Highlights
Powerful DAW integration
Launchkey offers powerful, custom integration for: Ableton Live, Logic, Cubase, Bitwig Studio, Reason Studios, FL Studio, and Ardour. With these, you get a hardware-powered workflow that gives you full control of transport functions, timeline navigation, mixing and EQ, clip launching, and instrument and effect parameters.
Our best-ever keys and pads
Launchkey 49’s upgraded keybed is sensitive enough for the most delicate melodies while being robust enough to endure the rigours of any performance. 49 semi-weighted, piano-style keys bring the feel of a premium instrument to Launchkey.
And for finger drummers, Launchkey now sports our patented, velocity-sensitive drum pads with polyphonic aftertouch. Unlike standard pads, Launchkey features a unique radial sensor that enhances sensitivity and improves consistency, enabling even tighter performances.
Get in the Zone
Want to control more than one instrument at a time? With Launchkey 49, you can easily split the keyboard into two distinct zones.
Play different sounds with each hand or layer two MIDI channels across all 49 keys to send the same notes to both zones. This powerful feature lets you maximise your creative possibilities and control multiple instruments seamlessly.
Move with the melody
Groove with the tempo of your project using the latest version of our generative arpeggiator.
Effortlessly create and mutate musical sequences with our new eight-step editor, expressing your vibe through tie, accent, and ratchet controls.
Overcome creative blocks
Explore a wide range of handcrafted chords with dynamic performance modifiers through Chord Map, perfect for captivating live performances.
Trigger chords from a single key using Fixed Chord mode, store chord progressions with User Chord Mode, then play them back on the 16 velocity-sensitive drum pads.
All you need to create
Launchkey includes a unique software bundle to get you creating straight away. Ableton Live Lite and Cubase LE enable to you capture your ideas. Klevgrand adds three premium plugins for mixing, effects and drums. You also get heritage synths from GForce, instruments from Native Instruments and Orchestral Tools, and lessons from Melodics.
NKS-ready hardware
We have partnered with Native Instruments to bring NKS compatibility to Launchkey MK4. Native Kontrol Standard provides you with a seamless connection between Native Instruments software and the controls on your Novation hardware.
