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When comparing Akai Pro APC40 mkII vs Maschine Studio, the Slant community recommends Maschine Studio for most people. In the question“What are the best MIDI pad controllers?” Maschine Studio is ranked 1st while Akai Pro APC40 mkII is ranked 2nd.
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Pros
Pro Great for live performances if used with Ableton Live
The controller has buttons dedicated to actions in Live's session view and is laid out exactly like the DAW. The clip launch grid even uses the same light colors Live does.
Pro Completely USB powered
No external power source is required.
Pro Footswitch works with Live's session record
Pro Excellent pads
Pro Comes with a selection of high quality sounds
Pro Multi-core support
Maschine is capable of efficiently using the processing power supplied by multi-core CPUs.
Cons
Con Record quantization is removed in mkII
Record quantization that was present in APC40 mkI is not anymore.