Using the Akai APC40 primarily with Traktor Pro

[illstep]

Mappings aren't finished, as they aren't available at the moment(as far as I know).

Also normal/regular MIDI.

i meant wheter you guys made like a picture of a mapping or something. i think custom mappings are totally necessary for this!

[tekki]

Ofcourse.

First I want to see if I want 4 decks, or just two decks... still not too sure on either way.

[lsmith]

LE is based on Live 7, but, it also comes with a universal upgrade for Ableton Live 7 and 8 as to unlock some extras for the APC.

Are we already confusing you?

nah .. i understand all of that. to me the question really just boils down to if the APC live version is sort of like living in the live 7 past or if its a live 8 under the hood and if i eventually upgrade to live 8 proper it will be natural.

For example, it does seem to support the Max/MSP extension, however does it also include the sharing features and other Live 8 goodies. the sharing is not listed in the comparison chart, since it compares to Live 7, which makes me think its based on Live 7. if its based on live 7 .. its not really all that interesting, just means it safes you 100 bucks when upgrading to live 8.

[JoReeko]

i am waiting for the apc40 to use with traktor just like you guys. any mapping finished yet? i actually would love two apc40's ;D

is it regular midi btw.? would make mapping easier than with HDI or whatever.

Hay hay check out this TSI map for TAKTOR PRO and the apc40!
its the best working one i have seen. I think it has some pretty intelligent design, with lighting buttons and such.

he also made a really useful PDF diagraming all the buttons and how they are used.

http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12831

Thank you dave!

[Ando]

why do you dig up old threads from the grave?

[sepdanger]

Brings them up cause sometimes people dont think about stuff till they see it/ i am completely debating between kontrol s4 and the apc40/ I have the Kontrol ordered/ but i keep thinking like the apc40 is gonna be the direction of the classic "DJ"/ Maybe a step higher then kontrol in terms of performance capabilities?

[JoReeko]

was merely trying to be helpful

i believe the apc40 is an amazing controller and translates into Traktor very nicely. i would go to say it would give you more control than the kontrol.

plus, the kontrol wont compare in ableton! if you do use ableton that is.

[JoReeko]

the s4 is sweet tho! admittedly, i want one :b

[MuzicFreq]

I think it was Padi that had an awesome looking mapping for the APC40. Even had 8 unused buttons that could be mapped to sampledecks