Novation Launchkey 49 mk3 - made for creating - MIDI controller for any music setup, create and perform with Ableton Live and connect external equipment via MIDI - the Scale and Chord modes expand your musical vocabulary, while the dynamic keys and pads add expressive control. Regardless of experience, with Launchkey you can create and play music easier than ever through its various music creation features - which can be used autonomously.
8 Scale modes guide you into new musical territory, transposing the activated keys to the notes of the selected scale, just choose your root notes and preferred scale.
The Three Chord modes transform the keys and pads into an interactive surface for musical exploration, where each notes played is tonally and harmonically correlated.
The arpeggiator allows for the exploration of new melodies, and the mutate function reconstructs your patterns into new shapes.
The Custom modes simplify the relationship between the controller and software - these are programmable via Novation Components and allow for control associations, MIDI routing, pad colour settings, and much more.
Equipped with standard MIDI DIN output.
Integration with Ableton Live is truly seamless, with a dedicated button for activating the Capture MIDI function, plus track arm controls, quantization, click, and loop to navigate through your session faster than ever.
Full integration with Logic and Reason and extended functionality via HUI with other DAWs like Studio One, Cubase, and Pro Tools.
Includes a comprehensive collection of software instruments and sounds:
Ableton Live Lite
Serato Sample LE
2 months free access to Splice Sounds
Spitfire Audio LABS-Expressive String
choice of one from 4 XLN Addictive Keys instruments
Klevgrand R0Verb and DAW Cassette plug-ins
3 AAS Session Bundle synthesizers
free plug-ins via Sound Collective
Hardware:
keyboard with 49 dynamic, velocity-sensitive keys
16 x 2 character display
16 x dynamic pads, RGB illuminated
Pitch bend and Modulation wheels
8 x rotary knobs
9 x faders
arm/select buttons
dedicated buttons for arpeggiator / scale / fixed chord
octave up / down buttons
transport buttons play/stop/record/loop, Stop/solo/mute
buttons for navigating between tracks
Capture MIDI/quantise/click/undo buttons
scene launch button
USB-B connection, powered via USB
includes USB-A to USB-B cable
Jack port for sustain pedal
Kensington security slot
dimensions: 789 x 258 x 77 mm
weight: 3.03 kg
Comparison table of the Launchkey mk2 series versus Launchkey mk3:
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Launchkey mk2
Launchkey mk3
Key count variants:
25 / 49 / 61
25 / 37 / 49 / 61
Pads:
larger than mk2 and improved velocity sensitivity
Display:
3 characters
2 x 16 characters
Chord Modes:
none
3 x modes: Fixed, User, Scale
Scale Mode:
none
key association to scales
Arpeggiator:
none
7 playback styles, including chord and generative movement and rhythmic control options
