Hello va3ets,
I don't actually have a Launchpad Pro myself, so I can't comment with certainty on what MIDI ports (or port names) it might present, although I do have an original ('Mark 1' Launchpad).
va3ets wrote: In the initial setup, there was a question something to the affect of, "Does your console have midi controlled stops,? Or something like that. We selected no
That question on the initial General Configuration Wizard (which runs automatically the first time that you launch Hauptwerk) was effectively asking whether to enable MIDI output. Selecting 'no' (as you did) would probably be best in your specific case, since you wouldn't need MIDI output from Hauptwerk to control the Launchpad Pro's button lamps.
va3ets wrote:The launchpad has midi in and midi out ports on it, in order for it to work optimally, do I have to have any midi cables connected to it? Or can i just use it connected over uSB?
I would expect either to be fine, but just using the USB cable is probably the simplest and should be adequate, so my recommendation would be to do that (unless you specifically needed very long cable runs, for example).
va3ets wrote:We selected no, at this point, as if I selected yes, there were some options for the Launchpad in there, which were Launchpad pro, stand alone port, Launchpad pro, live port, and Launchpad pro midi ports. We tried selecting the first two, and on either of them, Hauptwerk would hang, when loading an organ. So do I have to tell Hauptwerk that my midi console has midi controlled stop controls? And select Launchpad pro midi port?
As Frank mentioned, before launching Hauptwerk, make sure that the latest version of Novation's Launchpad Pro driver is installed:
https://uk.novationmusic.com/launch/launchpad-pro/support-downloads... but don't install (or, at least, don't run) any other associated Novation/Launchpad software (which is intended for Ableton Live, etc.). You just need the Launchpad driver itself for Hauptwerk, but none of the other Novation software, since Novation's other software might interfere with Hauptwerk being able to talk to the Launchpad directly.
Launch Hauptwerk, then go to the '
General settings | MIDI ports' screen (from the main menu). On the screen's 'MIDI IN ports' tab (which is the default tab), you need the entry for the Launchpad Pro ticked in the *left-hand* ('Console MIDI IN') column, but no other entries at all relating to the Launchpad or Novation ticked in either column. Since you won't be using MIDI output, on the 'MIDI OUT ports' tab of the same screen, make sure that nothing at all is ticked in either column.
OK the screen, then load the organ. You should then be able to auto-detect the buttons to your desired virtual stops as covered in my previous reply.
Best regards, Martin.
Hauptwerk software designer/developer, Milan Digital Audio.