User's Manual

Table Of Contents

1 LCD Display Shows the device status, parameter values,

and lets you navigate through menus.

2 Shift Button Enables access to secondary Shift functions

which are shown in grey text on the hardware.

3 Settings Button Opens the settings menu on the screen. (A

reference table of Settings options can be

found in section 3.7)

4 ▲▼ Buttons Navigates up and down through rows of pads.

Used for clips and drum racks in Live, chords,

and more.

5 Track ◄ ►Buttons Navigates through tracks in your DAW.

6 … Button

(Navigation Mode)

Pressing the “...” button will put the

Launchkey into a navigation mode useful for

browsing samples and presets.

7 Fixed Chord

Button

Stores a chord that can be played anywhere on

the keyboard. While holding the button, press

and release the keys that you wish to be part

of the ‘fixed’ chord.

8 Arp Button

Turns on and off Launchkey’s inbuilt

arpeggiator. Long press also locks the pot and

pad Arp controls to on.

9 Scale Button Turns on and off Launchkey’s Scale Mode.

10 Octave - +

Buttons

Transposes the keyboard up or down across 8

octaves (C-2 to C5). Pressing both buttons sets

the transposition amount back to 0.

11 Pitch Wheel Bends the pitch of the note being played.

12 Modulation Wheel Modulates software/ hardware parameters.

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