Novation Launchkey 88 88-Key MIDI Keyboard Controller

The Novation Launchkey 88 is the Premium 88-Note MIDI Keyboard for Expressive Music Creation

The Launchkey 88 has a premium semi-weighted keybed and tight DAW integration that makes creating songs feel great. Expand your musical vocabulary with inspirational creative tools and make music without limits.

• 88 premium semi-weighted keys and 16 velocity-sensitive pads allow you to play with feelings
• Deep integration across all leading DAWs with immediate access to all the controls you need
• One-touch access to Capture MIDI features in Ableton, Logic, and Cubase
• New arpeggiator to take your music to new melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic places
• Strum mode helps hold down notes and strum chords to help unlock more creative ideas
• Three chord modes (fixed, scale and user) let you trigger chords with one finger
• Use custom modes and the MIDI output to take control of your favorite synths and hardware

Included Software

• Ableton Live 10 Lite - Industry-leading music creation software, with seamless operation with Launchkey
• Spitfire Audio LABS Expressive Strings - Exceptional strings samples made by musicians and sampling experts in London, for anyone, anywhere
• XLN Audio Addictive Keys - Access one of four virtual keyboards when you register your first piece of Focusrite or Novation hardware
• Klevgrand R0Verb - A hybrid between a simple reverb and a very complex delay in an easy-to-use plugin
• Klevgrand DAW Cassette - A plugin that emulates the sound of a tape deck, with accurate recreation of saturation, distortion, noise, and wobble
• AAS Session Bundle - Keys, guitar and synth plugins for music makers, which provide essential sounds for your tracks

Software Compatibility

Works with Ableton Live 10 or later. Ableton Live 10 Lite included. Full integration with Logic, Cubase and Reason. Compatible with Windows 10, Windows 11, and MacOS. Launchkey also works as a standard MIDI controller.

SPECIFICATIONS

• 88 note semi-weighted keybed with adjustable velocity curves
• Dimensions (D x W x H): 288 x 1270 x 87 mm
• 16 x 2 char screen
• 16 velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch
• 9 faders with pickup
• 8 pots with pickup
• 9 fader buttons
• Transport controls
• MIDI DIN output
• 5 pin MIDI out socket
• USB B socket, USB powered
• Kensington lock

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