AKAI APC40 MKII Channel Problem

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Schmarian
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AKAI APC40 MKII Channel Problem

Post by Schmarian »

Hi there,

I'm getting started with a MIDI contoller and expecting some trouble right now. (Also I am a newbie to MIDI.)
The buttons at the bottom row (note 1-8/D#2, see picture attached) which should control the channels selected are not reacting in Resolume (7.4.1) - or at least only for a few minutes after starting Resolume sometimes. As long as they are assigned to something (e.g. layer select) they do as they told.
APC40.jpg
(There also was a thread allready explaining the channel mapping: http://resolume.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11655)

The following issue is that I cannot control the device knobs for channel 2-7 as only channel 1 is active all the time. Somebody knows anything that is interfering maybe with the channel selection? Can I assign a MIDI channel selection to a button only (which should happen automatically I guess)?

In the Resolume MIDI Preferences I can see that the signal is actually being processed when I push a button. In MidiView it looks similar (picture attached). Changing Middle C from C3 to C4 doesn't affect anything.
MidiView.PNG
My goal: Having a layer selection via different channels, controlling layer specific effects with the 8 device control knobs and the master as channel for composition effects. This shouldn't be this difficult.

Thanks for help!
Schmarian

Zoltán
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Re: AKAI APC40 MKII Channel Problem

Post by Zoltán »

Try to set the APC device in midi preferences to Generic mode.

Though this only changes the right side knobs for me to send on the selected channels.
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Schmarian
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Re: AKAI APC40 MKII Channel Problem

Post by Schmarian »

Thanks, this worked perfectly fine!

Another issue with the generic mode is, that pushing toggle buttons sometimes deactivate their lighting.. so after pushing an effect button it is dark. I can reactivate the lighting when chosing another layer and going back to the previous one, but it's kinda anoying. This dosen't happen in piano mode though. In both cases on/off velocity values are assigned.

Any fixes for that?

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Re: AKAI APC40 MKII Channel Problem

Post by Zoltán »

I think that's done inside the controller itself.
Probably not much we can do about it.
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Re: AKAI APC40 MKII Channel Problem

Post by theLABVisuals »

Hi @Schimarian,

I have recently released something that may assist your APC40 use. Please take a look at https://www.theapc40extender.co.uk and give the trial a go.

Cheers,

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