teknob wrote:unicity wrote:After waiting for 5 months my APC 40 has finally arrived. Initial impressions are good. Definitely makes working with Live feel more like working with a hardware sequencer. No more regrets about selling my RS7000.
i am thinking about this one too. So you think it is as good as a hadrware sequencer?
After spending most of last night with it I'd say yes and no.
Yes: It is so much easier to quickly get some ideas down. Hit the arm recording button for a track, hit a clip button, and you're recording. Hit the same clip button when you're done and recording stops/looping starts. It's insanely fast to get stuff happening this way compared to mouse/point/click. SO much nicer to not have to reach for the mouse to record on a different track or anything. With the RS7000 I had developed a kind of muscle memory so I could record a part or perform different functions without really looking at the box (this is something I love about working with hardware sequencers vs. software). I can feel the same thing starting to happen with the APC.
No: While it's fast to record stuff and arrange parts, there's no way to delete or undo or edit things from the interface. So if you record an 8-bar part and it sucks, you can't just delete that part from the APC by pressing a button and starting again. If you record without quantization and you want to quantize afterwards, you have to do it from the software.
For me, all of this is perfectly acceptable. My favorite part about working with a hardware sequencer is the ability to quickly get ideas down, and this is where the APC excels. My least favorite part of working with a hardware sequencer is detailed editing, and this isn't the APC's concern at all. I'm sure it's possible to set it up so you can do things like delete clips and undo recording (probably using something like Bome's alongside), but I don't have the time/brain to mess with that stuff.
Sorry for the lengthy reply. I guess I'm trying to avoid doing any work at the moment.