Me and my Apc40 and Ableton Live,a love story





well hello there bloggers of the net and beyond,greetings! and welcome to the first installment of "Fraktology 360".This is going to be fun ,at least i am hoping so lol.So today we begin with the Akai Apc40 and how it has impacted not only my life but all of our lives.

Ever since I was a kid (way back in the early 80's) I have always heard music in a loop.and quickly i learned the need for being able to improvise over these loops or phrases. but as a guitar player I saw that no matter what you played it was essentially a loop short or long it was a loop.the leads made it more dynamic,so I intergrated this theory with my all of my music.

So now we get to (Dubstep) ,Don't worry all this is relevant I promise. Dubstep follows this method by having not only heavy sub bass and droning basslines,the bass is very dynamic.So this is where the (Apc40) comes in.as a producer I hated the jamming you could do in the lab but not in public without having an arsenal of midi gear or at least expensive gear.my approach musically has always been the same "spend next to nothing,to create EVERYTHING" nothing is free (I know) but as close to it as you can LEGALLY get, I applaud that.but you don't need the whole protools hd rig and so on,just Ableton live and an Apc40. This thing has made creating music so much faster than I ever thought possible.there are a wagon load of customization links available out there i recommend Bome's Midi Translator Pro http://www.bome.com it rules.

     The Apc40 is so user friendly I believe even my hamster could use it. I'm not going to get all involved with the processes mainly because ,well you know it's my first real blog. but aside from that go here and buy one http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-AKA-APC40 I heavily recommend using them,it's my own opinion I do not recieve any compensation for my opinions..(would be nice but I don't) I just say that in all my years in dealing with this company I haven't had a bad experience yet.its been a great 5 years.

                          well that's all for now "Reality" beckons .until next time stay well...
                                                        
                                                                 -E-mc Fraktal-