Novation Launchpad X, User Manual

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the record button lit bright red. If the record button is then pressed, the clip will
flash red to indicate that it will soon stop recording. If the track is un-armed during
recording, the clip will immediately stop recording.
Views within Session Mode and Mixer Mode allow for momentary switching.
For example, you may currently be viewing your track mutes, but want to quickly
visit your volume faders to turn a track up. Press and hold Volume, edit a volume
fader, and release Volume to return to Mute view.
Note that Faders will not continue to move when not currently viewed.
Note mode
Use Launchpad X’s Note Mode to play drums and melodic instruments expressively
with the velocity and pressure sensitive 8x8 grid.
The layout of Note mode is variable, with the option to have a chromatic, scale, or
drum layout. You are able to customise Launchpad X’s playing surface to suit you.
When in any layout, use
▲▼
to increase or decrease the octave, and use
◄ ►
to
transpose the grid by a semitone up or down.
Note Mode will react dynamically to the currently armed instrument in Ableton Live.
When a track with a Drum Rack is armed in Live, Note Mode will automatically
switch to a Drum layout, and vice versa for any other instrument.
In Ableton Live, load an instrument into a MIDI track by selecting an instrument
from the browser and double clicking it (or alternatively drag it to a track). If you
cannot hear anything, ensure that the track is record armed and that monitoring is
set to auto.
Monitor is set to Auto.
Red arm button indicates
that track is record armed.