Novation Launchpad Pro MK3 MIDI Grid Controller

The Novation Launchpad Pro MK3 is the most powerful grid controller available for music production within Ableton Live. You get everything you need to produce or perform music to a professional standard. This controller is portable enough for people that produce or create ideas on a laptop, ready for further development at a later stage.

In terms of functionality, you can navigate yourself around Ableton Live with precision and speed. Traditional features such as; launching clips and scenes, mixer access, and transport controls have been included so that you can generate ideas straight from the controller and without touching your computer. The MIDI Capture function means you will never lose an idea. You can produce entire musical phrases that are complex and evolving thanks to the 4-track, 8-note polyphonic, 32- step sequencer.

The Launchpad Pro Mark 3 features the most advanced integration with Ableton Live yet. The addition of the micro-steps means you can create grooves and patterns slightly off-grid for added realism. You can add your favourite hardware instruments into your setup and play patterns via MIDI. Other features like sync rate, probability mutation, and play order means you can manipulate your patterns on the fly - a great feature for quick ideas generation.

The Launchpad Pro MK3 comes with bigger, more responsive pads. These pads are also velocity and pressure-sensitive, just like a real instrument. Additional features such as scale mode lock your pads to a chosen musical key so you can create perfect melodies with ease. Chord mode lets you create harmonic chord progressions quickly to give your songs more musical flavour. The custom mode is where the launchpad shines, giving you control over any MIDI-compatible software or hardware. The included Novation components software lets you drag and drop your own effects widgets onto the launchpad and configure your own performance or production setup. If you are a live performer, you will want this controller for this feature alone.

If you don't want to integrate a computer into your performance, you can utilise the Launchpad Pro's MIDI In, Out and Out 2/Thru ports. The easy-start tool lets you tailor your own configuration quickly and easily so you can start making music immediately.

The Launchpad Pro Mk3 is now fully compatible with Live Loops, the cell-based looping playback and performance feature, thanks to Apple releasing Logic Pro version 10.6. The update brings with it the ability to trigger cells from the grid, get hands-on with producing and performing, and you can easily navigate projects. You can directly record to cells in Note and Chord mode and then have further control to solo, mute, record arm or stop tracks. Clearing and duplicating cells and quantising of the notes recorded into a cell are effortlessly controlled through dedicated buttons.