How to Make a Launchpad Cover (Part 4): MIDI Effect Lights/Chain-Based Light Effects
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
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Do you have a launchpad? Do you want to make light effects for your launchpad cover? Well then this is the video for you! You can follow along with this video with ANY version of Ableton, even Lite, to make chain-based light effects for your launchpad cover.
In part 4 of my launchpad cover tutorial series I'll teach you how to make light effects for your cover. You can make these type of light effects with ANY version of Ableton, so if you don't have Ableton Suite and couldn't follow along with my tutorials regarding the MIDI extension device, then this is the video for you.
Missed part of this tutorial series? No worries, watch the rest here: goo.gl/z02ir3
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I have recently made a newer launchpad cover tutorial video - that is, a more compact, streamlined launchpad cover tutorial. If you want in depth and thorough, then you should continue to watch this series BUT if you want quick & to the point then take 10 minutes to watch it here: ua-cam.com/video/lSLN-jbw_OQ/v-deo.html
Hey, InspirAspir i want to ask you something, as I see in the video you use an ios based computer, i have a windows machine and i almost every time get an error when i connect my launchpad, do you think i should buy a macbook (thinking of air 2017, with 2.2 Ghz CPU). What do you suggest?
You need to get the USB Connection thing. Go to the launchpad website, log in, look at the launchpad you ordered and all of the downloads are there.
that 60fps thoo
s/mini colors:
127 - Strong Yellow
110 - Medium Yellow
126 - Lime 1
109 - Weak Lime 1
125 - Lime 2
124 - Strong Green
108 - Medium Green
92 - Weak Green
95 - Strong Orange
111 - Medium Orange
94 - Weak Orange
93 - Weaker Orange
79 - Strong Red
78 - Medium Red
77 - Weak Red
It was just a google search lol. 2nd link
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this is the tutorial I waited for 5 months. I can use Exiges plugin but, I am glad the future launchpad enthusiast have something to learn. Thank you InspirAspir
Glad to hear it! Sorry you had to wait so long but it's nice to hear that you now have new options for light effects :D
EDIT: I now realize that you can use the extension device so this isn't your only option for lights but either way I'm glad you think this will help people out! :D
FINALLY a GOOD QUALITY CHAIN LIGHT EFFECT TUTORIAL :D
Great video
Thanks for making free tutorials. All of it are really useful
u explain things so clearly nd step by step,,,, very few people do so... in my opinion u r THE best. u explain in details.. that's what we r looking for on youtube. your launchpad tutorials r so much helpful. there is no othr vdos on launchpad the way u hv explained to us. they start from the middle or somewhere else which are not explained in detail or we can not understand really what is happening or from where to start.
thankx a lot brother for making such tutorials.
Part 4 of the "How to Make a Launchpad Cover" is now out! Thank you all for being patient as I make/edit/render/upload these videos while being in college. I thank you for understanding if it takes a while to upload each part! Anyways, hope you enjoy this part, and hopefully the next part will be out soon.
Have a great day :D
InspirAspir TY For this video!
How do you make the lights stay lit when you press a button?
I feel like an idiot now that I know that you can stack chords. to think that i used ~7-8 chains to light up my whole launchpad. *throws self out the window*
Shadow, Use a "note length" and put it to 60.
What if the colors sometimes ar random even when i did that?
Been trying to figure out how to make chains play through the full effect regardless if i was holding the button. The Arp Hold button and repeat value. Its easy when its explained.
ALSO! New video coming out tomorrow! (Sunday, January 15th at 12pm ET)
I won't tell you what it is, except that it is *not* a tutorial and *not* a light show. It's something very different and a surprise!
Follow me on instagram to get more info on future videos and stay up to date with all my spoilers: instagram.com/inspiraspir/
That's all :D
"Thank you for Watching. And as always thank you for watching"
Great Video Btw
Thank you. i got a launchpad pro and was so lost in how to do somethings and this really helped
I swear u are life man!!! Everyone is always talking about you have to get like exige or what ever that is and suite (max for live) for making cool light effects..... u honestly don't even know what door you just opened for people who make launch covers.... much love and appreciation @InspirAspir 🤘👌❤️💯
Thank you very much! I'm glad you appreciate it and I hope you find this method to be helpful :D
InspirAspir most definitely man! And oh I did... I have another UA-cam channel that I made, I haven't posted anything yet but I just have to finish my tutorial video (I wanted to post them at the same time 😅)..... but I wanted to make covers that people can actually try and don't have to worry about having suite and max..... so I will most definitely be giving u a shout out for the help man! 🤘
thank you so much i can now make launchpad covers easily
incredibly detailed tutorial. thank you so much for the information. you have absolutely earned my subscription and then some.
Hey thank you, I appreciate it! Glad I could help :D
hey bro thanks for this so much!! I need help on like, i dont know if youve seen bonfire by kaskobi, but if you have, can you help me do like a bomb or splash of a rainbow in the middle? aAnd this other one is different. Like when i click the kick on my launchpad, how do i make it so that it makes a line on the bottom left to the right, and on the top right to the bottom left at the same time?
it's very clear i love this serie
Just got my Launch Pad MKII!
Seriously digging your tutorial but will probably have to rewatch it a couple of times to get the hang of it!
Is it somewhere I can get ur setup with snares and so or is there a website where I can find all thoose sounds files? (or is all of that in Ableton?)
ALSO... SUBBED
All I have to say is thank you
It really helps people like me who only have ableton lite
Thanks a lot gain
perfect video. very simple for beginners, thanks bro!
Thanks this is the best tutorial series i've found. Looking forward to the next lesson. Thumbs up
Thank you, I appreciate it! :D
thanks for all you video for the launchpad I didn't know how to use it till now :D
Glad to hear this helped
much love my friend, have been wanting to explore this some more. have been following along but instead using my Push rather than the LaunchPad.
keep up the great work, mad respect for actually following through with these videos!
Thank you! Glad to hear you're exploring the launchpad and I'm glad that you think this series is helpful :D
Tnx your videos is the most helpfull
Thank you, I am a beginner and you helped me out a lot
These are the exact videos I was looking for the train me in making my own sets. Thankful for the content keep it up
Glad to hear it! Hope the rest of the series continues to help you out :D
Very well explained! Great work, Keep it up! :D
Thank you very much, I appreciate it :D
GREAT VIDS! Thanks for teaching this! very informative, easy to follow, and of course...much appreciated. I'm a total novice making music now :)
Thank you! Glad to hear this series is easy to follow, hope you learned a lot! :D
You really helped me out man and I appreciate thanks
You've made learning how to make light effects so much easier to understand. Although it's probably simple, I wanted to ask how to make a light effect where you push a button and that singular button cycles through a spectrum of colours. THANKS ISPIR :D
Glad to hear it! To make the effect you're talking about, you can follow the same general steps as the effect around 13:30 (where you can make your arpeggiator cycle through as many notes as you want there to be colors in your spectrum). Then after you place a MIDI effect rack after that, you can create separate chains for each "note" where each chain will have a different velocity (color) and a pitch MIDI effect to offset that light onto your button of choice.
Essentially this will cycle through multiple colors on one single button, giving the illusion of a rainbow pattern :D
Thank you so much :D
you are a great man. thank you for amazing videos
Thank you very much! Thank you for watching :D
Looking forward to part 5!!!!
Glad to hear it! I'll try to get it out as soon as possible :D
InspirAspir Thank you. Could you include dual Launchpad or how to use multiple controllers in one of your tutorials?
You deserve a lot more subs!
Hey, I love this tutorial so much!!! I don’t use a launchpad but I use a midi fighter and it works just the same so thank you!!!!
it made me get one so i had an excuse to keep on watching
chi ho tang ha 😂
nice tutorial.
Can you make another one by making a few effects you used in your videos? like the rainbow explosion or the pinwheel?
this series of videos help a lot :), although how do I stop the button that im clicking from lighting up and let the rest of the pattern to continue, everytime I move a certain amount of lights to the other side, the original square light moves with the rest of them.
tysm ive wanted this for ages even tho i have max its still pretty useful
Glad to hear it! It's always nice to learn a new way to do things so maybe you'll learn a thing or two from this method :D
How do I make more complex light animations attached to a button with only the lite version of ableton? BTW love this series so far
looking forward to part 5 .
Glad to hear it! I'll try to get it out as soon as possible :D
+InspirAspir okey :D
I'm loving this series of vids :). Btw how would you make a light effect that when you press the button it waits say 1 second and then starts the effect. Thanks ;)
Awesome video man :D
Thank you! :D
Does This work with a Launchpad Mini Mk2?
Yup
Do you recommend that I get a launchpad as a beginner? I own a numark mix track pro II but I want to start making my own music.
Depends what you would use your launchpad for. The launchpad is very good for performing live, and decent as a production tool. Meaning, if you'd rather create music and then perform it live for a crowd/record your performance for a video, I highly recommend the launchpad. It will take some time to get used to, but once you understand it, it can be extremely versatile. On the other hand, if you are going to focus more on music production, the launchpad may not necessarily help you out too much and may be a waste of resources. It all depends on what you think you'd use it for :D
Ok that's good to know. Thanks.
Can this work on a native instrument maschine?
Yes finallyyyyy i have bren waiting for this vid for yeaaars
Thank you for your patience :D
You deserve all my patience 😂😂😂😜
OMFG THANK YOU SO MUCH
You're welcome
is this better than doing the lights the "old" way? I find that more effective. Is it faster doing it this way? How do you do it?
This is the "old" way.
oh, I mean the light effects with the notes and stuff. I think that's more effective, but is this any better?
Well, the light effects with notes will be definitely faster and easier, but this way is for people who don't have that. Also, if you want your project file to be capable of being played by everyone, this way would be better.
ohh, that really sucks.. was getting real comfortable with the light effects with notes.. and it can't be played by everyone :/. Guess I'll have to learn the chain light effects then?
Well now many people use Midi extension, so I don't think it would be a big problem if you use the notes thingy
What is the effect where it kinda makes a firework covering the entire board?
Cool shadows behind text xDD
How do you know which shift does what in the chords part
on a launchpad mini, 75 is accually a green. 5 and 120 are reds. is that just because im on a launchpad mini mk3?
You make the same videos every winter
Will you go over how to use the midi extention?
I've already covered how to use the MIDI extension a lot, I've made about 3 or 4 videos about the device so I probably won't cover it again
InspirAspir OK, sorry about asking, I'm going to go watch those videos
Can you Show How to make the Same with the Akai Mini
Could someone explain how to make a button cycle through colors by pressing it once. (Ex. "Wait for me" cover. 1st pg.)
You r the man awesome :D
Thank you :D
can you make a tutorial for MIDI notes?
do you need ableton suit to make the light effects? thanks
You can make lights using the method in this video with any version of Ableton :D
Is there a midi effect chart to make Letters?
When I assign a sound clip to a pad, how do I add multiple? Like I press it 3 times and 3 notes come out on order
For me is It a tutorial. 👍👌☺
idk how to add every soundfile for the song im doing. Im doing the song alone by marshmello but i am only limited to doing 8 audio tracks and there is over 20 parts of the song so how would i add all of them to make the cover
You can add the samples for a given stem one at a time, i.e. add in all of your drum samples where you'd like and never use that again. Add in a layer of your leads, sample them and add them into your launchpad, then never use that layer again. In theory you only ever need to use two tracks in Ableton for a cover, one for your lights and one for your instrument rack (where you can put the stem layers in session mode for temporary storage)
Hey InspirAspir I have a question, so I currently have two effect tabs. One of them has the velocity of 4 and that specific tab's color stays the same. But on the other effect tab Let's say I put it to a different color and try to keep it there, the color won't stay the same and it will still change. Please help thanks!!!
Hm. I'm not sure I quite understand the question. Could you explain a little further?
For instance, let's say I put my velocity to 72. I should be getting a bright red light but instead it keeps randomizing colors. Btw I'm on ableton live lite if that has to do with anything.
if i have ableton live 9 lite it will work?
Yes of course. Welcome to ableton live 9 lite squad xD
^^ Yup, just like the beginning of the video and the description say, you can use this using any version of Ableton
Squad out
Hey @InspirAspir tried downloading your Launchpad Pro/Mk2 velocity chart and got an error message (file doesn't exist), can you reupload please?
I want to ask how can I make light effects overlay on top of each other? because now they kinda cancel each other out.
Hi I love your vids, can you re make the link because it doesn’t work for me
HARDDDD
If I have Ableton Live 9 Lite,can I still do all this
Yes you can. :D Ableton live 9 lite squad :D
^^ Yup, just like the beginning of the video and the description say, you can use this using any version of Ableton
How do I do something like this ----> ^ but going diagonally?
Argh... I have a problem. At 5:03 , you push your launchpad and the tile you just press turn into red but this is not my case, she's not turning into any color, just still black. I have a lauchpad pro, please help me!
I need some help, when I assign the light to a button, and I press it it lights up, but all other buttons still have lights. Any thoughts?
Is MK2 mini and Mini Same??
Eglasu no
@InspirAspir You explain Everything very very very clearly like even a dumb person can understand....... YOU ARE MIND BLLLLLLLOOOOWWINGGGGGG!!!!
Thank you, I'm glad you appreciate the thoroughness :D
hi inspiraspir... im facing a problem with launchpad lighshows, when i play your lightshows, the lights flashes like crazy, can u tell me how to fix this thx ;D
Klothemonster i am on user1 , if not i can't play the lightshows :/
but thx for trying
search it on YT i saw a video on that
Vayctor Keesh omg thank you so much for helping me out ! :D
np
HI InspirAspi,
Thank you very much for creating this tutorial. I followed the steps from Part 1 until here, the final part. I am now working on my first cover on my launchpad. I am looking for a solution on the Drum Rack as I putted an audio on a particular cell, that audio will serve as my background music. However, I am looking for a function or configuration that will let me play and stop the audio when hitting that particular cell. The only function that I have seen was the Trigger and the Gate. :'(
Hope you reply on my message. Thank you in advance.
Niiice
I've been waiting :D
Just saying at the start of the vid you said, Welcome BACK to part 4. Its Welcome to, i know it was a mistake (not being rude or something)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I use ableton live lite but when i put velocity it doesn’t work
When i go to make lights for page 2( or others), the lights on page 1 doesn't work anymore.I have to delete the chords and everything on page 2 to get page 1 working again. Please help me!
I need some help with stems. The problem is, I don't know how to use them. I have one part of the song, "Lead Vocals" But I want to add parts, Like the organ and synth. You never really explained, or maybe It's me who didn't understand. I really need some help. Because my song is really boring at this time.
how do i make this effect: so lets have a light start at the top left center button, and i want it to slowly expand to a bigger cube untill it becomes a 4 by 4 cube on the top left
there are no tutorials for chain based light effects :(
when i make a chain it stops making lights can someone explain? (sorry for my bad english)
+InspirAspir Hi! When you set those to 5 and it goes to red, mine goes to white :( In 5:00 Pleas help!
If you don't have a lauchpad pro, the colors shouldn't be the sames.
why the launchpad mini dont have lights?
hey ive done what u say bit mom of my lights will work the sound and everything else is working but not the lights plz help
I have a problem. When I make a chain in the MIDI Effect Rack, and press a button, the chain isn't recieving input
WHATS THE OUTRO SONG
How do I chord the 3rd button with +42? It only can +36 plz answer me thank you a lot.
Good question! One way around this is to add in a "Pitch" midi effect at the beginning of your chain and add the necessary offset. This essentially shifts the "base" of your effect to however many buttons you decide. So instead of originating at the button you press, if you set your pitch to +5, the light effect will stem from 5 buttons above your original button (and all following chord effects will then be shifted by +5 for example).
So for your issue, if you want to reach +42 but can only get to +36 by using chords, add a pitch in front of your chords midi effects with an offset of +6 (at the very least)
Thank you very much!! Merry Christmas~~~
how do people remember this stuff for covers?!
first ... 😏
Nice ;D
Followed this since the first video and when I change the color, i still get the default color when i press a button on the pad and if i assign a specific color for a button, all of the buttons will light up. Please help :L
please can someone help me when i do lights on one button then i do next light on next button and on this next button is all things and plugins what i have on previously button can please someone help me :(
I have a Launchpad MK2, I've followed all of the steps. When I change the velocity (I have made sure that it is within the chain on the specific note, on the specific page), the colour doesn't change. Can someone please help. I am on the latest version of Ableton Live 9.
Edit: The main MIDI effect rack was deactivated (All colours in the effect racks were grey and black instead of the green and orange in this video). Activate the MIDI effect rack by clicking the icon to the left of the MIDI effect rack in the bottom of the screen.
inspir how to set lights in , top launchpad i can do that :(
I have launchpad mini and it only has four colors
5:30 he nailed the background music without knowing it
I know that 77 is red(velocity)