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MidiLOF
Eight LFOs on the Launchpad
Custom firmware for the Novation Launchpad Pro.
About MidiLOF
MidiLOF is custom firmware for the Novation Launchpad Pro. It gives you eight independent LFOs that send MIDI CC messages to your instruments, with each column of pads showing one LFO.
An LFO moves a parameter over time, like turning a knob back and forth. You choose the pattern, speed, and range, and MidiLOF sends the changing values over MIDI.
- Adjust each LFO
- Set the frequency, target CC, value range, channel, and port for each LFO.
- Choose the timing
- Run cycles in seconds or sync them to your BPM setting.
- Save your settings
- Four presets with undo. Save and load the active configuration over SysEx.
Using multiple LFOs
Give each LFO a different job. You might want a slow filter sweep, panning at another rate, and an effect that changes independently. Keep them on one instrument or spread them across your setup.
- Filters
- Use a slow LFO for a filter sweep and another for resonance.
- Panning and effects
- Move the stereo position or an effect parameter at a different rate.
- Several instruments
- Send LFOs to different MIDI channels or ports across your setup.
You don’t have to use all eight. Start with one and add more when you feel like experimenting. The parameters available depend on your instrument’s MIDI CC support.
Waveforms
Each LFO can use its own waveform. Choose a sine wave for smooth movement, a square wave for jumps, or Sample & Hold for random changes.
Launchpad support
MidiLOF currently supports the Launchpad Pro. Support for other Launchpad models is planned around the upcoming launchpad-core-sdk by Anthony Hofmeister.
Installing MidiLOF
The guide walks you through sending the firmware over USB and setting up your first LFO.
You’ll need a Novation Launchpad Pro. Installing MidiLOF replaces the app currently on it.