Description

Novation Launchkey 49 MK4 is a compact USB MIDI controller for DAW software with a standard-sized, semi-weighted 4-octave keyboard, eight 360° encoders, 9 faders, and 16 velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch for finger drumming and clip launching. It includes creative Chord, Scale, and arpeggiator generation modes with a step editor. High-intelligibility OLED display.

Your inspiration will flow anywhere with Launchkey 49 MK4, a portable and comprehensive DAW software controller featuring a semi-weighted 4-octave keyboard and 16 patented FSR pads for finger drumming, clip launching, and much more. The new generation of Launchkey also provides new tools for creating music in your favorite music production software on PC and Mac computers, on iPhone and iPad, or for remote control of your hardware synthesizers. The Chord, Scale, and Arpeggiator modes have been expanded to help you stay consistent with your project's scale and perform even more expressively – with detailed visual feedback on the new, crisp OLED screen.

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Improved DAW Integration

Launchkey immediately supports all popular DAW software, with seamless and customizable integration for: Ableton Live, Logic, Cubase, Reason Studios, Reaper, FL Studios, and Ardour. With this software, you get a hardware-based workflow that gives you full control over transport functions, timeline navigation, mixing and equalization, clip launching, and effect and instrument parameters. And when using Ableton Live's Session View or Logic's Live Loops, the 16 drum pads also act as Launchpad-style clip launch buttons, with RGB backlighting perfectly matching what you see on screen.

More Powerful Creative Tools

The Launchkey 49's creative tools are integrated into the hardware itself – so they work the same way in your DAW, with hardware synthesizers, or with mobile devices. Scale modes now allow you to lock your keyboard to a chosen scale from 30 different scales, so you can eliminate wrong notes or map everything only to white keys. Fixed Chord mode allows you to play a full chord from a single key; the new Chord Maps mode, however, goes further and allows you to create emotion-filled progressions from the Launchkey's pads. And in this latest iteration of our beloved arpeggiator, it's easier than ever to distort and mutate sequences for endless inspiration.

Extremely Responsive and Expressive FSR Pads

For finger drumming, Launchkey now features our patented FSR drum pads, velocity-sensitive and with polyphonic aftertouch. Unlike traditional pads, each features a unique radial sensor that increases its sensitivity and improves consistency, for even more precise performance. Furthermore, they can also be set to trigger chords or individual notes with polyphonic aftertouch.

New Custom Modes

The Launchkey's controls are not limited by predefined assignments; simply load the free Components software in your browser and configure them to work exactly as you want, with software or hardware. Up to four custom mappings can be stored for both the Launchkey's pads and encoders and recalled instantly from the hardware to send chosen notes, MIDI CCs, or program changes.

Not just computers with Launchkey MK4

Thanks to the Launchkey 49's five-pin DIN MIDI output, it's easy to connect hardware synthesizers via an adapter without the need for a DAW. Along with Components and custom mappings, you can control all the most important features directly from the keyboard. Furthermore, the Launchkey does not require additional drivers, so it is fully compatible with countless apps used to create music on iPhone and iPad – including the free Novation Launchpad app.

Everything you need to create

The Launchkey 49 pad keyboard controller includes everything you need to start creating music right away. The included DAW, Ableton Live 12 Lite, allows you to record and perform with up to eight MIDI or audio tracks, in addition to a range of instruments, effects, and creative tools – and works perfectly with Launchkey. Plus, you also get a selection of additional professional-grade effects and sounds from Novation and Focusrite.

Novation Launchkey 49 MK4 Features

• 49 standard-sized semi-weighted keys
• OLED display
• 9 faders
• 16 RGB backlit pads
• Velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch (proprietary FSR technology)
• Buttons: Scene Launch/Function
• Pitch bend and modulation wheels
• 8 x 360° encoders
• 2 encoder bank buttons
• Buttons: Capture MIDI, Undo, Quantize, Metronome
• Buttons: Scale/Map, Chord, Arp, Fixed Chord, Settings and Shift
• Octave transpose buttons
• Transport buttons: Play, Stop, Record, and Loop
• Track navigation buttons
• USB-C socket
• Five-pin DIN MIDI output
• 1/4" jack socket for sustain pedal
• Kensington Security Slot
• Dimensions and weight: 730x263.5x93mm; 4.08KG

Included in the Novation 49 MK4 package

• Launchkey 49 MK4
• USB-A to USB-C cable

*The entire software bundle included with Novation Launchkey 49 MK4

• Ableton Live 12 Lite
• Oberheim SEM
• Oberheim OB-E
• M-TRON PRO I
• GForce AXXESS
• Delicate Piano (Orchestral Tools)
• Flautando Strings (Orchestral Tools)
• Percussion FX (Orchestral Tools)
• Shadowy (Orchestral Tools)
• Paradox Texture (Orchestral Tools)
• Woodwind Parallax (Orchestral Tools)
• Klevgrand LUXE
• Klevgrand’s R0Verb
• Klevgrand Slammer
• Custom sessions with Melodics

For more information on the software bundle: click here

To obtain included software with NOVATION Launchkey MK4:

Create an account and register the instrument on the Novation website (click here)

*NB: Software applications are included free of charge for promotional purposes and may change over time without notice. Algam EKO is solely responsible for the hardware instrument and cannot provide technical or commercial assistance for software provided free of charge or third-party software used with the product. For software support, consult the manual or online help for the software you are using.

NB: The use of authorization codes, i.e., the download and activation of software provided free of charge, voids the right of withdrawal.