Very interesting direction from Akai, they've obviously taken notice of the amount of ppl using their MPD24 to control Ableton (or I hope any midi capable program inc Serato) and build a better featured midi box.

Wonder what the price is going to be?

I personally use the excellent NanoKontrol (Korg Website) so price will be a big point for me.

[Edit] Its $/£399!!!!! [/Edit]

AKAI APC40

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Last edited by flutlicht junky on Jan-16-2009 at 00:13

Man, this unit makes me want to develop a live act. This looks fucking sweet.

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That really does look awesome.

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looks cool for dj'ing as well

wow. brilliant aesthetic. looks like it could be spendy though...

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For those without Ableton also there is a side by side comparison chart of the version included with the unit.

http://www.ableton.com/pages/2009/a...omparison_chart

Now I'm not too sure how it compares to the LE version but it looks similar.

The limit of 8 Ableton FX per project seems very low if you include EQ and the Utility gain unit leaving with with prob only 4 other FX left!!

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