10-15 Minute DJ Setup for Akai APC40 & Ableton Live
The APC40 and Ableton Live can do some pretty outrageous things when set up correctly. Having so many options can make things a bit overwhelming when you are just looking for a quick way to do some basic DJing.
You should never feel like you have to push a piece of equipment to it’s limit in order to do an impressive set. In all honesty, sometimes all that wanking around can become a distraction to what is really important… Playing good music.
I myself am at as much fault as anyone with trying to overdo things when DJing or performing live. Although I still love technology & all the geeky things it offers, I have found peace once again with simplicity.
With that in mind I wanted to give you a quick DJ setup for Ableton and the APC40. It sets you up with 2 tracks each with EQ, Reverb, Delay and Filter. Each track represents a CD Deck or Turntable & can easily be expanded to up to 8 tracks. Depending on if you want to work with a DJ mixer or strictly the APC40, this setup can be built from scratch in 10-15 minutes and saved as a template.
Below is a Video showing you how:
and here is the Ableton template for Free download:
(Right click & “Save Link As”)
https://www.musicsoftwaretraining.com/share/apc40-simple-dj-template.als.zip
(Just make sure to change the audio ins/outs if you are using a DJ mixer)
Happy Music Mixing,
Jason
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Happy music making!
Jason
here again simple but the greatest of all simplicity using Ableton for Dj-ing, thanks for great treat on this one jason. I’m slaming cool with the templates at the moment .
More power and inspiration to your desk.
Happy Music making
Hi Jason.
Thanks for the DJ Setup. It’s very useful and inspiring. But how do I make use of your “apc40-simple-dj-template.als”? I’ve tried to open the file it into my Ableton Live 8 but the programme tells me that the .als file has been made in a newer version and can’t be opened in version Live 8 ..?!
Thanking you in advance 🙂
Is there a DJ template available for the Novation Launchpad?
Ich wir möchten unserem Freund einen Kurs/Workshop für den AKAI APC 20, APC 40 und MPC 32 schenken. Gibt es so etwas in der Nähe von München? Was kostet sowas?
Would this be possible to do this with Maschine?