Novation Lunchkey 25

Review

Novation Launchkey 25 at a Glance:

• Sculpt your sound to perfection
• Designed for Ableton, works with any DAW
• Your ideal gigging controller

Sculpt your sound to perfection

Novation's Launchkey 25 lets you sculpt your sound to perfection. Use the Launchkey's eight rock-solid rotary knobs to tweak your instruments and effects, and the dedicated fader for hands-on control over selectable mixer channels. You'll find the 25-note synth-weighted keybed delightful to play. Of course, it's velocity-sensitive so you can perform your parts expressively.

Designed for Ableton, works with any DAW

Many Sweetwater musicians use Abelton and love the streamlined workflow they get from Novation's Launchkey controllers. That's because Novation designed the Launchkey's controls to integrate immediately and seamlessly with Ableton Live. All the controls are completely assignable, however. And if you do use another major DAW, the Launchkey 25 will instantly map to it via Novation's InControl protocol.

Your ideal gigging controller

The Launchkey 25 is roadworthy enough for you to use anywhere. It's ready-to-rock the second you plug it into your laptop. And you don't need drivers or power cables because it's USB bus-powered and class-compliant. Out of the box, Launchkey comes with everything you need make music, including Ableton Live Lite, Novation Bass Station and V-Station, and a killer 1GB library of session-ready samples from Loopmasters.

Novation Launchkey 25 Features:

• 25-note velocity-sensitive synth-style keyboard
• 16 full-color RGB backlit velocity sensitive drum pads
• Eight knobs
• One slider
• Six dedicated transport controls
• Pitch-bend and modulation wheels
• Two Octave/Transpose buttons
• 7-segment 3-character LED display
• Two Track/MIDI Channel buttons
• Eight Mute/Solo buttons plus toggle button
• Two InControl buttons
• Two full-color RGB backlit round buttons
• USB socket
• DC power socket
• Sustain pedal 1/4" jack socket
• Kensington security slot
• Included software:Class compliant and USB bus-powered on Mac or PC
  • Ableton Live Lite 9 (version 9 required for InControl)
  • Novation Bass Station and V-Station
  • 1GB library of session-ready samples from Loopmasters
• iOS 8, iOS 7 Compatible - Camera Connection Kit or Lightning to USB Camera Adapter required (not included)

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