AKAI APC 40 VS. Xone:4D

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AKAI APC 40 MIDI Controller for Ableton Live

A nice battle between the Akai APC 40 and the Xone:4D as MIDI controllers for Ableton Live. It was today DJ House Container VS. OverSoft in a House Acapella session. We both did a little bit of preparation for a nice Ableton Live set and off we went.

Novation Launchpad for Ableton Live

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Novation Launchpad Modes

Ableton and Novation have announced the next controller for Ableton Live, the Novation Launchpad. I’m surprised that they are going this fast since it was just a couple of months ago that the AKAI APC 40 controller was released. I can image that people might have bought the AKAI and now are wondering if they wouldn’t have been better off with the Novation Launchpad which seems to be less expensive.

Class Action – Weekend

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Class Action - Weekend

The acapella of the month October goes to Class Action – Weekend. While I was looking up more information about Class Action as band I was surprised how little there is available on the internet. There very small, one time only, success was in the Netherlands and not bigger then an alarm notation on April 23, 1983.

Pioneer CDJ-2000

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Pioneer CDJ-2000 Dawn of a new Species

Pioneer has just announced their new product, the Pioneer CDJ-2000. It looks great and I already love some of its key features without even having seen them in action.

DJ Notation

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Today I stumbled on a link to a website about DJ Notation. A method that allows DJs to describe the composition of a song to enabled DJs to make better mix transitions.

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AKAI APC 40 Review

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AKAI APC 40 MIDI Controller for Ableton Live

Exterior and Looks

The AKAI APC 40 gave me a nice first impression. It is a little bit bigger then expected, especially when I’m sitting behind it but does look well-ordered. I do wonder if there is a 19 inch rack mount possibility for it, didn’t find one during a quick search. Don’t think much people would be interested in it, but since it can be used for more then just controlling Ableton Live, you might want it to fit into a 19 inch setup.
The housing is from some hard PVC and should survive all the gigs when used normal. In the end it are the faders and encoders that are vulnerable.