Quest 4 Success from Killeen, Tx , USA
quest4success@hot.rr.com
Subject:
Smoking Hot Controller!
Quality:
Built like old school analog equipment...to be used on the road.
Features:
Intergration with the software allows this to be played like an instrument.
Ease of Use:
Works well with Live as designed. Requires a bit of remapping to work with other DAWs. Easy to use for the simple things but capable of a lot more indepth features.
Value:
"The price is right!"
Appearance:
Rugged, ergo friendly and a lot of buttons and knobs. One word best describes it Awesome!
Date submitted:
1-16-2012
Do you own this product?:
Yes
David from Bethlehem PA USA
Subject:
Totally worth it!
Quality:
It's built like a tank. Solid buttons and strong exterior
Features:
Turns Ableton into a physical work station.
Ease of Use:
Very easy. Comes with a lite version of ableton which includes video and written tutorials.
Appearance:
Vehy Nace. (Borat Voice)
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Date submitted:
11/23/2011
Do you own this product?:
YEs
8 bit Cholo from Thermal, CA
Subject:
Akai does it again
Quality:
Very sturdy like all akai products. I love it. Light weight too.
Features:
Easy lay out with performance in mind.Only thing id add is better lighting for low light club performance, theres just so many buttons it can become tedious to work in low light.
Ease of Use:
Very user friendly if you are familiar with Live you will be up and running in minutes.
Do you own this product?:
yes
frugalmcduck from lithia spring ga
kwafi17@yahoo.com
Subject:
loving it just waint to marry my xponent and apc 40 i"m so ready
Quality:
get constucstion light weight but made well
Features:
easy recording and play back
Ease of Use:
easy to install software up and running in like 10 min.
Value:
yes its a great value all i ask is to come with albelton live 8 instead of the teaser live lite
Appearance:
love the look and the feel and the fader great plus track board with a fader
Date submitted:
1/24/2011
Do you own this product?:
yes
Do you own this product?:
Yes
dj Hazardous from Phoenix,AZ USA
scratchthis1200@yahoo.com
Quality:
Very Well made!! The apc40 is very dependable, its the laptop that you have to worry about..
Features:
best features would have to be the pre-mapping of ableton.. maybe a headphone jack for preview..
Ease of Use:
Very user friendly. very easy to use with other products.Did not take me long at all to learn.Online manual was very helpful, but video tutorials are the best.Very playable and, would like combine my apc40 with serato..
Value:
"very good value!"
Appearance:
"Absolutely Perfect Controller"
Beautiful
Date submitted:
05/02/2010
Do you own this product?:
Yes
Laurence M. Schwarz from Edmonds, WA USA
Subject:
Best Controller Around
Quality:
Very. Heavy duty construction. I can't tell if it's just very heavy duty plastic, or if the body is metal, but it seems pretty hard to break, that's for sure.
Features:
Everything is automapped. This is the only controller I've ever worked with that is pre-mapped to every single feature in Ableton except for one, and you can work around that. The only feature that it doesn't have by default is the ability to switch between clip/session and Arrangement views. That can be worked around with MIDI learn
Ease of Use:
Go look at the documentation for this product. There isn't anything more than 2 pages long. You know why? It isn't necessary. The APC40 IS the physical representation of the software. If you know how to use Ableton, you know how to use the APC40
Value:
Absolutely. They could have charged a lot more for the product and people would not have batted an eyelash. I only by Akai products now, because they don't suck.
Appearance:
Sleek, ergonomic, I absolutely love the full rotary encoders.
Do you own this product?:
Yes
Lane Barrett from Crystal Lake, IL.
barrettlane@hotmail.com
Subject:
Not Just A Controller-- The Controller!
Quality:
Definitely Made well- This machine is so freaking advanced, affordable, incorporate with your existing gear, computer and easy to understand.
Features:
With two of the best companies in the professional industry coming together with their technology combined in one machine it's like Apple and Microsoft joining forces to make computing music a breeze. Especially the pitch and tempo control in digital immaculacy.
Ease of Use:
With the online tutorials, the machines possibilities are there for the asking.
Value:
With the pricing that AMS offers, It would be absolutely insane to purchase this machine from any other vendor on the planet unless you bought it direct from the manufacturer.
Appearance:
It Becomes a rhythm director and an intuitive undeniable machine for the 21st Century musicians, DJs, and composers.
Skill Level:
Pro-Rock Star
Date submitted:
12-28-2009
Do you own this product?:
I do Own this Machine