The APC40 MKII is much more colorful than the old model that I used for a few years. If your using ableton with this unit, coloring your clips make it easy to recognize when using this colorful unit. I like the Mkii, its smaller, more compact and easy to transport. It seems to "fit" better than the older one, not near as bulky. It fits very nice on a laptop stand as well. Moving the 8 knobs to the top of each column is nice to, completely programmable and are nice for adding effects specific to each row. I have always enjoyed using the A/B fader located in the bottom right of the unit, with these new lighted A/B buttons on each column make it so easy to control this slide fade. So many more features.
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This is being put to use in a special situation, to control laser show media server software. I ordered a custom software-specific vinyl overlay graphix from the laser software company and It worked great, right out of the box, no missing pieces of hardware, no drivers to install. I have not investigated the included music production software bundles packaged with this Akai device yet, but I look forward to installing and using these applications in the near future. This Akai APC40MKii controller is well constructed and also very light-wight at the same time.
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Awesome product for Ableton. I thought about going a much cheaper route but happy that I paid the extra money.
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Great controller. It is very lightweight and is USB bus powered. So no separate power supply.
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Finally all the knobs, sliders and buttons played out perfectly for Ableton Live.
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