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Chapters
  1. ▶Start here
  2. 1The tour
  3. 2Always on
  4. 3Session
  5. 4Drums
  6. 5Melodies
  7. 6Tidy up
  8. 7Audio
  9. 8Cheat sheet

The manual

Everything the script does on your APC40 mkII, button by button and light by light. The same pages as the PDF that comes with it, made for the screen.

  1. ▶Start hereAPC40X MkII turns your APC40 mkII into a little studio: launch clips, program drums, play in key, sequence melodies, chop audio and watch your levels, all from the unit.
  2. 1The tourA quick walk around the unit: what's where, and the three kinds of mode that decide what the buttons do.
  3. 2Always onThe track strips, knobs, device section and transport work the same in every mode. Learn them once.
  4. 3SessionPress Pan or Sends and the grid is Live's Session view: 40 clips in their own colours, five scenes, a stop button per track.
  5. 4DrumsSixteen steps, sixteen drum pads and a velocity column: build a beat without reaching for the mouse.
  6. 5MelodiesPlay in Live's own scale, change key on the pads, and sequence melodies and chords step by step.
  7. 6Tidy upSnap what you played to the grid, and take the sequencers onto Live's Arrangement timeline.
  8. 7AudioYour audio clip on the pads: move its start, end and loop, add warp markers, and chop it up live.
  9. 8Cheat sheetEvery button and combination on a few pages, what the colours mean, and what to do when something's off.