Akai Professional APC40 Ableton Performance Controller

Bought to explore more into music production. Soon to be replaced by Maschine.

I like to use it because the launchclip part of my Dj set

Perfect for simply play Livesets

MIDI Maps automatically to Ableton Live, it's a good way to familiarize myself with external controllers in general, my first one and (for now) my last...it suits all my needs, plenty of knobs and faders to map to.

Special intuituve for studio or live performance. No latency problems.

Live Midi controlling

This controller is replaced by my Ableton Push controller

Working with live, this mixer gives you plenty of control with the features of more than a mouse click!

I mainly use this as a controller for when I'm mixing something in the studio, but since I sometimes bring my Mac with me to shows I also use it to trigger the samples I have during my sets. It's very intuitive and straightforward. It's not as good the Ableton controller, but it works.

This was the first hardware investment I made for production and I am so glad I made that investment! I first used this for djing, but I didn't like it, so I put it in my studio and just use it when I am at the studio. I have had it for a good 3 years now, and I have noticed no problems as of yet. I have dropped it so many times, and it still works great!