Using LaunchPad to trigger Maschine patterns

I recently purchased a LaunchPad Mini and was disappointed to see that I couldn't use it to trigger patterns in Maschine. After browsing the forums I came upon an old post by D-One, using automated mouse clicks to trigger Maschine patterns with a Push 2.

So ... I wrote a script built on a similar approach that allows me to use my LaunchPad Mini to trigger patterns in Maschine. Check out the video to see how it works:

I made this work using:

• MIDI Pipe (a Mac only MIDI utility)
• Cliclick (a command line utility that controls mouse movements and clicks)
• A custom AppleScript for MIDI Pipe to tie it all together

A few key features:

• Automatically reads all patterns from Maschine and loads onto LaunchPad Mini (using a screenshot and reading from it)
• Automatically calculates locations to click on, regardless of window position or size
• Works with standalone app as well as plugin versions (Live and Logic Pro)
• Can sync pattern changes to the perform grid – e.g. changing at the end of the current bar

You can read more about it and download the script for yourself from GitHub.

Let me know what you think and if you were able to make it work with your setup!