Novation Launchpad X with Logic Pro X Live Loops

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How to set up Novation Launchpad with Logic Pro X 10.5 - actually, setup is automatic: Just plug in your Launchpad, and you are good to go 😉
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In the third video of my Live Looping with Logic Pro X 10.5 series, I challenged myself to create a performance only using my Novation Launchpad X. Continue reading to gain some insights of my setup and the issues I experienced:
▶ How to setup Live Loops in Logic Pro X to work with Novation Launchpad X
On my Launchpad X, I used three different modes: (1) the Mixer Mode to select and record arm tracks, (2) the Session Mode to control playback and recording of Live Loops, and (3) my own Custom Mode to play Logic Pro X instruments. For designing the Custom Mode I used the "Midi Note" widget to create different control sections: The two pink rows and the purple row are ascending C Major scales to control the lead, bass and pad sounds. (Side note: the track is actually performed in D Minor. Also, I used additional transposing of tracks within Logic as well as the Arpeggiator and Chord Trigger MIDI effects.) In the bottom of the Launchpad I created a drum layout to control the new Drum Maschine Designer plugin. To prepare the Live Loops section for recording, I created empty cells with predefined settings: I set the Rec-Length parameter to match the Cell Length and the At Rec-End action to change to Play Mode. To start recording into a specific cell, I first armed the track for recording via my Novation Launchpad X and then pushed the corresponding cell on the Launchpad grid.
▶ How to record a live performance video
Creating a live performance with Logic Pro X, while screen recording with Quick Time player, has gotten a real challenge. Not only is this setup very CPU hungry, the more MIDI tracks and loops I add to the Live Loop section the more MIDI errors appear. I experienced errors like stuck notes, missed Note Off events and double triggering. Actually, it took me about 3 hours to film this performance video. And since I had to fight with so many issues, I still decided to recreate the track after I managed to do a decent take. So the audio you’re hearing is actually an edited and slightly quantized version of the performance I did. However, the hand and button movement is accurate and there are no hidden changes.
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@swonic 4 года назад

Big THANKS to all my subscribers for motivating me to post a new video every week! As always, feel free to ask anything you want to know in the comments below. I love to read all your thoughts and I will try to answer every single comment. Stay tuned for my next challenge, where I’ll be creating a song with the Logic Remote only...

@BryanButler 4 года назад

These are getting good man. I’m Having a hard time seeing where you hit the record enable when tracking in. I know how to do it on mine, but the process doesn’t seem as seemless when I try. Also can we talk about your custom tab setup? Are those all custom midi cc notes in your own pattern? I tried doing different channels to be able to play multiple tracks at once, could not get it to work for the life of me.

@swonic 4 года назад

@@BryanButler Thank you so much :-) Ok, so the record enable is the column of pads on the far left side. But it's kinda tricky because I also created empty cells on the far left column. These have no function, only to show the colour of the track to me for better navigation. You can see as soon as I press the "Record Arm" button (bottom left) the colour will change to white/red. The red pad indicates the currently armed track. So it's this moment after clicking "Record Arm" when I click on a white pad to make it red, that changes the active track and record arms it. That's also almost the answer to your second question: The custom layout does always only control the active (record armed) track. I think it's not possible to send MIDI to a track in Logic Pro that is not record armed. So there is no way to use one controller to control several different tracks (instruments) at once, that's also not possible if you have two controllers connected. (It works in MainStage though, that's one of the reasons I still think MainStage might be better for performing than Logic Pro X.) To clarify: Yes, these are all custom MIDI Notes (not CC!) in my own pattern. But I have a drum track armed they would all play drums and if I have a piano track armed they would all play piano! The three top rows are just arranged for playing melodies and the bottom rows are arranged to play drums. But as you can see some notes are even the same! PS: There might be a workaround to use one controller for different instruments though: If you use a plugin that routes different MIDI channels to different sounds within the same plugin (NI Kontakt can do this for example). You might also be able to achieve this by using Logic Pro X Track Stacks... because the whole Track Stack can be record enabled I think. But I'd need to try this. Also, it will use a lot of resources, because you would have to create one track stack with all your instruments and create a copy of it for every new track of Live Loops you want to create... (Hope all this makes sense to you...)

@BryanButler 4 года назад

@@swonic Yeah that does make sense. I appreciate the i depth answer. For the Record enable, do you have a count in time for when you have to start performing once its armed or is it immediate?

@swonic 4 года назад

You can change the count in time in the project settings! But start of recording will also depend on the "Quantize Start" setting. I'll try to cover this in a tutorial video. Btw, I just tested the idea with the Track Stacks and it doesn't seem to work. It works with NI Kontakt though.

@peakersky 4 года назад

@@swonic really loving your videos and I have subscribed to your channel! The style and setup you play is exactly what Id want to follow. Will be waiting eagerly for the tutorial videos :) I watched this vid at least 20 times to understand how you are looping in and out. Would you have an expected timeframe for rolling out tutorials?

@kensato7545 4 года назад

Hi SWONIC !! Wow ! What a nice movie again. I watched this repeatedly to learn how you are playing. This is my summary on what you are doing with Logic Pro 1.Push the Cowbell cell to start in "Session " 2.Press Drums cell to record and push "Custom" 3.Play drums after counts down. 4.Press "Session" then "Record Arm" Button. 5.Push Drums cell to cancel "record mode" in the Record Arm row. 6.Press Bass cell to select "record mode" in the same row. 7.Hit the "Custom" to play the Bass. 8. Back to No.4 I found "Session" has two modes, one is for play all cell in each row.the other is to select function; Record arm, solo,mute, etc. I can play almost the same thing as you are playing. Thank you very much.

@swonic 4 года назад

Hi! This is great. Well done 😉 I’m happy to be inspiring. I got a couple of tutorials scheduled to explain some of the stuff I’m doing. First one is coming up in 1-2 weeks!! Thanks so much for watching.

@kensato7545 4 года назад

@@swonic Thank you for inspiring me !! I will record the movie playing lunchpad X with Logic Pro soon.I know Practice to play with pads is very important. I have to get used to pads play first.

@swonic 4 года назад

Nice! Yes... practice is the key. All this live routine stuff takes a lot of precise button pushing 🙃 make sure to share the video when it’s out. Looking forward to seeing your approach!!

@AmoLaMusicaIAC Год назад

Thank you for the showing and cheers for the music! Great stuff! I wish to ask a little thing: when you change the record channel (like at 0:25)... is it a preinstalled function on the Launchpad or is it a think you set up? If you set it up by yourself how can I do it?

@swonic Год назад

Thanks! As far as I remember I‘m only using default functions of the Launchpad. Looks confusing because it’s turned around 90 degrees. Back then there was only this option in Logic I think. Today you don’t need to turn it anymore. You can configure this in the midi controller settings.

@AmoLaMusicaIAC Год назад

@@swonic thank you very much!

@swonic Год назад

😎

@lorenzo4476 8 месяцев назад

amazing

@swonic 7 месяцев назад

fantastic

@pitsbrits 4 года назад

I hope you have a tutorial on how to set up drums like that! I bought the launchpad x and im struggling to understand it!

@swonic 4 года назад

Hm, I have some tutorials on live looping with Logic Pro X Live Loops coming... You can find an explanation on how I setup the Launchpad for playing drums in this video in the description of this video! Do you have a specific question?

@pitsbrits 4 года назад

Actually, its more of my overall ignorance around logic pro and launchpad..! Anyway I'll watch more tutorials, hopefully I'll get better!

@williamshaneblyth 4 года назад

Would be awesome for someone to actually explain the process here. I’ve watched quite a few of these videos but no one explains exactly what your doing. Some is obvious but others are not. Cheers

@swonic 4 года назад

Thanks for getting in touch! I'm planing to do a tutorial/walkthrough of my Logic Pro X live setup. (So consider subscribing and stay tuned!) But first I need to figure out a really steady playable setup. The videos I did so far were more or less experimental and I had to do a lot of takes because of technical difficulties. I explain the most important things in my description. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask! Also, what is it that you want to know - how to prepare the session or how to play?!

@williamshaneblyth 4 года назад

Awesome I'm subscribed yes I understand certain stuff but id like to use some sort of controller like a launch pad or similar to choose a cell AND record into it on the fly move to another and continue the same. I don't want to touch a mouse I've watched them do it with Ableton but I want to do it with the new logic 😁

@swonic 4 года назад

I think right now the only two controllers that have that functionality out of the box (without programming your own control surface plugin) are Novation Launchpad and the Logic Remote iOS App... it totally helps! And yes, I also prefer Logic over Ableton... 🙂 Oh, and thanks so much for subscribing!

@thequietproject 2 года назад

There’s not enough cowbell ;)

@swonic 2 года назад

There can never be enough cowbell!!!!!!!!!!! 😅

@AndyDeighton 4 года назад

Great vid SWONIC . May I ask, the mixer mode and keyboard mode you bring up in the video - Mine look nothing like yours. Are you doing anything special? When I hit the 'Custom' button on the LaunchPad X, I just get 4 4x4 squares, yellow, red, blue, green. You seem to get a different pattern...

@swonic 4 года назад

Thanks! The Session/Mixer Mode is not customized... however, the Custom Mode is created with the Novation Components software! You can find that on the Novation website, it’s very easy to use and enables you to create you own modes and save 4 of them on your Launchpad X. Let me know if this helps!

@AndyDeighton 4 года назад

@@swonic Thanks for that tip! Brilliant! Really appreciate your response.

@swonic 4 года назад

I'm glad to help 🙂 if you want to support me, please hit that subscribe button! 😉

@brunocena3885 4 года назад

plsss make a video on ur setup and logic settings, how did u autoloop ur live performance , plsss i really wana know

@swonic 4 года назад

Actually, my Logic Settings are pretty much just standard. I only played around with the cell settings. I set the Rec-Length parameter to match the Cell Length and the At Rec-End action to change to Play Mode. To start recording into a specific cell, I first armed the track for recording via my Novation Launchpad X and then pushed the corresponding cell on the Launchpad grid. Then I recorded the whole thing using QuickTime player! Hope this helps...

@brunocena3885 4 года назад

@@swonic thanks a lot

@uspstudio1183 4 года назад

Another inspiring video! Have you always been a Logic Pro user or switched because of 10.5? I am asking as I wanted to know what would you recommend i.e. Ableton Live 10 or LPX 10.5 for live looping and using Launchpad along with it.

@swonic 4 года назад

Thanks so much! Oh, I'm using Logic Pro for 10+ years now. I think Ableton Live might be better for live looping actually, since it has that functionality for years already. Also, the Launchpad is much deeper integrated into Live than in Logic since it was developed specifically for Ableton Live. However, Logic Pro X is much cheaper. If you already own Logic I'd recommend just explore whatever new possibilities this 10.5 update brought for live looping. If you don't own Logic Pro just download Live and test it for 90 days - you can still decide after that period if it's for you or not.

@sharikmarius 4 года назад

Ironically enough, I actually found it more complicated to set up Live for live looping. Once you tweak the cell settings in Logic, it's easy to do a record a live looping performance.

@seangarland 4 года назад

I'm right on the fence for buying a Launchpad X. I don't do a lot of looping, but like the possibilities. I think your video answers one of my questions, but I'm hoping that you can confirm? One of the features I like about the Launchpad X is the Scale option. But with the need to rotate the device 90 degrees, it *looks like* the scale option does work horizontally? Is that correct? Thanks! (Also, you got a new subscriber!)

@swonic 4 года назад

Hi, thanks for subscribing :-) Yeah... right now the Lauchpad doesn't recognise being turned, so the Scale option wont turn accordingly. However, you can create custom modes to recreate it and also Novation offers a couple of default custom modes for 90 degrees rotation... hope this helps!

@Serenitees 2 года назад

I think since this video was made there is now an option in the Control Surface setup in Logic Pro to set the Rotation for the Launchpads. Check it out and see if changing the rotation setting in the device section of the Launchpad X Setup works for you?

@xaverbodenstein1874 4 года назад

So i see to arm a new track and hit record you have to push 4 buttons (mixer>arrow>select track>hitrecord). Is this the only way or is there an easier option?

@swonic 4 года назад

Actually, the safest way is with 5 Buttons: Mixer > Rec Arm (Arrow) > deselect old track > select new track > hit record 😅 When using MIDI tracks this seems to be the only solution to handle that workflow when using only a Launchpad X. It might be easier on other Launchpads (but I don’t know) and also using different controllers. In the last two videos I was using key commands to help with the progress. I think there weren’t less clicks in total though.

@karemmatar 3 года назад

Hi bro. What about the first note bug ?? When u recording on cell the first loops cut the first midi note ! How you don’t have this problem on your video ?

@swonic 3 года назад

Good catch. I also explain this in the description of the video: Actually, I recorded this video live and did several takes for 3 hours straight. But the best take still had MIDI errors like stuck notes, missed Note Off events and double triggering, besides the first note bug. Therefore, I decided to recreated the performance with the recorded loops in the arrangement window and sync it to the video. So, it actually was recorded live, but the version you are hearing has been edited...

@karemmatar 3 года назад

@@swonic it’s 😓 hard work ! . It’s really big bug in logic ! . And also u Connot record the live loops when u Rec to the timeline !

@swonic 3 года назад

yeah, it’s really not easy to use this in a live setting, hope apple is gonna fix this soon - I do always use an external recording app to record the output of logic for my performances 😉

@kawa17 4 года назад

really cool video! how did you setup the lights to be different colours on your launchpad though? i can't seem to get it...

@swonic 4 года назад

thanks! hm, I‘m not sure if I get what you mean. but the pads I use for playing drums/bass/etc then that’s just a custom mode I created with the components software. does this help? I‘ll also do a tutorial video on how I setup my launchpad for performing with logic which will be released later this year.

@kawa17 4 года назад

@@swonic well, what i mean is that my launchpad squares are all orange all the time, and i was wondering how you got them pink & purple, looking forward to your vid!

@swonic 4 года назад

oh! now I get it. what model do you use? are you sure it has multi colored LEDs?

@kawa17 4 года назад

ah, i see. I now the mini, that's probably why it's not possible. thanks!

@swonic 4 года назад

if you don't have a Launchpad Mini MK3 it's probably not possible. I think the older versions could only do 3 colours...

@xaverbodenstein1874 4 года назад

Do you think Logic will bring out a Launchpad like Ableton did?

@swonic 4 года назад

You mean like Ableton Push?! I don't think so...

@honeydisco 4 года назад

how do you switch the tracks from the Launchpad? Did you map them or they come premapped

@swonic 4 года назад

Actually, I didn’t change the auto-configuration in Logic Pro X. The tracks are getting selected when you Rec-Arm them. So, that’s what I did in the video: I used the Mixer Mode on the Launchpad and record enabled the track I wanted to play/record next. Simple, but effective 😉

@joshuamarchi 4 года назад

nice video man! anyway i have a question, so i got a launchpad pro mk1 and also i have update my logic, but i cant control the midi through my launchpad, even though the lights has shown on the launchpad, it wont respond, can you please tell me what is the problem? thank you for your help

@swonic 4 года назад

Thanks! So are the lights of your Launchpad and the Logic Live Loops screen in sync? I mean does Logic really recognise the Launchpad? What you can try is, go to the control surface settings to delete and re-install the Launchpad control surface.

@joshuamarchi 4 года назад

yes they sync, i can pretty much change the settings to note mode and play instruments from logic, but not the loop. thank you for the tip, i will try it.

@swonic 4 года назад

ok, that’s really an interesting bug! but the control surface plugin in logic sometimes breaks. just happened to me today - I had green and red pads all over the place 😅

@user-uy3tx5so1t 4 года назад

So diffucult as a novice . Do not know how to set it up although I have Logic pro updated.

@swonic 4 года назад

You mean setup the Launchpad? If it doesn’t show up automatically open “Logic Pro X > Control Surfaces > Setup” check if it’s already there. If not you can try setting installation to automatic or install it manually by browsing for it at “New > Install...”

@itchyjazz 4 года назад

what is the “midi note” widget?

@swonic 4 года назад

That is indeed a very good question. I had to look up this name when writing the description myself. If you open up "Novation Components" to edit the settings of your Launchpad X you can create a "New Custom Mode". For editing your mode you use the so-called "Widgets" on the right side of the screen. And there is a widget that is called "Midi Note" → if you drag it is used to configure one individual pad to play a MIDI note! This is how Novation describes it on their support page: >> MIDI Note lets you assign a note to a single pad. You can customise the note, the octave, the channel, as well as change the behaviour of the note to be: Momentary - continues to play while held but releasing stops the note Toggle - Starts playing when pressed, stops playing when pressed again"

@itchyjazz 4 года назад

@@swonic thank you for replying. this is a great feature. unfortunately, i have a launchkey mk 2 not a launchkey x. or HAD. i sold it a few days ago. but i'm planning to buy a launckkey mini mk3. is this feature also available in the mini mk3?

@swonic 4 года назад

I’m glad if I can help! I think the LaunchPAD Mini MK3 also has custom modes. However, the LaunchKEY will not be integrated in Logic like that and I think it also doesn’t have custom modes... (But please check on the official website before buying.)