NOVATION LaunchKey 25 Keyboard Controller
Launchkey - the controller keyboard for electronic musicians
Launchkey is a range of 25, 49 and 61 note controller keyboards with up to 50 physical controls. It includes 16 velocity-sensitive three-colour launch pads that both trigger and stop clips and scenes in Ableton Live and allow expressive playing in the drum rack. Launchkey includes Ableton Live Lite 9 to allow you to make music immediately, as well as Novation Bass Station and V-Station synth plugins for even more creative possibilities. For even more value for those that need it, connect Launchkey to your iPad (Camera Connection Kit required) and enjoy deep integration with the free Launchkey and Launchpad apps.
16 velocity-sensitive multi-colour launch pads - trigger loops and play drums
16 multi-colour backlit velocity-sensitive launch pads can be used to play drums and trigger loops without having to go near the computer. Whatever software you use, the 16 launch pads are perfect for sketching out beats or playing in drum patterns, or triggering clips and scenes in Ableton Live. The top row of eight pads will launch clips and the bottom row will stop clips.
The controller keyboard that comes with everything you need to make electronic music
Launchkey comes with Ableton Live Lite 9, Novation Bass Station and V-Station synth plugins, and an extensive Loopmasters sample pack. Launch loops and samples with the velocity sensitive Launch pads and control Ableton Live and the included synths with Launchkey's knobs and sliders.
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'InControl' technology instantly maps to all major DAWs and music software
Launchkey is a controller for all major music software, giving you hands-on control of your mixer, transport and more in Ableton Live, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Reason, Logic and Cubase. With nine faders, nine buttons, eight rotary knobs and transport controls, nothing comes close to Launchkey for sheer controllability.
Professional synth-styled keyboard (with over 50 hardware controls)
The velocity-sensitive synth-style keyboard mechanism is accompanied by pitch and mod wheels and octave, track up/down buttons. It recreates the feel of classic synth keyboards with precision, so playing styles can be reflected by the software as accurately as possible.
Novation Launchpad for iPad
The Novation Launchpad is a music performance app for iPad that will have you making beats and triggering loops instantly. It's packed full of high quality loops and sounds that can be combined in the multi-colour 8x6 Launchpad grid to make and remix music. The built-in time stretching always keeps you locked in to the beat, so your loops don't go out of time.
High on power – low on complexity
The app follows some of the key features from the 'Launchpad' hardware, now used by many of the worlds famous DJs and performers, but strips out much of the complexity. Eight volume sliders allow quick volume changes and simple FX modes offer cool DJ effects such as stutter FX and synced filter FX, adding fun ways to remix your music and make your performance unique.
How does it work with my Launchkey hardware?
The Launchpad app, along with the Launchkey app can transform your Launchkey hardware into a synth and loop triggering workstation for performing and producing music with your iPad. The launch pads on the hardware trigger loops in the app and you can get hands-on control of levels with Launchkey’s physical faders.
*Requires the standard Apple Camera Connection kit (not included)
The Launchkey Software
Launchkey comes with the Launchkey app and the Launchpad app for iPad as well as the Novation V-Station and Bass Station synth plug-ins for Mac and PC.
Mac and PC software
- Ableton Live Lite - Music production software used by countless top artists to produce and perform their music. V-Station and Bass Station can be opened and played within Ableton as plug-in synthesizers.
- Novation V-Station synth - V-Station is one of Novation’s powerful analogue-modelling synth engines in software form. V-Station is a plug-in (VST/AU/RTAS) so you can open it within your music software and get hands-on control with Launchkey hardware.
- Novation Bass Station synth - The classic Bass Station analogue mono-synth first appeared in 1994 and has found its way onto countless records. Launchkey comes with a plug-in version of the synth which can be opened within your DAW and played / tweaked with the hardware controls.
- Loopmasters sample pack - Launchkey comes with over one gigabyte of samples from Loopmasters; everything you need to start creating and performing music straight away – including artist packs, drum samples and sound FX.
LaunchKey Key Features
- Launch – 16 velocity-sensitive multi-colour launch pads - Two rows of launch pads for playing and sketching out drum beats, or launching and improvising with loops using the Launchpad app - they also launch clips and scenes in Ableton Live. The top row of eight pads will launch clips and the bottom row will stop clips.
- Ableton Live Lite 9 Included - Ableton’s ground-breaking performance and production software is included with Launchkey, and Launchkey’s velocity sensitive Launch pads and all controls will instantly control Live’s drum and instrument racks, mixer, and Launch clips and scenes with no setup required.
- DAW Control - Instant access to major DAW control parameters – with no assignment necessary
- Play – Professional synth-styled keyboard with over 50 hardware controls - Synth-styled velocity-sensitive keyboard with precision accuracy and fast action - software control via 50 faders, knobs, pads and buttons (35 on 25-note version)
- Control – 'InControl' technology connects hardware controls directly to all major DAWs - Quick, hands-on control of your mixer, transport and more in Ableton, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Reason, Cubase and Logic
- Bus powered – no PSU required - Launchkey is fully bus-powered, even with iPad. Just plug it in and go, with no power supply or batteries
- One gigabyte Loopmasters sample pack - Launchkey includes one gigabyte of Loopmasters sample content including artist packs, drum samples and sound FX
- Create –Everything you need to make electronic music - Launchkey comes with Ableton Live Lite 9, Novation Bass Station and V-Station synth plugins, and an extensive Loopmasters sample pack. Launch loops and samples with the velocity sensitive Launch pads and control Ableton Live and the included synths with Launchkey's knobs and sliders.
