NOVATION LAUNCHKEY 88 MK3

The premium 88-note MIDI keyboard for expressive music creation

Launchkey 88 has a premium semi-weighted keybed and tight DAW integration that makes creating songs feel great. Expand your musical vocabulary with inspirational creative tools and make music without limits.

Play expressively
Express your sound and get closer to your music. Designed to capture every nuance, Launchkey 88’s premium semi-weighted keys and 16 velocity-sensitive pads allow you to play with feeling.

Work seamlessly, stay focused
Step away from the computer and stay focused on creativity and expression. Get immediate access to all the controls you need with deep integration across all leading DAWs.

Get melodies moving
A powerful arpeggiator takes you to new melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic places, and Strum mode lets you hold down notes and strum chords to unlock more creative ideas.

Get creative with chords
Three Chord Modes (Fixed, Scale and User) let you trigger chords with one finger.

Never lose an idea
Keep creativity going with one-touch access to Capture MIDI functionality in Ableton, Capture Recording functionality in Logic, and Retrospective MIDI Record functionality in Cubase.

Always hit the right note
Choose from eight scales and transpose the keys and pads to the available notes.

Control anything MIDI
Five-pin MIDI output works with any MIDI-compatible device so you can take control of your studio gear.

Make Launchkey your own
Four Custom Modes enable you to create unique control setups for any performance or studio rig.

Shape your sound
Tweak instruments and effects to perfection using eight rotary encoders and nine 45mm faders.

Product Hardware Specifications

• 88 note semi-weighted keybed with adjustable velocity curves
• 16 velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch
• 9 faders with pickup
• 8 pots with pickup
• 9 fader buttons
• Transport controls
• MIDI DIN output
• 2 x 16 character screen
• USB socket
• Kensington lock
• 1270mm W x 288mm D x 87mm H

Compatibility

• Windows - 11, 10
• MacOS

Power Requirements

• USB powered
• Power supply not included