Comments on: Novation Launchpad for Ableton Live

By: illuS

illuS — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:53:28 +0000

bought an MPD26 and it has absolutly nothin on this. perfect for getting ish rockin for cheap

By: DJSDive

DJSDive — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:59:55 +0000

traktor fun with launchpad: http://www.midikatapult.com/

By: djtechtools.com

djtechtools.com — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:14:59 +0000

[...] on the success of the Launch pad, Akai has released the APC 20- a scaled down version of their APC-40, which is easier on the [...]

By: migz

migz — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:46:04 +0000

I have had some luck with my launchpad and making it work with traktor. I’m posting this for the purposes of knowing if anyone else can get this to work as well, and well, hopefully share some knowledge.

thanks everyone:
http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?p=84816#post84816

By: black ops

black ops — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:34:34 +0000

does anyone know if this thing is duplex, as in, if you make a change to say, a volume level in live, does it reflect in the control surface the same way the apc40 does? i like the idea of this, and the price kills the apc. couple it with a axiom or something else with some knobs for quicker fx changes, i reckon you’ve got a killer piece of kit.

By: Sena

Sena — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:36:40 +0000

Yo so anyone out there know how this little guy would play with a A&H Xone 4d?? Was thinking it might be a nice addition…hypothetically that is, still dont have a 4d hahaha

By: Matt Searles

Matt Searles — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:21:11 +0000

I own an APC40.. and I’m thinking of getting one of these.. maybe tonight.. for the easier portability.. and I have lusted over the monome.. I think mainly I’d like to do some kinda max-ish step sequencing on the fly is the thing.. and I’m trying to design a multimedia show controlled via Max so… the only thing I wish was that it be key velocity sensitive… oh, and I love how you can use multiples of these together..

@James

I got the Native Instruments Maschine.. I love it.. really impressed with the quality of the sounds and the work flow.. though it is the sorta thing where you want to see the software mature a bit.. and I think not having key velocity sensitivity while programming stuff.. with the APC40 and Launch Pad is a bit of a draw back.

But I should confess that at times I feel like a bit of a Native Instruments fan boy.

By: Jonny

Jonny — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:13:48 +0000

For me, I think it is the perfect addition to my axiom and mpd and also for anyone who already owns other midi controllers. Now I can finally play and record without having to worry about midi mapping scene clips to my drum pads (thank God!). I don’t know about the monome; my friend owned one and I never thought it was that great to begin with. I would actually prefer the korg zero 8 had I the cash. Really with so much midi equipment already, this is more ideal than an apc 40 (although mega tempting). I mean this and a korg nano control would be like $300! That is $100 left over I could spend on plugins instead.