Novation Launch Control 3
A paperback-sized box of 16 endless encoders with a screen and real MIDI ports — loved for its feel and integration, argued over for how those encoders behave once you leave the DAW.
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Novation
Synths, Launchpad grids & MIDI keyboards
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Novation is a British music-technology brand founded in 1992 and part of Focusrite since 2004, based in High Wycombe, England. It's known for its synthesizers (the Bass Station and Peak/Summit), the Launchpad grid controllers, and the Launchkey line of MIDI keyboard controllers.
- Founded
- 1992
- Based in
- High Wycombe, England
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Novation FLkey 2 37
The only keyboard FL Studio truly knows — and the rung of its own range that's hardest to justify.
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Novation Launchpad Pro MK3
The grid that stopped needing a computer — and the headline spec it still can't deliver where most people work.
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Novation Launch Control XL 3
A decade-old fader box, finally modernised with 5-pin MIDI, endless encoders and a screen — praised almost everywhere, until those endless encoders meet a fast live mix.
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Novation Launchpad X
The Launchpad that learned to play — and the one argument about it is how hard you have to hit it.
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Novation Launchkey Mini 37 MK4
The travel Launchkey with the full-size brain — reviewers love the tools, and argue about the keys under them.
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Novation Launchpad Mini MK3
The smallest, cheapest Launchpad — near-universally loved for its size, and just as reliably knocked for pads that sense nothing.
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Novation SL MkIII (49)
The control keyboard that wants to run your whole studio — a standalone eight-track sequencer, CV outputs and deep Ableton control, built around a keybed its players don't quite agree on.
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Novation Launchkey MK4 (49)
The go-to budget Ableton controller — a genuine semi-weighted keybed and a standout arp, with a velocity curve that splits its owners.
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