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Of course, if you want to get really creative, you can build just about anything you can imagine with Max for Live and use your Launchpad Pro to control it. We made it sleek, lightweight and tough enough that you can throw it in your bag and know it will survive even the roughest gigs.
Get Started Follow these steps to get up and running quickly. This guide will take you through each step in more detail, so read on before you start. 1. Check Your Box Contents 2. Plug In and Switch On 3. Register and Download the Included Software 4.
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Get Started 1. Check Your Box Contents You should find all of this in your box. If anything is missing, please contact us. Hardware • Launchpad Pro • USB lead • Two MIDI break-out cables • Power supply Documentation • This helpful guide •...
Take the power supply and USB cable out of the box. Connect them as shown: Tip: Launchpad Pro works with only the USB lead connected, but you’ll need to hook up the power supply to get full brightness. MIDI OUT...
Select Launchpad Pro underside of your Launchpad Pro: it is 12 or 13 characters long: the first 3 characters can be numbers or letters, but the rest will only be numbers. Your serial number is not the same as the software bundle code.
Inside this guide you’ll find an instruction card for downloading and registering Ableton Live Lite. Follow these instructions and jump back here when you’ve got it running. If you already have Ableton Live, please update to the latest version to make sure your Launchpad Pro is supported. 5. Quick Configure Your Launchpad Pro will be auto-detected in Ableton Live.
6. Play with the Demo Live Set From Live’s File menu, click Open Live Set. In the dialogue box that pops up, find the Launchpad Pro Demo for Live you downloaded in step three. Tip: If you’re having trouble finding the Demo Set you downloaded, try looking in your ‘Downloads’ folder, ‘Documents’ on Mac or ‘My Documents’ on PC.
Get Started 7. If You Run Into Problems… If you’re having trouble, please don’t go back to where you bought your Launchpad Pro. 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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Setup Press and hold the Setup button to access the Launchpad Pro’s Setup page Layout Select LIVE NOTE DRUM FADER Velocity Aftertouch HIGH POLY CHAN Aftertouch Threshold HIGH MIDI Pad Lighting MIDI Out MIDI MIDI Channel...
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MIDI out. MIDI Channel If you are using multiple Launchpad Pros in Live, you can set the MIDI channel for User layout independently on each unit. By doing this each Launchpad Pro will modes.
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