APC 40 FAQs, features and questions

[Dr. Zoiberg]

I just got my apc40 and am really happy with everything it can do. My question is, when having more than one song, ill have more than one instrument for say, a bassline. how can i have 2 bass' with 2 different instruments, yet still have them under the same track?

use racks

[chat_fou]

Is there a way to control the opening of a group track (collapse/expand tracks) with the apc (or another midi controler) ?

[juampi1969]

Hello everybody, I'm a sort of a newbie, and received yesterday my apc40.. i like more than a lot.

I also have a Maschine that i use to do my drum programming.

What about Max for life?

Where can i get that?

I'm running my apc40 with live 7.0.16, and as a newbie don't understand where are those Max for life applications described in the vids.

thanks everybody.

Peace.

JP/ Italy

[djgroovy]

Hello everybody, I'm a sort of a newbie, and received yesterday my apc40.. i like more than a lot.

I also have a Maschine that i use to do my drum programming.

What about Max for life?

Where can i get that?

I'm running my apc40 with live 7.0.16, and as a newbie don't understand where are those Max for life applications described in the vids.

thanks everybody.

Peace.

JP/ Italy

It's not out yet, those vids are from people who have beta versions.
Hang on tight, it will come.

Meanwhile, and being a newbie, there's a lot of fun and discovery to be made with what you have, i assure you!

[Axis Mundi]

I will be buying an APC 40 in the very near future.

One thing I was wondering about the Clip Launch section and MIDI channels:

If I press an unlit Clip Launch button corresponding to an empty slot in an armed MIDI track while the project is playing, will the button create a MIDI clip in the empty space that continues in length until I press the same Clip Launch button again? (thus causing the MIDI clip to play in a quantized loop.)

I have transport buttons on my Axiom 25 set up to do this (one press creates a clip and the second press loops the clip according to the Global Quantize).

Thanks for the help

[Axis Mundi]

Another question:

Is it/will it be possible to customize the APC 40's Clip Launch section to emulate the Drum Pad features as shown in the new Launchpad video?

If so, is it/will it be possible to switch between a normal Clip Launch mode and a Drum Pad type mode with the press of another button?

Thanks again for the help

[djgroovy]

I will be buying an APC 40 in the very near future.

One thing I was wondering about the Clip Launch section and MIDI channels:

If I press an unlit Clip Launch button corresponding to an empty slot in an armed MIDI track while the project is playing, will the button create a MIDI clip in the empty space that continues in length until I press the same Clip Launch button again? (thus causing the MIDI clip to play in a quantized loop.)

I have transport buttons on my Axiom 25 set up to do this (one press creates a clip and the second press loops the clip according to the Global Quantize).

Thanks for the help

If the track is record armed yes.
If not, it will stop any playing clip in that track.

[ajargy]

Another question:

Is it/will it be possible to customize the APC 40's Clip Launch section to emulate the Drum Pad features as shown in the new Launchpad video?

If so, is it/will it be possible to switch between a normal Clip Launch mode and a Drum Pad type mode with the press of another button?

Thanks again for the help

question 1 - yes but you will not have velocity sensitivity

question 2 - yes, maybe 2 buttons (shift + ___) (but you still will not have velocity sensitivity)

watch the videos on this website: http://www.nativekontrol.com/

is this what you are looking for?

godspeed wind child

[djgroovy]

Thanks again for the help

question 1 - yes but you will not have velocity sensitivity

question 2 - yes, maybe 2 buttons (shift + ___) (but you still will not have velocity sensitivity)

Launchpad doesn't have vel sens either.

[RajahP]

Is there an updated version of the 'apc40 Live 7 edition'? Notice the Launchad comes with a 'Launchpad Live 8 version'.
Any apc40 Live 8 edition available?

[djgroovy]

Any apc40 Live 8 edition available?

Yes, it comes with the apc.

But if you have the latest version of 7 or 8, you don't need it.

[Axis Mundi]

Another question:

Is it/will it be possible to customize the APC 40's Clip Launch section to emulate the Drum Pad features as shown in the new Launchpad video?

If so, is it/will it be possible to switch between a normal Clip Launch mode and a Drum Pad type mode with the press of another button?

Thanks again for the help

question 1 - yes but you will not have velocity sensitivity

question 2 - yes, maybe 2 buttons (shift + ___) (but you still will not have velocity sensitivity)

watch the videos on this website: http://www.nativekontrol.com/

is this what you are looking for?

godspeed wind child

Thanks for the answers, that is exactly what I wanted to know.

I did not expect to have velocity sensitivity on these buttons since what I read about both controllers states that neither controls velocity sensitivity.

So am I correct in assuming that in terms of pure functionality/parameter control, there is nothing the Launchpad has to offer beyond the extended clip launch grid that cannot also be accomplished using an APC?

[Willyum]

So am I correct in assuming that in terms of pure functionality/parameter control, there is nothing the Launchpad has to offer beyond the extended clip launch grid that cannot also be accomplished using an APC?

Just remember that LaunchPad does not require separate power supply, so it does have that benefit over all the other current controllers of this type (I don't know if anyone has setup the Monome for native support in Live)...

with that said, the new presets coming for apc from nativeKontrol.com in a few weeks, will have all the functionality available in these new ohm64 nativeKontrol.com preset videos (with the bonus of being mapped in colors to make the mapping easier to remember).
You may be more interested in the functions in the second half of the second vid...

Vid 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm-XvChc5mA
vid 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFy6HL_kZdw

[Axis Mundi]

Thanks again! Those links just made me wet my pants.

And not in the little kid way, either.

[Hermanus]

you could also look at the brilliant Monomulator from TrackTeamAudio!

the N1 Monome' emulator for the apc40_

I did a gig on past saturday and it was plenty of fun