Description
The Novation Launchkey 88 MK3 MIDI Keyboard & Controller is New Delivered to all areas of the UK using our roadie delivery service.
Make the Novation Launchkey 88 the new centrepiece of your studio setup. Utilise impressive integration capabilities with your favourite DAW and craft stunning tracks via the full-size keybed and velocity-sensitive pads.
Key Features
- 16 velocity-sensitive pads
- Full-size keybed with 88 high-quality semi-weighted keys
- Integrate with your favourite DAW and control various parameters
- Control external hardware and synths via the MIDI output and Custom Modes
- Perform chords with one finger using the three different chord modes (scale, user and fixed)
- Onboard arpeggiator augmented by Strum Mode
- USB cable included
- Three year warranty
Premium Keys
A high-quality semi-weighted keybed forms the backbone of the Launchkey 88. Offering excellent feedback and a precise feel, each performance is expressive and nuanced.
There’s the DAW
Whether you’re an advocate of Logic Pro, Cubase, or Ableton Live, the Launchkey 88 will seamlessly work with all of them (and more). Take charge of key settings in your DAW and effortlessly navigate your sessions. Your workflow has never been this quick!
Creative Functionality
Make the Launchkey 88 the bedrock of your performance or production rig and make use of the five-pin MIDI output and Custom Modes to operate external hardware and synthesizers.
Easily create more varied chords via the Creative Scale and Chord Modes – choosing from scale, user and fixed options – and trigger them using only one finger.
Software Included
- Klevgrand Røverb
- Klevgrand DAW Cassette
- Spitfire Audio Expressive Strings
- AAS Session Bundle
- XLN Audio Addictive Keys
- Ableton Live Lite
Specifications
- 88 note semi-weighted keybed with adjustable velocity curves
- 16x velocity sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch
- 9x faders with pickup
- 8x pots with pickup
- 9x buttons
- Transport controls
- MIDI DIN output
- 2 x 16 char screen
- USB socket
- Kensington lock
Daw Integration
- Script integration for Ableton, Logic, Cubase, Reason
- HUI integration for other DAWs including Pro Tools, Reaper, Studio One etc
- Take control of volume, pan, sends, record, play, drum play, transpose, MIDI channel, program change and assign custom mapping
Ableton Live Integration
- Volume, Pan, Sends A/Sends B, Device Parameters
- Record, play, stop and loop buttons
- Play and navigate the drum rack, using the pads and LED feedback.
- Track and scene navigation
- Select your device to control within a track and lock the assignment
- Capture MIDI
- Quantize
- Click on/off
- Undo
- Two rows of clip launchers
- Stop/solo/mute tracks
- Scene launch
- Scene navigation
- Select and arm tracks
Scales
- Quantise the keys to a selected scale, so you always stay in key
- Choose from 8 included scale types
- Combines with scale chord mode to help the user explore new musical ideas
Chords
- 3 chord modes total
- 1 chord mode triggered by the keys
- Fixed chord mode: Choose the chord notes then play this chord starting from any key as the root note. Lock these chords in key by combining with Scale Mode
- 2 chord modes triggered by the pads to enable simultaneous playing with the keys. Emitted on separate MIDI channel to the keyboard, to control multiple instruments at once
Arpeggiator
- Up, down, up/down, played, random, chord and mutate modes
- Strum mode to trigger the arpeggiator with the mod wheel
- Set the rate to 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 and all associated triplets
- Set the octave range to 1, 2, 3, or 4
- Control the degree of mutation to increase the melodic complexity of the arpeggio
- Control rate, octave, range, swing, rhythm and gate
- Use random rhythms or deviate to sweep through 128 different arpeggio rhythms
Custom MIDI Mapping
- Create Custom Modes for MIDI control, using Novation Components
- Select custom colours for the pads
- Store 4 custom modes each for the pots, pads and sliders
- Mix and match custom modes for each control area
Power Requirements
- USB bus powered
