Launchpad Pro Mk3 Bitwig Controller

Description

🚧 This is currently work in progress and potentially subject to many changes.

This is a Bitwig Controller for the Launchpad Pro MK3.

It aims to be a rather simple controller, that only relies on the Launchpad DAW mode. As a benefit, it will keep all the built in functionality intact and it will work like described in the manual / in other DAWs.

If you need something more extensive, please consider DrivenByMoss Bitwig Extension as an alternative.

Install

Right now there are no releases / builds, as this is pre-alpha.

If you want to try it out:

• Install Node.js
• Check out this repository via Git
• npm install
• npm run build
• Copy the contents from the ./dist folder into your Bitwig "My Controller Scripts" location
  • Consider creating a subfolder for this, e.g. Launchpad-Pro-Mk3-Bitwig-Controller
  • If you actively develop / try around, creating a symlink can be more convenient

Configure

• Go to Bitwig > Settings > Controllers
• Add Controller (DAW)
  • Hardware Vendor: Novation
  • Product: Launchpad Pro MK3 (by Fannon)
  • Choose Input: MIDIIN3 (LLProMK3 MIDI) (the third launchpad midi device)
  • Choose Output: MIDIOUT3 (LLProMK3 MIDI) (the third launchpad midi device)
• Add Controller (regular MIDI input)
  • Now add a Generic MIDI Keyboard input for LLProMK3 MIDI (the first MIDI device)
  • This is used for the built in functionality of the launchpad

Features

Working

• Launchpad Pro Mk3 DAW Mode support
• Session Mode (the basics, only 8x8 grid at the moment)
  • Launch and stop Clips
  • Launch Sections
• Play / Stop / Record Transport
• Tap Tempo (Quantize Button)
• Mute / unmute tracks

Known Bugs

• When switching projects, the controller might get inconsistent state
  • E.g. the pads might pulse / flicker / display a state that does not match the project
  • Press "Clear" Button to reset the controller

Work in Progress

To Do

• Allow to move clip launcher grid selection
• Clip Selection
• Clip Recording
• Proper tempo / BPM overlay
• Other overlays like track volume, device parameters, etc.

Goals

• Use the Launchpad Pro Mk3 in Bitwig without loosing the built in functionality
• Only add what is not part of built in functionality
  • Session Mode
  • Transport / Track management (?)
  • BPM
• Use the Launchpad mostly like described in the manual
• Learn :)

Alternatives

• https://github.com/git-moss/DrivenByMoss Bitwig Extension
  • DrivenByMoss can do much more than this extension
  • The design goals are quite different, though

Credits

I took inspiration from:

• https://github.com/git-moss/DrivenByMoss
• https://github.com/Jengamon/Launchpad-X-Bitwig-Script
• https://github.com/Jengamon/Launchpad-Mini-MK3-Bitwig-Script
• https://github.com/Isti115/bitwig-launchpad
• https://intro.novationmusic.com

Special thanks to Jürgen Mossgraber for:

• His DrivenByMoss Bitwig Extension
• The youtube videos explaining the extension and the bigwig controller API