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Overview Launchpad Mini Thank you for buying our most compact Launchpad grid instrument. It may be small, but its 64 pads will let you trigger clips, play drum racks, control your mixer and do just about anything else you can imagine in Ableton Live.
2. Plug in 3. Register and download the included software 4. Get Ableton Live Lite Launchpad Mini with FL Studio and other software 5. Quick configure in Live 6. Using Launchpad Mini with an iPad 7. iPad Compatible (Low Power) vs Full Power Mode 8.
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• Micro USB cable Software Your software bundle code is on the back of this guide. This gives you access to the following software downloads online as well as documentation: • Novation Bass Station plug-in synthesiser • Loopmasters sounds and samples...
Get Started 2. Plug In Take your Launchpad Mini and USB cable out of the box. Connect them to your PC or Mac. The pads will flash briefly to let you know it’s working. It won’t trigger any sound yet, however.
Go to www.novationmusic.com/register and click Register Your Product. Select Launchpad Mini from the dropdown list and enter your serial number. You can find it on the back of this booklet and on the label on the underside of your Launchpad Mini: it is 12 or 13 characters long: the first 3 characters can be numbers or letters, but the rest will only be numbers.
Launchpad Mini with FL Studio and other software Launchpad Mini is fully integrated with FL Studio 11. Please ensure that you have the most up to date version and go to www.image-line.com to get the latest installers. Documentation showing integration with FL Studio 11 is available at www.novationmusic.com/answerbase Launchpad Mini can be used with any MIDI-compatible software and most software now has MIDI learn functionality.
Get Started 6. Using Launchpad Mini with an iPad Connect your Launchpad Mini to your iPad using the USB cable, plus an Apple Camera Connection Kit or Lightning to USB Camera adaptor (not included) in the following order: 1. Connect the USB cable to your Launchpad Mini 2.
7. iPad Compatible (Low Power) vs Full Power Mode Launchpad Mini defaults to its iPad-compatible low power mode. If you connect it to a desktop or laptop computer, you can switch it to full power mode instead, which makes the LEDs much brighter.
8. Using Launchpad Mini with Launchpad App Novation Launchpad App is available for free on the App Store. If you’ve downloaded it, connect your Launchpad Mini to your iPad (as shown in Section 6) and start the app. When a session is loaded, you can use Launchpad Mini to control all the elements of the session, as shown below.
Get Started Volume: each colum of 8 pads turns into a volume fader. press the pad on row B to reset volume Filter: each column of 8 pads turns into a filter fader: Move up to remove bass, move down to remove treble.
Getting Started 9. If You Run Into Problems… If you’re having trouble, please don’t go back to where you bought your Launchpad Mini. Let us help: we have free video tutorials online, including a step-by-step setup guide. www.novationmusic.com/get-started We also have a collection of answers to common problems here: www.novationmusic.com/answerbase...
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