Novation Launchpad Pro Djay Pro Mapping

top left arrow keys for track/library browsing

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top right 'mixer' button toggles to the mixer page
bottom right is a shift button and above that a 2nd shift button
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Djay Pro Mac

main grid
the main grid is split into two halves, one for each deck. each half is mapped the same
row 1: quantize, keylock, headphone cue, load
row 2: 2 flanger buttons and 2 gator buttons
row 3: loops 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8
row 4: loop in, loop out, loop exit/retrigger, deck reverse
row 5: hotcues 1-4

Novation Launchpad Pro Djay Pro Mapping Software


row 6: hotcues 5-8
row 7: cue, reset pitch, pitch down, pitch up
row 8: play, sync, pitchbend down, pitchbend up
shift + hotcue = delete hotcue
shift2 + hotcue = needle drop for quickly scanning through a track

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shift + sync = adjust beatgrid
Djay pro macwith the deck playing:
pitchbend = normal pitchbend
shift + pitchbend = pitchbend more
when the deck is not playing:
pitchbend = forward wind/rewind thru the track
shift + pitchbend = very fine fwd/rew to help align beatgrids
main grid (mixer mode)
the mixer page basically consists of 8 columns of virtual faders ala ableton live.
col 1-3: deck A low/mid/high virtual eq faders with eq kills at the top
col 4: volume deck A
col 5: volume deck B
col 6-8: deck B low/mid/high virtual eq faders with eq kills at the top
(make sure you're not running automap)

The deck selector is an essential feature of this Launchpad mapping. With it you can map multiple presets in multiple layouts on the main grid. The main grid is the inner 8×8 grid on the Launchpad. You have to memorize the layout patterns, but don't worry, there are only 4 of them.

To select a single channel, simply press the button corresponding to the channel. This will remove all existing selections, and find the largest default preset that can be fit on the main grid.

Presets come in 3 different sizes: short (4×4), tall (4×8) and grande (8×8)<sup>1</sup>. Multiple presets can have the same size, but only one preset can be default per size.

To select multiple channels to be laid out, press the corresponding buttons in a chord. This way you can select to 4 channels.

So what is a chord? In a chord you press buttons so you only release the first after you pressed the last one. The order of presses matter, however the order of releases does not. Now, instead of writing down how the exact layout algorithm works, I just show you the four different layouts that is generated for 1 (single channel), 2, 3 and 4 note chords. Once more the algorithm will fill out the spaces with the largest default preset.

This means that e.g. if you press down D3-D2-S1 in this chord sequence, - D3 will be mapped to block 1 with the default tall preset, - D2 will be mapped to block 2 with the default short preset and - S1 will be mapped to block 3 with the default short preset.

Now you might ask: “But what if I don't want to use the largest default preset?”

After a channel has been laid out you can cycle between all the presets that can fit into its space. This won't reflow the layout, even if you end up using a smaller preset. To cycle between presets - press Ctrl + Channel Selector to cycle forward, - press Shift + Channel Selector to cycle backward or - press Ctrl + Shift + Channel Selector to revert to default.

The cycling order is the following: - primary: large to small - secondary: default then all others in fixed but not specified order.

See, not that complicated after all. Let's see the actual presets that are featured out of the box:

default
grandeGRANDE is currently the only grande layout.
tall TALL is the default tall layout. JUGGLER is a tall layout optimized for beat jumping.
short SHORT is the default short layout. SAMPLER is an all-cue short layout for samplers.

<sup>1</sup> No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.