Akai APC Key 25 User's Guide download pdf (Page 5)

Features

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1. USB Port: Use a standard USB cable to connect this port to a USB port on your

computer. The computer's USB port provides power to APC Key 25. This connection is

also used to send and receive MIDI data to and from your computer.

2. Kensington Lock Slot: You may use this Kensington lock slot to secure the APC Key 25

to a table or other surface.

3. Keyboard: This 25-note keyboard is velocity-sensitive and, in conjunction with the Oct

Up and Oct Down buttons, can control a ten-octave range.

4. Sustain: Press and hold this button to sustain all currently held notes (similar to the

sustain pedal on a piano). This button is a momentary button, sustaining only when the

button is pressed and held.

5. Oct Down / Oct Up: Use these buttons to shift the keyboard's range up or down. Press

both buttons simultaneously to reset the octave shift to "zero."

6. Play/Pause: Press this to start/resume or pause playback in Ableton Live.

7. Rec: Press this to start recording in Ableton Live.

8. Stop All Clips: Press this button to stop all clips when they reach the end.

9. Clip Stop Buttons: Normally, you can press one of these buttons to stop the clip in the

corresponding track—represented by the column of five Clip Buttons just above it.

You can change their functions by pressing and holding Shift and then pressing one of

the Scene Launch buttons: Clip Stop, Solo, Rec Arm, Mute, or Select. Each button

puts the Clip Stop Buttons in a different mode:

• Clip Stop Mode: The Clip Stop Buttons will stop their corresponding tracks (the

default mode).

• Solo Mode: The Clip Stop Buttons will solo their corresponding tracks.

• Record-Arm Mode: The Clip Stop Buttons will record-arm their corresponding

tracks.

• Mute Mode: The Clip Stop Buttons will mute their corresponding tracks.

• Select Mode: The Clip Stop Buttons will select their corresponding tracks.

Press and hold Shift and press one of the le

ft four Clip Stop Buttons (, , , ) to

shift the viewable 8x5 matrix of clips. In Ableton Live's Session View, this is indicated by

a red rectangle around the clips.

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