Description
Launchkey Mini 37 is a powerful DAW controller with three octaves of synth-style mini-keys, eight encoders, and 16 velocity-sensitive pads for playing drums and instruments and launching clips. Creative Chord and Scale modes are built right in and work with the OLED display to make staying in key effortless.
Key Features
- Chord and Scale modes
- Powerful integration with all major DAW
- Eight endless rotary encoders
- 37 synth-action mini-keys
- 16 velocity-sensitive pads
- Pro-grade software bundle included
Powerful DAW integration
Launchkey offers powerful, custom integration for: Ableton Live, Logic, Cubase, Bitwig Studio, Reason Studios, FL Studio, and Ardour. With these, you get a hardware-powered workflow that gives you full control of transport functions, timeline navigation, mixing and EQ, clip launching, and instrument and effect parameters.
Get hands-on
Take control of your performance with 16 Launchpad-style, velocity-sensitive drum pads. Perfect for launching clips, playing chords, and drumming, these pads offer intuitive interaction and expressive control.
With polyphonic aftertouch, each pad responds individually to varying amounts of pressure, enabling more expressive and dynamic playing.
With polyphonic aftertouch, each pad responds individually to varying amounts of pressure, enabling more expressive and dynamic playing.
Included software.
All you need to create
Launchkey includes a unique software bundle to get you creating straight away. Ableton Live Lite and Cubase LE enable to you capture your ideas. Klevgrand adds three premium plugins for mixing, effects and drums. You also get heritage synths from GForce, instruments from Native Instruments and Orchestral Tools, and lessons from Melodics.
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Heritage synth emulations
GForce’s heritage synth VSTs beautifully emulate classic Novation and Oberheim synths, including the iconic Bass Station, SEM, OB-EZ, and AXXESS in one powerful bundle.
Instruments
From gritty drums to lush orchestral arrangements, Klevgrand Slammer and the Orchestral Tools Parallel Orchestra bundle offer professional-grade instruments, ready to inspire your next track.
Effects
Add depth and dimension with Klevgrand R0verb and Luxe. These unique reverb and delay effects allow for creative control, helping to shape atmospheric soundscapes and evolving textures in your mix.
DAWs and tools
Create music with Ableton Live Lite, Cubase LE, and Komplete 15 Select using intuitive tools and genre bundles, plus learn keys or finger drumming with Melodics, the app that teaches you to play.
NKS-ready hardware
We have partnered with Native Instruments to bring NKS compatibility to Launchkey MK4. Native Kontrol Standard provides you with a seamless connection between Native Instruments software and the controls on your Novation hardware.
Specifications
Keybed
- 37 synth-style mini-keys
Creative tools
- Generative arpeggiator with step editor
- Scale Mode - with 30 built-in scales to choose from
- Chord modes: Chord Map/Fixed Chord/User Chord
- Custom Modes
- Octave up/down buttons
Controls and pads
- 16 RGB backlit velocity sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch
- 2 pad page buttons Scene Launch / Func buttons
- Pitch bend and modulation touch strips
- 8 continuous encoders
- 2 encoder page buttons
- Play/stop/record buttons
Display
- 128 x 64 monochrome OLED display
DAW integration
- Custom DAW scripts: Ableton Live 11 or later, Logic X & 11, Cubase 11 & 12, Reason Studios, Reaper, FL Studio, and Ardour
- Compatible with all other DAWs through HUI
Connectivity
- USB-C socket
- 3.5mm jack MIDI out socket
- Sustain pedal 1/4” jack socket
- Kensington security slot
Dimensions
- Width477.8mm
- Depth176.8mm
- Height49mm
- Weight0.98kg
Power Requirements
- USB bus powered
- Power supply not included
Compare Launchkey
Launchkey Mini 25 | Launchkey Mini 37 | Launchkey Mini 25 [MK3] | |
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Keys | 25 | 37 | 25 |
Key Size | Mini | Mini | Mini |
Keybed | Synth action | Synth action | Synth action |
Pads with polyphonic aftertouch | 16 | 16 | 16 (No aftertouch) |
Continuous encoders | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
Faders and Fader Buttons | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Pitch/Mod Wheel | 2 x Touch Strip | 2 x Touch Strip | 2 x Touch Strip |
OLED display | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
Chord Modes | Chord Map, Fixed, and User Chord | Chord Map, Fixed, and User Chord | Fixed Chord |
Scale Mode | 30 Scales | 30 Scales | ✘ |
Arpeggiator | with eight-step editor | with eight-step editor | ✔ |
Zones | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Clip/Scene Launch | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Custom Modes | Pads and Encoders | Pads and Encoders | Pads and Knobs |
MIDI out | 3.5mm | 3.5mm | 3.5mm |
Sustain input | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Bus Powered | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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