After a year of experimenting (Akai APC64, APC40 mk2, MidiMix, APC Mini, Push 2, Launchkey mk4 and SL 61 mk3), I finally found the right combination for my workflow and playing style.

Using Ableton, the Launch Control XL3 takes care of mixing and device control duties, the middle Launchpad Pro mk3 handles clips, scenes, and recording parameters while the rightmost Launchpad Pro is the instrument that stays in Note and Chord mode 99% of the time.

Delegating things this way works for my brain, my hands, and keeps me in a creative flow. I’m not fumbling with an entire cockpit of a dozen controllers and getting lost, nor am I constantly pressing buttons to switch between modes with a single controller trying to do everything. For me, this setup works.

As a guitar player and not a keyboard player, playing the grid in 3-finger mode makes perfect sense to me and chord shapes on the grid feel like chord shapes on the guitar neck (albeit different shapes, obviously). The response of the pads is fantastic and begs for expressive playing.

I also barely touch the trackball or the keyboard. I LOVE this constellation of controllers for making my ambient music. My experimenting is done, at long last.

Drum pad, soundboard, looper, animations!!

Hello, Launchpad friends.

I'm a full-time producer, composer and musician based in NYC. For the last nine months, I've been working on something I think is pretty neato, and it's finally done.

It's called blur. blur turns your loops and samples into instruments - not just files you edit, but sounds you play.

It stretches a sample across a row of pads, so you can trigger, chop and remix any sound in real time. Chop vocals, slice breakbeats, rearrange basslines, glitch out pads - or perform entire tracks.

It also features an audio input recorder, live performance quantization, and a ton of other extremely fun features. I think it's pretty addictive to mess around with. If anyone is familiar with the script 'MLR' for the monome - it's the same core idea, but rebuilt from the ground up with the modern electronic musician and performer in mind with tons of new features.

It's built for grid controllers, with first-class native support for Launchpad (Pro/X/Mini/Pro mk1) and Push 2/3. You can map any other grid controller to it too - or use Keyboard Mode with any standard MIDI keyboard.

It's $29 normally. You can use ITSFINALLYDONE as a discount code to get 50% off.

Check it out at blurplugin.com - there's a live interactive demo you can play with in your browser without downloading anything.

I hope you guys enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO_SgSL90Ic

You can pick any instance of Ricochet M4L device on the right hand side (colours taken from Ableton live tracks - approximately! needs refined). Boucing ball colour can either follow tracks or be uniform white throughout. Top row shifts pitch in key (locally or on all Ricochet devices [not Chromatic - drum versions]). Any questions please shout!

App im working vibecoding to play and learn covers on android/web browser, full support for unipad and ableton project files. All lights emulated and 2 finger learning mode

tabmeter.net

please let me know how I can make it better!

Plank started as an attempt to clone Plinky for a Launchpad, but turned out better with more physical sounds.

Is in a bunch of other plugins together, several aimed at Launchpad, only tested on Linux.

https://danja.github.io/downspout/plugins/plank/

Crude short demo :

https://youtube.com/shorts/2EFYH8MLf8Q

For anyone exploring the Launchpad as a melodic instrument.. I made a short explainer showing how chord shapes work in a chromatic, perfect-fourths layout.

The example is simple: play C major, then move the shape two pads to the right to play D major. Each note moves up two semitones, so the chord retains its interval structure.

The video compares this with C major and D major on a piano keyboard, using diagrams of both layouts.

I've been using this layout for two-hand playing and teaching, and I'm happy to discuss the setup or how the shapes work!

Hello everyone!

Auralis is finally out! It's a free app where you can make a whole Launchpad cover from start to finish: sample the song, make the light effects, and play it live on your Launchpad, quite fast and easily.

Projects save as a single .auraproj file, so sharing a cover is just sending one file.

It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and supports the Launchpad Pro, Pro MK3, X, MK2, Mini MK3, S and Mini (and supports CoreFW too).

Here's a short video of it, including a small tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVMCwS1Sbps

If you want to try it, download it at: getauralis.app

It's an early release, so there may be bugs and unpolished things. If you run into one, or have an idea for something you'd like to see, I'd really love to hear it. I'm planning to keep updating it.

Thanks for checking it out!

Are there any templates around that will let me use my Launchpad X in a configuration like the looks like a semi-circular DrumKat pad layout?

Utilizing two LPXs here in the keygrid setup! Would love to hear from others interested or playing with a similar arrangement.

I just picked up a used LPPRO MK1-

Looking to sequence my Alesis DM10 drum module with it, so I'll need custom firmware.

I flashed thirty two (successfully, I think) but have not achieved communication between the two devices yet (only 2 hours in- much of which was spent just getting the patch to flash - midiox would not work, nor would the other sysex tool for pc. Had to use a website)

Anywhoooo-

Has anyone done the same?

Is there a sub for thirty two?

I'm adrift (also, I'm new to the LP, so I'm aware that i need to RTFM so i can grasp it's functionality.)

Hi! I've created Fingerdrumming Web App with one of the best Fingerdrummers in the world!

Checkout this app and let me know what you think if you can! <3

(MIDI Support, Hardware incoming, Mobile app incoming and a lot more!)

https://play.crosspad.app/landing

One-man metal band improvisation via finger drumming on a custom Launchpad vest using some self-developed software. There's no backing track, all (virtual) instruments were recorded live at the same time. Enjoy! =)

If you're into this kind of music, the full 6-minute video is available on my YouTube channel, thanks for watching: https://youtu.be/ixRTzBGw7ss

Back in 2017/2018, I was obsessed with this online launchpad site had so much fun learning to play the songs on it. After a few years, though, the site went down and I never could access it again.

Recently it popped back into my head, so I decided to rebuild it from scratch using modern tech, fully based on the original by Dan12.

Here it is: Online Launchpad Revival

It’s completely open source, just like the old one. Please report any bugs or contribute however you can!

I’ve been working on a desktop app that lets you use a Novation Launchpad as a soundboard.

You can assign sounds to the pads, play them through your mic so people can hear them on Discord/voice chat, use your headphones at the same time, customize the pad lights, import your own audio, etc.

The idea came from wanting a simpler setup instead of having to combine a bunch of different programs just to use a Launchpad for sounds.

It’s still a work in progress, so before I spend a lot more time adding features, I wanted to see if this is actually something people would find useful.

If you use a Launchpad or a MIDI controller for streaming, Discord, gaming, sound effects, or anything similar, I’d genuinely like to know:

What are you currently using?

Is there anything annoying or missing from your current setup?

And realistically, would you pay for a program that made this easier?

I’m not trying to sell anything here yet, just looking for honest feedback and trying to figure out if there’s actually a market for it.

I saw there custom firmware called ThirtyTwo, but I use drivenbymoss ‘a scrip for bigwig studio that give the launchpad lots of functionality within bigwig. But can I use both of them or does the ThirtyTwo removes the ability for drivenbymoss to function
Does anyone know?

Hi i am wondering if someone can give this project file from this guy since the mediafire link dosent want to work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZehNHfhVML4

Hi everyone!

Over the past few months I've been building a small Windows app called Lumidi.

The idea is simple: when your Novation Launchpad has been idle for a while, it automatically starts playing LED animations and ambient lighting effects. As soon as you press a pad or your DAW becomes active, the animation stops instantly, so it never gets in the way of making music.

I originally built it because my Launchpad spent most of its time sitting dark on my desk, and I thought it would be much nicer if it became part of my desk setup instead.

Current features include:

• Automatic idle detection
• Ambient LED animations
• Instant stop when you interact with the controller
• DAW Safe Mode
• Multiple animation themes
• Windows app (Microsoft Store)

At the moment I've been able to physically test the app with:

• Launchpad Mini MK3
• Launch Control XL 3

I've also added support for several other Novation devices, but since I don't own every model, those are currently marked as Beta. They should work, but I would really appreciate feedback from anyone willing to test them.

Supported (Beta):

• Launchpad X
• Launchpad Pro
• Launchpad Pro MK3
• Launchpad Mini MK2
• Launchpad S
• Launchpad (original)

If you own one of these devices and decide to try Lumidi, I'd love to hear whether everything works as expected—or if you run into any issues. Your feedback will help improve compatibility for everyone.

I'd also love to hear your thoughts in general.

Would you actually use something like this?
Any features you'd like to see?

Thanks! 🎹✨

Edit: First 1000 users will get this for free from Windows Store with a code 42CGJ-X3243-CR97X-MG9M6-6X33Z