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Novation Launchkey Series User Manual

Novation Launchkey Series
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4.2.2 Transport Control
Quantise - Toggles quantise On/Off, quantising incoming MIDI
Click - toggles the metronome click
Undo - pressing this will trigger the undo function
Play & 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”)
4.2.3 Rotary Knobs
With a Reason instrument selected, the Launchkey’s 8 knobs automatically control useful parameters.
Of course, which parameters the knobs control varies by instrument. With the Kong Drum Designer,
for example, the Launchkey’s knobs (from left to right) map to Pitch, Decay, Bus FX, Aux 1, Aux 2,
Tone, Pan and Level.
4.2.4 Pads Session Mode
With a Reason instrument selected and the pads set to Session Mode (hold Shift and press the Session
pad), the Launchkey’s 16 pads automatically control useful device settings. For the Grain Sample
Manipulator, for example, the pads (from left to right) map to Effects On, Phaser On, Distortion On,
EQ On, Delay On, Reverb On, Compression On, Key Mode setting (toggles between Poly, Retrig,
Legato), Porta (toggles between Off, On and Auto), Motion, Grain Type Select, Oscillator On/ Off,
Sample to Filter and Osc to Filter.
4.2.5 Navigation
The and arrow buttons allow you to navigate between tracks, pressing the button will
select the track above and the button will select the track below the current. Doing so will also
automatically arm the newly-selected Reason track.
4.2.6 Preset Browsing
Press the and buttons to scroll through presets on Reason instruments.

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Novation Launchkey Series Specifications

General IconGeneral
Velocity SensitiveYes
Transport ControlsYes
Pitch Bend/Mod WheelYes
ArpeggiatorYes
Scale ModeYes
DimensionsVaries by model
WeightVaries by model
TypeMIDI Controller Keyboard
Key Count25, 37, 49, 61
Pads16 RGB Backlit Velocity Sensitive Pads
Knobs8
Faders9
ConnectivityUSB
Software IncludedAbleton Live Lite, XLN Audio Addictive Keys
Capture MIDIYes
DAW IntegrationAbleton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase
Power SourceUSB
AftertouchChannel Aftertouch (on some models)

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