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I just got a Launchpad last week, and I absolutely love it except for the fact that as soon as I start mapping the buttons in User 1 mode, all @#$%! breaks loose with it and both versions of Live I've got (7.0.18 full and 8.2.2 Launchpad Edition, both have entirely separate libraries, prefs & configs). Live freezes up, stutters, the Launchpad becomes unresponsive... it's maddeningly frustrating as it's been a joy to use but isn't working the way it should.

I've got a tech request in with Novation's Answerbase support, but haven't heard anything back from them save for the auto-reply that acknowledged the fact that I sent a request. I'm trying to determine if this is simply due to a bad Launchpad (easily remedied by heading to my local Guitar Center and swapping it out, but I've got less than a month left to make that decision and my local Guitar Center isn't exactly local) or some other unknown issue like driver conflicts between versions (those on the disc that came with the Launchpad weren't the latest), corrupted driver files, etc. I have no idea where the Novation drivers for the Launchpad are kept on my Mac (latest quad-core 17" w/ 8GB RAM, latest version of Snow Leopard, etc.), so I don't know how to uninstall them so I can try starting fresh. Anyone else have a similar issue? Remedies? Time's runnin' out! Thanks!

--pauloman80

Do you have any other midi hardware connected to your computer?

yur2die4 wrote:Do you have any other midi hardware connected to your computer?

Nope. But I did finally hear back from a human at Novation! Let's see how this goes! I'm still open to ideas/suggestions/etc. to troubleshoot & solve this thing. Thanks.

try different usb ports on your machine.

Problem solved! Turns out the issue was related to my IAC Drivers throwing off the Launchpad for some reason. Disabled them in Live as I haven't used them in a long time, and it's smooth sailing now.