Novation Launchkey 49 Mk2 - 49 Note DAW Control Surface

The Launchkey has had an upgrade. Shining in their RGB glory, the MK 2 Launchkey has full colour pads that you can assign or use to navigate your music, giving a new dimension to your work flow

The sleek and super fun Launchkey series offers the quickest and easiest way to produce and perform electronic music with a design that breeds creativity. It's got a synth-style keyboard that's lightweight, fast and expressive, 8 smooth rotary knobs and 16 glorious full RGB Pads

Fully Integrated

The Launchkey series have been designed to fully integrate with Ableton live, so that you can just plug in via USB and all of the knobs, faders, keys and controls will work perfectly first time you open a session.

However you don't have to use Ableton if thats not your bag. The Launchkey has InControl which automatically maps all the controls to your favourite DAW or music software, whether it's Logic, Cubase, Pro Tools, Reason or FL Studio. You can even connect a Launchkey to your iPad using an Apple Camera Connection Kit for a fantastically portable music setup.

Here's what Novation say about the Launchkey Series

This latest generation of Launchkey is our most focused MIDI keyboard controller for Ableton Live. It’s the quickest and easiest way to produce and perform electronic music – because we designed it specifically for the purpose. You just plug in via USB and the keys, faders, knobs and pads immediately give you hands-on control of your grid, instruments, effects and mixer. Of course, if you don’t use Ableton, it will map to other major music software too using InControl.

Designed for Ableton Live:

All controls work immediately and can be freely reassigned.

See your session in full colour:

RGB pads match the colour of your clips.

Create expressive beats:

All 16 pads are velocity-sensitive for creating dynamic drum beats.

Shape your sound:

Tweak your instruments and effects to perfection using eight rock solid knobs

Take it anywhere:

Compact and tough enough to chuck in your bag without needing a power cable

Control all major music software:

Get automatic hands-on control of other DAWs

Plug in and play:

USB bus-powered and totally class compliant, so it works straight away without any drivers

Make music immediately:

Includes Ableton Live Lite, one of four XLN Audio Addictive Keys instruments, Novation Bass Station and V Station virtual instruments and over 4GB of Loopmasters samples.

Enjoy three years of warranty:

Rely on our three-year warranty if any Novation hardware needs repairing or replacing due to a manufacturing fault

Practice chords, notes and rhythm:

Use Melodics to improve your keyboard skills and hone your pad drumming skills for free.

Novation Sound Collective

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Included Software

• Ableton Live Lite
• 4 GB of Loopmasters sounds and samples
• One of four XLN Audio Addictive Keys instruments
• Novation Bass Station VST and AU plug-in synthesiser
• Novation V Station VST and AU plug-in synthesiser 
• Free Melodics lessons

What's In The Box

• Novation Launchkey 49 Mk2
• USB cable
• Printed Getting Started Guide
• Safety information sheet

Specifications

Product Hardware Specifications

• 49 note velocity sensitive synth style keyboard
• 16 full-colour RGB backlit velocity sensitive drum pads
• 8 knobs
• 9 sliders
• 6 dedicated transport controls
• Pitch bend and modulation wheels
• 2 octave / transpose buttons
• 7 segment 3 character LED display
• 2 Track / MIDI Channel buttons
• 8 mute / solo buttons plus toggle button
• 3 InControl buttons
• 2 full-colour RGB backlit round buttons
• USB socket
• DC power socket
• Sustain pedal 1/4” jack socket
• Kensington security slot

System Requirements

• Launchkey 49 is class compliant, so will work with any modern Mac, Windows or Linux PC. For further information see the Novation web site.

Software Included

• Ableton Live Lite 9 — Powerful composition and live performance software
• Novation Bass Station software synth — virtual version of Novation’s classic bass synth.
• Novation V-Station software synth — powerful virtual polysynth with tons of great presets.
• Addictive Keys — choose one model from the pro-grade XLN Audio lineup.
• Loopmasters Loops and Samples — 4GB of content spanning multiple genres.
• Free keyboard lessons from Melodics.

Software Compatibility

• If you already have Ableton Live it must be version 9 or greater to work with Launchkey. We recommend that you update to the latest version as previous versions of Ableton Live do not include the Launchkey integration for InControl. Launchkey will also work as a standard MIDI controller.

Power Requirements

• Fully USB bus powered on Mac or PC.
• Camera connection kit or USB camera adapter required for use with iOS devices (not included). Power supply must also be used (not included).
• Maximum power consumption 9V DC 250mA  (Power supply not included)

Product Dimensions

• Launchkey 49: 775mm length x 270mm depth x 90mm height