Some news about efforts to expand the APC beyond its current capabilities, and the potential for unlocking the APC's special handshake with Ableton (allowing other devices to emulate it): http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/06/1 ... handshake/
The hardware Akai makes, at least the upper models is 960ppq.
Doing those 64th note triplet snare measures that each note increases w/ velocity and is really smooth. On my QX-1 I have to use 128th notes straight and edit each note then save, which is alot of work but it sounds tight as a Gnat's ass.