Novation Launchpad MIDI Controller
Jointly 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.
The Launchpad is primarily designed with Ableton in mind, however it can be used in conjunction with a wide variety of other music software through the use of Novation’s ‘Automap’ control software.
There are a few different videos of this piece of kit floating around, but we found this beautiful demonstration from the clever people over at Little-Scale as a firm favourite. The video shows a simple ripple-based sequencer made for the Launchpad that makes brilliant use of the coloured pads and the platform itself.
