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If you’re not controlling the LEDs via Ableton, you need to send a message to the Launchkey Mini to switch it to “InControl” mode.

If you’re controlling the LEDs from Ableton, just press the InControl button on the Launchkey Mini once until it glows red. More importantly, when the controller is in this mode Ableton is put in control of the LEDs underneath the drum pads. Within Ableton, switching to this mode lets you control your currently playing tracks and navigate the interface. The key to this all is the “InControl” mode. If you’re using Ableton, the port must also be set as an output device and enabled for track output in your MIDI preferences.
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For me this is listed as “Launchkey Mini (Port 2)” in Ableton, and as “MIDIOUT2 (Launchkey Mini) 2” in other software such as Python ( mido) and Hairless. To control the LEDs, you need to connect to this second port. This is how Ableton sends commands to the device without disrupting the main MIDI stream. The second endpoint is what Novation refers to as the “InControl” port. The first endpoint is the MIDI port for the control surface data this is what you connect to for reading the keyboard, drum pads, and potentiometers. The Launchkey Mini presents itself as a generic USB-MIDI device with two I/O endpoints. But before controlling the LEDs, you have to be connected to the right MIDI port and have the device configured for InControl mode. The Launchkey Mini is a class compliant MIDI device, meaning that it’s possible to talk to it just by sending standardized MIDI messages without needing a custom driver.
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It required a bit of reverse engineering and the result isn’t quite as pretty, but I’ve figured out how to do it.
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There is some information available in a “ programmer’s reference” manual for the Launchkey II ( not the “Mini” version), but sadly the LED components don’t function the same way. Novation’s user guide for the Launchkey Mini has no mention of how to control the LEDs. There’s surprisingly little information about this. That got me thinking: is it possible to control the LEDs on a Launchkey Mini like you can on a Launchpad? With Alt key pressed: Move backwards or forwards one second at a time.I picked up a Novation Launchkey Mini II controller last year when I was working with those musical floppy drives, and recently I fell down the rabbit hole of Launchpad LED performance videos. With Ctrl key pressed: Move backwards or forwards one frame at a time. With Shift key pressed: Slow down or speed up playback The mouse scroll wheel can be used at any time in the following ways:
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This template is found in Shortcuts - Templates.Ī number of keyboard shortcuts can be configured using the existing Shortcuts feature in vMix.įor a full list of what is available see Shortcut Reference.

The following diagram shows the functions that are applied when applying the Replay ShuttlePROv2 Template. See Shortcut Reference for a list of Instant Replay related functions that can be assigned. To buttons will be detected as MIDI buttons when creating a Shortcut in vMix. The ShuttlePro has 14 configurable buttons in addition to the Jog and Shuttle wheels. See Advanced MIDI Shortcuts Contour ShuttlePro v2 Pay special attention to the Jog wheel configuration options when setting up a MIDI Shortcut. Jog and shuttle wheels can also be used on supported devices such as the Behringer CMD PL-1 or the X-Keys XK-12 Jog and Shuttle. For more information see Shortcuts User Guide

The buttons on most MIDI and X-Keys controllers can be programmed vis the Shortcut feature to activate most functions in Instant Replay.
