Description

Launchpad X is the essential 64-pad MIDI grid controller for Ableton Live and Logic Pro. It gives you everything you need to make music – launch, play, and perform your sounds with the large, velocity-sensitive RGB pads and mixer controls.

Spend less time clicking a mouse and more time making and performing music; Launchpad X puts everything you need to get creative right at your fingertips. Assign essential DAW shortcuts to the grid, get creative with dynamic Note and Scale modes, and never miss an idea with one-press Capture MIDI control for Ableton Live.

64 velocity-sensitive RGB pads – see and control your Ableton Live Session View and play instruments expressively
Trigger Live Loops in Logic Pro – use cells to sketch out arrangement ideas, fast, and record your performances
Four Custom Modes – use components to customise mappings and control anything MIDI easily from Launchpad X.
Dynamic Note and Scale modes – play perfectly in-key basslines, melodies, chords and leads
Includes Ableton Live Lite

The essential Live controller

Everything about making tracks in Ableton Live is made easier with Launchpad X’s quick, hands-on clip and scene launching and our 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.

Express yourself

Launchpad X gives you everything you need right at your fingertips so you can spend less time clicking a mouse and more time making music. Never worry about being out of key – Dynamic Note and Scale modes let you easily play perfectly in-key basslines, melodies, chords and leads. Our most responsive velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch let you play your instruments dynamically and expressively. Step back from the screen, get hands-on and dive into your tracks.

Make it yours

Go deeper and get Launchpad X working the way you want. Use Novation Components to customise MIDI mappings, and control almost anything; four custom modes mean you can design how this essential grid controller works for you – you’re only limited by your imagination.

Take control of your performance

Essential performance controls are a single button-press away: stop, solo, mute, record arm and set your levels, pans and sends. Using Launchpad X is a simple as it gets, no drivers to install, just plug and perform.

Specifications in detail

Overview

64 Velocity Sensitive Pads with Polyphonic Aftertouch

16 Buttons

81 RGB LEDs

USB-C Socket

Kensington MiniSaver Slot

Included software

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

Novation Launchpad X