APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

shai · Post by **shai** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:08 pm

anyway, i somehow have the feeling that May will come earlier this year. like.. around March already.

vicz · Post by **vicz** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:21 pm

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Jesse · Post by **Jesse** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:43 pm

Can you simultaneously press multiple clip launch buttons across different scenes ?

Just to clarify, you can if the clips are on different tracks. As in Live, you can't launch multiple clips on a single track.

Re: Release date

I believe the March dates are incorrect.

Best,
Jesse

shai · Post by **shai** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:37 pm

^

shai wrote:anyway, i somehow have the feeling that May will come earlier this year. like.. around March already.

i admit it is a wishful thinking

glitchrock-buddha · Post by **glitchrock-buddha** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:26 pm

It is said that you can use multiple APC40s at the same time and that there will be multiple boxes on-screen for what grids the different units are controlling. Does that mean that you can have have different device/track selected for each unit. Can there be more than one blue hand then?

If so, is this the case if you're using the APC40 and another different controller with instant mappings?

debu · Post by **debu** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:38 am

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BinaryB · Post by **BinaryB** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:06 am

Please Ableton... when do they get to Australia ?

After the US and Europe ?

(= order from US)

bendybones · Post by **bendybones** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:52 am

glitchrock-buddha wrote:It is said that you can use multiple APC40s at the same time and that there will be multiple boxes on-screen for what grids the different units are controlling. Does that mean that you can have have different device/track selected for each unit. Can there be more than one blue hand then?

If so, is this the case if you're using the APC40 and another different controller with instant mappings?

I would imagine so as this is currently the case with any two (or more) MIDI controllers.
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sherman · Post by **sherman** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:32 am

BinaryB wrote:Please Ableton... when do they get to Australia ?

After the US and Europe ?

+1 for a simultaneous Australian release! God knows why companies feel the need to make us wait months for no reason. Its not like its a treacherous voyage in a spanish galleon... Just pack a bunch into a plane to Aus the same day as you ship to everywhere else...

/rant

Euklid.fox · Post by **Euklid.fox** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:44 am

so the APC is supposed to deal only with midi

will we be able to send the clip grid via midi to other/software/hardware directly from live without using maxMsp?

dom · Post by **dom** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:44 pm

Short answer: no, sorry.

Long answer: Mentioned in the firt post in this thread

"In one of the NAMM videos, somebody at AKAI proudly mentions a secret handshake between Live and the APC. But other reports seem to indicate that this unit just sends out MIDI. Does the device or Live send anything other than MIDI signals?

The APC Sends simple midi messages, and most of the banking and Session View control is handled internally in Live. Connecting another controller and selecting the APC40 preset will not work, even if that controller sends the same MIDI messages.

Will this secret handshake prevent us from turning a Monome + BCR into an APC?

Yes. "

glitchrock-buddha · Post by **glitchrock-buddha** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:25 pm

But what about using another instant mapping device alongside the APC40, not instead of it. Can different tracks/devices be selected with each simultaneously?

t1mp · Post by **t1mp** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:32 pm

Jesse wrote: Re: Release date

I believe the March dates are incorrect.

Best,
Jesse

So, that doesn't rule out Feb release?

Euklid.fox · Post by **Euklid.fox** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:02 pm

dom wrote: The APC Sends simple midi messages, and most of the banking and Session View control is handled internally in Live. Connecting another controller and selecting the APC40 preset will not work, even if that controller sends the same MIDI messages.

Will this secret handshake prevent us from turning a Monome + BCR into an APC?
Yes. "

ok but im more interested for the OTHER side: will Live send clip matrix as standard midi message, not contolling live from a device. I just want to display the session wiew on a touch screen (but with large cells, actually live is useless with a touchscreen, it's soon multitouch windows7 era and live is not able to handle even monotouch correctly). If the message are sent only if you have an APC, then it truely sucks. anyway Im quite sure the guys who managed to make the api hack will find a solution making that midi script open, why only APC or max users could benefit of the session view infos if not a commercial lock...

shai · Post by **shai** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:00 am

email from thomann.de

...
thank you for your interest and confidence in our products and services.
We expect the APC 40 to come on May 29th.
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards
...

Hallo,

the first APC40 are expected mai/june this year

einen schönen Gruß
_________________________
justmusic

so i guess.. no march, not at all.. and a long wait. life are tough