Not sure about on mac, but on pc the directory path is: C: Documents and Settings Application Data Ableton Live 6.0.7 Preferences User Remote Scripts Killamix if you can find lives preferences then you should be close i reckon. The User Remote Scripts Folder In the User Remote Scripts folder, you will find two files, the InstantMappings-HowTo.txt file, and the UserConfiguration.txt file. The InstantMappings-HowTo.txt file describes how and where to save the file.
These scripts are modified version of Ableton Live 9.2 scripts for Novation Launchpad and provide the same functionality but add support for editing the midi clips using a step sequencer, an Instrument Controller and Device Controller and an improved Instrument Mode. It does not require any external tool like Max for Live (M4L) in order to work. This script is just a plain Live Control Surface Python Script.
Open the ‘Ableton’ folder. Open the folder for the most recent version of Live. Open the ‘User Remote Scripts’ folder. Once you have copied the Impact LX folder to the correct directory, launch Ableton Live and do the following.
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Open your Applications folder and right-click the Live 9 (or 10) application symbol. In the context menu, click on Show Package Contents. In the Live package, navigate to Contents App-Resources MIDI Remote Scripts. Paste the folders you have copied into the 'MIDI Remote Scripts' folder: Installing the KOMPLETE KONTROL Instrument Racks.
Open your Applications folder and right-click the Live application symbol. In the context menu, click on Show Package Contents. In the Ableton Live package, navigate to Contents App-Resources MIDI Remote Scripts. Paste the folder you have copied to your clipboard into the ' MIDI Remote Scripts '.
Installation
Supported Hardware and Software
Launchpad 95 supports Ableton Live 9.2 or greater and Live 10. For Live 8.4: Launchpad85.
Launchpad 95 supports:
Launchpad
Launchpad S
Launchpad Mini
Launchpad Mini MK2 (RGB)
Launchpad Mini MK3 (RGB)
Launchpad X (RGB)
Launchpad PRO see Launchpad Pro95
For Launchpad X and Launchpad Mini MK3, make sure to select 'MIDI' Ports and not the 'DAW' ports.
Setup
Download the installation archive : Launchpad95.zip
Unzip the zip file and copy the folder Launchpad95 into the Ableton Live's 'MIDI Remote Scripts' folder. (where is that folder ? look at faq 3.
After the folder has been copied, plug-in your Launchpad in the computer and start Ableton Live. Open up the preferences panel and go to 'MIDI Sync' panel. Select Launchpad95 as your control surface and select the launchpad Midi Port MIDI ports like so :
Make sure to enable 'Track', 'Sync' and 'Remote' in the midi options below for the MIDI ports used by Launchpad 95.
User Manual
Four modes are added on top of the existing modes. These are Drum Step Sequencer mode to edit midi clips, a medodic step sequencer, and Device Controller mode to edit any parameter of any instrument, effect or device on any track of your arrangement, and finally an Instrument Mode providing a tighter integration with Live.
Note the manual is also available in french as a PDF, thanks to François Lehérissier.
Instrument Controller Mode
Instrument Mode replaces classic User Mode 1. To activate Instrument Controller Mode, press User Mode 1 button (mode button remains amber). Press User Mode 1 button once again, button turns green, activating the Device Controller. Once more the button will turn red, activating the plain old User Mode 1 in case you need it.
The top up/down navigation buttons allow to navigate scenes, while the left/right button allow to navigate tracks. The scene buttons allow you to control the currently selected track and clip, arm, solo, record, play, stop etc (see below).
The matrix of buttons act as a midi keyboard proposing a drum rack layout, and a melodic mode. Melodic mode enable you to select root note, type of mode (major, minor etc), and the octave you play in.
Most of the scene buttons have alternate functions when you hold them long (0.5 sec) : - undo : a long press will perform a redo ! - stop : a long press will DELETE currently selected clip. No worries this is undoable ! - solo : a long press on solo will enable/disable the selected track. - arm : holding arm for more than 0.5 seconds will toggle live's metronome. A very long press (2 sec) will alternate between auto arm of track and manual track arming. Colour of the button will reflect the selected mode. This is really useful if you have more than one controller/person interacting with Live.
prev scene
next scene
prev track
next track
Session mode
user 1 Inst.
user 2 step
mixer mode
scale
undo. long press to redo
undo
octave up
octave down
stop
start selected clip
start
solo
session record
overdub
scale edition mode
To enter scale edition mode press (and keep pressed) the 1st scene button from Instrument mode.
prev scene
next scene
prev track
next track
Session mode
user 1 Inst.
user 2 step
mixer mode
absolute root
orient.
chromatic guitar
diatonic sequent
diatonic 3rd
diatonic 4th
chromatic
drumrack
scale
C#
D#
relative scale
F#
G#
A#
5th left
quick scale mode
undo. long press to redo
undo
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
5th right
octave up
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
octave down
Major
Minor
Dorian
Mixolyd.
Lydian
Phrygian
Locrian
Diminish.
stop
Whole-half
Whole Tone
Minor Blues
Minor Penta.
Major Penta.
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
Super Locrian
start selected clip
start
Bhairav
Hunga. Minor
Minor Gypsy
Hirojoshi
In-Sen
Iwato
Kumoi
Pelog
solo
Spanish
IonEol
session record
overdub
Orient
this button will change the orientation from vertical to horizontal of the instrument mode.
Absolute root
the bottom left left button will always be the root mode of the selected root note.
Chromatic Guitar
Scale Mode is pretty much like regular chromatic mode, except the top four rows are all shifted by one semitone. This is so that the bottom 6 rows emulate standard guitar tuning.
Diatonic sequent
each row represents an octave, so each first and last button of each row will be the root note.
Diatonic 3rd
when moving from one button to the next top, you will move a 3rd degree in the scale. 3rd is very practical to play chords vertically.
Diatonic 4th
when moving from one button to the next top, you will move a 4th degree in the scale. 4th is the default mode, also on the push.
Chromatic
each button to the left or right of a button will be a semitone lower or higher.
C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B
selects the root note of the scale.
Relative scale
changes current selected scale to its relative scale. IE. from C major to C minor and viceversa.
5th left
changes current selected scale to the prior scale in the circle of fifths (a 5th lower).
5th right
changes current selected scale to the next scale in the circle of fifths (a 5th higher).
Quick scale mode
substitutes the top 2 rows of instrument mode for the quick scale modes (see below).
-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
changes the octave of the instrument mode.
quick scale modes
if quick scale is activated (last button on the right on the 2nd row in scale edit mode), the two first rows of the launchpad allow you to quickly change the scale.
this shows the two first rows of the launchpad. the last button of the first row changes between root note selection and mode selection.
root note
in this mode you can select the root note of your scale. you can also quickly alternate between minor and major by pressing the button again
C#
D#
relative scale
F#
G#
A#
5th left
scale / mode toggle
scale
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
5th right
undo. long press to redo
undo
quick scale modes: modus
in this mode you can select the mode of your scale.
Major
Minor
Dorian
Mixolyd.
Lydian
Phrygian
Locrian
scale / mode toggle
scale
Diminish.
Minor Blues
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
Super Locrian
Hunga. Minor
Minor Gypsy
Spanish
undo. long press to redo
undo
note repeat
in this mode you can activate and configure note repeat.
Swing +2.5%
Swing -2.5%
Swing 0%
Swing 25%
Swing 50%
Swing 75%
Repeat On/Off
Scale / mode toggle
scale
1/4
1/4T
1/8
1/8T
1/16
1/16T
1/32
1/32T
undo. long press to redo
undo
Drum Step Sequencer Mode
To activate the Drum Step Sequencer, select a midi clip in the clip view. Then press User Mode 2 button once, activating the step sequencer (in normal mode). Press user mode 2 button once more opens the Melodic step sequencer
this sequencer has two sub modes detailed below. combined and multinotes. (note there is a second step sequencer, melodic step sequencer detailed further down).
A playback/metronome indicator is scrolling thru the grid in amber to indicate the playing position of the clip as the clip is playing. This is just an overlay, it does not affect the functionality of the buttons.
Here are the colour codes used : - Normal notes are shown in Green, intensity depending on their velocity. - Muted notes are displayed in red. - Notes being currently played are flashing in red. - Notes being played and being outside of the currently displaying midi clip block will also flash in red.
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Some other information is displayed, using orange colour : - Note markers help to better visualise what row correspond to which note: - root note of the selected are marked with three orange left buttons lit up. - other notes of the scale are marked with one orange button lit on the left-most row. - while scrolling left and right along the clip, a vertical bar will display you where you are in the clip
A summary of functions assigned to the buttons is shown in the table below. hover your mouse above a button to get detailed descriptions.
StepSeq by default works in combined mode. pressing the 4th scene button toggles between combined mode and multi note mode. Multinote mode works in similarly to the the previous step in launchpad85, while combined mode offers mode close to the way Push StepSeq behaves.
Combined Mode
The bottom left area let you select the note currently being edited on the top note editor.
The bottom right area allows you the select the currently clip part currently being displayed (single button press) and edited (double press or one button after the other).
Some buttons have combined function :
Lock (2nd scene button):
press long to switch between clip lock and play clip on locked track mode
yellow : track lock mode. step sequencer is locked to current track and will follow playing clip on this track
red : step sequencer is locked to current clip.
quantize (3rd scene button):
press long duplicate clip in a new clip
Mute (last scene button):
hold mute button and click on a note to mute it
hold mute button and press on a note in the bottom left quadrant to mute it
hold mute button and select a loop range in the loop selector to delete it
velocity (7th scene button):
hold velocity button and click on a note to change its velocity
hold velocity button and click on a note to change in the note selector to ear a preview of the sound
hold velocity button and select a loop range in the loop selector to extend the original clip content to the newly selected length
velocity (7th scene button) and mute
hold velocity button and mute button at the same time and select a loop range in the loop selector in order to mute this time selection
prev scene
next scene
prev track
next track
Session mode
user 1 device
user 2 step
mixer mode
Display Scale Selection Overlay
scale
lock step seq to current clip (very useful !). long press to lock on current track only
lock
quant.
switches between combined and multinote modes
modes
up
scroll down (notes)
down
velocity
hold and press a note in the matrix to (un)mute it. hold and press a note in the note selector to mute a lane hold+nav keys to scroll up/down one octave
mute
Multinote Mode
To activate this mode, press the 4th scene button while in Combined Mode (pressing the same button again will take you back to Combined Mode).
This mode uses the grid as a 8*8 matrix. one midi note per row. It follows the scale mode selected. Note that the left and right arrows are used to navigate left and right in the clip.
prev scene
select next scene
next scene
prev page
select next clip page
next page
Session mode
user 1 device
user 2 step
mixer mode
Display Scale Selection Overlay
scale
lock
cycle thru available quantisations
quant.
modes
scroll up (notes)
up
down
cycle thru velocities and velocity shift notes
velocity
hold and press a note in the matrix to (un)mute it. hold and press a note in the note selector to mute a lane hold+nav keys to scroll up/down one octave
mute
Melodic StepSequencer
To activate this mode, press user mode 2 button until it turns green.
This mode behave more how a hardware stepsequencer works. it uses the grid as a 7*8 matrix to edit note pitch, velocity, length and octave. one function per page. of course notes pitches follow the selected scale !
The last row of the matrix acts as a page selector and work in the similar fashion to the combined step stequencer loop selector.
double press on the last scene button toggles between monophonic and polyphonic modes.
prev scene
select next scene
next scene
prev track
next track
Session mode
user 1 device
user 2 step
mixer mode
Display Scale Selection Overlay
scale
lock
cycle thru available quantisations
quant.
randomise the selected function (pitch,length,velocity,octave)
random !
length
octave
velocity
notes
Device Controller Mode
Navigation
Navigation among tracks and devices is done using the top left navigation buttons.
Editing parameters
You can edit eight parameters of the selected device on the selected track at once. One parameter per column. You can navigate banks of parameters using scene buttons 2 and 3. depending on the type of parameter edited launchpad will display then in different ways.
On/Off parameters
using the color code red. only one button will be used to change the parameter
Parameter with list of values
for the parameters that have a list of values, the colour code it amber, for example a Synth wave form selector (square, sine, triangle). If the parameter has less that 8 values, they will be directly acessible one by one. if more values are available, you can scroll thru the values. the closer the button to the center the more precise. the closer the top or bottom of the launchpad, the greater the value change will be at each press.
Parameter continuous values
for the parameters that have a continuous value, like Volume, Panning, etc, the colour code is green. by default Launchpad displays the parameter like a volume slider on the mixer mode. if you activate the precision slider mode (by pressing scene 4 button), the sliders will then work in the similar way to the case of parameter with list of values.
Locking to devices
You can save up to 4 devices using the 4 bottom scene button. if not device is saved, the button will be pink. To save a device, first select the desired device, then press one of the 4 last scene buttons for more than half a second. the button turn red ! your device is saved. You can recall it at any time by a short press on the scene button. To unsave a device, apply a long press again on the button.
Device+
Device-
Track-
Track+
Session mode
user 1 device
user 2 step
mixer mode
On/Off
Bank+
Bank-
Precision
Lock1
Lock2
Lock3
Lock4
Session Mode
scenes up
scenes down
tracks left
tracks right
Session mode
user 1 Inst.
user 2 step
mixer mode
scene
scene
scene
scene
scene
scene
scene
scene
User1 Mode
Session mode
user 1 Inst.
user 2 step
mixer mode
User2 Mode
Session mode
user 1 Inst.
user 2 step
mixer mode
Mixer Mode
Volume
If you wish to override default mapping for volume slider buttons you can set it via VOLUME_LEVELS setting in 'Settings.py' file.
prev scene
next scene
prev track
next track
Session mode
user 1 Inst.
user 2 step
mixer mode
Volume
Pan
Send A
Send B
Stop All
Active all
Unsolo ll
Unarm All
Source
F.A.Q.
1. Which Launchpad flavours are supported
Launchpad, Launchpad S, Mini, Mini MK2 and MK2 (RGB), Mini MK3, and Launchpad X are supported Basically all Launchpad but the pro are supported by this script. Launchpad Pro is supported by Launchpad Pro95
2. Which Ableton live versions are supported
Launchpad 95 works with Live 9.2+, and Live10 32 bit or 64 bit, Mac or Windows, suite or intro or standard. Basically with every combination you may think of as long at it is live 9.2 or greater. Of course Ableton from time to time change their Python Live without notification and therefore Launchpad95 might stop working, but i am trying to keep up and the changes. if Launchpad95 stopped worked after an update, make sure to download the last version from this site.
3. Where should I put the script ?
On pc/windows 7 : inside 'C:ProgramDataAbletonLive 9 SuiteResourcesMIDI Remote Scripts' On a mac right-click the Live application you use (there might more than one installed!) and select 'view package content', then browse to 'App-Resources/MIDI Remote Scripts'. Inside this 'MIDI Remote Scripts' folder, you should have a folder called 'Launchpad95'. inside this folder you should have a bunch of .py files, and a for each of them a .pyc file. (.pyc files are compiled version of the .py that live compiles as you start it.) Sometimes a picture is worth 1000 words. Take a look at these screenshots. - On a mac it look like this. - on a pc like that
4. It does not work, I installed everything, but the launchpad does not light up when I select Launchpad95 in the dropdown in the preferences. what is wrong ?
It is hard to guess what you did wrong. You must have installed not the right way somehow. Try to install it from scratch again, download from this site, extract install, restart live. Among the list of things you can try to do :
- check the you installed at the right place. (check question #3 !)
- Pay attention to the folder name AND its full path. (again see screenshots in above in question #3)
- how many versions of live do you have installed ?
- are you running live 9.2 or greater ? for live 8 please use launchpad85. For live 9.0, upgrade to live 9.2+.
5. It does not work, I installed everything, but Launchpad95 does not appears the dropdown in the preferences. what is wrong ?
See question 4.
6. Note Feedback is not working in Instrument Controller
Make sure you activated the launchapd midi in/out as 'track' in Live midi preferences.
7. good work ! I wish to donate ! is there a way to donate somehow ?
Sure ! Your donations allowed me to pay for the Launchpad Pro that is now supported ! thank you for this. paypal to my account hdavid@mail.com.
Known Issues
in live 9, moving notes in clip editor while stepseq is open duplicates notes.
Launchpad85 for live 8 is now longer maintained/improved.
History
2020-03-23 - enable RGb session mode on LPX and LPmini MK3
2020-01-12 - user customisable mixer volume slider values
2019-11-02 - support for Launchpad Mini MK3 and Launchpad X
2019-08-26 - documentation fixes. duplicate clip now does not fire it.
2017-04-01 - note repeater ! (sub mode of quick scale mode) contribution from Pablo Torres.
2016-04-09 - small fixes for mk2. skin improvements
2015-12-31 - code cleanup, partial and untested support for MK2 RGB, skinning
2015-04-03 - save scale in clip in stepseq and instrument mode (off by default, check Settings.py) - customisable user modes (in Settings.py) - clean up TrackController
2015-02-24 - minor fix for live 9.2 beta 1
2015-02-13 - minor fixes
2015-01-20 - change: Option to add clip stop buttons moved to Settings.py
2015-01-14 - add: added option to add stop buttons at bottom of session (MainSelectorComponent.py:39)
2015-01-14 - fix: minor cleanup and bugfixes !
2014-12-06 - fix: minor cleanup and bugfixes !
2014-10-03 - change: revamped device controller !
2014-09-16 - change: minor fixes in melodic stepseq.
2014-06-11 - fix: compatibility fix for live 9.1.3b8. should be backward compatible with 9.1.2 fix : minor fixes
2014-04-30 - add: m4l OSD/helper. fix : minor fixes in step seq. fix : uniformise scale edition and quick scale
2014-03-28 - fix: bugs while in drumrack mode. fix session scene not working while exiting user mode 1. add: relative scale to quick scales, added circle of fifth navigation
2014-03-12 - fix: compatibility with max4live in user mode 2. fix midi channels for some modes. add: duplicate clip in step seq (hold lock button for 0.5sec).
2014-02-27 - major update ! - new melodic step seq ! - preview of notes in combined step seq (hold 7th scene button and play on the note selector in the lower left corner of the matrix) - quick scale in instrument mode to quickly change scale while playing - compatibility with live 9.1.1 and 9.1.2 or above. - various bugs fixes and improvements.
2014-01-06 - add: diatonic 3rd and sequent and guitar chromatic modes. fix: implicit arm. change: updated documentation
2014-01-06 - fix: track locking in step seq
2013-12-16 - fix: led feedback in instrument mode !
2013-12-11 - add: improve integration with launchpad95Colour.
2013-12-07 - change: change scale colour. minor bugfix.
2013-11-18 - fix: improve stepseq lock to a track mode.
2013-11-18 - add: long press on the stepseq lock button to lock to a track.
2013-11-11 - add: combos to mute, delete and extend clip content in step sequencer
2013-10-28 - fix: small bug fixes
2013-10-23 - add: add option to compress channels used by launchpad95 to free up channels for other devices
2013-10-18 - fix: show device panel while activating device controller. fix led blinking when entering stepseq. properly turn off scene buttons in user modes. add: use clip color palette to blink white clips
2013-10-09 - fix: Fix Clip linking in StepSeq. small fixes.
2013-09-27 - fix: matrix not fully updated while entering multinote stepseq.
2013-09-22 - fix: compatibility with live 9.1 beta. Fix Clip linking in StepSeq.
2013-09-02 - fix: fix a few bugs in metronome and clip callback in stepseq
2013-08-13 - add: complete rework of the stepseq
2013-05-28 - fix note highlighting in StepSeq in hires. various minor fixes in stepseq. Fix UserMode2 (was sending midi notes)
2013-05-25 - fix paging StepSeq, add support for selected DrumPad at the highest resolution. fix note feedback when entering instrument mode. add: very long press Arm in instrument mode to toggle implicit track arm
2013-05-09 - fix for live 9.0.4: replace overdub by session_record in TrackController. overdub in Python API started to behave strange from 9.0.4.
2013-05-04 - add: long press on solo to mute/unmute track in instrument mode. fix: disable implicit arm while leaving instrument mode.
2013-04-13 - change : changed some buttons in instrument mode. support for implicit arm.
2013-04-13 - add : support for Instrument mode
2013-03-13 - fix : fix loop length dec button
2013-03-05 - add : Launchpad95 to support Live 9
2012-10-21 - change : while extending midi clip, clone existing notes in the newly created portion
2012-02-02 - change : fixed midi channels for step sequencer and device controller to avoid conflicts
2012-01-22 - add: up/down per octave paging in step sequencer (press and hold mute and press navigation keys) fix:scrolling boundaries
2012-01-21 - add: Scale mode. fix: better scrolling in fold and scale mode. change: merged mute shift and mute. changed: merge velocity and velocity shift.
2012-01-03 - add: easier to configure metronome and note markers in step sequencer. add: adapted LaunchpadColour (Launchpad85Colour) to this script, for color blind people
2012-01-02 - bug fix: improve button response time in step sequencer (was causing problem while pressing multiple buttons at once)
2011-12-31 - bug fix: loops longer than 8 blocks were not supported. add : scale marked in step sequencer marking C (3 amber blocks) and A (one amber block)
2011-12-29 - bug fix: some buttons not responding correctly in user mode 1
2011-12-26 - Improved live integration (shows Device chain/clip editor). fixed crash while loading Live Set
2011-12-23 - support for MaxForLive. addition of lock mode in step sequencer. bug fixes. renamed from Launchpad75 to Launchpad85.
2011-10-05 - addition mute lane in step sequencer
2011-10-01 - addition of device controller
2011-08-20 - bug fixes
2011-07-22 - first public version
2011-05 - working on an initial version
Contact
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