Whether you’re launching clips in Ableton Live or composing in any other major DAW, you want streamlined, tightly integrated control over your music creation process, and that’s just what you get with the Novation Launchkey 49 MK3. Its predecessors have been runaway best-sellers at here and Novation has taken all the user feedback from the previous iterations and plowed it into a third-generation MIDI keyboard controller that’s improved in every way. Packing hot new features like Scale and Chord Modes, a powerful arpeggiator, and larger velocity-sensitive pads with optimized response, the Launchkey 49 MK3 is more intuitive to use than ever — and the quickest way to get your music from your head to your speakers.

FEATURES

• Optimized for Ableton Live with immediate access to all the controls you need
• Instantly maps to most major DAWS
• 49 velocity-sensitive synth-style keys
• Easy-to-read 16 x 2 character screen
• 16 RGB backlit velocity-sensitive pads
• Pitch bend and modulation wheels
• 8 rotary knobs, 9 x 45mm sliders
• 5-pin MIDI out socket
• Arm/select buttons
• Octave up/down buttons
• Play/stop/record/loop button
• Track navigation buttons
• Capture MIDI/quantize/click/undo buttons
• One-touch access to Ableton’s Capture MIDI feature
• Stop/solo/mute buttons
• Scene launch button
• Device select/device lock buttons
• Arp/scale/fixed chord buttons
• Powerful arpeggiator takes you melodies to the next level
• Scale modes transpose keys and pads to notes in the selected scale
• 3 chord modes (fixed, scale and user) let you trigger chords with one finger
• 4 Custom Modes for creating unique control setups for any performance or studio rig
• USB B socket, Kensington security slot
• Sustain pedal 1/4-inch jack socket
• USB bus powered; power supply not included