The Akai APC40, shown above getting a workout with a Freestylers/Noisia/BustaRhymes/Dillinja remix/mashup, has gotten a lot of people psyched about hardware controllers for Ableton Live.
To help showcase what people are doing with the APC40, Akai Professional has announced the European APC40 Video Contest, starting November, 1st and ending December, 31st 2009. Prizes include your choice of any product from the current Akai Professional product range, the Akai Pro LPK25 and the Akai LPD8.
Heres what to do:
- Go to http://www.youtube.com/group/apc40contest;
- Register to YouTube and become a member of the APC40 Video Contest Group;
- Tag your video with APC40 and add it to the APC40 Video Contest Group;
Performances will be judged by a panel of artist who are APC40 users.
Ableton should do a similar contest, but leave it open to any control interface setup as long as Ableton is the software being used. I could do something very similar to this, except with my Korg Zero-8, Ableton Live, and an electro / fidget / indie-dance mix.