Ipad Guide; Using Launchkey Mini With The Launchkey Ipad App - Novation Launchkey Mini User Manual

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iPAD GUIDE

Novation has created two exciting iPad apps for use with your Launchkey Mini 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 Mini;
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 Mini keyboard with these apps .
NOTE: It is recommended that you connect the Launchkey Mini to the iPad prior to launching
the Novation Launchkey and Novation Launchpad app .
Launchkey app
The Launchkey app is a software synthesiser . It includes 80 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 Mini gives greatly enhanced and more tactile control, and allows the
use of a physical 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 Mini with the Launchkey iPad app

Connect your Launchkey Mini to your iPad via the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit, following
the instructions on page 12 .
When connected, Launchkey Mini'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 .
The following list summarises the hardware assignments:
The keys [1] operate in the normal manner, to play the loaded patch .
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The Octave buttons [6] also operate normally, but note that these are independent of
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the Octave buttons on-screen, which only affect the virtual keyboard .
• The rotary controllers [2] are mapped directly to the eight rotary controls displayed on-
screen for each patch .
• The K and J buttons [8] are used to select a patch .
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