Thanks to Peter Kirn, I’ve been drooling over this futuristic iPad/Ableton/MIDI controller. I hope it comes to market!

Block Expansion Jacks from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

I did this for fun to see if I could recreate some epic trance music. It’s not perfect, but you get the idea.

The full Pro Tools session is available for free download:

Here is a download to the MIDI files:

Here is the haunting pad patch for the Hybrid instrument:

Update: Check out my remix of this song here

The Akai APC40:

• Designed in partnership with Ableton
• Unique clip matrix with multicolor lighting displays current clip status
• No mapping required for use with Ableton Live
• Exclusive bidirectional communication between the APC40 and Ableton Live
• Professional feel with rugged, metal chassis and premium controls
• Comes with Ableton Live Akai Professional APC Edition, free upgrade patch for full versions of Live
• USB plug-and-play connection for Mac and PC
• Premium controller with rugged, metal chassis

or the Vestax VCM-600:

• The VCM-600 can control 160 parameters of Ableton Live software and other MIDI compliant DAW software with high resolution MIDI signals sent via USB.
• Multi track control (track bank)
• High quality input faders and pitch faders from the VCI-100 and PMC-580 are also applied to the VCM-600 for advanced operability.
• Vestax quality Input fader/Cross fader curve control
• Simple plug & play activation with Macintosh and Windows operating system computers.
• Lightweight, high durability aluminum body