Slider(S); Buttons; Rotary Controls; Launch Pads - Launchkey MIDI controller keyboard User Manual

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Slider(s)

Launchkey 25 has one slider control, and Launchkey 49 and 61 have nine.
The single slider on the Launchkey 25 always transmits a Master Volume message (CC=7). This
slider is not used by InControl mode.
On Launchkey 49 and 61, the functions of the sliders will differ depending on whether InControl
mode is in use. In InControl mode, the sliders will act as faders in the DAW's mixer section,
controlling the track levels in a set of eight consecutively-numbered channels. In Basic Mapping
mode, each slider transmits a fixed MIDI CC message. See the MIDI tables on page 24.

Buttons

Only Launchkey 49 and 61 have control buttons. There are a total of nine, one under each slider
[5]. In InControl mode, buttons 1 to 8 will typically act as mute or solo buttons for the selected
set of eight channels in the DAW's mixer. In this case, the ninth button switches the function of
buttons 1 to 8 between Mute and Solo. Note that Solo mode is indicated by the internal LED. In
Basic Mapping mode, each button transmits a fixed MIDI CC message. See the MIDI tables on
page 24.

Rotary controls

All models have eight rotary controls [6], which like the other Launchkey controllers, may be
placed in InControl mode, or used in Basic Mapping Mode. In InControl mode they would typically
act as pan controls for a set of eight channels in the DAW's mixer section. In Basic Mapping
mode, each rotary control transmits a fixed MIDI CC message. See the MIDI tables on page 24.

Launch Pads

All models of Launchkey are equipped with a set of sixteen velocity-sensitive pads. Their primary
purpose is to trigger percussive sounds, and to do so, the pads need to be set to Basic Mapping
mode. In this case, all data is transmitted on MIDI Channel 10. In this mode, the pads illuminate
red when struck. If the pads are set to InControl mode, they can be used to trigger clips or loops
with certain software (Ableton Live, FL Studio and Reason), but have no function with non-clip-
based applications such as Logic Pro or Cubase (hence cannot be switched into InControl mode).
However, the pads are used extensively with the Novation Launchkey and Launchpad iPad
apps; see page 20 for details.
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