r/Novation

Saw a old beat up mininova box on top of my apartment's trash cans. Since I was throwing out my trash I went to move it and felt that it had some weight to it. Threw out my trash, opened the box out of curiosity and saw that there was indeed a mininova in the box. Took it upstairs. Box only contained the synth, no power supply, no gooseneck mic, no documentation. Saw that it can be powered by USB so tried that and plugged in some headphones and it works perfectly fine. So now that I got this free synth I have some questions...

The rubber on the pitch and modwheel is breaking down and is all sticky/greasy due to age. Does anyone know where I could order replacement ones? Since this was free I've got no problem spending some bucks to not make it feel so gross to touch.

Keys are all yellowed. Could be age, could be from cigarettes. Is there a good way to clean these? Or a place to get replacement keys?

Finally, I didn't spend much time checking out the sounds but I know many of them are pretty unusable for me since it doesn't really fit the sort of music I make, same reason why I sold my microkorg almost 2 decades ago and this reminds me a lot of that synth. I'm sure there's some sort of editor or app for making new patches or places to download new soundbanks. Anybody have ones they can recommend or where to find those?

Much appreciated.

How do I do a Launchpad cover without Ableton lite. Is there any software that helps you to make Launchpad covers? No live looping.

Hi, are there any advantages to using a MIDI controller without velocity sensitivity?

I like the Launchpad Mini model because of its size and simplicity; however, I've never used a MIDI controller before, so I'd prefer to ask before buying.

Is it very limiting to use pads without velocity sensitivity for playing drums? Can you compensate by adjusting the volume?

Thanks!

Hey folks,

I'm developing a stage production with live sound, and I'm aiming to trigger all the AV from the stage with a Novation Launchpad. I don't currently have access to a separate AV tech who can take care of this offstage. I'm using the Launchpad for tasks like:

-triggering audio clips,

-controlling lighting by way of dummy clips that trigger DMX, and

-effectively 'changing the signal routing' of various mics and speakers by turning on and off different tracks set to 'monitor in', each with different effects chains and different in/out configurations.

My laptop is offstage, so the launchpad itself is my only visual feedback. I'm currently using a Launchpad Mk1, which can display three colours (red, green, both at once = amber), so telling tracks apart quickly gets difficult once I have more in a session than the device's eight horizontal pads. Ditto keeping track of my horizontal scrolling through the session (rn I gotta memorize or write down exactly how many times I've pressed the right and left buttons, and hope my fingers haven't slipped on either).

1. I understand Mk2 has full RGB capability; are the colours on the Mk2's mixer mode assignable, for ease of differentiation? Would it make my life easier to get my hands on one? To my understanding, colours in Mk2's clip mode are assignable; I've been differentiating clips on the Mk1 by varying the height of the clip slot.
2. Has anyone run into this issue of differentiating tracks before, and have any tips on getting around it?

Many thanks in advance 🙏

What are the chances of Novation releasing the Launchpad MK4 range by the end of the year? It's been a long time since the last Launchpad revision; in the meantime, they updated Launchcontrol and Launchkey, so I guess that the next one is the Launchpad. But the question is when?