
Press '+SCENE' to release all held notes. One of the notable updates from its older version is the now RGB-enabled pads which reflect the same colours on Live’s tracks, which also displays three clip status loaded, playing, and recording. It features 40 buttons arranged by five scenes deep and 8 tracks wide. Hold 'SCENE' to hold notes, or to enter "temporary" controller mode. The Akai APC40 MkII is meant to be used with Ableton Live’s Session View. Use the smoothing knob in the controller link window to smooth the parameter changes as you press between buttons. To link a controller to a parameter in FL Studio, right click the knob or fader, select 'Link to controller', enable 'Auto detect', then press a button on the layout on the APC. Multiple channels can be controlled by different layouts at the same time by right clicking the green channel selection indicators to the right of channel buttons.Ĭontroller layouts allow parameters to be controlled by a group of buttons. Note layouts control the currently selected channel or channels in the step sequencer window. You can also create your own note, controller and system layout pages with the simple scripting system described here. Press OVERVIEW then one of the other lit buttons on the clip stop row (or navigate upwards from the track activity meter page) to jump to one of the note and controller layout pages. Press OVERVIEW then the left most button on the clip stop row (or navigate upwards from the first clip zone) to jump to the track activity meter page. (Double tap SCENE, +SCENE, SNAP or QUEUE to 'lock' them on). GLOBAL SNAP: toggle between no snapping and FL's global snapping when snap is bypassed.ĭISPLAY: display the current performance zone in the FL Studio playlist. SAME MODE: toggle between normal SCENE and +SCENE modes and triggering only clips in tracks that are set to the same Press mode). +SCENE: triggers vertical columns or grouped clips but adds to the existing triggered clips. SCENE: triggers vertical columns or grouped clips. OVERVIEW: displays an overview of 8x5 zones, press a button to jump to the corresponding zone. NAVIGATION: navigates the playlist zone in 1 clip/track increments. Do this only if you know what you are doing with XML editing.APC40_Functions.png CLIPS/OVERVIEW/CONTROLLERS: trigger clips in the Performance zone, displays an overview of 8x5 zones or controller layouts. If you break your copy of wirecast, don't expect support from Telestream. NOTE: This is not officially supported by Telestream. If you add the three lines below in bold to your XML file, this will allow you to add the three functions listed above which will map to the Play / Record / Session buttons on the AKAI controller. In that file, the first main section relates to the APC 40 MK ii controller.
#AKAI APC 40 MK2 MODUL8 MAPPING WINDOWS#
You will find a file midi_controllers.xml somewhere in the wirecast program files directory on a Windows system. Hola soy Little Sand, he recibido la nueva Akai Apc 40 MKII y he querido hacer para un pequeo y sencillo recorrido por sus funciones y novedade.

Applications/Wirecast.app/Contents/Resources/midi_controllers.xml In addition to its sleek look, veteran APC40 users will. Almost every aspect of the original APC40 has been deliberated, reworked, and improved to provide extended controller functionality, countless musical capabilities, and a smarter workflow. It frustrated me that my controller was incapable of doing these functions. Akai APC 40 Mk2 The new APC40 mkII incorporates five years of user feedback into its design. In Wirecast, there are three buttons above the preview/live area. I thought I'd document it here in case it helps others.īut before giving the XML, let me tell you my goal.

#AKAI APC 40 MK2 MODUL8 MAPPING HOW TO#
I have one particular set of key mapping that I wanted to do, and I've worked out how to do it by editing XML.

Many of us have asked for key mapping for the Midi Controller.
