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drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:41 pm
by greenscreens
am i missing something? i feel like this should have been a functionality included with the APC 40. its one thing that makes this controller feel really limited. are there any workarounds to make this happen? has anyone figured it out?
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:50 pm
by McQ714
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4YIGfhbCtw
check out that video. nativeKontrol.com is working on some additional features for the APC40 using Bome's. it's in beta testing at the moment but it already works great. there have already been some changes since the video was made and he's working on a couple more functions for the release version as well.
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:52 pm
by greenscreens
is it mac only?
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:29 pm
by McQ714
nope... just the opposite.. it's PC only!
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:59 pm
by djwack
w007! mac love plz
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:59 pm
by deepdirtydub
Its available for Mac as well! I've been playing with the beta for the last 16 hours straight haha
Its actually not that bad playing drum racks on the APC40. My MPD32 could soon be on the chopping block.
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:55 am
by Jekblad
are the rest of the products good for the mac now that bomes is on teh mac?
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:23 am
by outershpongolia
The pads aren't velocity sensitive so why would you want to use them for drum racks? I guess for things that you don't need the sensitivity..
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:43 am
by boomtchik
outershpongolia wrote:The pads aren't velocity sensitive..
omg is this a joke ? Ableton ? do you realize ? Can we remove the "pro" from akai ?
thank you unableton
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:47 am
by 4.33
boomtchik wrote:outershpongolia wrote:The pads aren't velocity sensitive..
omg is this a joke ? Ableton ? do you realize ? Can we remove the "pro" from akai ?
thank you unableton
it's designed for a different task
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:51 am
by boomtchik
my name is "All in One" from "Stable Guys" and I love multi tasks
but whith the apc40 no chance then....
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:43 pm
by djwack
a lot of stuff can be done without velocity.. IMO velocity is overrated nowadays (one can always use modwheel/pitchbend to emulate dynamic controls).. But I guess everyone here wants to use their APC for playing piano concertos..
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:49 pm
by boomtchik
djwack do you play piano with pads ?
pads are good for rythms...
rythms are good with velocity... (you know what feeling is ?)
play rythms without velocity you look like a noob
i'm not a piano dj but more than that
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:24 pm
by hurlingdervish
i always use fixed velocity on my trigger finger
that way you can go back and make the hihats dynamics perfect
no big deal at all.
but the buttons click in dont they? that would get a tad annoying but i havent touch one so i dont know for sure
Re: drum rack controller for APC 40- work arounds?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:20 pm
by robotsound
i just make a drum rack with 2 sets of hits for each sound at a lo and hi velocity. then do some editing for rolls or builds and your done. nobody needs to play 16 drum sounds at once anyway and not all the sounds need