AKAI APC64 Review // Pros and cons vs APC40 MK2, Push, LaunchPad and others // APC 64 tutorial
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Get access to my exclusive In-Complete Book of Electronic Music Ideas, Tips and Tricks, on my Patreon: ► https://www.patreon.com/loopop Check prices here (affiliate links help the channel regardless of what you buy): ► Perfect Circuit: https://link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/S0BERUlFSUBFR0NKR0VATEpITA?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fcatalogsearch%2Fresult%2F%3Fq%3Dapc%252064 ► Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXoNg0 ► Thomann: https://www.thomann.de/intl/search_dir.html?sw=apc64&offid=1&affid=369 ► Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PXaXl8 ► Guitar Center: https://guitar-center.pxf.io/oqPmAE Check out my Ableton Live tutorial here: ► https://youtu.be/8NfnRShtIFE Other places I hang out: ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loopopmusic ► Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@loopopmusic ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loopopmusic ► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/loopopmusic ► Web: https://loopopmusic.com My music: ► Bandcamp: https://loopop.bandcamp.com ► Spotify: http://bit.ly/LoopopOnSpotify ► Apple Music: http://bit.ly/LoopopOnAppleMusic ► Cool Holographic scopes? The scopes I use aren't real - I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Gear in this video beside the APC: ► Waldorf Blofeld ► Meris Mercury X ► Moog Sirin ► Intellijel Palette case ► Plum 1U Roved ► Endorphin.es Cockpit and Queen of Pentacles ► OXI Coral ► 4ms Tapographic delay ► 90 degree cables are Tendrils and the blinky ones are Halo by Andrew Huang and myVolts TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 1:40 Overview 2:05 Grid modes 4:30 Fader modes 6:30 Seq mode 8:40 Buttons 9:35 Screen 10:35 Build 11:00 I/O 11:50 Note mode 12:45 Chord mode 13:20 Drum modes 14:00 Ableton Live 14:30 Live rec 15:15 Quantization 16:05 Automation 17:00 Step seq 17:45 Seq settings 18:40 Modifiers 20:10 Seq live rec 21:45 Performance 22:15 Important tips 22:25 Poly AT v MPE 23:00 Device params 23:50 More buttons! 25:20 Device lock? 25:55 Seq + Live 26:40 Note repeats? 26:55 Latency 27:30 Pros and cons 32:15 Outro Submit review and video ideas here (sorry I don’t offer 1x1 sessions/setup/purchasing advice): ► Ziv (at) loopopmusic.com NOTE: Occasionally I’ll try out affiliate marketing and include affiliate links. This means that I may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via affiliate links to stores like Amazon, Sweetwater, Thomann and others. The content of this clip is entirely my opinion, and was not paid for or dictated in any way by the company creating the gear. Without addressing the particulars of products shown here as they might be under NDA, gear shown on this channel may be either sent by the manufacturer, on loan for review or bought at a discount.
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