Custom Modes let you personalise the controls on your Launch Control XL 3. They can send various MIDI data (notes, CC, keystrokes, program changes, NRPNs) to control software, hardware, or other MIDI devices.
To access Custom Modes:
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Press the Mode button to enter mode selection.
The 16 buttons light, the currently selected Mode is white, the rest are blue.
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Press a blue button to change the mode. The screen shows the name of the mode.
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Press the Mode button again.
Note
You can't edit mode 16, it's a default set of values.
Hold Shift and press the Mode button to access the Edit menu for Custom Modes, via the Mode Settings menu. Each Custom Mode on Launch Control XL 3 has its own Mode Settings menu to configure how the Custom Mode interacts with the MIDI ports.
To enter the Custom Mode settings menu, hold Shift and press the Mode (Edit) button.
To exit Custom Mode settings edit menu, press the Mode button.
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To find a setting, press Page ▲▼ up and down.
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To adjust a setting, use the Track <> buttons.
You can change the following settings per Custom Mode. The button for the Custom Mode you're currently editing lights white. You can change which Custom Mode you're editing by pressing the Custom Mode buttons.
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Setting |
Value range |
Description |
Default value |
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Merge |
On Off |
On allows incoming MIDI data to merge with surface-generated MIDI (when you move a control on Launch Control XL 3) and be sent to that Custom Mode's MIDI output. |
On |
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Merge Filter |
Off Ch. 1 - 16 |
Set which MIDI input channel to merge with surface-generated MIDI for that Custom Mode. Off allows all incoming MIDI In channels to merge with that Custom Mode's surface-generated events. |
Off |
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Merge Out Ch |
As Input Ch. 1 - 16 |
Set which MIDI channel the Custom Mode MIDI data and incoming MIDI data goes out on. As Input doesn't alter the channel of the incoming MIDI data. |
As Input |
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Output Port |
USB DIN 1 DIN 2 All |
Sets which port the Custom Mode transmits its MIDI data to. All sends the MIDI data to the USB and both DIN ports. If Merge is on, MIDI data at the In port will also be sent to your chosen Out port(s). |
All |
Important
The MIDI Thru Setting, in the Settings menu, has priority over Custom Mode settings.
If you enable MIDI Thru in the Settings menu, MIDI data at the MIDI In port is sent to MIDI Out 2/Thru regardless of the custom mode settings.
If the active Custom Mode is set to output on DIN 2 or All, and MIDI Thru is enabled, data from the Custom Mode won't be merged and sent from output DIN 2.
Novation Components (web-based and standalone) not only lets you update your Launch Control XL 3's firmware but also lets you create, modify, save, and load Custom Modes.
Go here to use or download Components:
You can create Custom Modes with or without your Launch Control XL 3 connected and send them when you do connect it.