Launchpad2KB

A linux CLI tool to map keyboard hotkeys with the Novation Launchpad device.

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Important: I have only tested this implementation with the first Novation Launchpad, model NOVLPD01.

Usage

Download and unzip from latest release

./launchpad2KB

This will ask for the MIDI port, and will default the config file to config/config.yml. You can also pass the port number and the config file, as follows:

./launchpad2KB --port=1 --config=config/config.yml

Or

./launchpad2KB -p 1 -c config/config.yml

For some reason sometimes it won't start detecting the device presses. When this happens pressing the mixer button on the top-right of your device is enough for it to start working.

Configuration

The configuration file must be in .yaml or .yml format. There is an example config file at config/config.yml. For each cell you will require to set it as follows:

Example:

- cell: 112
  keys:
      - "ctrl"
      - "shift"
      - "e"
  color: 120

This will bind the cell 112 to trigger CTRL+SHIFT+E when pressed.

• cell indicates the cell number (see image below).
• keys are the keyboard keys to be pressed. Keys reference.
• color is a number ranging from 0 to 127.

Example of multiple cells:

- cell: 112
  keys:
      - "ctrl"
      - "shift"
      - "e"
  color: 120
- cell: 113
  keys:
      - "ctrl"
      - "shift"
      - "f"
  color: 80
- cell: 113
  keys:
      - "f"
  color: 60

Run from source

• Create virtual enviroment & install dependencies

virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
pìp install -r requirements.txt

• Tkinter is also required:

Arch linux

sudo pacman -S tk

Debian & Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

Fedora

sudo dnf install python3-tkinter

Then run as shown previously replacing ./launchpad2KB with python src/main.py.

Haven't tested it on Windows/MacOS.

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