Ipad Guide; Using Launchkey With The Launchkey Ipad App - Launchkey MIDI controller keyboard User Manual

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iPAD GUIDE

Novation has created two exciting new iPad apps for use with your Launchkey keyboard. These
can be downloaded from the Apple App Store in the usual way; check that your iPad version is
compatible. Each of the apps can be used on your iPad without connecting the Launchkey; they
are largely self-explanatory, and a full description of their features is not within the scope of this
manual.
The following section of User Guide restricts itself to describing how you can use your Launchkey
keyboard with these apps.
NOTE: It is recommended that you connect the Launchkey Hardware to the iPad prior to launching
the Novation Launchkey and Novation Launchpad app.
Launchkey app
The Launchkey app is a software synthesiser. It includes 60 exciting synth sounds for immediate
use in your performances and productions. It uses a graphical interface to manipulate the synth
sounds, and gives you a fast and fun way to be creative. Connecting the iPad to your Launchkey
hardware gives greatly enhanced and more tactile control, and allows the use of the full size
keyboard.
Launchpad app
The Launchpad app is a software version of Novation's successful LAUNCHPAD music controller.
The app offers an 8 x 6 matrix of multi-coloured pads, which can be used to make and remix
music from a library of samples and loops. Built-in time-stretching ensures that all the loops and
samples are synchronised and remain in tempo.

Using Launchkey with the Launchkey iPad app

Connect your Launchkey keyboard to your iPad via the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit,
following the instructions on page 14.
When connected, Launchkey's hardware controllers are mapped directly "one-to-one" onto
the equivalent on-screen rotary controls; these are programmed to vary the most important
parameters of each synth patch. Note that the parameters controlled by both sets of controls
(hardware and software) will depend on the patch loaded.
NOTE: When you connect your Launchkey keyboard to the iPad, all three InControl buttons [10]
will be unlit by default, as the keyboard needs to be in Basic Mapping Mode to operate correctly
with the Launchkey app. (This will not be the case if the Novation Launchpad app is already
running.)
The following list summarises the hardware assignments:
• The keys
• The Mod
operation being determined by the patch.
• The Octave buttons
the Octave buttons on-screen, which only affect the virtual keyboard.
operate in the normal manner, to play the loaded patch.
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and Pitch wheels can be used in the usual manner, with their specific
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also operate normally, but note that these are independent of
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