Novation Launchkey 49 Mk3 49-Keys MIDI Controller

Made To Create Music

The Novation Launchkey is a fully integrated MIDI keyboard controller for making tracks in Ableton Live, designed to give you everything you need to create and play your music. Made for creators of all abilities, Launchkey gives you inspirational tools to expand your musical vocabulary.

The Launchkey 49 [MK3] is equipped with a full-size five-pin MIDI DIN output, enabling simple connection to the universe of MIDI devices — new and old. Coupled with its immense standalone potential, Launchkey is now the centrepiece to your live or studio rig — computer or not.

Ableton Live Integration
Launchkey gives you unrivalled access to Ableton Live’s functions, including Capture MIDI, track arm, quantise, click and loop controls. Not using Ableton Live? No problem, Launchkey also has full integration with Logic, Cubase and Reason, plus out-of-the-box functionality with other DAWs including Studio One and Pro Tools, via HUI.

Expand Your Musical Vocabulary
Inspirational features include Scale Mode, Chord Modes and a powerful arpeggiator, which together extend your musical capabilities and let you create in new ways. Scale Mode transposes keys and pads played to notes in the scale selected; three chord modes let you trigger complex chords with one finger, while the powerful arpeggiator gets melodies moving, fast. Strum Mode, introduced with firmware v1.1, lets you strum chords for even more playing enjoyment.

Custom Modes: Control Anything
The full-size five-pin MIDI output works with any MIDI-compatible device. Use Novation Components to configure four Custom Modes, which map Launchkey’s knobs, faders and pads to software and hardware features.

Included Software:
Ableton Live Lite - The renowned electronic music creation software, with seamless Launchkey integration. With effects, instruments, sounds and all kinds of creative features included – everything you need to make any kind of music.

XLN Audio Addictive Keys - Bring authentic piano sounds to your pieces with a choice of Modern Upright, Studio Grand, Electric Grand, or Rhodes virtual instrument. Tweak real mix controls and blend mics to get the perfect keyboard sound for your track.

AAS Session Bundle - Essential sounds for your tracks: Lounge Lizard’s authentic classic electric piano tones; Strum Session’s acoustic and electric guitar sounds; Ultra Analog Session’s easy-to-use, huge synth sounds.

Spitfire Audio LABS Expressive Strings - Exclusive to Launchkey: get immediately expressive and realistic strings sounds. Control release, delay and reverb or fade in experimental warped layers to add colour to your tracks and scores.

Klevgrand R0Verb - A hybrid between a simple reverb and a very complex delay in an easy-to-use plug-in. Design your own reverbs and put your sounds in their own unique space.

Klevgrand DAW Cassette - Bring your sound back to the golden age of cassette tapes, with an accurate recreation of saturation, distortion, noise and wobble.

Novation Sound Collective - A constant source of inspiration for Novation users in search of new sounds. Find regular inspiration with frequent new additions to the Collective, to continue your musical journey.

Main features:

Tech Specs:

• Type: Keyboard Controller
• Number of Keys: 49
• Type of Keys: Synth-action
• Velocity Sensitive: Yes
• Pads: 16 x Velocity-sensitive RGB Pads
• Other Controllers: Pitchbend, Modulation Wheel
• Encoders/Pots: 8 x Rotary Knobs
• Faders: 9 x 45mm Faders
• Dedicated Transport Control: Play, Stop, Record, Loop
• Pedal Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (sustain)
• MIDI I/O: 5 Pin Out, USB
• USB: 1 x Type B
• Computer Connectivity: USB
• Features: Scale Modes, Chord Modes, Arpeggiator, HUI DAW Control
• Software: Ableton Live Lite, AAS Session Bundle, Additional Bundled Plug-ins
• OS Requirements - Mac: OS X 10.11.6 or later, 64-bit
• OS Requirements - PC: Windows 7 SP1 or later, 64-bit
• Power Supply: USB bus powered
• Dimensions:  258 (H) x 789 (W) x 77mm (D)
• Weight: 3.03 kg
• Discover Novation Launchkey [MK3]: https://novationmusic.com/en/keys/launchkey