APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by jcobb00 » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:50 am

Villam wrote: The 2th question is about DJ'ing. I don't know at all how it looks in live mixing in Ableton
so I wonder to know is that possible to keep 2 EQ's in 2 other tracks ? You know, just like in others 'pro' mixing systems like tracktor etc. I only know how to control one of the channel using a 3 EQ. I've hope You know what I mean.
NewbieOne - Villam :)
i think you can easily achieve this by setting up two bus (return) tracks in ableton.
when doing so make sure you send the audio of all of your tracks as "sends only" in the I-O tab.
additionall, send some of your tracks to bus (return track) A and the others to bus (return track) B by clickng on the S tab

you should then be able to use 2 different eqs on different sets of all of your tracks.

you could also achieve this by grouping tracks together and then placing an eq on each of the grouped tracks

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by Villam » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:56 pm

Hey!
Well, thanks guys for propose about a PAD's. I need to think over which one to choose.
BTW: in the other hand indeed It's better to have separate APC and PAD. ;p
That would be without doubt more comfortable and flexible. And looks more crazy at the desk, right? :P You know, more stuff looks more pr0 hahaha =p
Anyway firstly I need to get my own APC 40 ;]
And tha about this EQ's in Ableton. Well, thanks for tips guys! But if I mark 1 channel with EQ, I can't see EQ at this 2'th channel. Look at this:
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Edit: Thanks PhunkBeat for explain :) I have no more questions, Over! :P
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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by eldar » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:07 pm

edit: misread your post...

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by evanb » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:32 pm

Where is best place to pre-order one in hopes of getting one at the end of may

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by PhunkBeat » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:00 pm

Villam wrote:Hey!
Well, thanks guys for propose about a PAD's. I need to think over which one to choose.
BTW: in the other hand indeed It's better to have separate APC and PAD. ;p
That would be without doubt more comfortable and flexible. And looks more crazy at the desk, right? :P You know, more stuff looks more pr0 hahaha =p
Anyway firstly I need to get my own APC 40 ;]
And tha about this EQ's in Ableton. Well, thanks for tips guys! But if I mark 1 channel with EQ, I can't see EQ at this 2'th channel. Look at this:
Image

You need a midi-controller, so you can asign the parameters of the EQ`s for one and two, to the knobs on the midi controller and they are working both at the same time.......
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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by bosonHavoc » Sun May 03, 2009 8:16 pm

sacredgeometry wrote:
jcobb00 wrote:damn, may 30? i was hoping to have it for my gig on may 1 which is when guitar center said i would have it when i purchased it.

ive been putting gigs off until i get it haha ...partially because i have started dissembling my live sets and creating new ones that arent based around the constraints ok my novation zero :( oh come on akai invent a time machine while you are at it
ya me too.

we decided to not seek out gigs because we want to focus on our album.
may 30th... man i cant wait...

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by contakt321 » Sun May 03, 2009 8:49 pm

evanb wrote:Where is best place to pre-order one in hopes of getting one at the end of may
Musician's Friend has a sale ending tomorrow at Noon on Gift Certificates for 20% off. I just bought a $400 gift certificate for $320 and pre-ordered an APC. How could I not?

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by nicogrubert » Tue May 05, 2009 6:12 am

contakt321 wrote:
evanb wrote:Where is best place to pre-order one in hopes of getting one at the end of may
Musician's Friend has a sale ending tomorrow at Noon on Gift Certificates for 20% off. I just bought a $400 gift certificate for $320 and pre-ordered an APC. How could I not?
Wow! Musician's Friend has the apc for $399.00 but they only ship to USA and Canada.

Where is best place to pre-order it in europe?

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by PhunkBeat » Tue May 05, 2009 6:23 am

nicogrubert wrote:
contakt321 wrote:
evanb wrote:Where is best place to pre-order one in hopes of getting one at the end of may
Musician's Friend has a sale ending tomorrow at Noon on Gift Certificates for 20% off. I just bought a $400 gift certificate for $320 and pre-ordered an APC. How could I not?
Wow! Musician's Friend has the apc for $399.00 but they only ship to USA and Canada.

Where is best place to pre-order it in europe?
take this: http://www.thomann.de/de/akai_apc_40.htm

but i think it will be cheaper in a few days......
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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by Sarrova-Q » Tue May 05, 2009 10:15 am

Sorry, maybe this is allready mentioned somewhere else but I couldn't find it right now.

Does anyone now how much the upgrade APC-Live version to Live 8 (suite) is going to cost?
And if so will there be an educational upgrade also?

(I found the Live LE / Live Light upgrade pricing is this the same?)

Thank you.

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by rbro » Tue May 05, 2009 5:48 pm

Sarrova-Q wrote:Sorry, maybe this is allready mentioned somewhere else but I couldn't find it right now.

Does anyone now how much the upgrade APC-Live version to Live 8 (suite) is going to cost?
And if so will there be an educational upgrade also?

(I found the Live LE / Live Light upgrade pricing is this the same?)

Thank you.
AFAIK, there is no APC/Live 8 Upgrade Bundle (wish there was) and there is no Educational Upgrade pricing at all :(

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by hoffman2k » Tue May 05, 2009 5:55 pm

rbro wrote:
Sarrova-Q wrote:Sorry, maybe this is allready mentioned somewhere else but I couldn't find it right now.

Does anyone now how much the upgrade APC-Live version to Live 8 (suite) is going to cost?
And if so will there be an educational upgrade also?

(I found the Live LE / Live Light upgrade pricing is this the same?)

Thank you.
AFAIK, there is no APC/Live 8 Upgrade Bundle (wish there was) and there is no Educational Upgrade pricing at all :(
http://www.ableton.com/educational-pricing :?:

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by baseinstinct » Tue May 05, 2009 9:05 pm

Is there any info on who is qualified for educational price (any study? private schools too? age limit?) and what docs need to be submitted?

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by hoffman2k » Tue May 05, 2009 10:50 pm

baseinstinct wrote:Is there any info on who is qualified for educational price (any study? private schools too? age limit?) and what docs need to be submitted?
That type of info is general for most companies. They almost all have the same requirements.
Replace Adobe for Ableton on the next page and you'll get the idea.
http://www.adobe.com/education/purchasing/qualify.html

For confirmation from Ableton, you will have to contact them because these things are reviewed individually.

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Re: APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

Post by baseinstinct » Wed May 06, 2009 12:28 am

Thanks.

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