Novation LaunchPad Mini User Manual

Session Mode
Ableton Live's Session View
Session mode is designed to control Ableton Live’s Session View, seen below.
If you’ve never used Ableton Live before, we recommend visiting our Easy Start Tool (see Getting Up and
Running [4]). Here you’ll find your included Ableton Live Lite download code (if you choose to register your
Launchpad Mini). There are also videos covering installing, the soware’s basic features, and how to get
started making music with your Launchpad Mini in Ableton Live.
Session View is a grid that consists of clips, tracks (columns) and scenes (rows). Session mode provides an 8×8
view of your clips in Session view on Launchpad Mini.
1. Clips are typically loops that contain MIDI notes or audio.
2. 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.
3. 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 aer
scene to progress through a song.
The ▲▼◄ ► buttons let you navigate the session view. The red outline in the Session View grid shows the area
currently visible on Launchpad Mini.
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Novation LaunchPad Mini Specifications

General

Connectivity	USB
Type	MIDI controller
Grid	8x8 RGB LED pads
Pads	64 RGB Backlit Pads
Compatibility	Ableton Live
Dimensions	180mm x 180mm x 14.2mm
Software	Ableton Live Lite
Power	USB bus powered
Controls	Buttons