Hi if anyone has any experience with the above I'd be gratful for your views.
I am looking to expand my home studio/DJ rig and after much research have narrowed my choices down to:
1) APC40
2) APC20 & Beringer BCR2000
3) Launchpad & BCR2000
I use ableton mainly for production rather than mixing (at present) for which I use Traktor Pro + VCI 100 arcade. At some point, given time, I would like to get into using Traktor and Live at the same time but I suspect I will never use purely ableton.
The reason I am perhaps leaning more towards two units rather than one is that I could use my VCI + the BCR200 as a Traktor setup for playing out and expand it with the launchpad/apc20 if I start to get into smart mixing at a later stage, rather than humping a load of buttons about that I dont presently need.
This would leave me with both units for use at home for production. I already own a Akai MPK mini and so dont really require any further keys/drum pads.
A couple of queries I have are:
- How well intergrated is the APC40 in terms of ableton prduction? Operator for instance has a lot more than 6 rotary controls. is it possible to change the APC40 knos from controlling say the oscillator levels etc to envelope parameters....or would it be better to map a preset in a BCR2000 specifically for operator?
- I presume it is fairly simple to automap some of the BCR2000 knobs while mapping the others to specific tasks? (I am fairly comfortable with midi mapping)
- Is it possible to configure the BCR to receive midi from ableton (ie automatically pickup the position of encoders when switching to a new effect/instrument)?
As i see it the pro/cons are as follows
APC40
Pros:
Lots of controls in a single unit
Highly intergrated with ableton
Cons:
Very large bulky unit
Extra cash to extend production functionality (note mode etc)
APC20/Launchpad & BCR2000
Pros:
LOTS of knobs
Smaller unit size if using one unit only for DJing
Slightly cheaper setup
APC 20 aleady includes note mode
Cons:
BCR2000 not fully intergrated with Ableton
No faders on Launchpad
two units take up more space.
Your thoughts would be much appreciated.
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