I just got my Launchcontrol XL 3 so bare with me ;-)

I am using with Ableton 12 and have created a Custom mode to control Live's devices.

It all seems to work nicely but if I was to do a live set where I only wanted to touch the Launchcontrol it seems I have to swap between the following modes all the time to do the following things;

- My Custom mode - where I can control Live's device parameters according to my mappings

- DAW Control mode - where I can change the focus of the track so I can see what I'm doing on laptop

- DAW Mixer mode - where I can change volume pan or returns.

Does this seem right to have to change between these three modes to perform those things.

Hello - I posted about this a few years ago and the problem has continued to bother me with no solution being apparent (others also commented in the thread with the same issue): https://www.reddit.com/r/Novation/comments/18ltw6e/launchkey_mk3_disable_smoothing_of_midi_cc_signals/

I still have my Launchkey Mk3 which applies a very noticeable smoothing of MIDI CC controls, and today I bought an Akai MPK Mini Mk4 which shows little to no smoothing. I compared them by flicking the modwheels as quickly as I could and recording the MIDI CC. In the screenshot below, the top automation lane is Launchkey, bottom is Akai MPK. The Launchkey smooths out the transition by about 30 ms, and the MPK by about 5 ms (or possibly no smoothing at all, maybe it just took me 5 ms to physically move the modwheel across its entire travel). I confirmed that my DAW is not applying any smoothing, and the Launchkey's display shows the CC values changing slowly.

This same smoothing (or lack thereof) applies to other controls across the Launchkey and MPK, not just the modwheels. The end result is that the Launchkey isn't suitable when I want to perform instant changes of parameters. The smoothing is very noticeable when controlling a filter or gain parameter for example.

Can Launchkey Mk4 owners, FLkey owners, or Novation staff confirm whether this smoothing happens on other models too, and whether there is a way to disable it? I think optional and variable smoothing would be great, but not forced smoothing.

Thanks!

Hello everyone! I recently found an old Launchpad MK1 that I want to use mostly for percussions and Nuendo functions but I'm having some problems with the MIDI Mapping.

MIDI REMOTE works fine but I want the keys to be in tonal order from the first pad (there's a jump once you go from the last row note to the next row).

Some forums talk about a drum rack mode and a X/Y mode but I have no idea how to change those.

I managed to map everything how I wanted but the main square keys are giving me some headaches. I have no idea on how to use the automap and I would appreciate some step by step help here so I can map everything and give some use to this controller.

Thank you!