Profiles Pages And Macros

Profiles, Pages, And Macros

OpenLaunchDeck is organized like a physical macro deck.

Main Terms

• Profile: a full deck setup, such as Basic PC, OBS Streaming, or Soundboard.
• Page: one 8x8 grid inside a profile.
• Button: one pad on the grid, such as A1 or H8.
• Action: what a button does when pressed.

The Launchpad Mini MK3 grid uses this layout:

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8
B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8
E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8
G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8
H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8

Editing Without Running Buttons

Clicking a pad in the app selects it for editing. It does not run the button.

Use Test Action in the editor when you want to run a button from the app. Physical Launchpad pad presses run actions directly.

Good Profile Patterns

For streaming:

• Page 1: OBS basics and clips
• Page 2: scenes and source toggles
• Page 3: soundboard
• Page 4: utility shortcuts

For gaming:

• Page 1: OBS replay, screenshot, mute, deafen
• Page 2: game-specific shortcuts
• Page 3: soundboard
• Page 4: server/admin tools

Recommended Button Choices

Use colors consistently:

• Green: start, enable, open, safe action
• Red: stop, disable, dangerous action
• Yellow: warning, armed action, needs attention
• Blue: utility, navigation, edit-related
• Purple or cyan: soundboard and streaming

Keep labels short. A good label is usually one or two words:

• Clip
• Screen
• Mute
• Camera
• BRB
• Sound 1

Switch Page Buttons

OpenLaunchDeck pages can be changed with the Switch Page action.

The Launchpad Mini MK3 has extra navigation-style buttons around the grid, but the current app uses the 8x8 grid as the reliable macro surface. Extra hardware buttons can be inspected in MIDI Debug and added later when their messages are verified.

Dangerous Buttons

Mark a button dangerous when a mis-press could cause a problem.

Examples:

• Stop server
• Restart server
• Shutdown
• Delete
• Run destructive command

Dangerous buttons require two presses within the arm window. If the timer expires, the button disarms.

Profile Files

Profiles are JSON files stored in:

%APPDATA%\OpenLaunchDeck\profiles

The app writes readable JSON so profiles can be backed up, exported, reviewed, and fixed by hand if needed.