Novation Launchpad Pro: What its Like to Live With

[@savnac]

wow I am so not mad at myself for ordering this instead of a normal keyboard. This way I can continue my guitar progress while producing with keys, without having to sacrifice time and brain space to learn the keys. What a machine.

[@AudioHaze]

Yeah its super intuitive for guitarists actually, which is why I love it as well, makes working in midi a lot easier :)

[@billbradleymusic]

Still must know at least general theory

[@mjakubisin]

@@AudioHazeguitarist here with one on order now. This video and comment thread may have helped ;) Excited to start playing around. Great vid thanks!

[@Ferrous_Bueller]

@@billbradleymusictheory isn’t hard, it just seems daunting when you’re first approaching it and for most people there isn’t a steady learning curve. Almost all my local musician friends have had the same experience, where you keep feeling like you aren’t making any progress or understanding of music theory to suddenly have an aha moment where suddenly, without rhyme or reason, you can read the matrix code

[@beaustine6093]

Incredible workflow. It's crezy how many different approaches you can take to customize how you use this device.

[@PeterLyle-Bradley]

Loved the video. I have the Novation Launchpad mk3 pro and have watched a lot of videos on how to use it. Yours has been the most easy to follow. Please make more on using it, as I'd like to progress and get better.

[@djGreenALERT]

Thank you SO much for uploading this. I bought a launchpad pro mk3 a few years back and it's just been sitting here whilst I try and think up ways to motivate myself into using it Just by chance I saw your video and I have to say, it has really got my creative juices flowing again. Subbed

[@nsns7993]

Great video! This was my final video to convince me buying one. Just received it two hours ago and I'm blown away. Thank for the content! Subbed!

[@AudioHaze]

Enjoy dude! Glad I could help :)

[@mikelow9501]

Thank you for the video.. I was on the fence but now I am more convinced to buy a launchpad

[@AudioHaze]

Glad I could help :)

[@BlazertronGames]

Has yours held up well? It looks great, but my old launchpad mk2's usb failed fairly quickly, so I'm a little bit worried about buying another. I love the fact that with the pro mk3, you can literally just set up your instruments, drums, chopped samples, and you can do 90% of writing on the launchpad.

[@michelemaraldi241]

love your nails. sorry i had to balance some comments. nice vid

[@AudioHaze]

HAHA thank you my friend :)

[@DopamineOverload]

Great vid man. So many unhelpful vids out there but this was definitely one of the better ones. Subbed!

[@AudioHaze]

Thanks man glad I could help!

[@kaojaicam]

I feel the same way

[@ms.marieanne]

That’s great. I love the chord mode too 👍

[@AudioHaze]

Its a great idea starter for me :)

[@LeaufroidRecords]

@@AudioHazethat’s what I’m thinking of getting it for!!

[@dinomorphosis]

Great video and thanks for the in depth review and demonstration. Was on the fence about purchasing the LPP to downsize from Push2, and your video help to shift into purchasing one. Thanks again, looking forward to more content from you.

[@AudioHaze]

Glad I could help! Thanks for thinking enough of me to subscribe :)

[@dinomorphosis]

You're welcome.

[@SHLDMusic]

I think you'll love its 4 tracks sequencer too :)

[@AndyMontgomeryPiano]

Hey dude, great movie and thanks for creating. You obviously spent a lot of hours learning the Launchpad. I've just bought a second-hand one of a MKII Pro very cheap but I'm assuming there's not much difference between the models. Anyway, you have inspired me to really learn all of the functions for the sake of music creation - thank you!

[@tullakk]

Thank you that was brilliant, short, sweet, and SO to the point. NOW I’m convinced, I’m getting one. Just subbed u

[@AudioHaze]

Woo so happy I could help thank you Michael!

[@JeffyG]

I have the Launchpad X and it’s been great, but I kinda wish I’d bought the pro. I have several custom layouts. A Koala Sampler layout, I have a NI Battery layout, and most useful I have a Logic Control Surface layout that does everything from zooming in/out, skipping to markers, edit tools, etc. Far more than the Ableton basics. 😉

[@acethemcacethemc1491]

How can you do the custom layouts? Is that with the notation template maker software? I’d like to be able to do the same thing

[@JeffyG]

@@acethemcacethemc1491 I'm using the 'Components' software from Novation, (free to download) and selecting the LaunchPad X. kzbin.info/www/bejne/onymc4Sqe9iDq6s

[@kaitsu9608]

Nice video man! But, for future, could you level out audio, now beat goes very loud but voice is almost inaudible, so need to ride the volume alot.

[@AudioHaze]

Definitely! Sorry about that, I do level the audio properly now, back when I first started (like this video) I wasn't great at editing the video at all my bad

[@2morningz]

Balance is key ;) Can you remix and repost?

[@slimyelow]

4:30 I really dig the sustain and the chord builder mode in general. Are these features available on the Push 2? Is it built into the Ableton DAW, or is the proprietary stuff explicitly programmed into Launchpad?

[@Loagz_Beatz]

this was cool. I still have my old version of the Launchpad Pro, I never got the upgrade. This was informative thanks :)

[@jaysoniq]

Late viewer, but thanks - very helpful vid 👌🙂

[@Professor-Scientist]

Great vid/demonstration

[@kevynoliveira]

great video, dude, love the nails too

[@AudioHaze]

Thanks man! Really appreciate it :)

[@jayjayd123]

Green is actually diminished. Just had to point that out but this is a great video! thanks man

[@tricks-and-tips]

Very nice video! Much better (for me at least) to get a grip of the NLP compared to the feature videos that you see out there. I subscribed to stay connected :)

[@AudioHaze]

I agree! The feature videos can get so long I get zoned out haha, thanks for the sub!

[@tricks-and-tips]

​@@AudioHaze Exactly. You're welcome!

[@Orionka1016]

it‘s a good device, but man, I hate these bright white and blue LEDs. I had a Push 2 in the past, where I modified the Live-python script to eliminate those, especially in note mode. Unfortunately this is not posible with the LP MK3.

[@AudioHaze]

Aw I really like them :( they show up way more intense than they actually are on my camera, but I enjoy the sort of future-wave vibe of the LED's. A dimmer would be nice though.

[@anzatzi]

Good presentation! Wish you had discussed fixed loop recording

[@supremel3vel469]

great track in the beginning!

[@faisalqaituqa4276]

Do i have to use a computer pls i need answers

[@AudioHaze]

For sure! You can use it ONLY to sequence hardware synths without a computer, all other functionality needs a computer.

[@awan12334]

hello audio haze i’m a 14 soon to be a 15 year old and i really really want to buy the launchpad pro mk3 but i only have experience with a classical guitar…can u give me some tips and advice about the launchpad pro mk3 and just in general, and do u think that i’d be able to learn it?…i really love this electronic instrument and i will do anything i can to master it! i hope you see this.

[@Davotunes]

Great vid man!!! Question.. can i use this in combination with midi keyboard…. Lets say i want to record the beat with the lauchpad, but the melody and chords on my midi keyboard.. all on the go cotrolled by this launchpad… or lets say a recorded voice coming from the audio interface like a scarlett… all connected to the daw?

[@astu.leicht]

Great video! to the point :)

[@tommyk88888]

Nailed it

[@dansetranseyeah]

démogo conditionné les doigts

[@Xominamir]

Thank you

[@simonsmith2642]

Hey man, I am doing an indie singer songwriter thing (shins, broken bells, etc) with only myself. In my studio, I play all the instruments myself. My partner wants to join in with me, and do like a 2 piece band right. Maybe go out and play these songs live. My partner does not play an instrument, but was wondering if this was enough to launch loops, clips, samples, ambient stuff, basically a band in the box. A lot of which I record myself in my studio, and possibly turn into loops that she can trigger. Is this enough to do simple things like launching loops and clips and adding ambient, things basically a full backing track controlled by her while I play guitar and sing. Or do we need to go with a stand alone like an MPC for that kind of thing? Since its stand alone.

[@TOLBZ]

Great help ! Thanks !

[@AudioHaze]

Of course, happy I could help at all!

[@therealrussellsmyth]

Great review kudos! Really practical. Do you know offhand if one can control the cutoff of a filter, placed on a drum track let’s say... and if so, how!?, given there are no knobs Ta !!

[@AudioHaze]

Thats a good question! There's custom setting on the launchpad that I believe lets you choose to map anything to anything, but beyond returns, pan, and volume the "slider" menu of the launchpad doesn't have anything I believe. To be honest, I have a cheap korg nanokontrol that I use to control knob elements, I highly recommend if you're looking for a budget control for mappable faders and knobs! The launchpad and the nanokontrol are a killer duo

[@therealrussellsmyth]

@@AudioHaze thanks man. As far as I can make out you can slide up and down a column of pads (the same way you’d adjust volume say) in order to adjust a mapped cutoff on a filter , I think !!??

[@AudioHaze]

@@therealrussellsmythYeah that's how I would imagine it would work I'm just unsure of a menu where you can access this without making a custom view in the software :/

[@SHLDMusic]

@@therealrussellsmyth Yes you can assign up to 8 sliders per custom mode and you have 8 custom modes on the LPP. Works with any MIDI synth or Daw

[@TaRiqTheVisionary]

yo I love your music!

[@TaRiqTheVisionary]

I subscribed (:

[@hanzo3188]

Is this the mk3 pro mini? Or is the mini the only one?

[@brandonfeels]

Hey kinda random but if you use this to perform how do you fit more than like 1-2 songs in this session view format? Can you really do an hour set launching clips in one ableton file?

[@demidevil666]

Hey man, I was searching for new ideas on how to use the Launchpad, as I had recently purchased it and wanted to expand my repertroire, so to speak. I just wanted to let you know that I very much appreciate your video and was shocked to hear how few subscribers you have. Your production value is excellent! Just judging by that alone - if you had not mentioned your subscriber count near the end of the video - I would have expected you to have a sub count somewhere in the tens of thousands, maybe somewhere betweek 100k and 300k. But you literally had only *84* subscribers when I got here. That's crazy to me. 😳 I'm honored to call myself your 85th subscriber. :) My gut tells me you have a very good chance at growing a sizeable audience in due time. Wishing you all the best. :) Kind regards from over the pond, from Germamy. :)

[@AudioHaze]

Hey man, thank you so much this is literally the nicest comment I've ever received. After editing all the tedium with editing videos, its comments like this that give me the motivation to keep going. Thank you so much, you've made my week :) Also side note, I'm actually on your side of the pond! I'm studying abroad in Spain, same time zone! Thanks for the support dude :)

[@LyroLife]

Thx dude

[@AudioHaze]

Happy to help!

[@moreorlesto]

Nice vid! You showed some functionality I haven't seen in other "pro in-depth" videos - Thx! Strange off-topic Question though: sometimes when you stopped playback on clips, there were some audible pops - at kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3bTZ6Nvj7Nmb8U and at kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3bTZ6Nvj7Nmb8U - I've experienced the same thing when stopping playback (I'm a semi-noob with Ableton Live). Is that normal behaviour for Live? And does that happen when you stop playback during a performance?

[@AudioHaze]

I just noticed! I didn't realize until you pointed it out. My guess (although it is just a guess) is that it has to do with the amount of volume I'm pumping through this thing, and if I remember right it ends with a limiter which is trying its best not to let this thing clip. So at the end, perhaps the hard cut off causes a slight clip. In your experience, were you working with loud instrumentation like my track here?

[@moreorlesto]

@@AudioHaze Yep, AND I had a limiter on the master out. Maybe that's also had something to do with it? At any rate, I've ordered myself a Launchpad. Looking forward to getting lost in that.....!

[@tomfoolery4077]

What I would like to know is, can you use the session view and sequencer at the same time? So let’s say I have my first 4 tracks in ableton be for the 4 track sequencer so they can get their sounds, drum kit (505) , bass line (something) synth lead (something) classical piano(something). Then I have track 5-8 be 4 other things, like plugins or other stock sounds. Can you run it all at the same time?

[@AudioHaze]

Good question! I've never used it like this, so I'm not too sure. I sold the Launchpad a few months back, otherwise I'd test it for you :(

[@huntrrams]

Quick question, The reason why I’m not thinking of not buying this is that I feel like there’s no sequence mode. I’m not a finger drummer and just need a controller but also a machine that I can lay chords and lay drums without learning how to finger drum. Would the Launchpad have a sequence mode by just tapping like the circuit tracks or Maschine? Thanks for this vid!

[@AudioHaze]

Hey! It definitely has a sequencer :) I use its sequencer to sequence midi gear as well as standalone hardware, it can do both! I will say its not the most intuitive sequencer ever, but it definitely has one

DUDE! nail polish?

[@S_e_a_n]

Thank you for sharing how you use the launchpad. Cheers!

[@bertschneider3490]

Got me! 😊

[@marcusraptus]

I see none, are there volume / pan buttons or do you do this on the software on your computer?

[@jacobkeller29]

Please producing more educational music production content, very appreciated

[@AudioHaze]

For sure! Always in the works :)

[@kamael1125]

Great video. I know I'm 3 years late with this comment...but the volume imbalance between your microphone and music you play is...brutal...

[@honeymoonarcade]

how did you set the key for chord mode?

[@rayderrich]

Nice talk. I just wish someone would make more videos about using a pad controller with something else than Ableton Live, I mean we know that works, but how about Reaper and others?!

[@USALibertarian]

I can't find a video that just shows what it does. So I'm here...i just want to know what it does not 4 million permutations of what it can do.

[@AudioHaze]

Ah but thats the issue I think, it does like 4 million things, not just one. If you want to boil it down, its a device to play software instruments, a sequencer, and a controller to control all of session view.

[@USALibertarian]

@@AudioHaze Thanks. Is basically a MIDI trigger for Ableton Live?

[@AudioHaze]

@@USALibertarian yes, but also an external sequencer for hardware units if you want it to be :)

[@USALibertarian]

@@AudioHaze THAT'S the problem. The issue is that people explain these gadgets like explaining Carbon by rattling off trillions of things Carbon can do instead of just explaining what Carbon actually is (it's an atom that likes four bonds, can bond with itself, and everything else it can do stems from that). The way people "explain" just causes more confusion.

[@VeganCheeseburger]

300 IQ

[@andinov_]

does anybody hear the song: time - inception in the chords module? like if

[@Ipsissimus]

Only 4 tracks sequencer. Useless.

[@DocRock1007]

Can't bear the nails

[@AudioHaze]

How about you just move right along then :)

[@DocRock1007]

@@AudioHaze I had to.

[@dexjedxo5509]

@@DocRock1007 good piss off

[@ZETONEproductions]

Youre just old man ,

[@DocRock1007]

@@ZETONEproductions I am a man, indeed, Sweetie

[@clelandstephen4181]

The nail varnish...disturbing

[@AudioHaze]

Wow, you are quite easily disturbed

[@youtubeuser6999]

lmao ikr ! thought im the only one>>

[@RababaInc]

are y'all being serious? go back to the 50s

[@DocRock1007]

@@RababaInc The "50's"!? Sodom and Gomorrah were 4,000 years ago. You really ought to catch up, before it's too late...

[@askdad3450]

Great vid thank you , love the nails be the authentic you !!

[@youtubeuser6999]

Sorry i rly had to dislike because of the nail polish it was really uncomfortable watching

[@AudioHaze]

I cannot believe you took the time to comment this, edit out the original part about gay and trans people, and replace it with this comment. If it bothers you that much, dude just move on. Find another video.

[@youtubeuser6999]

@@AudioHaze i did move on :) no h8 sister..

[@RababaInc]

which year is it??

[@peen2804]

If your comment doesn’t scream “I’m confused regarding my sexual identity and anything outside of the norm triggers my insecurity” then I don’t know what does. Holy shit 😂 it cracks me up when I see hateful comments like this knowing the poster through lack of self awareness or simple ignorance doesn’t realize the first thing people are going to think about you is that you’re confused about yourself and overcompensating by lashing out with the logic being “people won’t think I’m gay if I call them gay” 😂 a tale old as time

[@blood_n_guts_murphy]

wank volume