Novation LaunchPad S User manual

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INSTALL LAUNCHPAD S DEMO SESSION
STEP 1: Download the Launchpad Demo Project from your 'my account' page and double-clickthe file
STEP 2: Ableton L1ve will auto-load and you will be asked to save the L1ve Pack to your local hard drive
STEP 3: Choose 'File>Open Live set...' and navigate to the 'LaunchpadDemo' session on your local drive
SETTING UP LAUNCHPAD S WITHIN ABLETON LIVE
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1. Open Live's Preferences from the Live
menu
in OS X, or the Options menu
in Windows
2. Go to the MIDI/Sync tab and select the port that the
Launchpad S IS connected
to in the 'Input' and
3.
'Output' chooser at the top of window.
Next select the Launchpad preset from the 'Control
Surface' chooser
4. Under MIDI Ports select both Track 'On' and
Remote 'On' options as shown above.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: ABLETON LIVE
Red frame indicates
current
ly controlled section
THE SESSION MODE
When Launchpad is chosen as an act1ve control
surface, a ring appears on the session view
to indicate
which section IS currently controlled by the pad matnx.
Pressing a clip launch pad triggers the clip
in the
correspondmg clip slot
in Live. Hitting an empty clip slot
in a trackthat is not armed will stop the clip playing in
this track. If the track is armed to record, pressing the
button records a new clip.
The directtonal arrows and the session button increase
the scope
of the eight-by-eight grid by navigating the
session
v1ew 1n scenes and tracks. You can also fire
horizontal lines of clips (scenes) with the buttons on the
right hand side of Launchpad S.
The buttons
tn the matrix light up in different colours so you know what's going on:
I· MI:I§;I this slot contains a clip this cltp is playing -this clip is recording
SESSION OVERVIEW
The Launchpad's session overview lets you navigate through large Live sets quickly without looking at
your computer screen. Hold
down the "sesston" button and the matrix zooms out to reveal an overview of

your session view. In the sess1on overview, each pad represents an eight-by-eight block of clips, giving
you a matrix
of 64 scenes by 64 tracks. In the session overview, the colour coding is a little different:
USER MODES
fuM:i§;i lndicates the currently selected block of clips,
which will be surrounded by the ring in the software.
-There are clips playing
in that block of clips
(though that may not be the block
of clips selected).
-There are no clips playing
in that range.
NO COLOUR: There are no tracks or scenes in that range.
User1: This mode can be used to play drum racks in Lives MIDI tracks (if no assignments have been
made),
or to freely assign the Launchpad S buttons to any MIDI assignable parameter in Live.
User2: This mode can be used as a convenient place to access Max for Live presets (if no learn
assignments have been made).
or to freely assign to any parameter in Live.
MIXER MODES
MIXER OVERVIEW
Hitting the "mixer" button provides an overv1ew of the
main controls
of Live. The top four rows of pads indicate
the status
of track volume, track pan, as well as sends A
and B, for each track. These buttons act as 'reset' buttons
for tracks
in Ableton Live.
The bottom four rows of pads provide direct access to
controls for each track including: stop, track activator,
solo and track arm. The bottom four buttons on the right
provide additional control for each track:
• the "stop" button will stop all clips currently playing
(Can be prevented by re-assigning function}
• the "trk on" button will turn all tracks on (un-mute)
• the "solo" button will un-solo all soloed tracks
• the "arm" button will un-arm all armed tracks
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