Novation's New Launchkey Mini Includes An Arpeggiator, Fixed Chord Mode and More

Novation has introduced the Launchkey Mini, a 25-mini-key MIDI keyboard controller that is designed for Ableton Live. The controller offers a creative arpeggiator, a Fixed Chord mode, MIDI out, and lots of sounds straight out of the box.

Launchkey Mini Features

• Deep and intuitive Ableton Live control: Including device macro control, track select, record, capture MIDI, clip and scene launch, stop/mute/solo, volume, pans and sends.
• Creative arpeggiator: Easy to use but deeply controllable: change rhythm, beat, pattern, octave, gate and more.
• Fixed Chord mode: Play a chord with one finger – assign a fixed chord shape to the keys and it’ll transpose as you move up and down the keyboard.
• MIDI Out: Take Launchkey Mini anywhere, send arps and program changes to your hardware synths, or add keys to your groovebox directly over MIDI.
• Hardware: Our finest mini keymech to date, 16 velocity-sensitive RGB, eight rotary controls, pitch and mod touch strips, and sustain input.
• Sound Collective: Novation hardware owners get exclusive access to Sound Collective, bringing new, free content from our plug-in partners every couple of months.
• Ableton Live Lite in the box: Giving you everything you need to start making tracks right away.
• Included sounds, instruments and effects: Two months of Splice Sounds, AAS Session Bundle, Softube Time & Tone, exclusive Spitfire Audio LABS – Expressive Strings instrument, Klevgrand DAW Casette and R0Verb, and get one XLN Addictive Keys instrument from choice of four the first time you register a product with us.
• Logic, Reason or HUI: Launchkey Mini also has excellent integrations with Logic and Reason, as well as any HUI compatible DAW.

Pricing and Availability
The Novation Launchkey Mini is available for purchase now for €109,99 / $129 USD and you can visit the Novation website to learn more.

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