NOVATION
Novation Launchkey Mini MK3 Controller
The MK3 version of the Launchkey Mini is Novation's most compact and portable 25-mini-key MIDI keyboard controller, providing you with all the tools you need to develop your musical ideas into a seriously portable package.
Make tracks in Ableton Live wherever you are, using Launchkey Mini’s 25 mini keys, 16 RGB clip launch/drumming pads, advanced Arpeggiator, Fixed Chord mode and Live Device Macros. Retrospectively grab MIDI grooves, riffs and sequences with the Capture MIDI button; command the mix with transport, Mute, Solo, Volume, Pan and Send controls; and get inspired with a ton of bundled sounds.
Main features of the Novation Launchkey Mini MK3 include:
- Deep and intuitive Ableton Live control, including clip and scene launching, Device Macros, track select,transport, Capture MIDI, Stop/Solo/Mute, Volume, Pans, Sends and more
- Creative arpeggiator with up to four octaves of range, multiple directions and rhythms, Swing, Latch, adjustable Gate time and Advanced MIDI Mode
- Fixed Chord mode for triggering chords from single notes
- MIDI Out enables connection to synths, drum machines and other MIDI hardware for performance, parameter control and program changes
- Best mini keybed yet for improved playability
- 16 pads are now RGB backlit for colour matching to clips, bigger, and feature improved velocity sensitivity
- Eight rotary encoders, Pitch and Modulation touch strips, and a sustain pedal input for versatile physical control input
- Massive software and soundware bundle included – make music right out of the box
- Mapping templates and HUI compatibility for use with Logic Pro, FL Studio, Reason, Pro Tools and other DAWs
Perfect integration
Launchkey Mini gives you seamless hands-on control of Ableton Live, helping you turn the music in your head into sonic reality. 16 RGB pads match the colours of clips in Live’s Session View, making clip and scene selection and launching totally intuitive, while eight rotary encoders put Live’s Device Macro controls right at your fingertips. And with mapping templates included for Logic Pro and Reason, not to mention full HUI support for Pro Tools and other DAWs, Launchkey Mini is geared up for all the other major DAWs, too.
Get creative
Step away from the computer and power up your creativity using the new Launchkey Mini’s fully featured Arpeggiator with Advanced MIDI Control. Perform and record beats and percussion lines with the big RGB pads, and trigger chords from single keys with Fixed Chord Mode. And thanks to Live’s Capture MIDI function, accessible direct from Launchkey Mini, everything you play is recorded in the background at all times, ensuring you’ll never lose a single note, even when you forget to hit record.
Take control immediately
With the addition of transport, Mute and Solo buttons, and Volume, Pan and Send controls, the new Launchkey Mini feels more like a physical extension of Live than ever. Now you can connect more deeply with your music, navigating and mixing your projects in a more tactile way than the mouse and keyboard can hope to match.
Wherever inspiration strikes
So much power in such a small package. With its tiny footprint and slim profile, the USB bus-powered Launchkey Mini is made to move – just sling it in your bag and make music wherever life and inspiration take you.
Three year warranty
Wherever you happen to be in the world, you can rely on a three-year warranty if any Novation hardware needs repairing or replacing due to a manufacturing fault. Novation will send you replacement gear in the UK and the US, and they’ll cover the shipping costs both ways. In the UK, they'll send you a replacement before you return your hardware to them.
Included Software
Ableton Live Lite
Industry-leading music creation software, with seamless operation with Launchkey.
Spitfire Audio LABS Expressive Strings
Exceptional strings samples made by musicians and sampling experts in London, for anyone, anywhere.
XLN Audio Addictive Keys
Access one of four virtual keyboards when you register your first piece of Focusrite or Novation hardware.
Klevgrand R0Verb
A hybrid between a simple reverb and a very complex delay in an easy-to-use plugin.
Klevgrand DAW Cassette
A plugin that emulates the sound of a tape deck, with accurate recreation of saturation, distortion, noise and wobble.
AAS Session Bundle
Keys, guitar and synth plugins for music makers, which provide essential sounds for your tracks.
Softube Time And Tone Bundle
A world-class collection featuring Softube-quality sound and modeling. Four plug-ins included: Drawmer S73 Intelligent Master Processor, TSAR-1R Reverb, Tube Delay, and Saturation Knob.
Technical Specifications | |
Product Hardware Specifications | • 25 x Mini-keys • 1 x Touch Strip for Pitch-bench with centre zero • 1 x Touch Strip for Modulation • 8 x Knobs • 16 x RGB Backlit, Velocity Sensitive Pads • Transpose Buttons • Octave Up/Down Buttons (with Preset function as shift) • Play and Record Buttons • Arp and Fixed Chord Buttons • Stop/Solo/Mute Button ^^ • Scene Launch Button ^^ • 3.5mm jack socket for MIDI Out (MIDI din break-out cables NOT included) • USB Socket • Kensington MiniSaver Slot • Midi Channel Selection* • Capture MIDI function*^^ • Tracks function* • Scene Down function*^^ • Scene Up function*^^ *Function accessed with Shift ^^Ableton Live specific function |
Comprehensive DAW Integration | • Scripts for Ableton, Logic and Reason (Device Control for Ableton, Logic and Reason) • All other DAWs through HUI i.e. Pro Tools, Reaper, Studio One • Take control of Volume, Pan, Sends, Record, Play, Preset and Assign Custom Mapping |
Ableton Integration | • Volume, Pan, Sends A and Sends B through knobs • Record and Play • Assign Custom Mapping to knobs and pads • Track navigation |
Ableton specific integrations such as | • Device Control • Capture MIDI • Clip Launch • Clip Stop • Scene Launch • Scene Navigation • Track Solo/Mute |
Arpeggiator | • Creative Arpeggiator with Mutate Mode and Deviate Rhythm • Mode: Up, Down, Up/Down, Played, Random, Chord, Mutate • Rate: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 and all associated triplets • Octave: 1, 2, 3, 4 • Rhythm: o, oxo, oxxo, Random, Deviate • Latch: on/off • Tempo, Swing and Gate through pots when pressing 'Arp' • When Mode is set to Mutate, access all Mutate possibilities through the pot while pressing 'Arp' • When Rhythm is set to Deviate, access all Deviation of the rhythm through the pot while pressing 'Arp' • 3 x symbols at the left side of the keyboard reserved for future arp updates |
Fixed Chord | • Fixed chord, to play chords with one finger |
Software Compatibility |
• Ableton Live Lite is included
<If you already have Ableton Live it must be version 10 or greater to work with Launchkey Mini. Launchkey Mini will also work as a standard MIDI controller.> |
Power Requirements | • USB bus powered • Power supply not included |
Product Dimensions | • 330mm length x 172mm depth x 31mm (40mm including knob-caps) height |
- 16 velocity-sensitive RGB, eight rotary controls, pitch and mod touch strips, and sustain input
- Deep and intuitive Ableton Live control
- Creative arpeggiator
- Fixed chord mode
- MIDI Out
- Send arps and program changes to your hardware synths
- Software bundle included
- Three-year warranty