Just bought a Launchpad

[devonl]

On eBay, I think I got a good price, only one shop near me sells 'em (for an outrageous price..)

Anyways, I'm really stoked! This will be my first Midi-anything anyone got any suggestions for books/videos related to the Launchpad?

Also, I am planning on switching from my Serato DVS system to a Kontrol S4 - maybe upgrading to TSP2 down the road if i feel the need to have a TT there, have any of you used the Launchpad with Traktor? What kind of things do you use it for?

Devon

[zestoi]

Also, I am planning on switching from my Serato DVS system to a Kontrol S4 - maybe upgrading to TSP2 down the road if i feel the need to have a TT there, have any of you used the Launchpad with Traktor? What kind of things do you use it for?

pretty sure from what some people were saying the other day that you can't actually upgrade to traktor scratch? seemed odd to me mind u...

i guess the question is what can't you do with a launchpad... when you have so many buttons available.

i bought midikatapult pretty much as soon as i got my launchpad - as i wanted to have multiple pages, easily specify the default colors of buttons and also have virtual faders (ala ableton).

i pretty quickly found i couldn't do everything i really wanted so then developed my own midimasher app that sits between the launchpad and traktor+ableton. with a bit of simplish LUA coding you can use my midimasher to do pretty much anything you want.

i have one function that turns any 4x4 grid into a midifighter in either normal or 4banks mode - which was cool for playing about with the midifighter tsi's. so more the question is what do you want to do with the launchpad...

[devonl]

i have one function that turns any 4x4 grid into a midifighter in either normal or 4banks mode - which was cool for playing about with the midifighter tsi's. so more the question is what do you want to do with the launchpad...

That sounds REALLY cool.

regarding the scratch upgrade, this from the NI website:

"Starting April 2011, S4 users have the option to add scratch functionality to the S4 system by purchasing the TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 Scratch Upgrade"

Have people been having problems with it?

Devon

[DigitalDevil]

No, the S4 upgrade is fine. You can't upgrde the normal Traktor Pro software, however.

As for the Launchpad, many people use them in many different ways. Have a look around youtube and you'll probably find something that suits your style.