Novation Launchkey 25 MK2
Essential keyboard controller for producing electronic music in Ableton Live
Launchkey is our easy-to-use MIDI keyboard controller. It’s pretty much the quickest and easiest way to produce and perform electronic music, especially in Ableton Live – because we designed it specifically for the purpose. You just plug in via USB and the keys, faders, knobs and pads immediately spring into life, giving you hands-on control of your grid, instruments, effects and mixer.
Of course, if you don’t use Ableton, it’ll automatically map to other major music software too.
Play with Feeling
The heart of any MIDI keyboard controller is the keyboard itself. The Launchkey synth-style keyboard is lightweight, fast and very easy to play, but also velocity-sensitive so you can create truly expressive performances. You can choose between 25, 49 and 61-note versions, depending on whether you want portability or practicality.
Take Control of Ableton Live
The less time you spend messing with your mouse, the more time you have for making music. If you want immediate hands-on control of your session grid, instruments and effects, you should use a MIDI keyboard controller that integrates immediately and automatically with Ableton Live. Like this one! That’s what it’s designed for.
Easily Make Beats and Trigger Loops
Sixteen RGB pads provide clip colour-matched feedback to enhance your workflow, letting you create and launch clips, trigger samples, control FX and loads more; all whilst playing your keys. They’re also velocity-sensitive, so you can really put some feeling into your beats.
Start Immediately
Launchkey is fully USB bus-powered and class compliant, so it works straight away without power supplies or drivers on Mac or PC. It also comes with everything you need to start making electronic music. You can find out how by clicking here.
Specs
- Number of keys: 25 velocity-sensitive
- Number of pads: 16 full-color RGB velocity-sensitive
- Display: 3-digit 7-segment LED display
- Number of controllers: 8 rotary knobs above the pad section
- Number of sliders: 1
- Wheels: Pitch bend/modulation
- Transposition: 2 octave/transpose switch buttons
- Control buttons: 6
- Track/MIDI Channel buttons
- InControl Buttons: 2
- USB Connector
- Input: 1/4" Jack for sustain pedal
- Slot for Kensington lock
- Power supply: 9 V DC 250 mA
- Software Compatibility: Ableton Live Lite 9
- Dimensions: 450х90х270 mm