The APC40 Ableton Performance Controller in action!

Check out the highly-anticipated APC40 Ableton Controller in action. Rocking out with a Freestylers/Noisia/BustaRhymes/Dillinja remix/mashup - by Stephan Vankov.

The APC40 hits stores May 30.

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[Musqueify]

hey man, this questions more for ableton than the APC40, but how did you allow your left-most track to switch between scenes to a pattern without touching the clips? You have the first track going from scene 2, to scene 3, 4 and 1 in a loop, while you manipulate other tracks over it. Alternatively, I've just been copy/pasting the actual midi signals into one scene, and making the loop longer. Your method is clearly more efficient

[svankov]

@Musqueify Hi, look up Follow Actions in the Live manual or on youtube. Follow Actions will automatically trigger other clips in the same channel after a duration you specify (per clip).

[pakyzemun]

oh dude how did u make effects "gated" on selection track?

when I try that my effect stays on when I relese my finger...plz dude thats so cool...

[svankov]

@pakyzemun The selection buttons are mapped to MIDI clips, which in turn are routed to a VST. The MIDI clips are set to "gate" launch mode so they function momentary style. Native Live device on/off cannot be controlled this way from the APC buttons unfortunately... the APC buttons send MIDI Note messages, so they only work as toggles for turning effects on/off. As a workaround, you could use MaxMSP or another MIDI utility to turn the Note messages into CCs & play with the mapping range in Live

[button1Pusher]

I can use this hardware with other software other than Ableton, thanks

.

[svankov]

@button1Pusher Yes, the APC can be used with other software as well, provided you spend some time mapping it out to your software functions. Unlike other midi controllers though, the APC doesn't have a software midi editor unfortunately, so you're kind of stuck with whatever default MIDI information is sent from the hardware.

[jackrubinacci2]

Hey brother.. brilliant video..thank you for sharing.. i have a question. I`m trying to improve my skills on the apc.. i`m an acoustic songwriter using it live

.. would you be willing to share info.. ?

What effects are you employing On the

1) master button.?.

2) Device pots 1 and 5?

Thank you man.. if you were willing to share a template that would be amazing.. thanks in advance bro.. and again great video.best from Norway

[MatieuJ]

Pendulum!

[cowboysaluki]

Video was sick man, but honestly, i have NO idea what you were doing and how the thing works still, thankfully i got a buddy with a pair of them I'm going to be seeing quite a bit of soon (go to school together) I can run reason fine, just give me a keyboard, some pads for drums, a few knobs and I'm set, but from what i can see, are you just working with samples or how all does this thing work? Im clearly confused as all hell when it comes to APCs and Launchpads, the maschine, monomes, etc.

[catalinvisenoiu]

brilliant....



[morganwilliams87]

@svankov I noticed you can toggle the master channel to the effects unit as well by just hitting the master channel selection button... is this done in the same way?

[morganwilliams87]

@svankov that's really awesome... do you know of any tutorials out there that explain the MaxMSP approach?



[mariano26788]

Effects rack??????????

[falconmick]

:|

[idealreelz]

Great Demonstration! Sold Me

[wichanugawood]

i just shit my pants.

[SpootyTheGameGuru]

than in*