Product details

The Novation Launchkey 88 MK4 is a professional MIDI keyboard controller for music producers, composers, songwriters, and performers who want expressive keyboard performance and hands-on DAW control. It features a custom-designed, semi-weighted 88-key piano-style keybed, combining an extended playing range with versatile production tools for studio recording, composition, and live performance. Its comprehensive control layout integrates seamlessly with major digital audio workstations (DAWs), helping streamline creative workflows.

Key Features

88-Key Semi-Weighted Keybed: Custom-designed, piano-style keys for expressive playing across more than seven octaves.
16 RGB-Backlit Performance Pads: Velocity-sensitive pads with polyphonic aftertouch for finger drumming, clip launching, and expressive MIDI control.
DAW Control Surface: Eight endless rotary encoders and nine assignable faders with dedicated buttons for controlling mixers, virtual instruments, and effects.
Advanced Creative Tools: Built-in generative arpeggiator with an 8-step editor, Scale Mode with 30 scales, and Chord Map, Fixed Chord, and User Chord modes.
Split and Layer Functions: Divide the keyboard into two zones or layer parts for flexible performance setups.
OLED Display: 128 × 64 monochrome display for visual feedback, parameter information, and chord identification.
Comprehensive DAW Integration: Custom control integration for Ableton Live 11 or later, Logic Pro X and 11, Cubase 11 and 12, Reason Studios, FL Studio, and Ardour; other compatible DAWs can connect through HUI.
Performance and Workflow Controls: Pitch and modulation wheels, octave controls, transport buttons, track navigation, Capture MIDI, Undo, Quantise, and Metronome.
Connectivity: USB-C, 5-pin MIDI output, 6.35 mm (1/4-inch) sustain pedal input, and Kensington security slot.
Power Supply: USB bus-powered; external power supply not included.
Dimensions: 1,274 × 264 × 93 mm (W × D × H).
Weight: 8.04 kg.
Included Accessories: USB-C-to-A cable.
Included Software: Ableton Live Lite, Cubase LE, Melodics lessons, Novation Play, selected instruments and effects from partner developers, and access to a Native Instruments Komplete Select edition.