2:17am

This was something borne out of a quick idea that I threw together at the beach last November. I've gone through a number of controllers over the last couple of years, and I think I've settled pretty well with the grid controllerist approach. I still like the physicality of having actual faders and knobs for controlling the mixer. MIDI Katapult has been awesome though, to have for customizing the layout of the Launchpad.

This track can be purchased at http://www.aplacebetweenyouandme.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• launchpad
• MIDI
• Katapult
• buttons
• grid
• Novation
• Korg
• nanoKontrol

[han549]

with the right launchpad are you controlling effects?

[newmodernscience]

@han549 yup. Just some momentaries mapped to reverb and delay sends, and a bit of glitch on the drums.

[jonnybeats12]

@newmodernscience I love the track, great job! I originally came to this video about the launchpad; Ive got experience in logic and live and want to start playing around with a monome style control surface (like yours). Would you recommend the launchpad or otherwise?

Cheers.

[newmodernscience]

@jonnybeats12 The hard part about the monome and Livid are that they are not explicitly MIDI controllers, and bending them to your will can be alot of work. The LP however, was built for Ableton and MIDI, so if you're wanting something that just works, it's really the way to go. My only complaint with the LP is that once you've used a Block or a Monome of any kind, the button action just doesn't even compare to those. But it's definitely useable, and being able to use Automap makes up for it.

[AdamBombStudios]

Is that a Domo shirt? :D

[newmodernscience]

@AdamBombStudios MAYBE. ;-)

[NikolazTV]

i use this song to study, so relax!

[ganthed]

I just listend to this like 20 times.... I fucking love this man. thanks for sharing.

[xAntixHerox916]

its 217 right now in cali :)

[MsGraphixxx]

Dell Latitude D620 FTW :D

[TofuAye]

really cool song dude! and an interresting use of the pads.

[jonnybeats12]

@newmodernscience Thanks for the info, really helpful. As you said, the tools are there but it's just about putting them together and making a solution that works for your setup. I've been meaning to play around with Max and the like, this is a good excuse to (using nonome in this instance). I've also taken a peek at Midi Katapult which seems to be pretty flexible.

Thanks man!

[BeatTerraceMassive]

@newmodernscience what is your second launchpad doing? are you mapping it to ableton using automap? Please Help! I've just been starting to use the launchpad as a monome style controller but still have very much to learn.