We’ve heard a lot of intrigue about the Launchpad Pro, launched just this week at NAMM 2015 – if you missed all of the details, you can read about the controller’s advanced functions in this article. We were lucky enough to have LA-based producer and educator Thavius Beck agree to do an on-the-fly routine on the Pro.
Watch it below:
More NAMM 2015 news and articles:
- Rane’s TTM57 MKII + MP2015 Rotary Mixer
- Denon DJ Announces DS1 Serato Soundcard, HP2000, and MC4000
- Numark announces NS7 III, Mixtrack Pro III, and Mixtrack III
- Pioneer’s HDJ-2000MK2 Headphones
- Arturia’s Audiofuse Audio Interface
- Serato DJ Club Kit = Support for DJM 850/900NXS, Xone:DB2/DB4/K1
- Akai Releases Timbre Wolf and Tom Cat
- Apple Updates Logic Pro to 10.1
- USB Chroma Cables Now Include Purple, Need Your Input
- Korg Puts A Kaoss Pad Into A DJ Controller
- Reloop RP-8000 Straight Turntable, RMX-60 Mixer
- HRM-7: Pioneer Gets In The Studio Headphone Game
- Moog Relaunches Three Modular Synths
- Splice Takes On Audio Plugin/VST Managment
- NAMM 2015 Predicitons for New DJ and Producer Gear
- Bitwig Studio 1.2 Update
Damnit! Now I feel bad for buying the older Launchpad a few months before the release of the pro.. 🙁
That’s pretty sick. He demonstrates recording a pattern on the fly, with auto-chords, and device parameter automation into that pattern. I liked the way he used the smooth fading fader assignments at the end to zero everything down. Velocity/pressure sensitive pads is a HUGE deal. That means I can actually use the LP to play notes that are expressive.
I think the video could have done with overlay text about what features he’s using. Unless you already own a launchpad and know all the ways it sucks, it’d be easy to miss the jaw-drop moments in the video. Technically you can also do all of this with the QuNeo. But I’m partial to the launchpad because I’m a sucker for a big square grid of buttons. =)
Oh, I guess he’s just doing a bend with the notes. Still, pretty great.
basically nativecontrol’s vision of the launchpad with their LPC-Live script but made into a device into its own. Plus sequencers. honestly, regular launchpad + nativekontrol’s script beats this (even if this looks a lot prettier with more dedicated function buttons that makes working less confusing. what was this red button the middle of the matrix for again!?! arrgghhh)
double rainbow oh my god!
pretty nice!