Description

Novation Launchpad X is the essential 64-pad MIDI grid controller for Ableton Live. It gives you everything you need to make and perform music. Now with a slimmer casing and larger, super sensitive RGB pads and mixer controls.

Making a track has never been easier with Launchpad X’s quick, hands-on clip and scene launching and Launchpad’s 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 and performing music. Never worry about being out of tune – Dynamic Note and Scale modes let you effortlessly play perfectly in-key basslines, melodies, chords and leads. Step back from the mouse, get hands on and dive into your tracks.

Launchpad X 2.0 firmware updateExplore new creative possibilities and get greater customisation with the 2.0 firmware update for Launchpad X. Keep creativity flowing with the Custom Mode keystroke widget and assign DAW shortcuts for a faster workflow and more intuitive creation. Go even bigger with 4 more Custom Modes slots; that’s 8 Custom Modes slots in total to get creative with.

Main features of the Novation Launchpad X include:

• 64 RGB pads – large RGB pads give you a perfect reflection of your Ableton Live session, making it easier than ever to see your clips
• Ableton Live Integration – quickly launch clips and scenes, never lose ideas with Capture MIDI, and access performance controls like stop, solo, mute, record arm, volume, pan, and sends to dynamically control your music, no mouse needed
• Logic Loops Compatibility
• Four Custom Modes – use components to customise mappings and control anything MIDI easily from Launchpad X
• Dynamic Note and Scale modes – enable you to effortlessly play perfectly in-key basslines, melodies, chords and leads. Launchpad X even knows when you’re drumming and shows your drum rack on the grid
• Velocity and pressure sensitive – play your instruments and devices expressively with the 64 velocity and pressure sensitive RGB pads

Logic Loops CompatibilityWith Live Loops and any Launchpad, you can activate cells to experiment with arrangement ideas, and record your performances. Cells can contain one-shots, loops, MIDI patterns and automation data, and can be dragged-and-dropped or recorded live into Logic’s tracks area, to build song arrangements quickly.

Included SoftwareAs well as the included Ableton Live Lite to get you music making, Launchpad X also comes with a whole load of access to to instruments, sounds and plugins for you to discover whilst on your musical journey:

• Ableton Live Lite – quickly organise and arrange your sounds and start making tracks with this staple electronic-music-making software
• AAS Session Bundle – Three synths for music makers, providing staple sounds for your track
• XLN Addictive Keys – Choose one of four virtual keyboards
• Klevgrand R0Verb and DAW Cassette – High quality reverb and tape deck emulation plug-ins, to add some space or take your sound back to the golden age of cassette tapes
• Softube Time and Tone bundle – made up of four of Softube’s world class plug-ins: reverb, delay, an easy to use mastering tool and distortion

Three year warrantyWherever you happen to be in the world, you can rely on a three-year warranty if any Novation hardware needs repairing or replacing due to a manufacturing fault. Novation will send you replacement gear in the UK and the US, and they’ll cover the shipping costs both ways. In the UK, they’ll send you a replacement before you return your hardware to them.