Novation Launchkey 88 Mk3

Regardless of genre or experience level, the Launchkey 88 provides all the tools needed for intuitive and expressive music creation with Ableton Live. This 88-note MIDI keyboard controller features a semi-weighted keybed, velocity-sensitive pads, essential transport controls and nine 45mm faders.

It also includes the standout creative tools found across the Launchkey range. Scale and Chord modes help keep ideas in key, while the arpeggiator and powerful Mutate function open up new melodic possibilities and transform ideas into fresh musical directions.

Check out the video below to see the Novation Launchkey 88 Mk3 in action!

• Designed for Ableton Live
• Create and play with feeling
• Shape your sound
• Control anything MIDI
• Includes Ableton Live Lite
• 88 note semi-weighted keybed with adjustable velocity curves
• 16 velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch
• 9 faders with pickup
• 8 pots with pickup
• 9 fader buttons
• Transport controls
• MIDI DIN output
• 2 x 16 character screen
• USB socket
• Kensington lock

Launchkey 88 feels great. Made for expressive performance, Novation's premium semi-weighted keybed is set apart from the rest of the Launchkey range, optimised for a responsive feel and tactile feedback. Designed for the player, Launchkey 88 is set up to capture every detail.

Get more out of your favourite DAW with dedicated and seamless integration. You’ll have intuitive control of all the key production and performance functionality in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase and more, as well as essential mixer, transport and navigation controls for all other major DAWs including Studio One, Pro Tools and Reaper, via HUI.

Transform your sound with creative features. Three Chord Modes let you trigger complex chords with one finger. Scale mode makes sure you always hit the right note. Combine modes to take your music in new directions, discover ideas effortlessly, and stay inspired.

Transform your sound with creative features. Three Chord Modes let you trigger complex chords with one finger. Scale mode makes sure you always hit the right note. Combine modes to take your music in new directions, discover ideas effortlessly, and stay inspired.

Connect the full-size five-pin MIDI output to your favourite synths and hardware. Use Novation Components to configure four Custom Modes to take control of your studio however you want.

• Ableton Live Lite: The renowned electronic music creation software, with seamless Launchkey integration. With effects, instruments, sounds and all kinds of creative features included – everything you need to make any kind of music.
• Native Instruments: Choose from one of three curated bundles with Komplete 15 Select. Beats, Band, and Electronic – each includes synths, sampled session instruments, and high-quality effects designed to suit specific genres and workflows.
• XLN Audio Addictive Keys: Add great sounding piano to your tracks with the Studio Grand, based on the iconic Steinway® Model D. Plug in and play; you’ll be instantly transported to a professional recording studio set up to capture this beautiful piano.
• AAS Session Bundle: Essential sounds for your tracks: Lounge Lizard’s authentic classic electric piano tones; Strum Session’s acoustic and electric guitar sounds; Ultra Analog Session’s easy-to-use, huge synth sounds.
• Spitfire Audio LABS Expressive Strings: Exclusive to Launchkey: get immediately expressive and realistic strings sounds. Control release, delay and reverb or fade in experimental warped layers to add colour to your tracks and scores.
• Klevgrand R0Verb: A hybrid between a simple reverb and a very complex delay in an easy-to-use plug-in. Design your own reverbs and put your sounds in their own unique space.
• Klevgrand DAW Cassette: Bring your sound back to the golden age of cassette tapes, with an accurate recreation of saturation, distortion, noise and wobble.

Novation and Native Instruments have partnered to bring NKS integration to the Launchkey Series USB MIDI controller keyboards. This powerful update provides seamless control of over 2,000+ NKS-compatible instruments and effects, allowing users to browse, load, tweak, and manage presets effortlessly using hands-on controls.

With NKS, creators can stay fully focused on their music - eliminating the hassle of manual parameter mapping and streamlining the creative process.

Experience the seamless connection between your Launchkey MIDI controller and Native Instruments' legendary sounds with NKS. Plus, get a free Komplete 15 Select bundle, packed with synths, sampled instruments, and studio effects - ready to Kontrol with your Novation Launchkey keyboard.

Wherever you happen to be in the world, you can rely on a three-year warranty if any Novation hardware needs repairing or replacing due to a manufacturing fault.