# Akai APC 40 problem. **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware: Controllers, Mods and Gear\ **Tags:** akai-apc-40, akai, ableton, windows\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/akai-apc-40-problem/6890 "2009-11-10T11:41:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kudos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/kudos/32/159_2.png) [@Kudos](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Kudos)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/akai-apc-40-problem/6890/1 "2009-11-10T11:41:44Z")
**Akai APC 40 problem.** Hey yall, So I got my new Akai APC 40 yesterday, I plug it in and launch Live and go into Preferences\>Midi Sync and the Akai doesn’t show up as a Control Surface under any of the tabs, but it does show up as input and output for some reason. Also under Midi Ports it shows for input and output and I can enable track and remote just fine and when I press the buttons and turn the knobs it registers the midi signals just nothing happens, the samples and clips dont show up on the apc etc. I had the same problem with a Trigger Finger and in the end it was Vista that was being a pain. Could that be the reason again? Any ideas? Cheers DJTT for the sweet website by the way! ---
**Author:** ![thanatos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@thanatos](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/thanatos)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/akai-apc-40-problem/6890/2 "2009-11-10T13:02:06Z")
you need the last 7 or 8 version to make it work. probably you know but apc40 isn(t supported in other version ---
**Author:** ![Kudos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/kudos/32/159_2.png) [@Kudos](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Kudos)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/akai-apc-40-problem/6890/3 "2009-11-11T14:51:42Z")
Problem resolved itself when I downloaded the trial version of Live 8. I have the full version of live 7 though and for some reason it wouldn’t recognise it, even though it was the most up to date live 7 could be… Anyways thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mmauve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mmauve](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mmauve)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/akai-apc-40-problem/6890/4 "2009-11-11T17:23:22Z")
Thats because the APC40 didn’t exist before version 7.0.15, thus its not supported by any versions prior. It works only with 7.0.15 and above, including Live 8. Hope that helps 🙂