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Another Live controller: Launchpad Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next      livepa.org Forum Index » livepa discussion View previous topic View next topic Another Live controller: Launchpad Author Message brownboy Livepa.org Veteran Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 1354 Location: La Jolla, CA Another Live controller: Launchpad http://www.ableton.com/nl398-launchpad It's clearly borrowing ideas from the Monome community: Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:43 pm Constantine Livepa.org Regular Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 136 Location: Moscow Everything I wanted from APC40, and it would fit in a backpack I hope it requires Ableton 7 only for two-way communication, and would work with older versions. EDIT: Nevermind, Lite "Launchpad" version of Ableton 8 can send MIDI to hardware: http://www.ableton.com/pages/2009/novation_launchpad_vs_live8 Last edited by Constantine on Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:18 pm; edited 1 time in total Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:24 pm AudioMixChris Livepa.org Acquaintance Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 67 Location: MA definitely got ideas from the monome community and with max for live will probably almost be able to be a monome. i've been using a monome 40h for a couple of months and it drives me crazy most of the time because i've always hated setting up programs on computers and dealing with that shit. (didn't really know what i was getting into before i got it. oops). i love the community and the stuff that can be done with it but it sometimes seems overwhelming and aggravating so i take lots of breaks from using. and getting it to work with ableton live has been a huge pain in the ass. somewhat got it using 7up live but haven't gotten deep in. the launchpad seems like it's worth trying out for $199! especially for the monome like possibilities and size. Quote: Launchpad users will soon be able to download a Max for Live step sequencer patch from Novation and more Max for Live patches are planned for the future. _________________ 'there are no limitations of the mind except those we acknowledge.' Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:00 pm digitalgeist Livepa.org Mainstay Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 720 Location: MTV Networks, NYC No knobs? I see that instead of knobs you have to run your finger up and down rubber pads to change levels. It would be cool if something like this was a touchscreen. _________________ Thanks. -alex k. Click for the new digitalgeist.com Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:24 pm decrepitude Livepa.org Veteran Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Posts: 1476 Location: Bloomington, Indiana USA I was wondering who would be the first. Check out the promo video at the Novation site: http://www.novationmusic.com/launchpad/ It's impressive, but I'm kinda wondering if they're miming the button presses along to a recorded track. If not - WOW. But seriously the music kicks ass. I'd actually like to get that track! _________________ http://www.manicaudiokinetics.com http://www.othership.com Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:34 pm Honey Peters Livepa.org Newcomer Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 44 pretty cheap. Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:46 pm WalterSear Livepa.org Regular Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 130 Quote: It's clearly borrowing ideas from the Monome community Where? It looks completely original to me. _________________ I'm not actually new. I went away and came back and lost my id. Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:58 pm WalterSear Livepa.org Regular Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 130 digitalgeist wrote: No knobs? I see that instead of knobs you have to run your finger up and down rubber pads to change levels. It would be cool if something like this was a touchscreen. That's called a LEMUR. I would prefer a velocity sensitive version, myself. _________________ I'm not actually new. I went away and came back and lost my id. Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:02 pm cartesia Livepa.org Mainstay Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 706 not bad.. some cool stuff.. the creators of the monome will never sell another 8x8 hahaha.. I'm assuming the novation is alot cheaper thanks to mass production? but I think the only reason the monome works with such a minimal interface is because of the programs that are made for it - using it as a live controller it seems it's a little lacking.. I'm sure people will use it as a monome, but from the perspective of being designed as an ableton controller... It's a little plain isnt it? "I can trigger clips now from a big pile of buttons. yay.. I can also trigger drums etc... It's small enough to fit in a backpack, but I need to bring my other controller as well anyway" I'm glad it's nothing like what I'm working on at the moment though.. doing all this soldering for nothing.. would've pissed me right off! _________________ Moozik TETR4+ES1+SP404+MBASE+MG82+DLY+RVRB Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:51 am fleizenkruz Livepa.org Regular Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 249 Location: Perth/Jakarta Is it locked only for ableton, or can i use it to control others? _________________ diktator lantai disko m1d1 d4t4 me on soundcloud Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:45 am anselmi Livepa.org Regular Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 469 Location: montevideo/uruguay not my cup of tea for sure but it´s a nice controller my only complain is that I don´t think that use a line of pads for controller dutties is a good idea in the video they seems to be easy to do but the pads looks like the silicone ones on the electribe series and it´s almost impossible to slide your finger over them to switch them on/off maybe they´re more on the plastic/clicky side like the step buttons on the elektron stuff anyway you get a very poor controller resolution of 3 bits the design is VERY monome to me, and this is way cooler than the AKAI for my taste... _________________ www.myspace.com/danielanselmi www.myspace.com/amniosmusic Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:47 pm cartesia Livepa.org Mainstay Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 706 fleizenkruz wrote: Is it locked only for ableton, or can i use it to control others? not locked.. but I wonder what it could be useful for in other major DAWs? Obviously max etc.. could make it more useful, but I dont see how you could do much in logic for example. _________________ Moozik TETR4+ES1+SP404+MBASE+MG82+DLY+RVRB Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:49 pm Wesley D. Livepa.org Veteran Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 1562 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA The $200 price point is nice. I could see very practical application for this. I'm working on a live band for Nathan Isaksson and we'll be using Ableton for backing tracks, so all I need is to be able to go up/down and launch scenes. Honestly I might wanna solo/cut or adjust volumes too, so I'm using the M-Audio trigger finger. Those babies are cheap with 8 sliders, 4 knobs and 16 buttons. Plenty for basic backing tracks/loops with a band. I don't think this unit will be the center of a rig like the APC-40, but more of an ancillary controller. If all you need to do is launch clips/scenes then this thing is pretty slick. -Wes _________________ www.wesleydysart.com www.twitter.com/wesleydysart www.soundcloud.com/wesleydysart www.myspace.com/wesleydysart www.steamtownrecords.com www.myspace.com/steamtownrecords Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:12 pm anselmi Livepa.org Regular Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 469 Location: montevideo/uruguay is 200 a confirmed price tag?...well this is pretty low for novation standards _________________ www.myspace.com/danielanselmi www.myspace.com/amniosmusic Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:56 pm Wesley D. Livepa.org Veteran Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 1562 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA not sure, that's what the Ableton site said when I clicked the link in a recent email. Sounds about right if you ask me. The Remote Zero was $300 +/- and had tons of knobs and sliders. This just has a bunch of buttons, and I think it's really small. The trigger fingers retail for about $150-200, although they're super cheap used. I think that figure is correct, but it could be unofficial or I could be wrong. -Wesley _________________ www.wesleydysart.com www.twitter.com/wesleydysart www.soundcloud.com/wesleydysart www.myspace.com/wesleydysart www.steamtownrecords.com www.myspace.com/steamtownrecords Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:10 pm Display posts from previous:  All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year  Oldest FirstNewest First     livepa.org Forum Index » livepa discussion All times are GMT Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next Page 1 of 3   Jump to:  Select a forum Main----------------livepa discussionDIYin the studioMediacollaborationeventseverything else You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum