Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

N.I. Maschine and APC40?

  • 30-09-2011 1:32pm
    #1
    Splinters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭


    Does anybody use both of these together?

    I have the Akai APC40 currently and love it. I havent delved into the depths of Max For Live yet so Im sure theres still a lot more functionality left to explore in it. I recently seen an interesting tutorial on using Maschine for live sampling and it looked like an amazing piece of kit. Im wondering does anybody here use both? I know theres quite a bit of cross functionality but from what Ive read up on each theres seems to be enough unique features of each to justify it. I guess Ive answered my own question in so much as Ive almost decided Ill pick one up....just wondering if any boardies had experience of using both both to help cement the decision.


Comments

  • #2
    hubiedubie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭hubiedubie


    I had both fore a while but I sold my APC40 after Touch-Able came out for the iPad.
    They play together nicely. The APC for clip / scene launching and controlling faders+sends etc mostly. Then Maschine for drum programming, sampling and FX.
    As well as above Maschine is a great FX box as well that you can add to your master or send tracks for all sorts of mangling. There is alot of overlap but if you want a more hands on feel to composition / playing live Maschine is the best controller out there. You can produce full tracks with both. However Ableton/APC40 combo is better at the mixdown and arrangement stage (esp for auditioning scenes to decide what arrangement works best) whereas Maschine is better at the pattern creation / composition stage.

    I will never sell Maschine however the APC40 is gone a while now.


Advertisement