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Views within Session Mode and Mixer Mode allow for momentary switching.
For example, you may currently be viewing your track mutes, but want to quickly visit your volume
faders to turn a track up. Press and hold Volume, edit a volume fader, and release Volume to return to
Mute view.
Note that Faders will not continue to move when not currently viewed.
Note Mode
Use Launchpad X’s Note Mode to play drums and melodic instruments expressively with the velocity
and pressure sensitive 8x8 grid.
The layout of Note mode is variable, with the option to have a chromatic, scale, or drum layout. You
are able to customise Launchpad X’s playing surface to suit you.
When in any layout, use ▲▼ to increase or decrease the octave, and use ◄ ► to transpose the grid
by a semitone up or down.
Note Mode will react dynamically to the currently armed instrument in Ableton Live. When a track
with a Drum Rack is armed in Live, Note Mode will automatically switch to a Drum layout, and vice
versa for any other instrument.
In Ableton Live, load an instrument into a MIDI track by selecting an instrument from the browser and
double clicking it (or alternatively drag it to a track). If you cannot hear anything, ensure that the track
is record armed and that monitoring is set to auto.
Red arm
button
indicates that
track is record
armed.
Monitor is set
to Auto