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Novation Launch Control XL is a compact control surface with 8 faders,
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24 encoders, and various keys like track selection, muting, soloing,
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and arming a track for recording.
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<figure>
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<img style="width:75%;" src="/images/novation-launch-control-xl.svg" alt="Novation Launch Control XL">
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<figcaption>
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Novation Launch Control XL
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h2>Connecting the Launch Control XL</h2>
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Plug the USB cable from the Launch Control XL into a USB2 or USB3 port on
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your computer. The device will be automatically recognized by your operating
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system and will appear in any of the lists of possible MIDI ports in Ardour.
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<p>
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To connect the Launch Control XL to Ardour, open the
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<kbd class="window">Preferences</kbd> dialog, and then click
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<kbd>Control Surfaces</kbd>. Tick the <kbd class="option">Enable</kbd>
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checkbox opposite to "Novation Launch Control XL" to activate Ardour's Launch
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Control XL support.
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Once the device is activated, click <kbd>Show Protocol Settings</kbd> and in
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the newly opened window select the device in the drop-down lists for incoming
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and outgoing MIDI events.
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</p>
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Once you select the input and output port, the Launch Control XL will be
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ready to use. You only need do this once: once these ports are connected and
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your session has been saved, the connections will be made automatically in
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this and other future sessions.
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<h2>Behavior and Configuration</h2>
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The Launch Control XL was designed for use with Ableton Live, so it has a Mix
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mode for controlling the mixer and a Device mode for controlling various
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devices. Therefore, For Ardour, only a subset of features is available out of
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the box. The vast majority of supported features are not configurable, the
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user interface exposes only one setting: making the 8th fader control the
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master bus.
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Features supported out of the box are:
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<table class="dl">
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<tr>
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<th>Faders</th>
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<td>Control faders of 8 tracks at the same time</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th>Track selection</th>
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<td>
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In the Mix mode, these buttons shifts the track focus by one track
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allowing to control e.g. track 2..9 or 3..10 rather than the default
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1..8.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Mute</kbd> button</th>
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<td>
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Switches the Track Control row of buttons to toggle
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the <em>mute</em> status of tracks
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Solo</kbd> button</th>
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<td>
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Switches the Track Control row of buttons to toggle
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the <em>solo</em> status of tracks
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th><kbd class="button">Arm</kbd> button</th>
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<td>
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Switches the Track Control row of buttons to toggle
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the <em>record-arm</em> status of tracks
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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