I’ll never abandon my turntables, but at the same time, I continue my snails pace work of working with Ableton Live.
I picked up an APC40 from Akai a few weeks back and finally got it setup.
I’ve only played with it for a bit so I’m not about to give it a full review yet. So far, it’s really cool but it was when I was setting it up that I first noticed the little bits of brilliance.

Here is where I wanted to plug it in. The typical power strip. One opening left and a big fat rectangular box (like the one on the left end) is not going to fit.

But here is the plug – yes, it’s boxy, but it’s not a fat rectangle, but a slim design with the bulk hanging off the side so that it…

fits perfectly into the power strip. So simple, so obvious – but I don’t own anything else with a plug like this. This plug says “Relax Leroy – everything will be fine. Now let’s make some music.”