Novation Launchpad

The launchpad is designed by Ableton and Novation, Launchpad places Ableton Live at your fingertips. Whether you’re a DJ, performing musician or studio producer, Launchpad gives you all you need to truly ‘play' Live.
With a multi-colour 64-button grid and dedicated scene launch buttons, Launchpad is purpose built for triggering and manipulating clips in Live, it also offers a totally new way of controlling Ableton Live’s mixer. Launchpad's buttons can be used to sketch out beats with drum racks, and they can be assigned to other functions in Live using Ableton's 'Learn' mode.
Launchpad ships with a dedicated ‘Launchpad edition’ of Ableton Live 8, but can control almost any other music software using Novation's award-winning 'Automap' control software.

Features

64-button grid and dedicated scene launch buttons are ideal for launching and controlling your clips and scenes.Including volume, pans, sends, track arming, soloing and muting. Launchpad lets you jump to different levels across eight channels at onceLaunchpad can be used to play drum racks, creating beats and triggering samples in real timeLaunchpad can be used to control other functions using Ableton's 'Learn' mode. This includes Ableton's knobs and faders, which can be assigned to rows of buttons on LaunchpadLaunchpad supports multiple unit operation. Connect up to 3 Launchpads at a time. Expand your grid with multiple Launchpads, or have one Launchpad dedicated to mixer mode, and the other to launching clipsNovation’s Automap-enabled controllers work seamlessly together – a ZeRO SL MkII to control the mix, whilst Launchpad triggers clipsFor instant, intelligent control over VST/AU/RTAS/TDM plug-ins and all MIDI compatible standalone software applicationsAutomap PRO, an optional upgrade available to purchase online, lets you assign almost any computer keyboard shortcut, and combinations thereof, to Launchpads buttonsUtilising Automap, Launchpad can operate as a standard MIDI controller, creating custom MIDI maps with 72 of its buttons transmitting either CC or MIDI note dataProgrammers can utilise variable brightness and multi-colour LED states to their full advantage when designing new and innovative tools in Max MSP and Reaktor

Technical Data

Macintosh
OS: 10.4, or later recommended Computer: G4 or faster / Intel MacMemory (RAM): 512 MB RAM / 1 GB recommendedWindows
OS: Windows XP or VistaComputer: 1.5 GHz or fasterMemory (RAM): 512 MB RAM / 1 GB recommendedDimensions
Unit: W = 240 mm / 9.45 “, H = 20 mm / 0.79 “, D = 240 mm / 9.45 “
Box: W = 308 mm / 12.13 “, H = 90 mm / 20.98 “, D = 320 mm / 12.6 “

Weights
unit weight: 717gms /unit
boxed weight: 1kg/unit