[LAU] Akai APC controllers - Experiences?

[Renato]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:51:38 +0100
Harry van Haaren <harryhaaren at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
> 
> I'm currently thinking about getting a "grid" style controller,
> something to control a live performance. Looking at the options I see
> the Novation Launchpad
> <http://www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_controllers/launchpad>,
> Akai APC 20 <http://www.akaipro.com/apc20>, Akai APC
> 40<http://www.akaipro.com/apc40> .
> 
> I'm aware that the launchpad has been "converted" to linux by the
> great work of NightMorph (see here
> <https://github.com/nightmorph/launchpad>) A bit of googling / forum
> reading didn't get me many results on if the APC line works with
> Linux / if its a standard MIDI device?
> 
> Very instrested in peoples experiences!
> Cheers, -Harry

I'm curious, how do you plan to use such a device in a linux audio
environment? What will you map the buttons and faders to?

Also a cheaper alternative, which seems to be plain usb-midi, may be the
midifighter <http://midifighter.com/>

cheers
renato