Akai APC40 - Manual (Page 4)

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CLIP LAUNCH / SESSION OVERVIEW – While in Clip Launch
View (the default), this 8x5 grid of buttons is used to launch clips in
Ableton Live. The 8 vertical columns represent 8 tracks in the
software while the 5 horizontal rows represent 5 clip slots in each
track. In this view, the button LED colors represent the following:
OFF – empty
AMBER – clip present, not playing
GREEN – clip present, playing
RED – clip present, recording
When the SHIFT button is held, this grid will change to Session Overview. In this view, each button
represents an entire 8x5 grid of clip slots in the software (that is, each button represents a different Clip
Launch View). Selecting one will change the Clip Launch View. This allows you to access and use
more than the 5 rows and 8 tracks represented by just one Clip Launch View. While in Session
Overview, the button LED colors represent the following:
OFF – no clips are present in this 8x5 grid
AMBER – clips are present in this 8x5 grid, which is currently
selected
GREEN – clips are present in this 8x5 grid, which contains clip
slots that are currently playing
RED – clip are present in this 8x5 grid, but no clip slots are currently playing
Examples: If you have 16 tracks with 20 clips in each track, the "first" Clip Launch View will represent
Clips 1-5 of Tracks 1-8.
If you hold SHIFT and press the second button in the first row, after releasing SHIFT the Clip Launch
View will represent Clips 1-5 of Tracks 9-16.
If you hold SHIFT and press the first button in the second row, after releasing SHIFT the Clip Launch
View will represent Clips 6-10 of Tracks 1-8.
Note: In the software, a red
rectangle around an 8x5 grid of
clips represents APC40's current
Clip Launch View. You can
change/shift the Clip Launch View
with APC40's controls (e.g. in the
Session Overview).
Note: If the current Clip Launch
View is "between" two 8x5 grids in
the software, both buttons
representing those two grids will
light.