Novation Launchkey Series User Manual

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Launchkey’s Session mode provides an 8x2 grid of the clips in your Session View. Example of
Launchkey’s pads in Session mode:
Scenes are rows of clips. Launching a scene will launch all clips in that row. This means that you can
arrange clips into horizontal groups (across tracks) to form a song structure, launching scene after
scene to progress through a song.
Again, access Session mode on your Launchkey by holding Shift and pressing the Session pad (the
bottom left pad).
In Session mode, the pads represent the grid of clips found inside the coloured rectangle in Ableton
Live’s Session View. The image below shows such a rectangle (orange) extending from the left-most
track to the Master track:
Clips are typically loops that contain MIDI
notes or audio.
Tracks represent virtual instruments or audio
tracks. MIDI clips placed on instrument
tracks will play back on the instrument that is
assigned to that track.

Novation Launchkey Series Specifications

General

Velocity Sensitive	Yes
Transport Controls	Yes
Pitch Bend/Mod Wheel	Yes
Arpeggiator	Yes
Scale Mode	Yes
Dimensions	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model
Type	MIDI Controller Keyboard
Key Count	25, 37, 49, 61
Pads	16 RGB Backlit Velocity Sensitive Pads
Knobs	8
Faders	9
Connectivity	USB
Software Included	Ableton Live Lite, XLN Audio Addictive Keys
Capture MIDI	Yes
DAW Integration	Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase
Power Source	USB
Aftertouch	Channel Aftertouch (on some models)