Hardware Overview; Top And Side View - Controls - Novation Launchkey Mini User Manual

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Hardware Overview

Top and Side View – controls
Launchkey Mini's controls are non-assignable. This makes Launchkey Mini very simple to configure
and use.
Keyboard – 25-note synth-action mini-key keyboard.
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8 x rotary controls, providing DAW/MIDI control.
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16 x velocity-sensitive launch pads. These can be used to trigger sounds (e.g., drums) in
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your music software and provide other functions in some DAWs and the Novation iPad apps.
2 x round buttons. These can be used for custom functions in the apps, or in your DAW.
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InControl button; this switches the operating mode of the rotary controls and launch pads
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between InControl and Basic Mapping Mode. It can also be used to set Launchkey Mini's
MIDI channel. See page 13.
Octave + / – buttons – shift the keyboard 'up' or 'down' in octave steps. Pressing the two
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buttons together cancels the octave shift.
Track I / H buttons – use these to change tracks in your music software or to switch
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between Novation iPad apps (I switches to the Launchkey app, H to the Launchpad app).
K and J buttons - use these to select different rows of pads in the Novation Launchpad
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app. They also provide various control functions in some DAWs.
USB port – Micro-B USB connector compatible with USB 1.1, 2.0 or 3.0. Connect
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Launchkey Mini to a USB port on your computer or iPad using the USB cable supplied.
Kensington security slot – secure your Launchkey Mini to a convenient structural point
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if desired. Please see
security-slot.aspx
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http://www.kensington.com/kensington/us/us/s/1704/kensington-
for further information on how to use this feature.
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