Fun fact, this is the video that got me into playing electronic music live. Also, I was almost set on getting an APC, but a coin toss made me buy Launchpad instead. Fate is a strange thing.
Really good video! Particularly liking the use of sequential triggering on channel 1. Great for beat skipping/ mashing. Going to check out more of your stuff
Thanks Man, That is nice you showing us the software and your moves at the same time. It makes it easer to see and understand how you do it. COOL!! Keep it UP!!!!!!!!
@Lokigdren You're pretty much spot-on. The pads above the faders are by default used as TRACK SELECT buttons, which essentially shift focus over to the corresponding channel (this allows the DEVICE CONTROL knobs on the lower right to take control of devices sitting on that channel). In my case, since I hardmap all my device / fx controls and have no use for the TRACK SELECTs, I've remapped these buttons to different stutter subdivisions (1/8th, 1/16th, etc) in Lucifer VST.
Thanks for watching! The Master selector button was mapped to a Reaktor "freeze" delay on/off. The Reaktor ensemble is Chris List's Beatlookup, available on the Reaktor forums. Controlling this (and other) Reaktor ensembles requires the use of MIDI "control" clips, since Reaktor parameters cannot always be mapped to Live macro controls via the "configure" button. In essence, the idea is to create a MIDI clip containing the MIDI CC and Note information that you need sent to Reaktor ....
Remember, this is a controller. There are no sounds. Is a triggering device that is made to be used as a Digital Workstation to control the key parameters in Ableton. Basically, this machine replaces the mouse with quick multiple hands on action to controller multiple events in Ableton. This makes this unit fantastic for any kind of creative live performance.
dude, that's some seriously impressive shit you're rocking there. just about to buy one of these and looking at all the vids on youtube but keep coming back to yours when i show others what it's capable of :) can't wait to get it and start mashing it up. nice one!
@BoodaAKA Thank you. If you're looking to get started with Ableton Live, you don't need much in terms of equipment. A simple MIDI keyboard or pad controller with a few knobs/faders can get you started playing around and experimenting with different control mappings. Also, many of Live's features can be triggered from your computer keyboard, so that's something to keep in mind too. I do recommend having a basic working understanding of Live before making any major investments in gear.
You can use traktor with ableton in the background, you then set up traktor external midi clock to make ableton sync to the tempo of traktor master deck, then with a midi controller you launch clip of ableton. I started djing with a set up like that, it elevated your game like a 10000 time especially for transition.
13 years after I bought it, the APC 40 still works, but the big issue are the knobs. They just do what they want and give random inputs. Unusable if you don't unbind them. I know I can probably fix them but eh. There are more compact devices nowadays. All the other buttons and lights are still going strong though. And fun fact, the APC40 can draw the 8x10 button matrix at more than 144Hz via MIDI without sweating, while some newer devices that I tested struggle with that high of a refresh rate. I hung it up on the wall and draw visualizations on it for casual listening. So right now for me it's a cool little nostalgic deco item that I would not want to miss!
That was really cool. Been considering the APC for a while now, but I'm a turntablist at heart, so I really am stuck between this and the Traktor Kontrol S4. First world problems.
Yeah, agreed. I can't believe that anyone is actually dissing this guy. He obviously knows how to use his gear and is awesome at it. Don't like the music? Skip the show, but don't hate on the musician.
@lifeinneverland Thank you, I hope to put up a more detailed video and other tutorials soon. The Master channel selector button is mapped to a timestretch "freeze" effect in Reaktor, which gives that nice grinding halt sound. Knob 4 is mapped to a filter in Live, it doesn't affect muting of the other channels. When used in conjunction with the timestretch effect, the filter provides a way to quickly shape the spectrum of the time-freeze.
@Combikid Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! The Launchpad's pretty cool, but I didn't like the feel of the buttons - too sticky. The ones on the APC are a little sticky too, but better. And of course, with the APC you get faders, knobs etc so it might be better if you want to use a single piece, instead of carting around multiple controllers.
@lcmxr6 Clip triggering matrix is standard. I've hard-mapped the knobs to specific effects (rather than using the included device control mappings), and some of the buttons were also remapped to trigger stutters and time stretching effects in a couple of third-party VSTs.
BeatLookup is doing the time stretch effects. I use Lucifer primarily for beat repeat / buffer reindex type effects. In my own performance setup, I also use it as a way to trigger different parts of the buffer manually - check out the Sampler mode in Lucifer.
@schnikae I dropped a scratch sample clip onto that slot, and set that clip's trigger quantization to "none" (double-click the clip and pull up its launch settings by hitting the L on the bottom left). Essentially, each clip in your set can have a different launch quantization. Or you can set it to Master, if you want to be able to change the quantization of multiple clips together on the fly, via the quantization box in the top middle.
You can add EQs as devices. You can map the knobs to whatever, so you can control any DAW or plug-in parameter you want. Nothing's hard-coded. Yes, if the knobs were laid out in a channel-strip fashion above the clip triggers, that would certainly be more effective, in my opinion.
@lajungesombre The controller is connected via USB, and the button matrix triggers clips in Live. Faders and knobs control various other functions, such as levels, filters, effects.... essentially the APC40 is a control surface for Ableton Live - it has no onboard audio generations, it's just a MIDI controller. Hope this helps.
Yes, Live supports most common audio file formats out there, so you could easily cook up some loops (of any length) in your favorite software, then drop them into Live. And Live features an amazing beat-sync engine - it will automatically stretch your loops as necessary so that they are in sync with each other.
It depends on what kind of effects you're trying to control, and what kind of data turns the effect on and off. With the bottom row of pads (which send note on/off messages), I was controlling Reaktor and Lucifer - both of these effects are enabled by note messages, so I basically created clips in Live, containing specific note values. Then I routed the MIDI output to the plug-ins, assigned each pad to the corresponding clip and set the trigger to Gate, so this gives me momentary style on/off
For each of the 4 channels (the 6 Live tracks are bussed into 4 channels), I've hard-mapped the upper right corner knobs to low-pass and high-pass (I use the EQ Eight insert). This gives me control over the frequency spectrum of each element (drums, synths, etc). And to be able to filter the entire mix, I also have a LP / HP filter on the master bus.
@MrJhealy1983 The APC is mapped to default functions in Live right out the box. There are many ways to customize your set in the Ableton Live software, as well as hard mapping specific controls (ie knobs and buttons) to functions that are more useful to you.
(continued)... route that MIDI channel to Reaktor, then assign an APC button to trigger this clip. You'll also want to enable "MIDI Learn" in Reaktor so that the MIDI you're sending from the clip gets mapped to what you need to control. Somewhat tedious, but one upside is that it allows you to trigger multiple actions from a single "control" clip (i.e. turn on an effect, send CC automation to control any of its parameters, etc).
I remapped the track selectors to trigger MIDI "control" clips which in turn control Lucifer VST, which handles all the real-time stutters. Highly recommend this VST although I think it's no longer in development. The MIDI "control" clips contains a note that corresponds to a stutter trigger in Lucifer. Then I mapped APC buttons to trigger these clips, set them to "Gate" in the trigger options (so pressing down would engage the effect and depressing disengage), then routed to Lucifer VST.
@CowboysDJGabe Yes, one of the vertical faders on the right kicks in the Lucifer "beat-grid" effect that allows me to reshuffle the rhythm in real-time. The fader next to it controls the Hyper parameter in Lucifer, which gives that nice roll-type effect.
For momentary-style control, try setting the loops to "Gate" (Launch mode settings on the bottom left when you double-click the loop). For this type of triggering, it's also nice to set the loop quantization to "none".
@gurps10 There's a VST effect called dBlue Glitch, the Retrigger effect in that provides similar results and can also be assigned to a midi controller.
I don't know what he used exactly, but you can pull off a similar effect with reverb or delay. With just a few repeats and with delay times between 20ms-1ms you get some fairly pronounced pitch-shifting effects, not unlike what you hear there at 0:36.
@jarooFLtutor Definitely, the APC and Live provide an efficient and endless way of interacting with your music, whether in front of an audience or for personal enjoyment! And if the CDJs have a MIDI Clock sync feature, then you could run an APC by your decks in perfectly harmony.
@LanceThackeray No, although I never knew multiple parameters could be controlled with one knob, I should check that out. Basically what I was asking was if 2 knobs could be turned at the same time, without fighting for each other for who gets to alter a parameter. I've never seen a video of people turning to knobs at once. Time to make up new words, are the knobs "monoknobic" (only one thing can be altered at once) or "polyknobic" (2 or more knobs can be turned at the same time) haha
@Cocotmb007 Thanks, happy to hear you found this useful! And kudos for reading through the comments before asking questions that have been asked before. =)
I remapped the track selectors to trigger MIDI "control" clips which in turn control Lucifer VST, which handles all the stutters. Highly recommend this VST although I think it's no longer in development. The MIDI "control" clips contain notes that correspond to stutter triggers in Lucifer. Then I mapped APC buttons to trigger these clips, set them to "Gate" in the trigger options (so pressing down would engage the effect and depressing disengage), then routed to Lucifer VST.
@ambientrax APC 40 is my ableton mouse and screen. I don't use it to make music , I use it so I dont look at a computer screen when playing live. I actually keep my laptop lid closed... nothing else can do that for ableton.
Yea, I'm well familiar with Moldover's work. Seeing him play live was very inspirational and motivated me to take my setup to the next level. Will post new vids soon for sure.
@mobccmusiq Thanks! I've hard-mapped all my effects to the APC40 knobs. You can do this through Live's MIDI MAP mode. Works much better for live performance when the function of the knob is always the same, imo. The Device Control knobs are mapped to Erosion, Auto Filter and a delay line in Reaktor. Hope this helps.
@AustinBickers Ableton's a pretty easy program to get into, and with time you can go very deep. I'd suggest downloading their fully-functional 30day demo and checking it out for yourself, following the included tutorials. There's also an Info window you can pop out in the lower left corner that displays help information about anything you hover over. Lastly, there are tons of good tutorials online. Once you wrap your head around some basics, a world of possibilities will open up!
@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
It's a time stretch, you can go forward or backward -2 to 2x speed (and anything in between of course, which is where things get interesting!). It's not a Live effect - check out Chris List's BeatLookup ensemble for Reaktor.
@tirywoy I want to know the same thing about how to map the beat repeat (temporary switch?). Also, there are 2 ways I know of setting up different beat repeats using the Grid knob. You can either create multiple beat repeats with different Grid level settings (1/4, 1/8, 1/16, etc.) and map the activation to different buttons OR you can create one beat repeat and map the on/off switch to a button and then map the grid level knob to a knob on the APC. Hope that helps
really nice song, listen to it since weeks and never get borred of it! so hope you will add some stuff soon... maybe with a download of a highquality mp3 ;-)
@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.
Awesome video! I just bought an APC40 and I was wondering if you could make a video explaining how you set up your effects for your beat repeat and erosion and stuff. I love that thing you do at about 12 seconds in
Fun fact, this is the video that got me into playing electronic music live.
Also, I was almost set on getting an APC, but a coin toss made me buy Launchpad instead.
Fate is a strange thing.
lol i'm a big fan of you :D
Wow, that was brilliant. Mixes like these prove that this is a fine mixer to get started with. I can't wait to get mine.
Really good video!
Particularly liking the use of sequential triggering on channel 1. Great for beat skipping/ mashing.
Going to check out more of your stuff
Your style is sick as hell, and you got some mad skill with that APC 40. I hope you come out with some more stuff soon.
Truly Stellar!
If that is indicative of everyday use/integration, then Akai and Ableton are, in deed, a winning combination.
great demo
.tallisman
That's such a good demo, I already want an APC40 and now I just feel even more desperate to get my hands on one. Brilliant mixey skills!
svankov, its just purely amazing track!
Please post some more of your work!!!
such a dope mix. definitely one of the best APC40 mixes I've heard
One of my favourites performances on youtube with the Apc40! We need an mp3 of this!!
Thanks Man, That is nice you showing us the software and your moves at the same time. It makes it easer to see and understand how you do it. COOL!! Keep it UP!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the suggestion! Been thinking about putting together a couple of tutorials as soon as I have some extra time... Have fun with the APC!
@Lokigdren You're pretty much spot-on. The pads above the faders are by default used as TRACK SELECT buttons, which essentially shift focus over to the corresponding channel (this allows the DEVICE CONTROL knobs on the lower right to take control of devices sitting on that channel). In my case, since I hardmap all my device / fx controls and have no use for the TRACK SELECTs, I've remapped these buttons to different stutter subdivisions (1/8th, 1/16th, etc) in Lucifer VST.
Thanks for watching! The Master selector button was mapped to a Reaktor "freeze" delay on/off. The Reaktor ensemble is Chris List's Beatlookup, available on the Reaktor forums. Controlling this (and other) Reaktor ensembles requires the use of MIDI "control" clips, since Reaktor parameters cannot always be mapped to Live macro controls via the "configure" button. In essence, the idea is to create a MIDI clip containing the MIDI CC and Note information that you need sent to Reaktor ....
Remember, this is a controller. There are
no sounds. Is a triggering device that is
made to be used as a Digital Workstation
to control the key parameters in Ableton.
Basically, this machine replaces the
mouse with quick multiple hands on action
to controller multiple events in Ableton.
This makes this unit fantastic for any kind
of creative live performance.
dude, that's some seriously impressive shit you're rocking there. just about to buy one of these and looking at all the vids on youtube but keep coming back to yours when i show others what it's capable of :)
can't wait to get it and start mashing it up. nice one!
Respect mate! That's truly art, wish I would have 10 percent of your skillz on the APC :-)
Mate this is seriously sick!! Amazing stuff!
I just bought an APC40 and you are an inspiration.
UNBELIEVABLE!!! 5 Stars and then some. You got major juice. We're not worthy. *hands down*
Oh Yeah !
Sweet mix and playing skills. Just bought mine.
@BoodaAKA Thank you. If you're looking to get started with Ableton Live, you don't need much in terms of equipment. A simple MIDI keyboard or pad controller with a few knobs/faders can get you started playing around and experimenting with different control mappings. Also, many of Live's features can be triggered from your computer keyboard, so that's something to keep in mind too. I do recommend having a basic working understanding of Live before making any major investments in gear.
That was probably the most savage video of an APC40 ever. You are stoopid for this one! Hahah! I am definitely getting one now!
You can use traktor with ableton in the background, you then set up traktor external midi clock to make ableton sync to the tempo of traktor master deck, then with a midi controller you launch clip of ableton. I started djing with a set up like that, it elevated your game like a 10000 time especially for transition.
thanks man.
would like to see some more mash ups on the apc in the future.
13 years after I bought it, the APC 40 still works, but the big issue are the knobs. They just do what they want and give random inputs. Unusable if you don't unbind them. I know I can probably fix them but eh. There are more compact devices nowadays.
All the other buttons and lights are still going strong though. And fun fact, the APC40 can draw the 8x10 button matrix at more than 144Hz via MIDI without sweating, while some newer devices that I tested struggle with that high of a refresh rate. I hung it up on the wall and draw visualizations on it for casual listening. So right now for me it's a cool little nostalgic deco item that I would not want to miss!
That was really cool. Been considering the APC for a while now, but I'm a turntablist at heart, so I really am stuck between this and the Traktor Kontrol S4. First world problems.
Yeah, agreed. I can't believe that anyone is actually dissing this guy. He obviously knows how to use his gear and is awesome at it. Don't like the music? Skip the show, but don't hate on the musician.
@lifeinneverland Thank you, I hope to put up a more detailed video and other tutorials soon. The Master channel selector button is mapped to a timestretch "freeze" effect in Reaktor, which gives that nice grinding halt sound. Knob 4 is mapped to a filter in Live, it doesn't affect muting of the other channels. When used in conjunction with the timestretch effect, the filter provides a way to quickly shape the spectrum of the time-freeze.
That's a pretty fresh mash, got that controller rockin
@Combikid
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! The Launchpad's pretty cool, but I didn't like the feel of the buttons - too sticky. The ones on the APC are a little sticky too, but better. And of course, with the APC you get faders, knobs etc so it might be better if you want to use a single piece, instead of carting around multiple controllers.
Yea, Reaktor was used for the time-stretching effects. It also has a powerful reindex feature, in addition to other goodies!
@lcmxr6 Clip triggering matrix is standard. I've hard-mapped the knobs to specific effects (rather than using the included device control mappings), and some of the buttons were also remapped to trigger stutters and time stretching effects in a couple of third-party VSTs.
Excellent skills my friend!
BeatLookup is doing the time stretch effects. I use Lucifer primarily for beat repeat / buffer reindex type effects. In my own performance setup, I also use it as a way to trigger different parts of the buffer manually - check out the Sampler mode in Lucifer.
Young Vankov! Long time man, let's hang again soon! Great choons, keep on keepin on!
I MUST have this - my setup is so crazy now, this has all in one place.
@schnikae I dropped a scratch sample clip onto that slot, and set that clip's trigger quantization to "none" (double-click the clip and pull up its launch settings by hitting the L on the bottom left). Essentially, each clip in your set can have a different launch quantization. Or you can set it to Master, if you want to be able to change the quantization of multiple clips together on the fly, via the quantization box in the top middle.
Dude that was Awesome! I have a guy who wants to sell me one tomorrow I was undecided before I saw this video.
This one is absolutely winning! Keep going dude!
Awesome stuff! Actually I'd like to try these techniques on a string quartet or something like that. Might be interesting...
amazing sound and performance!
You can add EQs as devices. You can map the knobs to whatever, so you can control any DAW or plug-in parameter you want. Nothing's hard-coded. Yes, if the knobs were laid out in a channel-strip fashion above the clip triggers, that would certainly be more effective, in my opinion.
@lajungesombre
The controller is connected via USB, and the button matrix triggers clips in Live. Faders and knobs control various other functions, such as levels, filters, effects.... essentially the APC40 is a control surface for Ableton Live - it has no onboard audio generations, it's just a MIDI controller. Hope this helps.
some massive skills using the hardwares
Yes, Live supports most common audio file formats out there, so you could easily cook up some loops (of any length) in your favorite software, then drop them into Live. And Live features an amazing beat-sync engine - it will automatically stretch your loops as necessary so that they are in sync with each other.
It depends on what kind of effects you're trying to control, and what kind of data turns the effect on and off. With the bottom row of pads (which send note on/off messages), I was controlling Reaktor and Lucifer - both of these effects are enabled by note messages, so I basically created clips in Live, containing specific note values. Then I routed the MIDI output to the plug-ins, assigned each pad to the corresponding clip and set the trigger to Gate, so this gives me momentary style on/off
ace!
they don't come much better than that...
good work fella!!
For each of the 4 channels (the 6 Live tracks are bussed into 4 channels), I've hard-mapped the upper right corner knobs to low-pass and high-pass (I use the EQ Eight insert). This gives me control over the frequency spectrum of each element (drums, synths, etc).
And to be able to filter the entire mix, I also have a LP / HP filter on the master bus.
@MrJhealy1983 The APC is mapped to default functions in Live right out the box. There are many ways to customize your set in the Ableton Live software, as well as hard mapping specific controls (ie knobs and buttons) to functions that are more useful to you.
Very good! I frequently see it on and on!
@pitchcomic The effects used in this are Lucifer and the Reaktor Beatlookup ensemble, as well as a few native Ableton Live effects.
@svankov very helpful, thanks. iv got an apc but gonna keep it "pure" so will use my lpd8. works a treat
cant stop watching this video....I can only hope I get this good once mine arrives next week
seeing you use this makes me want to buy one now! like RIGHT. NOW!
this is brilliant. great work, props.
They can be whole tracks grouped together dude haha. Ableton is limitless! :D
Thanks for watching! The track select buttons are remapped to control loop (stutter) subdivisions in Lucifer VSTi, which is sitting on the Master bus.
(continued)... route that MIDI channel to Reaktor, then assign an APC button to trigger this clip. You'll also want to enable "MIDI Learn" in Reaktor so that the MIDI you're sending from the clip gets mapped to what you need to control. Somewhat tedious, but one upside is that it allows you to trigger multiple actions from a single "control" clip (i.e. turn on an effect, send CC automation to control any of its parameters, etc).
good stuff man, i was trying to decide between this and the launchpad
Check out "FOLLOW ACTIONS" in the Live manual; quite useful. You can set these in the clip properties.
I remapped the track selectors to trigger MIDI "control" clips which in turn control Lucifer VST, which handles all the real-time stutters. Highly recommend this VST although I think it's no longer in development. The MIDI "control" clips contains a note that corresponds to a stutter trigger in Lucifer. Then I mapped APC buttons to trigger these clips, set them to "Gate" in the trigger options (so pressing down would engage the effect and depressing disengage), then routed to Lucifer VST.
Completely slaughtered it!!!
Great job.
2023 and still dope AF!!!!
@CowboysDJGabe Yes, one of the vertical faders on the right kicks in the Lucifer "beat-grid" effect that allows me to reshuffle the rhythm in real-time. The fader next to it controls the Hyper parameter in Lucifer, which gives that nice roll-type effect.
It still a great machine, 2023 own 2. Production and DJn
Yea, that's right. The drum loop was chopped up into several clips, then Follow actions set so that one clip plays into the next seamlessly.
For momentary-style control, try setting the loops to "Gate" (Launch mode settings on the bottom left when you double-click the loop). For this type of triggering, it's also nice to set the loop quantization to "none".
the drums on the top right have launch options enabled, so they move down or jump to a specified clip after playing for a specified time.
unreal. awesome work man.
@gurps10 There's a VST effect called dBlue Glitch, the Retrigger effect in that provides similar results and can also be assigned to a midi controller.
Talented dude,
Unreal man!!
Class!
I don't know what he used exactly, but you can pull off a similar effect with reverb or delay. With just a few repeats and with delay times between 20ms-1ms you get some fairly pronounced pitch-shifting effects, not unlike what you hear there at 0:36.
well, you also get a lot of new effects and instruments. It's really cool.
You are a master man. I hope to be as good as you with my apc40
That is so freaking awesome! I can't wait to get my hands on one of these, but you obviously have MAD skills. =)
@jarooFLtutor
Definitely, the APC and Live provide an efficient and endless way of interacting with your music, whether in front of an audience or for personal enjoyment! And if the CDJs have a MIDI Clock sync feature, then you could run an APC by your decks in perfectly harmony.
badass man!!
im starting to think im going to get this vs the novation launchpad
gawd daym that is phucking sick 8v) Just picked one up, (mostly for composition) but now I can't wait to play out with it...
@LanceThackeray No, although I never knew multiple parameters could be controlled with one knob, I should check that out.
Basically what I was asking was if 2 knobs could be turned at the same time, without fighting for each other for who gets to alter a parameter. I've never seen a video of people turning to knobs at once.
Time to make up new words, are the knobs "monoknobic" (only one thing can be altered at once) or "polyknobic" (2 or more knobs can be turned at the same time) haha
@Cocotmb007 Thanks, happy to hear you found this useful! And kudos for reading through the comments before asking questions that have been asked before. =)
It's "Twist Em Out" by Dillinja. Yes, it was used on the Ali G show as well.
I remapped the track selectors to trigger MIDI "control" clips which in turn control Lucifer VST, which handles all the stutters. Highly recommend this VST although I think it's no longer in development. The MIDI "control" clips contain notes that correspond to stutter triggers in Lucifer. Then I mapped APC buttons to trigger these clips, set them to "Gate" in the trigger options (so pressing down would engage the effect and depressing disengage), then routed to Lucifer VST.
@ambientrax APC 40 is my ableton mouse and screen. I don't use it to make music , I use it so I dont look at a computer screen when playing live. I actually keep my laptop lid closed... nothing else can do that for ableton.
Yea, I'm well familiar with Moldover's work. Seeing him play live was very inspirational and motivated me to take my setup to the next level. Will post new vids soon for sure.
@mobccmusiq Thanks! I've hard-mapped all my effects to the APC40 knobs. You can do this through Live's MIDI MAP mode. Works much better for live performance when the function of the knob is always the same, imo. The Device Control knobs are mapped to Erosion, Auto Filter and a delay line in Reaktor. Hope this helps.
Wow - takes Live to another level.
@AustinBickers Ableton's a pretty easy program to get into, and with time you can go very deep. I'd suggest downloading their fully-functional 30day demo and checking it out for yourself, following the included tutorials. There's also an Info window you can pop out in the lower left corner that displays help information about anything you hover over. Lastly, there are tons of good tutorials online. Once you wrap your head around some basics, a world of possibilities will open up!
@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
It's a time stretch, you can go forward or backward -2 to 2x speed (and anything in between of course, which is where things get interesting!). It's not a Live effect - check out Chris List's BeatLookup ensemble for Reaktor.
@tirywoy I want to know the same thing about how to map the beat repeat (temporary switch?). Also, there are 2 ways I know of setting up different beat repeats using the Grid knob. You can either create multiple beat repeats with different Grid level settings (1/4, 1/8, 1/16, etc.) and map the activation to different buttons OR you can create one beat repeat and map the on/off switch to a button and then map the grid level knob to a knob on the APC. Hope that helps
thanks! its an awesome effect for sure! will have to check it out
Yes, the Device and Track knobs were remapped to other parameters in Live and my VST plug-ins. Same with the Track Select buttons.
awesome !!!
i have ordered mine hope it will come in june)
Some of the loops (synths, vox) were sampled from the artist tracks. Other original and library loops (drums, bass) were layered on top.
I wanna see this live! Come to SF!
really nice song, listen to it since weeks and never get borred of it! so hope you will add some stuff soon... maybe with a download of a highquality mp3 ;-)
love the ending with fader off
@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.
Awesome video! I just bought an APC40 and I was wondering if you could make a video explaining how you set up your effects for your beat repeat and erosion and stuff. I love that thing you do at about 12 seconds in