Novation and Ableton have joined forces to bring out a new controller for Live called Launchpad. With 64 pads, 4 modes and an expected pricetag of USD 199/149 Euro, launchpad looks to be a very popular controller this Holiday season. [...]
A video from NAMM 09 with Akai and Ableton introducing and demonstrate the new APC40 for Ableton Live.
This video show the Aurora usb midi controller, DJ mixer running on open source software. You can build the device yourself or if your not into tinkering, just buy it. The controller itself is quite nicely assembled and visually appealing with the leds pulsating from the backlighting of the device.
Drum Bits V1 was chosen as one of the “Best Ableton Instruments” in the April 2012 print edition of Beat Magazine (German).
