Jointly designed by Ableton and Novation, Launchpad places
Ableton Live at your fingertips. Whether you’re a DJ, performing
musician or studio producer, Launchpad gives you all you need to truly
‘play' Live.
Launchpad is ultra-portable. It is USB bus powered (no need for
power sockets), and weighs just 1.5 lbs.
With a multi-color, 64-button grid and dedicated scene launch
buttons, Launchpad is purpose built for triggering and manipulating
clips in Live. It also offers a totally new way of controlling Ableton
Live’s mixer. Launchpad's buttons can be used to sketch out beats with
drum racks, and they can be assigned to other functions in Live using
Ableton's 'Learn' mode.
Launchpad ships with a dedicated ‘Launchpad edition’ of Ableton
Live 8, but can control almost any other music software using
Novation's award-winning 'Automap' control software.
Key Features:
Launch clips and scenes
Launchpad’s 64-button grid and dedicated scene launch buttons are ideal for launching and controlling your clips and scenes.
Create your own control surfaces!
Set up user mode to activate or solo channels, play notes and
control FX devices, all on one page. You can easily create
personalized ways of improvising with Live.
Innovative control over your mix
Control volume, pans, sends, track arming, soloing and muting.
Launchpad lets you jump to different levels across eight channels at
once.
Sketch out beats
Launchpad can be used to play drum racks, creating beats and triggering samples in real time.
Controlling other functions
Launchpad can be used to control other functions using Ableton's
'Learn' mode. This includes knobs and faders in Live's instruments and
FX, which can be assigned to rows of buttons on Launchpad
Check the video teaser below for some of the Launchpad's capabilities.
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