Novation Launchkey 37 MK3 Controller

The Novation Launchkey MK3 series is the latest offering from Novation offering the deepest Ableton Live integration in it's category. 

Launchkey 37 MK3 boasts a number of excellent new features and improvements making it the ultimate MIDI keyboard controller for making tracks in Ableton Live and with your external equipment. With its various musical creation features, all of which can be used standalone, Launchkey removes barriers to creativity, and let's you make music with ease.

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 37 MK3 is equipped with a full-size five-pin MIDI DIN output, enabling simple connection to the universe of MIDI devices — new and old. Coupled with its immense standalone potential, Launchkey is now the centrepiece to your live or studio rig — computer or not.

The Launchkey platform has always been about flexibility, and the MK3 revision carries this mantra at its core. 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.

Whether starting out or locked in a groove, Launchkey is the controller keyboard to take you further on your musical journey. With a collection of software instruments, including Ableton Live 11 Lite, Serato Sample LE, Spitfire Audio LABS Expressive Strings, XLN Audio Addictive Keys, Klevgrand R0Verb and DAW Cassette, AAS Session Bundle, a two-month Splice Sounds membership and the Novation Sound Collective, Launchkey 37 equips you with an amazing bundle of sounds.

Make music immediately Ableton Live 11 Lite, Spitfire Audio LABS Expressive Strings, XLN Audio Addictive Keys, Klevgrand R0Verb and DAW Cassette, AAS Session Bundle, and the Novation Sound Collective give users a huge amount of software, samples and sound sources to begin their music-making journey

Main features of the Novation Launchkey 37 MK3 include:

• Designed for Ableton: Live The most comprehensive Ableton Live integration for a controller in this category, with immediate access to all the controls a user needs
• Scale mode: Transposes keys and pads played to notes in the scale selected, so you never hit a wrong note
• Three chord modes: Use Fixed, User or Scale to trigger chords with one finger, so you can get creative, fast
• Powerful arpeggiator: Comprehensive pattern control with rhythm settings and Arp Mutate get melodies moving
• Custom modes: Four Custom Modes enable unique control setups to be created for any performance or studio rig
• Five-pin MIDI output: Control anything MIDI with the full-size MIDI output
• Velocity-sensitive keyboard and pads: Create and play with feeling, with more expressive and dynamic keys and pads
• Colour-matched LEDs: RGB backlit pads colour match to clips and instrument racks
• Sound-shaping functions: Eight rotary encoders
• Transport and mixer control: Direct control of playback, recording, pans, mutes and sends

Included Software

Ableton Live Lite
Industry-leading music creation software, with seamless operation with Launchkey.

Spitfire Audio LABS Expressive Strings
Exceptional strings samples made by musicians and sampling experts in London, for anyone, anywhere.

XLN Audio Addictive Keys
Access one of four virtual keyboards when you register your first piece of Focusrite or Novation hardware.

Klevgrand R0Verb
A hybrid between a simple reverb and a very complex delay in an easy-to-use plugin.

Klevgrand DAW Cassette
A plugin that emulates the sound of a tape deck, with accurate recreation of saturation, distortion, noise and wobble.

AAS Session Bundle
Keys, guitar and synth plugins for music makers, which provide essential sounds for your tracks.

Novation Sound Collective
A constant source of inspiration for Novation users in search of new sounds. Find regular inspiration with frequent new additions to the Collective, to continue your musical journey.