Akai APC MINI Live Controller

Gaz Williams takes a look at the new Ableton Live controller which comes with a software bundle that actually is more expensive to buy than the APC!

[ceythehun]

yes gaz, good form.  missed you at the cube the other week, heavy tunes! cube's a great venue, good to see you supporting it.  happy new year sonic state selecters

[liudas]

Another very thorough well done review. Thanks Gaz. 

[Synthematix]

just ordered one and i can tell you these things are amazing its much better than a launchpad, the included software downloads are VERY good too.

[LennartDoering]

The Video is very well done and this dude seems to be super nice. The APC mini has a huge flaw that it doesnt have the sessionview//the feature to move more than one scene per click. Everybody is pretty angry about that..since it wouldnt have a big issue to implement this feature. Nearly every person I know moves is live set only in steps of 5//8 scenes at once depending if you use apc40 or launchpad...if you play your liveset top to bottom it doesn really matter but if you want the bottom track as a second track you have much clicking to do.. this is really a downside everything else is pretty good for a price of 99€. And I still use because of weight issues with some airlines and it saves me 2KG and a lot of space.. 

[thetuberoomau]

Thanks for that review. Looking forward to seeing the Akai APC40 Mark II review. That's a real badass beard Gaz!

[theexisireland]

I think Gaz was pretty disappointed with the tri-colour LEDs, déjà vu at 9:30 and 10:48 :)

[EarmonkeyMusic]

Thanks Gaz! Just ordered one. I'm looking forward to using this with my Montage. Trying to switch over to using it as my primary audio interface. The Akai in combination with Montage and my Motu Micro Lite will hopefully he'll me create a smooth workflow

[dawidponka]

Thank you mr. Now i know what really it is.
I will have it on santa clauz. Perfect for young producer

[drylpresberry]

At the end you got groovy gas, went straight house on me, sounded like rock, rock, rock you're body... Great review

[chriscarrington]

Hi gaz.
Great work as always. How about another midi gtr look around. I very much enjoyed the bit you did recently and thought that it would be nice to see a whole show dedicated to the topic of midi gtr with a more in depth look at the gr series and the fishman triple play and whatever else might be out there.

[Melon-eusr]

Will this be a good idea for my first like "launchpad" if you will?

[meteothenioux]

hello I have an APC mini Akai pro I have a lot of problem using this device and the ableton live lite software first question is what I can put any musicmy idea for this device is a basic use with each pad a music or song is possible if yes how do you have a solution (sorry still french)

[amphitheatre]

a look at how it records would've been nice. is there a masterrecord button or would you have to midi assign that? also when you're in clip record mode does it automatically stop recording on another track if you've shift+recorded them?

[thinsmoke]

Would I be able to assign sounds from my computer to the keys on the board, and could I use the sliders to change the volume of the assigned key when its pressed. Would this keep the settings for that key, so if I turned off the sample and went to another section of the board, clicked a key, changed the volume of that sample and then came back would the settings for the original key be the same as they were when I left, or would they change to suit my adjustment on the board. Really need help, thanks.

[carlosmateu]

Hi Sonic. It's possible to change the midi channel or the apc mini only operate in channel one? Thanks you.

[heppareppana]

Gaz is cool but boy that Mac Pro is fugly. It looks like an oversized coffee mug. Somebody stick some flowers in it or something.

[matthewtoomer]

i want it. Can use my midi keyboard with the controller ie one track dedicated to synths and select synth with button then jam on the keyboard? and when i cycle throu the groups it selects my new synths. I want a cheap and cheerful controller to launch loops and one shots and fx control

[dustincassidy]

Nice Fuji rock festival shirt! I was there!

[wavesofgrey-vbgw]

Do the circular buttons above the faders blink red or do anything besides a solid red?

[MadBashify]

Can it be used with the Ableton drum rack or as a midi keyboard