Novation Launchpad X MIDI Controller

Launchpad X is our essential 64-pad MIDI grid controller for Ableton Live. It gives you everything you need to make music. Launch, play and perform your sounds and build your tracks using the large, super-sensitive RGB pads, dynamic note and scale modes, and mixer controls. The essential Live controller - Everything about making tracks in Ableton Live is made easier with Launchpad X’s quick, hands-on clip and scene launching and our most playable grid to date. Play your instruments and devices expressively with the 64 velocity- and pressure-sensitive RGB pads, then never lose an idea with one-press Capture MIDI control. Launchpad X belongs on the desk of every Ableton Live music maker. Express yourself - Launchpad X gives you everything you need right at your fingertips so you can spend less time clicking a mouse and more time making music. Never worry about being out of key – Dynamic Note and Scale modes let you easily play perfectly in-key basslines, melodies, chords and leads. Our most responsive velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch let you play your instruments dynamically and expressively. Step back from the screen, get hands-on and dive into your tracks. Make it yours - Go deeper and get Launchpad X working the way you want. Use Novation Components to customize MIDI mappings, and control almost anything; four custom modes mean you can design how this essential grid controller works for you – you’re only limited by your imagination. Take control of your performance - Essential performance controls are a single button-press away: stop, solo, mute, record arm and set your levels, pans and sends. Using Launchpad X is a simple as it gets, no drivers to install, just plug and perform. Splice Sounds - Get two months free access to Splice Sounds with Launchpad X, offering millions of high-quality, royalty-free one-shots, loops, and presets, with new releases daily. Take 100 credits per month for sounds, foley, presets, and MIDI files and join millions of artists using Splice to make all kinds of music, Grammy-winning albums, and cinematic scores. Sound Collective - When you register your Launchpad X, you’ll automatically gain access to Sound Collective. Get new free plug-ins every couple of months from some of the biggest names in the business, along with offers, discounts and more. Launchpad Mini [MK3] & Live Loops in Logic Pro - Live Loops brings cell-based looping playback and performance to Logic Pro. With Launchpad Mini [MK3] as your Live Loops controller, use cells to sketch out arrangement ideas, fast, and record your performances. Setup is automatic: just select your Launchpad from Logic’s Control Surface Setup. There are orientation options in Logic’s settings that allow you to choose vertical or rotated arrangement, to suit your preference. (Logic Pro 10.6 is required.)

64 RGB Pads

64 Large RGB pads – velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads give you a perfect reflection of your Ableton Live session, making it easier than ever to see your clips and play your instruments expressively.

Ableton Live Integration

Ableton Live Integration – quickly launch clips and scenes, never lose ideas with Capture MIDI, and access performance controls like stop, solo, mute, record arm, volume, pan, and sends to dynamically control your music, no mouse needed.

Dynamic Note and Scale Modes

Effortlessly play perfectly in-key basslines, melodies, chords and leads. Launchpad X even knows when you’re drumming and shows your drum rack on the grid.

Four Custom Modes

Use Novation Components to customize mappings and control anything MIDI easily from Launchpad X.

Get Started Easily

Use our online Easy Start tool to get all the software you want, and step-by-step video guides to get you set up with Live and making music in minutes.

Included Software

Ableton Live Lite – quickly organize and arrange your sounds and start making tracks with this staple electronic-music-making software.

Included Software

Two months Splice Sounds membership - offering millions of high-quality, royalty-free one-shots, loops, and presets, with new releases daily.

Included Software

AAS Session Bundle - Three synths for music makers, providing essential sounds for your tracks.

Included Software

XLN Addictive Keys – Access one of four virtual keyboards when you register your first piece of Novation hardware.

Included Software

Klevgrand R0Verb and DAW Cassette – High quality reverb and tape deck emulation plug-ins, to add some space or take your sound back to the golden age of cassette tapes.

Included Software

Softube Time and Tone bundle – made up of four of Softube's world class plug-ins: reverb, delay, an easy to use mastering tool and distortion. Sound Collective – bringing Novation hardware owners a new free plug-in every couple of months.