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Playing and recording Drums
Drum mode transforms the Launchkey Mini’s pads into velocity-sensitive drum pads.
Hold Shift and press the Drum pad (2nd from the top left) to enter this mode.
If a Drum Rack (an Ableton MIDI instrument) is loaded onto the selected Live track, and the
Launchkey Mini is in Drum mode, the pads light up the colour of the track. These pads will play
whatever Drum Rack pads are visible on your computer screen, turning green when played, and
red if the track is recording.
Stop
Solo
Mute
Arp
Fixed
Chord
Transpose
Shift
Pitch
Modulation
Arp
Tempo
Swing
Gate
Mutate
Channel
Octave
Program Change
Session
Drum
Custom
Device
Arp Mode
Up Down
Up/Down
Played
Random
Chord
Mutate
Rate
Octave
1/4
1/8
1/16 1/32
Triplet 1
2
3 4 o
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Rhythm
Latch
Deviate
Volume
Pan
Sends
Custom
Random Deviate On/Off
Track
Capture MIDI
+
-
Hold Shift and press either the > or Stop, Solo, Mute buttons to scroll up/down a Drum Rack’s
bank of 128 pads.
When using Ableton’s Drum Racks, Drum mode will – apart from triggering sounds – select the
associated Drum Rack pad within a Drum Rack. This means that on release, the last played Drum
Rack pad becomes grey and Ableton Live shows the selected Drum Rack pad on the screen.
Stop
Solo
Mute
Arp
Fixed
Chord
Transpose
Shift
Pitch
Modulation
Arp
Tempo
Swing
Gate
Mutate
Channel
Octave
Program Change
Session
Drum
Custom
Device
Arp Mode
Up Down
Up/Down
Played
Random
Chord
Mutate
Rate
Octave
1/4
1/8
1/16 1/32
Triplet 1
2
3 4 o
oxo oxxo
Rhythm
Latch
Deviate
Volume
Pan
Sends
Custom
Random Deviate On/Off
Track
Capture MIDI
+
-