APC40 - Reviews - Music Tech Magazine

Live is a great performance tool – and the APC40 looks set to revolutionise the way you interact with it. Hollin Jones plugs in.

Price: £400.00
Manufacturer: AKAI
Website: http://www.apc40.com

Ableton Live takes a unique approach to the task of recording and producing music, and version 8 brings some great new features. Something else it has gained is support for the APC40, a new hardware controller created by AKAI and Ableton and designed specifically to control Live. The pairing is a logical one, with AKAI having years of experience designing tactile controllers and sequencers (first with its MPC series and, more recently, the MPD and MPK products), while Live, arguably more than any other DAW, cries out for a real-time controller, emphasising loop-based, spontaneous music creation. Even in its earliest days, Live was favoured among DJs and remixers for its ‘punch-in and out’ workflow. Now with many more features and the new APC40, it is aiming to be the best on the block for performers.

Score: 10

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 76
Filed under Control Surfaces, Hardware, MIDI Controllers / Interfaces, Reviews

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