Hi,

A technical question about a LAUNCHKEY2 Novation Launchkey 25 I bought from your shop.

Just to know how it can work with a laptop and how to work with FL studio

Hope you can help.

Valery

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Hi Valery,

Thanks for your email.

The LaunchKey will plug directly into the USB port on your laptop. From here it will be recognised in your DAW (Pro Tools, Cubase, Ableton, FL Studio etc) and you will be able to use it to control the MIDI software within that.

Does this make sense?

If you have any queries then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,
Jack Patrick
Sales Advisor
Normans Musical Instruments

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Hi and thanks for the reply. Please if you don't mind can you help me with the setup process?

I have tried with my FL studio and can't get it to work.

Thanks

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Hi Valery,

Thanks for your email.

I am not familiar with FL Studio but I will try my best for you.

So firstly you will create a new project. You will need to add a new track, this is called an instrument track on Pro Tools (it may called be called MIDI track or something similar). On this track you will add the instrument you wish to play with using your controller e.g. piano, string etc. You should be able to create sounds by clicking on the piano roll which should appear near the bottom (Cubase, Logic, Pro Tools). However you want to use your MIDI controller to create notes rather than punch them in using your computer mouse. You should be able to plug your Controller directly into your PC/Mac and the device be recognised by the computer (it should light up when working). It should then automatically be picked up by the instrument /MIDI Track you have created.

If it doesn't then I would recommend trying to create a track after the controller is plugged in. Also there may be a bar at the top where you may be able to search for an external device (unfortunately I am not 100% on this for FL Studio). However I found this link - http://www.image-line.com/support/FLHelp/html/envsettings_midi.htm which is a walk through of how to connect your MIDI Controller.

I hope this helps and if you have any queries then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,
Jack Patrick
Sales Advisor
Normans Musical Instruments