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Novation Launchkey 25 User Manual

Novation Launchkey 25
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Reason
Your Launchkey can serve as a controller for many tasks in Propellerhead Reason. The behaviour
described in the Standalone Features section remains the same in Reason. In addition, you can modify
your Launchkey to suit your needs with Custom Modes. The functionality of the Launchkey dedicated
to Reason is detailed below.
Setup
To set up Launchkey for use with Reason you will need to download the necessary script, to do this
follow the following steps:
Follow the link to the Novation Customer Portal on novationmusic.com.
Register Launchkey [MK3].
Go to My Hardware > Launchkey [MK3] > Downloads/Drivers.
Download and run the Reason Script Installer.
With Reason and the script installed, plug your Launchkey into your Mac or PC’s USB port. Launchkey
will be automatically detected and the Keyboards and Control Surfaces window will appear, if it
does not you can open it by going to Reason > Preferences > Control surfaces. Make sure “Use with
Reason” is checked for the Novation Launchkey MK3 device. Close the window. Now if you hold the
Shift button on the Launchkey the pads will look like this:
Transport Control
Quantise - Toggles quantise On/Off, quantising incoming MIDI
Click - toggles the metronome click
Undo - pressing this will trigger the undo function
Play and Stop - pressing these buttons will initiate playback of the track
Record - pressing this will trigger the record function
Loop - toggles the transport loop (“cycle mode”)

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Novation Launchkey 25 Specifications

General IconGeneral
MIDI-keyboard number of keys25 keys
Product colorBlack
Pitch bend wheelYes
InterfaceUSB
USB ports quantity1
Package weight2300 g
Mac operating systems supportedMac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supportedWindows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
Depth270 mm
Width449 mm
Height81 mm
Weight1800 g

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