Novation Launchpad Pro MK3: Professional Music Production Controller with RGB Pads and Step Sequencer

Michael E. Clay: My original Push just died and I needed to play live and record albums. I decided to try a Novation Launchpad Pro and boy am I glad I did. This thing rocks. I compose albums and play live using only a Push and now the Novation is a great replacement at 1/3 the cost. The pads are very responsive. Like the Push I can play in a Note mode but unlike the Push there's also a chord mode (I'm leaving my Theoryboard behind) AND there's a sequencer (which suits my music well) .... another plus it's lighter and smaller for my shoulder bag - way lighter than a Push... So that's the good - how about the bad to make you pause? It doesn't have knobs to reach up and adjust the volume while you play and no master (I really miss that) Yes it can change volume with pad column swipes but not the same. I may have to add another fader/knob unit? It is NOT as tough (but did you notice it's smaller and lighter with same pad size) I treat this instrument like I would a guitar- no throwing, crushing etc While it has everything (almost) I need for playing or recording. It does NOT have things the PUSH had... it doesn't label things (column are color matched not named) it does not allow you to see instrument...

United States on Sep 29, 2023

PVNK: item was delivered on time and worked beautifully with Logic Pro on MacBook Air ( M1 chip ), no driver installation is required. The buttons will colour match with your loop colours. Good tool if you use Live Loops.

India on Sep 25, 2023

Aaron: Esta hermoso, fue mi sueño durante años, fácil instalación, viene con licencia de ableton, todo hermoso, pero no tengo tanto tiempo para usarlo

Mexico on Aug 14, 2023

gerardo: Prodotto ben fatto

Italy on Nov 17, 2022

Jeancarlo: The media could not be loaded.  Esse Pad me deixou muito satisfeito, recomendo a todos que tem uma experiência mínima com o Ableton Live, funciona bem em todas as versões 🏴‍☠️ e vai mudar sua vida caso você estude e tenha inspiração.
Eu ia comprar o Ableton Push 2 e por menos da metade do preço você tem uma ferramenta SENSACIONAL.

Brazil on Oct 17, 2022

Nicola: Acquistato ormai da qualche settimana, posso confermare che le possibilità offerte da Launchpad Pro sono moltissime, tra cui:

- Superficie di controllo per Ableton / Logic Pro: permette di gestire i live loops con molte funzioni utili come Duplicate / Quantise / Capture MIDI e di regolare volumi / pan / sends ecc delle varie tracce

- Modalità Nota per suonare tutti i possibili plugin MIDI, con possibilità di personalizzare la fondamentale e la scala di riferimento (riconosce in automatico anche i Drum Rack in Ableton). Sono ancora alle prime armi, ma launchpad si configura come strumento utile anche per approfondire concetti di armonia e costruzione degli accordi.

- Modalità Accordo, utile per esplorare e salvare nuovi accordi o per suonare melodie sugli accordi stessi

- Step Sequencer: funzione che permette di sequenziare fino a 4 tracce per creare rapidamente dei beat, e permette di farlo anche con hardware (es. Sintetizzatori) esterni

- Modalità custom: tramite il software Components è possibile creare dei layout personalizzati per controllare software/hardware mediante programmazione dei singoli pad

Non capisco inoltre le altre...

Italy on Sep 08, 2022

Big DaddyBig Daddy: Overview - DAW Controller vs Instrument

For me, the Launchpad X really shines as DAW controller. In particular for simplifying my recording workflow. For the most part, I live in Mixer Mode/Note Mode/Drum Mode.

While is it useful as an instrument to play, where it truly shines is for controlling Ableton. My primary instrument is the guitar, so I love that I can control so many features with a single hand; I don’t have to put my pick down.

By comparison with the Launchkey, you often have to use two hands to switch functions. For example, hold the shift button with one hand, and then press a secondary control with the other. That being said the Launchkey is a different animal and has tons of features that the Launchpad does not.

Additionally, if you already have a 'regular' keyboard adding this into the mix gives it a whole new life by adding MIDI controller capabilities to the mix.

There are couple of big limitations with Scale Mode and Drum Mode which I will detail below.

Mixer Mode

I do have a full size keyboard with a USB midi connection. Combining that with the Launchpad and my Guitar/Interface allows me to switch instruments...

United States on Jul 10, 2020

qbo: Okay, so I just got this controller, but I want to call attention to some issues it has, some clearly bad choices by Novation and some shortcomings of their customizing platform. I think this product gives people the misconception that it's just a really well-designed thing inside and out, and that their software is just what you would want because the note mode looks so cool.

While the controller offers a lot of functionality with all of its pads, there are things that make it feel limited. So to set that tone, I will first bring up the fact that it only has 4 custom pages. You get Note mode and 4 custom pages. Why only 4? There are 8 buttons there down the right side, with 4 of them conspicuously unlit. Is giving us 8 whole grids really that data intensive?

To make this worse, one of those 4 is taken up by the normal keyboard. That's right, the keyboard with regular piano notes in an intelligible layout is not part of Note mode. That keyboard is custom #2. Note mode ONLY has scale keyboards.

And what does this mean? It means you cannot transpose on the normal keyboard. It is a 49-key keyboard with no transpose, on a device that has a transpose feature. If...

United States on Apr 09, 2020