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• In Stop: Brightly lit red pads on the bottom row indicate that clips are currently playing on that track
and may be stopped. Dimly lit pads indicate that no clip is currently playing on that track.
• In Solo: Brightly lit blue pads on the bottom row indicate that the track is currently soloed. Dimly lit
pads indicate that the track is not soloed.
• In Mute: Brightly lit yellow pads on the bottom row indicate that the track is currently unmuted
(audible). Dimly lit pads indicate that the track is muted, and so will not be heard.
Keys Mode
Keys mode allows you to play your Launchpad Mini’s grid as a chromatic keyboard. The layout
presents 4 octaves of notes in a piano layout, with the octaves stacked vertically. The lowest pitch is at
the bottom, with the highest at the top. The range of notes is C2-C6.
In Ableton Live, load an instrument (such as Simpler) into a MIDI track and you will be able to play it
in Keys mode. Do this by double clicking an instrument or preset from the browser (on the left-hand
side of Ableton Live), or drag it to a chosen track. If you cannot hear anything, ensure that the track
is record armed, and that monitor is set to auto (see diagram below).
Drum Mode
Drum mode lets you play Ableton Live’s Drum Rack on Launchpad Mini’s grid. Each section of a drum
rack consists of 16 slots, arranged into a group of 4x4 pads. There are 4 of these groups for a total of
64 drum rack slots.
In Ableton Live, load a drum kit into a MIDI track from the browser and you will be able to play it in
Drum mode. If you cannot hear anything, ensure that the track is record armed, and monitor is set to
auto.
Red arm
button
indicates that
track is record
armed.
Monitor is set
to Auto