Launchpad/PRG

• Launchpad Pro [MK3] Programmer's Reference Manual

  • Novation's MIDI and SysEx reference for the Launchpad, the Novation Launchpad Pro Mk3. It covers the bootloader, lighting pads over MIDI, DAW mode, and Programmer Mode. The companion user guide is Launchpad/UG.
  • Source: LPP3_prog_ref_guide_200415.pdf, 21 pages, from the Novation Launchpad Pro [MK3] downloads.

  • What the guide can program

    • Every SysEx message starts with F0h 00h 20h 29h 02h 0Eh (240 0 32 41 2 14), followed by a command byte (p. 6).
    • The guide documents eight commands: Select Layout 00h, DAW Fader Setup 01h, LED Lighting 03h, Live/Programmer 0Eh, Note/Drumrack select 0Fh, DAW/Standalone 10h, Note active colour 17h, and Stop Faders 19h. Launchpad/PRG/06 SysEx Command Summary lists them.

    • Sequencer Projects and Custom Modes

      • The guide documents no SysEx for sequencer Project, Pattern, Scene, or step data, no Custom Mode upload or download, and no Project backup or restore. A full-text search of the PDF finds "Projects" and "Patterns" only as names in the layout list (p. 7).
      • Select Layout can switch the surface to Sequencer Projects (0Dh), Sequencer Patterns (0Eh), Custom Mode (03h, pages 0-7), and Custom mode Settings (13h) (p. 7). Those messages change only what the surface shows; they do not read or write Project, Pattern, or Custom Mode contents.
      • The guide says Custom Mode MIDI mappings are edited in Novation Components (p. 8). The User Guide also names Components for Project backup: Launchpad/UG/09 Sequencer/12 Projects/02 Backup.
      • MIDI can still light pads in a Custom Mode that has no On Colour (p. 8). Factory Custom Modes 7 and 8 are set up for this (p. 20).

  • Chapters

    • Launchpad/PRG/01 About this Guide
    • Launchpad/PRG/02 Bootloader
    • Launchpad/PRG/03 MIDI
    • Launchpad/PRG/04 Controlling the Surface
    • Launchpad/PRG/05 Software Integration
    • Launchpad/PRG/06 SysEx Command Summary
    • Launchpad/PRG/07 Mode Hierarchy