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Next: Using your Launchpad with Ableton Live. I don't own a Launchpad yet. Download Lightshow Pack. Live Sets, Racks, presets, Max for Live devices, and anything else you can download and use in Ableton Live. To download your free trial of Ableton Live visit Try Live for free. Downloads Live 11 and Max for Live: Get a Glimpse of What’s Possible with Some Free Devices. This has now been found on a number of different MIDI Devices including Impulse, SL MkII, Launchpad S, Launchkey, etc. If your USB MIDI Controller is not working on a Mac please check the following: -Make sure the Controller is connected directly to the USB port on the Mac.

Wordle. If anyone ever has this same issue, and you have Pro Tools installed on your Mac system, the Digidesign MIDI drivers are located in Macintosh HDLibraryAudioMIDI Drivers. There are likely 2 Digi files, DigidesignMbox2Midi.plugin, DigidesignFirewireMidi.plugin, or DigiDioMidiDriver.plugin. This installer includes the latest version of the Novation USB 1.1 driver for MAC and PC. MAC - Novation USB Driver 2.7 Windows - Novation USB Driver 2.12 User Guides.

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This installer includes the latest version of the Novation USB 1.1 driver for MAC and PC.

MAC - Novation USB Driver 2.7Windows - Novation USB Driver 2.12

User Guides

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Novation Launchpad Mk2 Drivers

Impulse - Mode d'emploi.pdfImpulse - User Guide.pdfImpulse - Bedienungsanleitung.pdf

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Impulse - Getting Started Guide.pdfImpulse - Guide de Prise en Main.pdfImpulse - Kurzanleitung.pdf

First, let me state that I have already contacted Novation support, and I'm currently awaiting a reply. The issue is this:
The Launchpad works perfectly.. when it is connected to my USB hub. If I take it out and try to connect it directly into a USB port it completely stops working. It is not recognized by Live or OSX's Audio MIDI Setup utility. The only information I've been able to ascertain is that when it is connected, the computer does recognize it as a Launchpad. This was found via System Profiler. I'm getting extremely frustrated with this behavior, as I can in no way take the Launchpad to a live gig, or even my couch for that matter.
I've tried reinstalling the driver with the launchpad connected to the desired port instead of the hub, and have had no luck. Other than that, I'm completely stumped as to what the problem could be. It seems odd to me that it would work fine when connected to a hub, and not when connected directly to the computer.
If anyone has any other ideas, I am all ears.

Launchpad Mk2 Driver Download

MacOSX v10.6.6

Launchpad Mk2 Ableton Setup

Live v8.2.1