User Manual

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LAUNCHKEY SETUP EXAMPLES
Launchkey is designed to integrate automatically and seamlessly with your computer music
software. Launchkey can be used with either a computer/laptop, or with an iPad; however
the features and operational possibilities do differ with the two platforms, so they have been
covered separately in the User Guide sections that follow.
Interfacing Launchkey to a computer
Connect Launchkey to your computer using the supplied USB cable between Launchkey’s rear
panel USB socket and a USB port on the computer.
Control information
Power
USB
If Launchkey cannot establish communications with the computer, all the pads will ash rapidly
in a multicoloured sequence. (We’ve called this Lightshow mode.) Once the USB data link is
working, Lightshow mode will stop and Launchkey will be ready for use.
If you want to impress your friends with a dynamic and impressive lightshow,
you can initiate this mode by pressing the Record button while Launchkey
boots up. Press the Track I and Track H buttons together to cancel it and return
to normal operation.
InControl mode
InControl has been integrated into your Launchkey to allow instant operability with certain
DAWs. Consult the Setup Guide for your DAW which you downloaded when you registered your
Launchkey*. This will explain how the various controls on Launchkey map onto each DAW’s key
functions.
If your favourite DAW is not in this list, you can still use Launchkey with it effectively, but you will
need to use Basic Mapping Mode (see following page).
*This can be downloaded at any time from www.novationmusic.com/downloads.