Launchkey MK3
Made to create
Launchkey is our intuitive and fully integrated MIDI keyboard controller for making tracks in Ableton Live, designed to give you everything you need to create and play your music. Made for creators of all abilities, Launchkey gives you inspirational tools to expand your musical vocabulary. Scale and Chord modes and a powerful arpeggiator push your musical creativity and help start new ideas. Custom Modes and a full-size MIDI output transform Launchkey into a powerful centrepiece of any music-making setup.
Get melodies moving
Intuitive integration
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.
Included software
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.
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.
Standalone operation
Launchkey works standalone, so it’s the perfect controller for any music-making setup, with or without a computer. The Scale and Chord Modes, arpeggiator and Custom Modes can all be used to control an all-hardware studio or live rig.
Key features
Work seamlessly, stay focused
Step away from the computer and stay focused on creativity and expression. Get immediate access to all the controls you need with deep integration across all leading DAWs.
Control anything MIDI
Five-pin MIDI output works with any MIDI-compatible device so you can take control of your studio gear (3.5mm TRS MIDI Out on Launchkey Mini).
Get creative with chords
Three Chord Modes* (Fixed, Scale and User) let you trigger chords with one finger.
Make Launchkey your own
Four Custom Modes enable you to create unique control setups for any performance or studio rig.
Create and play with feeling
Velocity-sensitive keyboard* and 16 velocity-sensitive pads enable expressive and dynamic performance.
Never lose an idea
Keep creativity going with one-touch access to Capture MIDI functionality in Ableton, Capture Recording functionality in Logic, and Retrospective MIDI Record functionality in Cubase.
Never hit a wrong note
Scale modes* transpose keys and pads to notes in the selected scale.
Get melodies moving
A powerful arpeggiator takes you to new melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic places, and Strum mode lets you hold down notes and strum chords to unlock more creative ideas.
Make music immediately
Free software, including Ableton Live Lite, virtual instruments, plugins and sample packs let you start creating straight away.
Shape your sound
Tweak instruments and effects to perfection using eight rotary encoders and (on 49-, 61- and 88-key models) nine 45mm faders.
*excluding Launchkey Mini.
Launchkey Mini | Launchkey 25 | Launchkey 37 | Launchkey 49 | Launchkey 61 | Launchkey 88 | |
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Keys | 25 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 88 |
Key Size | Mini | Full size | Full size | Full size | Full size | Full size |
Keybed | Synth action | Synth action | Synth action | Synth action | Synth action | Premium semi weighted |
Pads | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Knobs | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Faders and Fader Butons | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Pitch/Mod Wheel | 2 x Touch Strip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Screen | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chord Modes | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Scale Mode | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Arpeggiator | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Clip/Scene Launch | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Custom Modes and MIDI Out | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Bus Powered | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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