to share your experience?

Will I get it back before Live 9 is released??

Thank you again for taking the time to write such a thorough reply. It all made sense, well except for some of the technical stuff in the MIDI spec link but I'll get there. You've been immensely helpful.

My girlfriend is fine with everything...


...it's my cat I have to hide things from.

Have you tried the 'slice to MIDI' function. You'd probably have to drag the slices back into an audio track and consolidate them, but I think it may work.

Thanks for the reply Warrior Bob. You've confirmed my assumption, and were absolutely correct. I still find it odd that adding a breakpoint is necessary, but that does the trick. I guess it's something to do with the whole "relative value" of clip envelopes, of which I've still not reached...

And as for "neutral": :| - this one looks SAD, not neutral. I agree, to me that one looks like it belongs in an advertisement for anti-depressants. And :? might have just sharted, I'm not sure. If it was up to me I'd dump all the smilies and just use http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd...

The only solution I know of would be a midi effect rack with multiple arpeggiators, each set to a specific rate. Then using the chain selector to scroll through the different rates.

You guys are making things way too complicated. All you need are a few of these, http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSqJtfjoDTBmLCyQRA1Xmxp-I7yhs5qsQRtKCr3HkzHIeag3GZZog And a piezo transducer http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOEnzDreqll4qRbMlbFmEOAbcG4deNdyVJYFg4eAXS92winRUD Just stick...

Ok, here's the scenario. I've got a MIDI clip playing with the pitch bend parameter modulated to pitch the clip down 12 semitones over 4 bars. Now I decide to launch a different clip on the same track half way through the first clips playback. This new clip with no modulations is now stuck playing a...

Yep, you've got it.