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Novation Launchpad X Grid Controller for Ableton Live & Launchkey 61 [MK3] MIDI Keyboard Controller for Ableton Live

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Style: Launchpad X


Pattern Name: Controller + MIDI Controllers [MK3]


Features

  • Product 1: Take Control of Your Performance Essential performance controls are a single button-press away: stop, solo, mute, record arm and set your levels, pans and sends. Using Launchpad X is a simple as it gets, no drivers to install, just plug and perform.
  • Product 1: Dynamic and expressive playing Large RGB velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads give you a perfect reflection of your Ableton Live or Logic Pro session, matching colours from the session window to your Launchpad Pro, making it easier than ever to see your clips and play your instruments dynamically and expressively.
  • Product 1: Our Deepest Ableton Live Integration Quickly launch clips and scenes, access mixer, device and transport controls, and quantise, duplicate and double, all without touching your mouse making it easier and more tactile to control your performances. Capture MIDI makes sure you never miss an idea so you keep in the creative flow.
  • Product 1: Make It Yours with Four Custom Modes Go deeper and get Launchpad X working the way you want. Use Novation Components to customise MIDI mappings, and control almost anything; four custom modes mean you can design how this essential grid controller works for you.
  • Product 2: "Designed for Live Get hands on with Ableton Live An unrivalled integration to Ableton Live with your Launchkey gives you a seamless music making experience. Have all the tools at your disposal with deep and intuitive Ableton Live control including device macro control, track select, record, capture MIDI, clip and scene launch, stop/mute/solo, volume, pans and sends. Never lose an idea with Capture MIDI One touch access to Ableton Lives Capture MIDI ensures you will never lose an idea without taking you from the creative expe-rience.
  • Product 2: Create and play with feeling Velocity-sensitive keyboard and 16 velocity-sensitive pads enable expressive and dynamic performance at your fingertips. Capture your playing in Ableton Live precisely as you intended.
  • Product 2: Play chords with one finger Lay down chords for your track quick with three chord modes fixed, scale, and user. Play a chord with one finger by assigning a fixed shape to the keys and itll transpose as you move up and down the keyboard.
  • Product 2: Get melodies moving with arpeggiator Easy to use but deeply controllable, Launchkey Minis creative arpeggiator allows you to change rhythm, beat, pattern, octave, gate and more to add a whole range of diversity to your ideas and melo-dies.

Description

Novation Launchpad X Grid Controller for Ableton Live Launchpad x is our essential 64-pad MIDI grid controller for Ableton Live. It gives you everything you need to make music. Launch, play, and perform your sounds and build your tracks using the large, super-sensitive RGB pads, dynamic note and scale modes, and mixer controls. The essential live controller: everything about making tracks in Ableton Live is made easier with Launchpad x’s quick, hands-on clip and scene launching and our most playable grid to date. Play your instruments and devices expressively with the 64 velocity and pressure- sensitive RGB pads, then never lose an idea with one-press capture MIDI control. Launchpad X belongs on the desk of every Ableton Live music maker. Launchpad X gives you everything you need right at your fingertips so you can spend less time clicking a mouse and more time making music. Dynamic note and scale modes let you easily play perfectly in-key basslines, melodies, chords, and leads. Velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch let you play your instruments dynamically and expressively. Make it yours: go deeper and get Launchpad X working the way you want. Use Components to customize MIDI mappings, and control almost anything; four custom modes mean you can design how this essential grid controller works for you. Essential performance controls are a single Button-press away: stop, solo, mute, record arm, and set your levels, pans, and sends. There are no drivers to install, just plug and perform. Sound Collective: when you register your Launchpad X, you’ll automatically gain access to Sound Collective. Firmware version 2.0 for Launchpad X introduces the exciting Custom Mode keystroke widget. Assign essential DAW shortcuts using Novation Components for a faster, more intuitive workflow. Also, an additional four Custom Mode slots have been added giving you a total of eight slots for customization freedom. Novation Launchkey 61 [MK3] MIDI Keyboard Controller for Ableton Live Launchkey is Novation’s intuitive and fully integrated MIDI keyboard controller for making tracks in Ableton Live and with your external equipment. The Launchkey experience is designed for players of all types and abilities. With its various musical creation features, Launchkey removes barriers to creativity, and expands the musical vocabulary of even the most talented keyboardists. Eight Scale modes guide you into new musical territory, by transposing keys played to notes in the scale selected. Simply choose your root note and your preferred scale, then play. Three Chord modes transform the keys and pads into an interactive surface of musical exploration, where every note played is tonally and harmonically linked. The arpeggiator lets you explore new melodies and find ideas quickly, while the mutate function reconstructs your patterns into exciting new forms. Custom Modes simplify the relationship between controller and software, with more power than ever in your hands. Programmable using the Novation Components browser-based tool, Custom Modes let you design the behaviour of your Launchkey, with control over control assignments, MIDI routing, pad colour and much more. Launchkey 61 [MK3] is equipped with a full- size five-pin MIDI DIN output, enabling simple connection to the universe of MIDI devices — new and old. Larger, improved velocity-sensitive pads provide greater control over dynamics, and eight fixed rotary knobs bring your software to life at your fingertips. The integration with Ableton Live is truly seamless, with a dedicated button for activating the Capture MIDI function, plus track arm, quantise, click and loop controls, for flying around your Session faster than ever. Not an Ableton Live user? No problem, Launchkey also has full integration with Logic and Reason, plus out of the box functionality with other DAWs including Studio One, Cubase and Pro Tools, via HUI.

Brand: Novation


Connectivity Technology: USB


Special Feature: Velocity Sensitive Keys


Style: Launchpad X


Supported Software: Ableton Live


Date First Available: October 21, 2022


Connector Type: USB


Supported Software: Ableton Live


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    • Fun device, sadly limited, pads are just okay.
Style: Launchpad X Pattern Name: Controller
Okay, so I just got this controller, but I want to call attention to some issues it has, some clearly bad choices by Novation and some shortcomings of their customizing platform. I think this product gives people the misconception that it's just a really well-designed thing inside and out, and that their software is just what you would want because the note mode looks so cool. While the controller offers a lot of functionality with all of its pads, there are things that make it feel limited. So to set that tone, I will first bring up the fact that it only has 4 custom pages. You get Note mode and 4 custom pages. Why only 4? There are 8 buttons there down the right side, with 4 of them conspicuously unlit. Is giving us 8 whole grids really that data intensive? To make this worse, one of those 4 is taken up by the normal keyboard. That's right, the keyboard with regular piano notes in an intelligible layout is not part of Note mode. That keyboard is custom #2. Note mode ONLY has scale keyboards. And what does this mean? It means you cannot transpose on the normal keyboard. It is a 49-key keyboard with no transpose, on a device that has a transpose feature. If you want to set up a second regular keyboard so you can transpose, you will have to use another one of your 4 custom layouts. Why is a regular keyboard with transpose not part of Note Mode? And why do we only have 4 custom layouts? Let's get away from that and start talking about Note mode. I mentioned that the device feels limited. Well, you can say that is my subjective opinion. But what do you say when you find out that the Launchpad Pro has 32 scales in its Note Mode, and the Launchpad X, (not mentioned by youtube reviewers) has the last half of those arbitrarily removed. That's right, those 2 rows they show you of scales in the note mode settings are 16 out of 32 scales. What is missing? Well, the major pentatonic scale. You can't put the major pentatonic onto note mode. I admit, I don't really know much about these scales, but this doesn't really help. It has these different hungarian scales, but it's lacking major pentatonic. Why? Could the device not hold that many lines of code? I have to expand on this, because it's not just the device that doesn't have it built in. Let's use up a custom mode page to get the major pentatonic scale keybord. I mean, we won't get the cool features of Note mode, but it would be something. Go to your customizer, Novation Components, and you can add scale keyboards. So, can you add a major pentatonic scale with that? No. You can add just the scale keyboards that are already in Note Mode. If you want a major pentatonic, you have to create it note by note. Why do they have to remove it from the system entirely? A recurring theme here is that the product is designed with a certain function in mind, and then the main keyboard modes can't use that function. With a product like this, which is designed to create scale keyboards, it is very weird to be lacking the ability to use basic scales. And you have a regular keyboard with no transpose feature, while transpose exists in Note mode. I was thinking about this some more. I was trying to play a tune on the regular keyboard layout, I learned it, and then I found that I learned it in a different key from the original song. So I thought 'It would be nice if this thing could transpose by semitones (like a capo). Oh wait, it can. IN NOTE MODE' Not only would I have to use 2 custom layouts to get transpose at all, but I wouldn't get semitone transpose. On a device that is created to and indeed has that very function built into it. It's a device that is built for this purpose. I have to stress that Note mode is only using scale keyboards and is not really that useful to people who want to treat this like a keyboard, yet that's where all of the good features are. And then there's the measley 4 custom layouts. I want to go back to the customizing software, the idea of adding notes one at a time. Let's talk about that. It would be great if the designers of this software were good at making software easy to use. You know how in regular MIDI controller apps, you can type the midi value for a note, like '65' onto the pad you are assigning? That makes it easy to get the note value from the drum program and enter it to the pad. What does Novation have? You have to look at the keyboard part of the drum program you are using, and decipher what musical note it is, and what octave it is in. So entering notes one at a time is unnecessarily difficult. I have to look at the keyboard, figure out that it's F# of octave 4, drop down the menu for note and choose F#, drop down the other menu and choose octave 4. And that's information the drum program doesn't readily give me. Come on, Novation, all other editors let you type in numeric MIDI values. So once you create a note, you can then copy it, and whole parts of layouts, right? Well, no, you cannot copy anything. You have to do each thing manually. It's like this is just the bare bones of the bare bones. I think Novation has a reputation that doesn't reflect this. I think it's worth hammering home, because I can keep going. There is no pad naming. So all you have to identify notes on your custom pages is that stupid note name and octave. Like I know what sound B#, octave 3 is on my drum kit. Or if I was trying to trigger clips or something, wouldn't it help me if I could name it something in my layout editor other than B#, octave 3? It's like Novation never thought that people would want to be able to have this function. Also, there is no undo button, so if you delete a note by dragging another onto it, you have to create the note again manually. No undo button. It's just that you wouldn't think this from seeing glimpses of the program in videos. You would think Novation stuff is polished. So I've ripped on the stupid (greedy?) decision to cut off and remove half the scales, including the major pentatonic scale and the stupid decision to make the regular keyboard not part of note mode and take up a custom slot and not have transpose capability. I've ripped on the device for only having 4 custom pages, 1 of which is taken up by said keyboard. So really, you have 3 custom pages. Then I ripped on the online program for, inexplicably, also not offering the missing scale keyboards as custom options. Then I ripped on the program for how unnecessarily awkward is is to add individual custom notes. Then I ripped on how once you add these, you can't name or copy them. Now notice how none of the popular review channels on Youtube said any of this. They didn't mention the lack of scales, did they? Okay, let's talk about the pads now. Are they the best in the business? Well, I don't know how high-end pads feel, but these pads don't pick up light touches. People who say that is normal just have low standards. I modified my Launchpad X like I did to my Akai controllers in the past, putting tape under the pads. I really wish I didn't have to do this and that the reviewers were actually on target, but I realized on day one that these pads needed the mod just like the Akai pads did. After the mod, I really am happy with it, but it was a large pain. These pads aren't able to detect "super light touches" as it comes. They are okay, but I expected to not have to mod them. They miss a lot, if you are playing with a light touch. I bought these thinking they would perform like my modded Akai pads, but that was not the case. So expect that, or expect to mod them. And that's all I have to say about that. It's a fun product. In my opinion, it shines if you mod it, but I haven't seen anyone else do that and wouldn't expect to due to the difficulty of that particular mod. And what really bugs me is the things they either took out, or failed to put into their software, both in the device and on their programming utility. I would buy another one, but that is because I'm willing to mod it, but I think I would go for a Pro and mod that instead, as it has all 32 scales and 8 custom modes. What the heck Novation, I feel ripped off. Give me the major pentatonic scale and 4 missing custom modes, put the standard keyboard in Note Mode, and give your editor better workflow functions if you want to live up to your "great workflow" image. Oh yeah, if the pads sensitive like my tape-modded pads it would earn that "up there with the best" image. Thanks for reading. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2020 by qbo
    • SO how does this compare? From Push to the dark side
Style: Launchpad Pro [MK3] Pattern Name: Controller
My original Push just died and I needed to play live and record albums. I decided to try a Novation Launchpad Pro and boy am I glad I did. This thing rocks. I compose albums and play live using only a Push and now the Novation is a great replacement at 1/3 the cost. The pads are very responsive. Like the Push I can play in a Note mode but unlike the Push there's also a chord mode (I'm leaving my Theoryboard behind) AND there's a sequencer (which suits my music well) .... another plus it's lighter and smaller for my shoulder bag - way lighter than a Push... So that's the good - how about the bad to make you pause? It doesn't have knobs to reach up and adjust the volume while you play and no master (I really miss that) Yes it can change volume with pad column swipes but not the same. I may have to add another fader/knob unit? It is NOT as tough (but did you notice it's smaller and lighter with same pad size) I treat this instrument like I would a guitar- no throwing, crushing etc While it has everything (almost) I need for playing or recording. It does NOT have things the PUSH had... it doesn't label things (column are color matched not named) it does not allow you to see instrument names or have directory access of VST's etc It won't edit samples etc. In other words all that stuff that can be done on the PUSH screen moves back to the computer. So if you work by looking at the PUSH screen and want to ignore the computer pay the extra and get a PUSH. If you are fine with looking at (or even having a computer) and only want to play things into Live while using a computer this might very well be your jam..... Plus did I say you can play other DAWs or even hardware synths with this since it sends out MIDI and is not absolutely paired with only Ableton... Hello Apple Mainstage ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2023 by Michael E. Clay
    • Love this thing as a DAW controller!
Style: Launchpad X Pattern Name: Controller
Review Image by Big Daddy Big Daddy
Overview - DAW Controller vs Instrument For me, the Launchpad X really shines as DAW controller. In particular for simplifying my recording workflow. For the most part, I live in Mixer Mode/Note Mode/Drum Mode. While is it useful as an instrument to play, where it truly shines is for controlling Ableton. My primary instrument is the guitar, so I love that I can control so many features with a single hand; I don’t have to put my pick down. By comparison with the Launchkey, you often have to use two hands to switch functions. For example, hold the shift button with one hand, and then press a secondary control with the other. That being said the Launchkey is a different animal and has tons of features that the Launchpad does not. Additionally, if you already have a 'regular' keyboard adding this into the mix gives it a whole new life by adding MIDI controller capabilities to the mix. There are couple of big limitations with Scale Mode and Drum Mode which I will detail below. Mixer Mode I do have a full size keyboard with a USB midi connection. Combining that with the Launchpad and my Guitar/Interface allows me to switch instruments and voices with ease. All with a single hand. Mixer mode is what allows me to do that. You can enable recording on tracks, pan, control sends, everything! Capture MIDI Capture MIDI works amazingly well. It seems to have a fairly large buffer, so you can play for many, many measures and still capture everything. In fact, I now favor using Capture MIDI versus explicitly picking record first. Somehow you are more relaxed and can just keep playing until you get the part right. Then, press Capture MIDI and make a few edits and you’re golden. Love it! Scale Mode Very cool, the pads light up in a pattern to show you the scale you have chosen. Limitation - only has certain scales, and omits some key scales, for example pentatonic major is missing but it has quite a few esoteric scales included. It’s like the designer wanted to show off how cool and quirky they are without covering the basics first. This is the biggest shortcoming of the Launchpad X. There ought to be a way to customize which scales are configured via online components on the Novation website. I don’t mean by wasting a custom mode slot, I mean directly on Note mode we ought to be able to configure it. Drum Mode Works fantastic, the pad sensitivity is awesome. Unfortunately, it only works with Ableton’s built-in drum rack. If you are using a 3rd party drum plug-in Drum Mode does not recognize it. For example, ROLI Drums, Spitfire Audio’s Drum, MT Power Drum… none of them are recognized as drums. So what you will get is Note Mode with drum sounds. What happens is you will play the notes in Scale Mode that correspond to which keyboard notes map to a drum sound. For example C will be your bass drum most likely, etc. Instead, you will want to switch to Custom Mode and then select the second one which has a drum pad setup configured. Once you’ve done that, you’re good to go. However, even then there is a problem. Normally in Drum Mode only the filled slots of the drum rack light up. In the Custom Mode drum pad, all the pads are lit up. So you will have to explore to see which pads a mapped to a sound. To be fair, this may be a limitation with Ableton itself. As the piano roll does not show the drum sound names when you use a 3rd-party plugin either. Note Mode Works very well for certain instrument types/parts. For example, I love this thing with Spitfire Audio’s Expressive Strings. Also does well with DSK’s Saxophone. Basically, it is very easy and intuitive to use the pads to play melody lines for those types of instrument. You can navigate four octaves with one hand and very little movement. Combine this with scale mode and it is super easy to hop around using intervals, etc. You can even play chords, or harmonies rather, very easily. This also works very well for Expressive Strings. Piano Not So Much What this doesn’t work well for is playing piano. Even using the custom mode that ‘looks like’ a piano keyboard. It’s a gimmick, just forget about it. Custom Mode You can create a wide range of custom configurations here. One thing I have experimented with and failed is to setup something similar to Device Mode from the Launchkey. For reference, that is where the Launchkey will map the eight dials to the setting on whatever current device or effect you have selected in Ableton. What I did was create a custom setup with 8 faders and tried mapping them to the controls in an effect. That part works. But when you move your focus to a different effect, the controls remain mapped to the original effect. I have yet to find a way to make the mapping dynamic to the currently selected effect similar to how the Launchkey Device Mode works. If you know how to do this, please leave a comment, that would give the Launchpad even more awesome power. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2020 by Big Daddy Big Daddy

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