Novation Launchkey 49 [MK3] MIDI Keyboard Controller for Ableton Live : Musical Instruments

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The 16x2 character screen lets you easily see the state of what you’re controlling or selecting.Three chord modes let you trigger chords with one finger. Get creative with chords and transform your keys and pads into an interactive surface of musical exploration.Eight scale modes guide you into new musical territory, by transposing keys played to notes in the scale selected, ensuring you never hit a wrong note.The powerful arpeggiator takes you to new melodic, harmonic and rhythmic places, while the mutate function reconstructs your patterns into exciting new forms.16 velocity-sensitive pads enable expressive and dynamic performance, allowing you to create and play with feeling.Control anything MIDI using the full-size five-pin MIDI DIN output which works with any MIDI-compatible device, enhancing standalone potential.Made exclusively for Launchkey [MK3] owners, Spitfire Audio have taken their world-class strings samples and created an instantly playable, highly reactive instrument, designed to spark creativity.Access one of four virtual keyboards when you register your first piece of Novation hardware.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.Quickly organize and arrange your sounds and start making tracks with this staple electronic music making software.Three synths for music makers, providing fundamental sounds for your tracks. 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 49 [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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.

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