Akai lpk25&pld8 or Launchpad or mpd 24
Akai lpk25&pld8 or Launchpad or mpd 24 Posted on: 25.04.2011 by Somer Vanstraten hi guys, i was believeing of buying a new controller for upgrading my setup, near my city i found a guy that sells an lpk25 and lpd8 for 60 euros, another that sells a launchpad for 119 euros, and another that sells an akai mpd 24 for 90 euros.Now i generally play with 2 decks, but i was believeing of using this controllers for effects, like midifighter and for sample. For this prices what do you believe? | |
Somer Vanstraten 26.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by nukage
And yes i saw that mapping! Kinda cool! I'm going to change the transpose buttons for samples control. |
25.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by MrPopinjay
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Clay Lorow 24.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by MrPopinjay
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Somer Vanstraten 24.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by mekon_ca
Anyway i believe i'm gonna buy the launchpad. So i can use it with abledon, and have 2 instant grat mappings and buttnos for samples |
Somer Vanstraten 25.04.2011 | hi guys, i was believeing of buying a new controller for upgrading my setup, near my city i found a guy that sells an lpk25 and lpd8 for 60 euros, another that sells a launchpad for 119 euros, and another that sells an akai mpd 24 for 90 euros. Now i generally play with 2 decks, but i was believeing of using this controllers for effects, like midifighter and for sample. For this prices what do you believe? |
Somer Vanstraten 26.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by nukage
And yes i saw that mapping! Kinda cool! I'm going to change the transpose buttons for samples control. |
Isreal Roberto 26.04.2011 | the launchpad mapping with instant gratification on this site is very good for 2 decks. you can actually mix with it alone if you just use the EQ kills strategically. personally for a portable setup I just got the korg nanokontrol and I'm pairing it with that mapping on the launchpad, no need for a mixer and super freakin portable. |
Kiyoko Wellisch 25.04.2011 | No, it is perfectly valid since I was talking about the apc 20, not the 40. I happen dislike the dimensions and layout of the apc 40 which is why I wouldn't go for that one. I agree faders are awesome and something I would really love to have but and addition of it alone isn't quite enough to compensate for the reduced grid size, the fact it's bus powered and fact you only get 2 pages (as far as I can tell) rather than as many as you would like. Not saying it's not an excellent piece of kit, I'm just saying I find bus powered controllers really damn annoying. Here's hoping for the apc 20 mk 2, the extra portable rehash of the apc 20 |
25.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by MrPopinjay
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Eli Hergonz 25.04.2011 | or this http://www.futuremusic.com/news/images/icon_istage.jpg |
Kiyoko Wellisch 24.04.2011 | Oh totally! I really really love the apc 20. It's such a lovely controller. It's well thought out and nice and hefty. If it was bus powered and had an endless encoder above each fader instead of that stupid takeover on the faders it would easily be my favourite controller available at the moment. OH well |
Clay Lorow 24.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by MrPopinjay
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Kiyoko Wellisch 24.04.2011 | Personally I believe the launchpad is better than the apc 20, purely because it's frickin' bus powered unlike the cock tease apc 20. |
Clay Lorow 24.04.2011 | Anyway, don't get a combination of two instead of one. More usb ports used, more cables to forget at home. Go for the launchpad, only thing I can believe of better then the launchpad are apc20 and apc40. |
Somer Vanstraten 24.04.2011 |
Originally Posted by mekon_ca
Anyway i believe i'm gonna buy the launchpad. So i can use it with abledon, and have 2 instant grat mappings and buttnos for samples |
Eli Hergonz 24.04.2011 | just to inform you that MPD24 DO NOT have TRUE 360 knobs. They only send ABSOLUTE value so AKAI advertise is misleading. |
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