Akai APC20 and Ableton Live 8
The Akai APC20 has been co-designed with Ableton, mapped for Ableton Live, and fully customisable.
The Akai APC20 offers a smaller footprint than the APC40, enabling musicians to more easily create a personalized setup with multiple APCs, effects controllers, and other devices.
The Akai APC20 features a Clip Launch matrix with multicolor lighting to display current clip status, and comes with Ableton Live Akai Professional APC Edition software.
The APC20 is the link between human and computer that perfectly balances analytical parameter control with creative expression. Whether you are an electronic music artist and Live is your canvas, a DJ using Live to mix or remix tracks, or a more traditional musician using Live on stage or in the studio, you will find the APC20 to the intuitive, powerful instrument that directly links your inspiration with Ableton Live.
The APC20 comes with Ableton Live Akai Professional APC Edition software, which is fully functional for performance and production. Owners of the full edition of Ableton Live 8.1.3 or higher can also work seamlessly with the APC20. Live 8.1.3 has full support for the APC20.
The APC20 features nine faders, which you can assign to volume control, pan, sends, and a choice of three user-mapped modes. You have even more control power with special controls including Tap Tempo, Record Enables and solo/cues. A new User Mode enables you to use the Clip Launch buttons to control instruments and the Drum Rack.
The Akai APC20 is the ideal controller for performers who like to perform in a small amount of space for maximum portability. It’s also perfect for players who want to combine multiple controllers in their setup thanks to its small footprint.
The Akai APC20 Features:
- Designed with Ableton, mapped for Live, and fully customizable
- Clip Launch matrix with multicolor lighting displays current clip status
- No mapping required; every button and fader is pre-mapped
- Solid, professional feel with rugged, metal chassis, premium controls
- Comes with Ableton Live Akai Professional APC Edition software
- Works with standalone editions of Ableton Live 8.1.3 and above
- Extra functions using shift mode
- Inputs: USB
- Mac system requirements: G4 / Intel recommended, OS X 10.3.9 / 10.4+ recommended
- PC system requirements: 1.5GHz, Windows XP or Vista, Windows-compatible sound card / ASIO driver support recommended.
The Ableton Live 8 Production and Performance DAW Upgrade enhances the Ableton vision of creative, real-time digital music with a wealth of new techniques, effects and most-wanted workflow improvements.
The Ableton Live 8 Upgrade Production and Performance DAW features an enhanced groove engine and warping engine. Also a looper, five powerful effects and all-round improved workflow.
The Ableton Live 8 Production and Performance DAW Upgrade Main Features Include:
- Groove patterns dynamically influence the timing and velocity/volume of audio and MIDI material. This can add life and swing to straight patterns, give a track more drive, or lend a piece an easy, laid-back feeling.
- Apply groove patterns to any audio or MIDI clips in real time. Change the feel of the whole piece or just selected clips.
- Choose from an extensive library of groove patterns, captured from songs played by some of music's most original, expressive and soulful drummers.
- Extract groove patterns from any audio or MIDI source to build your own groove library from your favorite tracks.
- Quantize audio and MIDI in real time: non-destructive velocity and timing adjustments for rhythmic correction.
- Randomize audio and MIDI timing for a more human feel.
- Intuitive warping allows you to adjust events on the timeline instead of stretching and squeezing the timeline around the events.
- Transient handles: Live analyzes and assigns handles to the transients in audio files automatically.
- Slice by transient: slice audio to MIDI based on Live 8's new transient analysis.
- Enhanced Beats Warp Mode for improved warping of percussive material and new control options.
- Improved Complex Warp Mode using élastique Pro for warping complex, polyphonic material with fewer artifacts.
- One-touch operation: Looper is set up for remote operation, so you can record, overdub, undo and more using a single footswitch (not included) and without touching the computer.
- Endless overdubs, tape-loop style for infinite improv jams.
- First loop sync: Live reads the tempo from the length of the first loop you record and automatically syncs up. This eliminates timing issues and lets you record without the click.
- Simple loop management: drag and drop a loop from Looper into a clip slot to make a clip; drag a clip back again to reload it into Looper.
- Multiple Looper sync lets you run as many Loopers as you want without any synchronization headaches.
- Five powerful new effects, each with a strong personality and serious "classic" potential. These effects add a special Ableton shine to the well-known aspects of these devices, giving you effects that are not only practical and easy to use but also inspiring.
Vocoder
Multiband Dynamics
Overdrive
Limiter
Frequency Shifter
- Crossfades in Arrangement View
- Enhanced MIDI editor
- Group tracks
- Multi-parameter manipulation
- Magnify the user interface
- Browser waveform display
- Plug-in parameters and many more...
- Mac System Requirements: Any G4 or faster (Intel Mac recommended), 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Mac OS X 10.3.9 (10.4 or later recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive
- Windows System Requirements: 1.5 GHz CPU or faster, 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Windows XP or Windows Vista, Windows compatible sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive
Akai APC20 and Ableton Live 8 (code 73895)
Bundle includes APC20 Ableton Live controller and an upgrade to the full retail version of Live 8 [UXB]
£349.00 (inc vat)