Novation Launchpad X

Launchpad X is Novation's 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 and build your tracks using the large, super-sensitive RGB pads, dynamic note and scale modes, and mixer controls.

Launchpad X 2.0 firmware update:

• Explore new creative possibilities and get greater customisation with the 2.0 firmware update for Launchpad X. Keep creativity flowing with the Custom Mode keystroke widget and assign DAW shortcuts for a faster workflow and more intuitive creation. Go even bigger with four more Custom Modes slots; that’s eight Custom Modes slots in total to get creative with.

• 64 velocity-sensitive RGB pads
• Ableton Live integration
• Trigger Live Loops in Logic Pro
• Dynamic Note and Scale modes
• Eight Custom Modes
• Get started easily
• Includes Ableton Live Lite
• Launchpad Mini 2.0 firmware update

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

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. Novation's 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.

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.

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.

With Live Loops and Launchpad X, you can activate cells to experiment with arrangement ideas, and record your performances. Cells can contain one-shots, loops, MIDI patterns and automation data, and can be dragged-and-dropped or recorded live into Logic’s tracks area, to build song arrangements quickly.

• Ableton Live Lite: Quickly organise and arrange your sounds and start making tracks with this staple electronic-music-making software.
• Cubase LE 14: Cubase LE 14 is ready to meet the demands of high-quality songwriting and production projects. Offering up to sixteen audio tracks, up to twenty-four MIDI tracks for external instruments and up to eight instrument tracks for virtual instruments, Cubase LE 14 has enough power to record as many as eight audio channels simultaneously.
• AAS Session Bundle: Three synths for music makers, providing staple sounds for your tracks.
• XLN Addictive Keys: Add great sounding piano to your tracks with the Studio Grand, based on the iconic Steinway® Model D.
• 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.
• Finger drumming lessons from Melodics: Build your skills with 40 free interactive finger drumming lessons, designed for your Launchpad. Whether you're just starting out or levelling up, Melodics makes learning fun, hands-on, and tailored to the genres you love. Learn to play, create, and let your music flow.