I cant understand why the search results never bought up this video, but then the youtube algorithm decides to throw this at my recommendations months after i gave up looking for a tutorial to the MK3 and Ableton. This is the video i was searching for ever since i got my MK3 to get started with the basics and I'm glad at how well it explains so simply! Great work man!
Bro should I buy Novation launchkey or akai Mk3 or any other. I use ableton, does my selection should be based on the control for Novation launchkey and ableton? I mostly work in arrangement view. Does it matter (controls)?
Bro, I had the same problem but I found the "Novation TV" channel ua-cam.com/users/NovationTV Look for the video list about the launchkey mini, which is this link: ua-cam.com/play/PL_kRkcZ1CjigeLMOuVwvqlAAqM816S6YF.html I hope this helps!!
Nice ! Just the right pace for newbies and oldies like me. Really digging this Launchkey mini. Thanks for the tips I can actually follow and use pretty much immediately.
Hi my friend, just bought this keyboard for creating music and absolutely love it! Im brand new to Ableton and it came with 12 Lite. Im sure your channel is going to really help me so much so thanks for putting these together 🔥👍🏻 Quick question: how do I set my window setup layout so its mirrors yours? Im going to study your channel in depth today bcos I really have no clue what Im doing lol, and if I had Ableton set the same as yours it will make it easier to follow thru your videos. Thnks my friend, its gonna be a busy few days for me but man, its so much fun!
Fantastic tutorial man, yours are the best I've seen! Thank you so much. One question, any way to transpose the drum pads or move them up an octave the way you can with the keys?
You're welcome! I used Roli Connect to install and made sure to put the plug-ins in my vst folder. After that, go into Ableton and rescan plug-ins. If the rescan doesn't work, hold alt and click rescan.
This is a great tutorial, thank you! One problem I do have is that most keys on the keyboard end up switching tracks or recording. How do I get it so all keys work?
Hey so i have a problem, my launchkey only allows to switch between drum mode and custom mode but I can’t to turn session mode on. So please can you tell me what i should do?
Hey man! I had the same issue! When you hit shift do you see only 3 pads lit up? If so you need to connect your device to notation components and do a firmware update. If that doesn’t work, then you have to put in boot load mode and reload the firmware completely. I had the same issue!
@@Ky0l I figured it out it has to do with 1) either your firmware update 2) or your input configureation. Just keep in mind that once you install ableton and get things running you wont need to touch the input output modes.
its a very nice video, could u please explain if we can use the novation launchkey mini to AUmV3 (IPADOS) and can control the different parameters like , volume, transport , and use the pad to enable/ disables tracks?
When installing, you can choose to include the vst. It usually installs in a default location on your computer. If you have a custom vst folder, you'll have to move it into the custom vst folder and set Ableton's settings to include that custom folder.
Thanks for making these videos. There isnt many about lk mini mk3. I have a few questions: whats the transpose button for? And the programm change buttons? I would be gratefull of you could help me. Keep doing videos about mk3 please!!
Thank you for watching Fernando! I make these videos because of that exact reason! Not enough information out there and the manual is difficult to read. I will make a video for you about this, but in the meantime, transpose will change all the notes on your keys up or down. Hold the transpose button and press octave + or - to move up and down the chromatic scale. For example, if I transpose up one time (a semi-tone), a C note will now become a C# note. If I move it up 2 times, a C will become a D. I appreciate you man!
Thank you, great tutorial! Do you know if it is able to control more than 2 sends? In the manual it says that you can switch between sends A and B. What if you have more sends?
is there an easy way to map the knobs to the effects just on the armed instrument and not just a permanent map for one? so each time i shift to arm another instrument i can change the effect there?
Best review so far um youtube. Could you go a bit deeper on the component software. I just bought the launchkey 37, but I can't understand ableton live, so now I want to used it with fl studio 20, is there any way for you to show how to program it with fl studio? Thanks.
Do the buttons only control the very first 8 tracks or they can reach more distant tracks? For example, if I have 16 tracks and I want to control the range from track 9 to track 16, can i do that? Thanks
Holding Shift and pressing Arp or Fixed Chord will select the track before or after the current track, respectively. Doing so will also automatically arm the newly-selected track.
Hi... is it possible to toggle between different Custom Modes on the fly without going into Components? If so what do I press to do so please? Im using the Launchkey Mini MK3
Hey, i've been struggling with it too. You just have to use the channels page they've built for it. By pressing SHIFT + Transpose the pads will turn red and you can select the midi output channel option (from 1 to 16). You can push the pad corresponding to the channel and it will lightup telling it is selected. The Custom mode send the pots cc messages to the channel selected, so basically we have 128 knobs free to map if you DAW could handle channels.
that Custom Mode is nice. do I need to know music theory to play it? I am a complete beginner, and first bought Akai MPK Mk3 but will return it shortly. Launchkey is miles ahead of Akai when it comes to Ableton workflow. the major complaint I got is its keys-feel cheap, and plasticky. I wish I could switch it with Akai's superior keyboard. but nothing's perfect I guess.
I have a Lk mini 3 and i have it updated and new firmware but for some reason when i press a key softly, one note plays, if I press it hard a second note will play. I swear I had this issue with ableton when I first got the mini 3 and fixed it. Now on a new Pc and I can't remember how I fixed it. Any help would be welcome. To be clear its not all the keys, but 4 in the center that do this.
You'll have to install the newest firmware using the novation components app. Here is a link to the web version, but there is also a standalone version you can download. components.novationmusic.com/ Also, make sure to enable the Launchkey in Ableton's Midi settings.
Thanks a lot for the comprehensive video. However, when I switch to "Drum", the pads don't play anything, even though they are correctly assigned. Only the first 4 keys play some drums, rest of the device doesn't play anything in drum mode.
May someone help? I was playing with my Launchkey today, and suddenly, the C key in the 2nd octave started to work as a "play button", and it doesn't let me use the keys in peace. It got fixed for a while, but I still can't figure it out how to remove that option by myself.
You're going to probably have to open up Novation Components and update the firmware of your Launchkey Mini. That's what I had to do when that happened to me.
Right away, I used to be able to switch modes, and now the only modes available are Drum and Custom. The other ones are gone. Every time I use Ableton something simply doesn't work and I hate it.
@@PhillyWatts I checked, and it seems like the only firmware available is the factory base firmware, which I assumed I must've already had. Nothing changed, I used to use this all the time just months ago and I plugged it in today and it's basically stuck in Usb Mass storage mode
@@PhillyWatts I downloaded a usb driver (probably already had it) and the Components software, but the components software is incapable of doing anything without freezing. The browser based one says my device isn't connected even though it technically is, and works in limited capacity.
SOLVED: Vegas mode and Mass Storage mode have never once been an issue for me. But I figured out how to turn them off and it started acting like normal. Before plugging in the Launchkey, *hold the Shift Button.* When you plug in, this will show a blue light (Vegas mode idle lights) and a Yellow light (USB mass storage mode, for accessing Quick Start stuff). After toggling those modes, push "Play" to resume. This should fix it.
There is talk all the time that you can control so many parameters with the Ableton launch key that you would not even need to have a computer screen running. Something that surprises me in every video when it comes to Ableton launchkey is that the mouse is touched a lot & you look at your screen. Launchkey is thus not so developed that you can skip the computer screen. Have I understood this correctly?
yo how de feck do you use the keyboard ? am I missing something or is mine faulty like the rgb pads work fine but yeah press the piano keys and nothin... =/
At least with Ableton Live it just loses the MIDI connection for me all the time if you go out of the app, into sleep mode, or anything really. Need to restart Ableton and likely things will just work. Best to always quite Live when you stop working to avoid issues with MIDI or audio.
@@PhillyWatts nah bruh i did this already. I just unplugged it 2 days ago and pressed shift and plugged it in and it kinda reseted it but when i restarted my pc it went back and it didnt work a second time. Now i cant switch to Session and dont know what to do lmao
I cant understand why the search results never bought up this video, but then the youtube algorithm decides to throw this at my recommendations months after i gave up looking for a tutorial to the MK3 and Ableton.
This is the video i was searching for ever since i got my MK3 to get started with the basics and I'm glad at how well it explains so simply!
Great work man!
Bro should I buy Novation launchkey or akai Mk3 or any other. I use ableton, does my selection should be based on the control for Novation launchkey and ableton? I mostly work in arrangement view. Does it matter (controls)?
Bro, I had the same problem but I found the "Novation TV" channel ua-cam.com/users/NovationTV
Look for the video list about the launchkey mini, which is this link:
ua-cam.com/play/PL_kRkcZ1CjigeLMOuVwvqlAAqM816S6YF.html
I hope this helps!!
@@bunnysingh4832 I would go with novation, it has better shortcuts and compability with ableton
This is probably the most simplified but well explained tutorial that I've come across for this launchkey midi keyboard. Thanks Philly!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. If I ever come across something that takes time to figure out, like this did, I enjoy sharing it with the world!
This gives a visual understanding that for some reason Novation does not have! Thank you so much for making this video!!!
You're very welcome!
By far the best video on how to use this device. Thank you, glad I found you!
i just found this after 4 mos of searching here,very helpful and clear thank you
So so useful! Reading the manual sometimes lacks the practical application. Watching you use each mode made it understandable. Thanks :D
Glad it was helpful!
This is awesome. Just got one yesterday and now i stumbled on your video. Good tutorial. Thank you very much.
Great to hear!
Thank you. I have been searching for tutorial about this launchkey
You're welcome 🙏 thanks for watching!
The Launchkey Mini really should come with a direct link to this video.
👍👍 thanks for watching!
The best tutorial ever!
very good easy video to understand, thanks. How are the keys durability. Would appreciate your experience.
VERY helpful!!! Thank you very much :)
Thank you for video! Please make some more!
You're welcome! Let me know what would be helpful to you.
Nice ! Just the right pace for newbies and oldies like me. Really digging this Launchkey mini. Thanks for the tips I can actually follow and use pretty much immediately.
This is incredibly helpful. Thank you!
My pleasure!
Thanks for the tutorial dude. Thumbs up.
Thanks for watching!
thank you do much!! this helped a lot you’re a saint
Hi my friend, just bought this keyboard for creating music and absolutely love it! Im brand new to Ableton and it came with 12 Lite. Im sure your channel is going to really help me so much so thanks for putting these together 🔥👍🏻 Quick question: how do I set my window setup layout so its mirrors yours? Im going to study your channel in depth today bcos I really have no clue what Im doing lol, and if I had Ableton set the same as yours it will make it easier to follow thru your videos.
Thnks my friend, its gonna be a busy few days for me but man, its so much fun!
Great tutorial, really helped me! Thanks!
Great videos!! Very helpful..
Glad you like them!
Thanks so much I am trying to find videos of this because I might purchase it
Fantastic tutorial man, yours are the best I've seen! Thank you so much. One question, any way to transpose the drum pads or move them up an octave the way you can with the keys?
Thank you! Unfortunately, you can't transpose the pads. That would be great if you could.
Thank you, there were still a couple things that were not clear on my mind and I didn't want to read the manual!
Glad to help out man!
Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Glad it was helpful!
is there any alternative for Roli studio drum. It looks cool but i passed the date to download it!...
Ty for the video !! One question , how did you install ROli mode on ABLETON LIVE ?i don't know how to add it as a plugin or vst .
You're welcome! I used Roli Connect to install and made sure to put the plug-ins in my vst folder. After that, go into Ableton and rescan plug-ins. If the rescan doesn't work, hold alt and click rescan.
thank you! please, how to simply scroll trough vst instrument presets with mini?
I appreciate this knowledge
This is a great tutorial, thank you! One problem I do have is that most keys on the keyboard end up switching tracks or recording. How do I get it so all keys work?
Lower the octave on the keyboard, I just figured this out myself recently.
Got a LK37. More in depth on custom modes please.
Hey so i have a problem, my launchkey only allows to switch between drum mode and custom mode but I can’t to turn session mode on. So please can you tell me what i should do?
Hey man! I had the same issue! When you hit shift do you see only 3 pads lit up? If so you need to connect your device to notation components and do a firmware update. If that doesn’t work, then you have to put in boot load mode and reload the firmware completely. I had the same issue!
Same, despite it being ok the first time using the keyboard. Really stupid.
Yep, update the firmware and make sure Ableton is closed before running Components.
@@Ky0l I figured it out it has to do with 1) either your firmware update 2) or your input configureation. Just keep in mind that once you install ableton and get things running you wont need to touch the input output modes.
its a very nice video, could u please explain if we can use the novation launchkey mini to AUmV3 (IPADOS) and can control the different parameters like , volume, transport , and use the pad to enable/ disables tracks?
How did you open the Roli Studio Drums in Ableton. Im only able to open it as an application.
When installing, you can choose to include the vst. It usually installs in a default location on your computer. If you have a custom vst folder, you'll have to move it into the custom vst folder and set Ableton's settings to include that custom folder.
@@PhillyWatts thx mate
Thanks for making these videos. There isnt many about lk mini mk3. I have a few questions: whats the transpose button for? And the programm change buttons? I would be gratefull of you could help me. Keep doing videos about mk3 please!!
Thank you for watching Fernando! I make these videos because of that exact reason! Not enough information out there and the manual is difficult to read. I will make a video for you about this, but in the meantime, transpose will change all the notes on your keys up or down. Hold the transpose button and press octave + or - to move up and down the chromatic scale. For example, if I transpose up one time (a semi-tone), a C note will now become a C# note. If I move it up 2 times, a C will become a D. I appreciate you man!
@@PhillyWatts ok, now i get it! Thanks!
how do you change the velocity
Is it possible to set the pads to turn on/off devices or individual buttons on vsts..? If so, how?
Thanksssssssss now i know how to use those❤❤❤❤❤ done subscribe
Most of this stuff also works for the mk49 right? Great vid
Thank you for this tutorial. Btw how to add Lounge Lizard to ableton? Thanks before.
You'll need to sign into your Novation account and register your launchey mini. From there, it should be in the software section.
Thank you so much. Great tutorial, very helpful.
Thank you, great tutorial! Do you know if it is able to control more than 2 sends? In the manual it says that you can switch between sends A and B. What if you have more sends?
I haven't been able to figure that one out yet, sorry... If anyone in the comments knows, please enlighten us! Thanks for watching Toni!
@@PhillyWatts yes you can. If you have more sends, more blue lights will show up at the bottom section of the pads instead only two.
Probably a noob question but how to have 6 sends for a track? My default ableton live has 2 for reverb and delay.
Does it have a scale mode for keys?
So I notice it’s defaulted to select 2 tracks at once but how can I do 1 ?
is there an easy way to map the knobs to the effects just on the armed instrument and not just a permanent map for one? so each time i shift to arm another instrument i can change the effect there?
Best review so far um youtube. Could you go a bit deeper on the component software. I just bought the launchkey 37, but I can't understand ableton live, so now I want to used it with fl studio 20, is there any way for you to show how to program it with fl studio? Thanks.
I really miss the "STOP ALL" knob in Session Mode. (The MKII has it) What is the easiest way to stop all the clips at the same time?
Do the buttons only control the very first 8 tracks or they can reach more distant tracks? For example, if I have 16 tracks and I want to control the range from track 9 to track 16, can i do that? Thanks
Yes, you can!
Holding Shift and pressing Arp or Fixed Chord will select the track before or after the current track,
respectively. Doing so will also automatically arm the newly-selected track.
@@PhillyWatts Awesome, I needed this information before buying it. Just oredered right now.
Thank you so much
Hi... is it possible to toggle between different Custom Modes on the fly without going into Components? If so what do I press to do so please? Im using the Launchkey Mini MK3
Unfortunately it is not possible as far as I can tell.
Hey, i've been struggling with it too.
You just have to use the channels page they've built for it.
By pressing SHIFT + Transpose the pads will turn red and you can select the midi output channel option (from 1 to 16). You can push the pad corresponding to the channel and it will lightup telling it is selected.
The Custom mode send the pots cc messages to the channel selected, so basically we have 128 knobs free to map if you DAW could handle channels.
@@delusionalluy thank you bro... Ill definetly look into it
If I connect this to my Elektron Model Cycles will it just play or is there lots of menu diving. Thanks
How do i change the velocity for the keyboard? Im trying to get full volume because the keys don't play loud enough out the box
Scale mode is available in mk3 mini?
that Custom Mode is nice. do I need to know music theory to play it? I am a complete beginner, and first bought Akai MPK Mk3 but will return it shortly. Launchkey is miles ahead of Akai when it comes to Ableton workflow. the major complaint I got is its keys-feel cheap, and plasticky. I wish I could switch it with Akai's superior keyboard. but nothing's perfect I guess.
Please can you customize the novation launchkey for fl studio
sitting here wiht my launch key mini. this is super cool. but there is learning curve lol
I have a Lk mini 3 and i have it updated and new firmware but for some reason when i press a key softly, one note plays, if I press it hard a second note will play. I swear I had this issue with ableton when I first got the mini 3 and fixed it. Now on a new Pc and I can't remember how I fixed it. Any help would be welcome. To be clear its not all the keys, but 4 in the center that do this.
why when i press shift the session pad does not turn on? thx!
You'll have to install the newest firmware using the novation components app. Here is a link to the web version, but there is also a standalone version you can download. components.novationmusic.com/ Also, make sure to enable the Launchkey in Ableton's Midi settings.
@@PhillyWatts THX SO MUCH!!!
My session mode pad wont light up when I press shift. How can I fix this? my device was working a couple days ago its brand new.
Thanks a lot for the comprehensive video. However, when I switch to "Drum", the pads don't play anything, even though they are correctly assigned. Only the first 4 keys play some drums, rest of the device doesn't play anything in drum mode.
I am planning to buy a MIDI controller, I would needs good pads majorly. mini launchkey mk3 or mk3 37 keys has better pads than arturia minilab mk2 ?
May someone help? I was playing with my Launchkey today, and suddenly, the C key in the 2nd octave started to work as a "play button", and it doesn't let me use the keys in peace. It got fixed for a while, but I still can't figure it out how to remove that option by myself.
When I hit shift session button is graye what do i do its not letting me click it and screen is blank
You're going to probably have to open up Novation Components and update the firmware of your Launchkey Mini. That's what I had to do when that happened to me.
How do I loop on mini mk3?
Right away, I used to be able to switch modes, and now the only modes available are Drum and Custom. The other ones are gone. Every time I use Ableton something simply doesn't work and I hate it.
Update the firmware on the launchkey mini using the components software. Make sure Ableton is closed when you do it
@@PhillyWatts I checked, and it seems like the only firmware available is the factory base firmware, which I assumed I must've already had. Nothing changed, I used to use this all the time just months ago and I plugged it in today and it's basically stuck in Usb Mass storage mode
@@PhillyWatts I downloaded a usb driver (probably already had it) and the Components software, but the components software is incapable of doing anything without freezing. The browser based one says my device isn't connected even though it technically is, and works in limited capacity.
SOLVED: Vegas mode and Mass Storage mode have never once been an issue for me. But I figured out how to turn them off and it started acting like normal.
Before plugging in the Launchkey, *hold the Shift Button.* When you plug in, this will show a blue light (Vegas mode idle lights) and a Yellow light (USB mass storage mode, for accessing Quick Start stuff). After toggling those modes, push "Play" to resume. This should fix it.
Idk why my pads aren’t producing sound but the keys are, does someone know why this happens?
I cnat get it to swtich to drum mode its stuck on session mode. Any help anyone ?
There is talk all the time that you can control so many parameters with the Ableton launch key that you would not even need to have a computer screen running. Something that surprises me in every video when it comes to Ableton launchkey is that the mouse is touched a lot & you look at your screen. Launchkey is thus not so developed that you can skip the computer screen. Have I understood this correctly?
You'd have to be a pro at using it and your session would have to be completely set up beforehand in order to do that.
1k Subs :)
😃 thank you Aidan!
yo how de feck do you use the keyboard ? am I missing something or is mine faulty like the rgb pads work fine but yeah press the piano keys and nothin... =/
At least with Ableton Live it just loses the MIDI connection for me all the time if you go out of the app, into sleep mode, or anything really. Need to restart Ableton and likely things will just work. Best to always quite Live when you stop working to avoid issues with MIDI or audio.
ive never thought how difficult this launhkey mini. i wish ive never bought it. i just dont know how to work it out.
Only problem is they are pods and not encoders. The Arturia mini gives you encoders for the same price.
Only notes on custom mode... i am a little dissapointed.
I changed the number of likes from 666. You're welcome.
Hello im in Drum Mode and when i press Shift i cant go to Session Mode because it doesnt glow up. Can you help me?
Hey MAW, use the Novations Components app to update your firmware. Usually this fixes those issues.
@@PhillyWatts nah bruh i did this already. I just unplugged it 2 days ago and pressed shift and plugged it in and it kinda reseted it but when i restarted my pc it went back and it didnt work a second time. Now i cant switch to Session and dont know what to do lmao
@@HowDoYouCope Did you ever fix this? How did you if so? I have the same problemo
@@frostyouthere994 i fixed it yes, but i forgot how. I think i updated my usb drivers.