launchpad

A package allows you to talk to your Novation Launchpad in Go. Light buttons or read your touches.

This library is currently only working with Launchpad S (Green-Red Launchpads) but we are trying to support multiple models and layouts.

go get github.com/rakyll/launchpad

Portmidi is required to use this package.

$ apt-get install libportmidi-dev
# or
$ brew install portmidi

Usage

Initialize a new Launchpad. If there are no currently connected Launchpad device, initialization will fail with an error. You can fake a device by creating an input and output MIDI device and name them as Launchpad.

pad, err = launchpad.Open();
if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("Error initializing launchpad: %v", err)
}
defer pad.Close()

// turn off all of the lights
pad.Clear()

Coordinate system

The coordinate system is illustrated below.

+--------- arrow keys -----------+  +--- mode keys ---+
{0, 8} {1, 8} {2, 8} {3, 8} {4, 8} {5, 8} {6, 8} {7, 8} | ableton
----------------------------------------------------------------
{0, 0} {1, 0} {2, 0} {3, 0} {4, 0} {5, 0} {6, 0} {7, 0} | {8, 0} vol
----------------------------------------------------------------
{0, 1} {1, 1} {2, 1} {3, 1} {4, 1} {5, 1} {6, 1} {7, 1} | {8, 1} pan
----------------------------------------------------------------
{0, 2} {1, 2} {2, 2} {3, 2} {4, 2} {5, 2} {6, 2} {7, 2} | {8, 2} sndA
----------------------------------------------------------------
{0, 3} {1, 3} {2, 3} {3, 3} {4, 3} {5, 3} {6, 3} {7, 3} | {8, 3} sndB
----------------------------------------------------------------
{0, 4} {1, 4} {2, 4} {3, 4} {4, 4} {5, 4} {6, 4} {7, 4} | {8, 4} stop
----------------------------------------------------------------
{0, 5} {1, 5} {2, 5} {3, 5} {4, 5} {5, 5} {6, 5} {7, 5} | {8, 5} trk on
----------------------------------------------------------------
{0, 6} {1, 6} {2, 6} {3, 6} {4, 6} {5, 6} {6, 6} {7, 6} | {8, 6} solo
----------------------------------------------------------------
{0, 7} {1, 7} {2, 7} {3, 7} {4, 7} {5, 7} {6, 7} {7, 7} | {8, 7} arm
----------------------------------------------------------------

Demo: Light your touchs

A simple program to light every touch:

pad, err := launchpad.Open()
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}
defer pad.Close()

pad.Clear()

ch := pad.Listen()
for {
	select {
	case hit := <-ch:
		pad.Light(hit.X, hit.Y, 3, 3)
	}
}

License

Copyright 2013 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.