I was pumped to see the APC40 MKII coming out. It was fast as hell compared to what I had purchased and rock solid stable. I built in everything mentioned in the first paragraph above. I am a long time programmer and using JS to run M4L and my template was the way to go. More importantly, I found the JS object and then I really got to work. I finally found some forum posts and a couple of articles talking about the LiveAPI and access within M4L. I worked on custom remote scripts for the APC40, tried manipulating the MIDI I/O on my computer, and a good bunch of other plugins/templates.
This was not working as a solution to utilizing Live in a meaningful fashion for DJ performance. Adding to this were the built-in advertisements and excessive load times. Crashes were prevalent despite updates to the software. Sadly, I quickly discovered that it was unstable. I installed it and began to use it at home and at performances. I stumbled upon a pay template that looked promising. When I began DJing with Ableton and the APC40 a little over a year ago I had no idea what to use. It is fast, lightweight, and crash free to-date (knock on wood). I use it on the regular and am happy with it. It includes momentary effects, fixed clip launch buttons, native looping, effects reset buttons, send toggles, and some workflow enhancements. I’ve put together what I feel to be a pretty good DJ template. It’s the product of a few months of learning the ins and outs of Live and M4L.
I’m putting my APC40 MKII template/device up for download.
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