APC 40 cannot setup for life of me!

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gcooper04
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APC 40 cannot setup for life of me!

Post by gcooper04 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:53 am

I must be an idiot or something because I HAVE THE MIDI/SYNC SETTING ON FOR INPUT AND OUTPUT FOR THE APC40. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT WITH A PIC OF A PROPERLY SETUP SYNC SETTINGS? IV'E TRIED EVERY COMBO OF ALL THE AUTOMAP STUFF TOO AND WITHOUT IT AND ABLETON SHOWS NO MIDI RECIEVING INPUT. THE LIGHT DOESNT FLASH. PLEASE HELP IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! THANKS

timday
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Re: APC 40 cannot setup for life of me!

Post by timday » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:00 pm

Have you set it up as a control surface in the fields at the top of the MIDI sync page? Above the normal MIDI settings. "Control Surface", "Input" and "Output" should all read APC40 (although for some reason on our old work PCs it reads as "AKAI USB audio device" in the input and output fields although it works just fine).

If you don't see this then use the drop arrows to select APC40. You don't need to map it in the MIDI fields unless you are doing some kind of custom MIDI mapping.

Sorry can't post a pic the APC40 is at work and I am at home!

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Re: APC 40 cannot setup for life of me!

Post by S4racen » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:23 pm

Doesnt need sync settings, just remote turned on for input and output, and have it as a control surface in the top six slots, which slot you choose defines the colour of the rectangle...

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gcooper04
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Re: APC 40 cannot setup for life of me!

Post by gcooper04 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:57 am

THATS WHAT I DID, IN MIDI SYBC I HAVE APC 4O SELECTED FOR INPUT AND OUTPUT

gcooper04
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Re: APC 40 cannot setup for life of me!

Post by gcooper04 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:59 am

WHAT SHOULD I SELECT ON MIDI INPUTS?

timday
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Re: APC 40 cannot setup for life of me!

Post by timday » Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:20 am

try

APC40 input remote
APC40 output remote

beyond that, don't know

beatmunga
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Re: APC 40 cannot setup for life of me!

Post by beatmunga » Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:53 am

Troubleshooting...

If the in/out preferences are setup ok as above, that could leave:

USB Lead not plugged in/broken
USB port on computer broken
APC power supply not plugged in/broken
APC power switch not turned on
APC broken
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.

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