Novation Launchkey 61 Key MK4 MIDI Controller Keyboard

The Novation Launchkey 61 MK4 is the ultimate MIDI keyboard controller for any musician, producer, or performer looking to unlock their creative potential. With a suite of innovative features, this controller seamlessly integrates with your favorite DAWs, making music creation intuitive and fun.

The Ultimate Creative Controller

Discover your creative potential with the Launchkey 61 – a versatile DAW controller featuring five octaves of semi-weighted keys and 16 patented FSR pads, perfect for finger drumming, clip launching, and more. It also includes a bank of nine faders and eight endless rotary encoders, allowing you to mix, control plugins, and perform using the built-in creative tools.

The next generation of Launchkey brings upgraded hardware and a sleek, minimalist design, offering new ways to spark creativity in your DAW, with hardware synths, or on iPhone and iPad. Enhanced Chord, Scale, and Arpeggio Modes ensure you stay in key and perform with greater expressiveness, all supported by detailed feedback from the crisp, new OLED display.

Launchkey 61 MK4 Key Features

• Ultimate DAW Connectivity: Launchkey offers seamless integration with all major DAWs straight out of the box, including custom setups for Ableton Live, Logic, Cubase, Reason Studios, Reaper, FL Studio, and Ardour. This integration delivers a hardware-powered workflow that allows full control over transport functions, timeline navigation, mixing and EQ, clip launching, and instrument and effect parameters. When using Ableton Live’s Session View or Logic’s Live Loops, the 16 drum pads double as Launchpad-style clip launchers, complete with RGB backlights that mirror your on-screen visuals.
• Superior Keys for Unmatched Performance: The Launchkey 61 features an upgraded keybed that is both highly sensitive and durable, perfect for delicate passages as well as robust performances. With 61 semi-weighted, waterfall-style keys, it combines the power of a software-based workflow with the tactile feel of a premium hardware instrument.
• Advanced Drum Pads for Precision Finger Drumming: The Launchkey now includes our patented velocity-sensitive FSR drum pads with polyphonic aftertouch. These pads are equipped with unique radial sensors, enhancing sensitivity and consistency for even tighter and more precise performances.
• Enhanced Creative Tools for Maximum Flexibility: The Launchkey 61 comes equipped with powerful creative tools integrated directly into the hardware, ensuring consistent performance across your DAW, hardware synths, and mobile devices. With Scale Modes, you can lock the keyboard to one of 30 different scales, eliminating wrong notes or restricting play to the white keys. Fixed Chord mode allows full chords from a single key, while new Chord Maps enable the creation of expressive progressions using the Launchkey’s pads. The latest version of our renowned arpeggiator makes it easier than ever to manipulate and evolve your sequences for boundless inspiration.
• Dynamic Keyboard Splits and Layers: Looking to control multiple instruments simultaneously? The Launchkey 61 now features a split keyboard function, allowing you to divide the keyboard into two zones to play each hand independently. Alternatively, you can layer two MIDI channels across all 61 keys, sending the same notes to both instruments for a richer, more complex sound.
• Customize Your Performance with Custom Modes: Launchkey's controls are fully customizable beyond their default settings. Using the free Components software in your browser, you can configure them to work precisely how you want with your software or hardware. You can create and store up to four custom mappings for Launchkey’s faders, pads, and encoders, allowing you to instantly recall your preferred settings and send chosen notes, MIDI CCs, or program changes directly from the hardware. Play your way and tailor your setup for maximum creativity and control.
• Expand Your Setup Beyond the Computer: With the Launchkey 61’s five-pin MIDI output, you can easily connect your hardware synthesizer without needing a DAW. Utilizing Components and custom mappings, you can directly control all essential functions from your keyboard. Additionally, the Launchkey is USB-powered and class-compliant, ensuring full compatibility with numerous music-making apps for iPhone and iPad, including the free Novation Launchpad app.

Comprehensive Software Bundle Included

The Launchkey 61 includes everything you need to start making music immediately. With Ableton Live 12 Lite, you can record and perform with up to eight tracks of MIDI or audio, utilizing a suite of instruments, effects, and creative tools that integrate seamlessly with Launchkey. Additionally, you'll receive a selection of studio-grade effects and sounds from Novation and Focusrite, providing a comprehensive package for your music production needs.

Included Software

• DAW:

• Ableton Live 12 Lite

• GForce bundle:

• Oberheim SEM
• Oberheim OB-EZ
• GForce AXXESS

• Parallel Orchestras bundle by Orchestral Tools:

• Delicate Piano
• Flautando Strings
• Percussion FX
• Shadowy
• Paradox Texture
• Woodwind Parallax

• Klevgrand bundle:

• LUXE
• R0Verb
• Slammer

• Melodics:

• Melodics curated lessons
• Technical Specifications

• Product Hardware Specs:

• 61 keys
• OLED display
• 16 RGB backlit velocity sensitive pads – with proprietary FSR technology
• 2 pad page buttons
• Scene Launch / Func buttons
• Pitch bend and modulation wheels
• 8 encoders
• 2 encoder page buttons
• 9 faders
• 9 faders buttons
• 5 pin MIDI out socket
• Capture MIDI/Undo/Quantise/Metronome buttons
• Scale/Chord Map/Arp/Fixed Chord/Settings/Shift buttons
• Octave up/down buttons
• Play/stop/record/loop button
• Track navigation buttons
• USB C socket
• Sustain pedal 1/4” jack socket
• Kensington security slot

• Power Requirements:

• USB bus powered
• Power supply not included