Novation Launchpad X MIDI USB Grid Controller | USB, 64 RGB Velocity-Sensitive Pads, Mixer Controls, Note and Scale Modes, 4 Custom Modes, Ableton Live Lite
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Style: Launchpad X
Features
- Take Control of Your Performance Essential performance controls are a single button-press away: stop, solo, mute, record arm and set your levels, pans and sends. Using Launchpad X is a simple as it gets, no drivers to install, just plug and perform
- Dynamic and Expressive Playing Large RGB velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads give you a perfect reflection of your Ableton Live or Logic Pro session, matching colors from the session window to your Launchpad X
- Our Deepest Ableton Live Integration Quickly launch clips and scenes, access mixer, device, and transport controls, and quantize, duplicate and double, all without touching your mouse. Capture MIDI makes sure you never lose an idea
- Make It Yours with Four Custom Modes Go deeper with Launchpad X and use Novation Components to customize MIDI mappings, and control almost anything; four custom modes mean you can design how this essential grid controller works for you
- Dynamic Note & Scale Modes Effortlessly play in-key basslines, melodies, chords and leads. Launchpad X even knows when youre drumming and shows your drum rack on the grid. Easily explore, build, and play complex chords straight from the grid
Description
Launchpad X is our essential 64-pad MIDI grid controller for Ableton Live. It gives you all the tools you need to make music. Launch, play and perform your sounds and build your tracks using the large, super-sensitive RGB pads, dynamic note and scale modes, and mixer controls.
Brand: Novation
Number of Keys: 64
Connectivity Technology: USB-C
Special Feature: Velocity Sensitive Pads, Stop, Solo, and Mute Controls; Portable, and Lightweight
Model Name: Launchpad Pro [MK3]
Number of Keys: 64
Connectivity Technology: USB-C
Additional Features: Velocity Sensitive Pads, Stop, Solo, and Mute Controls; Portable, and Lightweight
Instrument Key: Any
Compatible Devices: PC
Supported Software: Ableton, Logic, HUI
Connector Type: MIDI, USB-C
Hardware Interface: USB
Keyboard Description: 64 speed and pressure sensitive RGB pads
Control Type: MIDI Controller
Platform: Mac, Windows 10, Windows 7
Human Interface Input: Buttons
Hardware Platform: MIDI Controller
Instrument: MIDI Instruments
Total USB Ports: 1
Control Method: Touch
Mixer Channel Quantity: 4
Noise Control: None
Color: Black
Product Style: Launchpad X
Material Type: Plastic
Outer Material: Plastic
Brand Name: Novation
Model Name: Launchpad Pro [MK3]
Model Number: AMS-LAUNCHPAD-X
Included Components: Launchpad X, USB-C to USB-A Cable
Model Year: 2019
Number of Items: 1
UPC: 815301001171
Manufacturer: Novation
Global Trade Identification Number: 71
Item Type Name: Launchpad X Grid Controller for Ableton Live
Manufacturer Part Number: AMS-LAUNCHPAD-X
Unit Count: 1 Count
Warranty Description: 2 year manufacturer.
Item Dimensions D x W x H: 9.45"D x 9.45"W x 0.79"H
Size: Einheitsgröße
Item Weight: 1.9 pounds
EU Spare Part Availability Duration: 3 years
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Style: Launchpad X
I love this controller. Most people are buying this to use in Ableton, but if you're using MPC 2.x as your DAW and want to access more than one pad bank at a time with physical pads, you know there are exceedingly few options out there. This gets the job done almost perfectly (I'll explain the "almost" below). Before that though, to review the controller more generally, outside of APC, I can say that while other people in the reviews seem to have complaints about the velocity pads, I've found them to be fantastic. To be clear, I'm not using the velocity function - I have it set to activate at full level with the lowest trigger threshold (in the controller's velocity settings), and adjust the velocity as necessary in MPC. Compared to the other controllers I own (The Mpk Mini Mk2 and the MPC Touch) though, these are by far the best in terms of fewest double-hits and in terms of missed-hits/consistent response. I can actually get decent finger drumming going on this, whereas with those other controllers, I could only do so for a very loose approximation of what I want to record, and have to adjust the grid after the fact. While there are features designed to work with Ableton exclusively, many of the best features on the LPX are baked into the device itself. First of those is the Scale Mode, a sub-setting in Note Mode, pictured above (Image 1) beside my MPC Touch. You can choose from 1 of 20 scales to enable at a time, decide which key the scale will play in, which key the scale plays in, and whether non-scale notes appear on the pad or not. Purple pads are the root notes, blue are the non-root scale notes, and unlit pads are non-scale notes. In the image above, the Scale Mode is set to display only scale notes, and is in 3-finger Overlap. The Overlap (5) settings decide at which point a given note repeats in the row(s) above it. Simply put, the first setting, Sequential, puts octaves on either side of a row with the scale notes in-between, giving you access to 8 octaves at once. The next 4 modes are a range of 2-Finger to 5-Finger, allowing you to play the scales ascending with 2 to 5 fingers, and allowing access to a range of 2 to 5 octaves at a time. It's not the easiest thing to describe but it's quite intuitive once you get hands-on. Additionally, the first of the factory-installed custom modes (that can be removed/replaced or moved to a different Custom Mode slot) offers a keyboard layout with four octaves at once, pictured above (Image 2). The purple pads are set to C by default, and the L/R Transpose buttons will shift that by a half step at a time. A-G are in-between those in each octave, and the sharps/flats are appropriately placed above those. The Up/Down Octave buttons can be used to shift the octave range displayed. The most important Custom Mode setting for me is the Drum Pad template. You can configure and apply these to correspond to whichever inputs are appropriate in the DAW you're using, and you can use two custom settings so that it essentially works as the controller's Drum Mode designed for Ableton, only on non-Ableton DAWs. Pictured above (Images 3-4) are my two Custom Mode profiles designed to activate pad banks A-D and E-H, respectively. The two groups of 64 pads can be switched between as easily as pressing the corresponding program key on the right side of the controller. At this point, I should mention that if you thought the APC Mini might have some way of working in MPC as a drum pad, I've got bad news for you. It just won't work for four pad banks at a time. It's possible that Akai might update MPC's MIDI Learn function at some point in the future to allow for those mappings, but currently, you can only program the APC Mini (and any other MIDI controller) to access 16 pads (one pad bank) at a time. The Launchkey takes it all out of the DAW's hands with the custom programs, and allows you to bypass all of that noise. You may notice older reviews that mention that there are only 4 custom programs available, but the firmware has been updates since then, and the LPX now allows for 8 custom modes that can be switched between on the fly, regardless of connection. I used one of those modes to map some basic MPC hotkeys, so that I can zoom the grid in and out vertically or horizontally, pan the grid vertically or horizontally, tap tempo, undo/redo, play/playstart, record, over dub, switch tracks forward/back, switch sequences forward/back and switch view modes. It helps a lot to be able to access a lot of those functions without moving over to my computer keyboard or my other controller while recording using the LPX. While I haven't tried it out, you can also apply customer sliders to the pads, and the pads can be set to be sensitive enough that you can run your finger along a row or column like piano keys and activate them all neatly, so I expect they'd actually make for decent slider controls. There are only a couple of minor downsides I can name. For one, it would be nice if it received feedback from non-Ableton DAWs so that corresponding lights on the controller activate when those inputs are being played back in the DAW. If you're particularly interested in Scale Mode, while I love it on the LPX, I noticed the APC Mini had a couple of advantages in that regard, as well as a debatable one. The debatable one is that the scale modes are different between the two devices. It's subjective, and a matter of which scales people find more important to have accessible. If you want the Flamenco Scale, for example, you're out of luck on the LPX. Both devices contain 20 scales though. Where the LPX missed out on an opportunity that the APC Mini takes is that the APC Mini, in the chord settings, allows you to hold down a setting button, activating a marquee across the pads that spell out the function of the setting button being held. With 20 available scales, it's a really huge help to be able to have the labels for all of them within reach. Not just for the Scale Mode, but for any number of the numerous settings on these devices that aren't always easy to recall without a map. The LPX is certainly capable of displaying text. Pictured above (Image 5), you can see that the settings menus use the LEDs to display the name of the menu, and certain settings/mode switches activate marquee-style text. It just can't be used to identify setting buttons though, which means you need to have the manual handy if you want to know what all 20 scales are. It would be nice to be able to alter the colors that display in Note Mode, outside of Custom Mode(s). I'd like to establish a color scheme on it identical to MPC 2/x and my MPC Touch, but that's very minor. It's possible that it can be done in the LPX's Program Mode, but it's a pretty involved process that I don't entirely understand yet, and that doesn't seem to be for the faint of heart. As the name suggests, there is something resembling programming required to use that mode, and most people will find it easier to use the Novation software to customize the LPX for most purposes. A chord mode would be nice as well, seeing as how much of that heavy lifting was already done when the Scale Mode was designed. I can access some chords in MPC, but they won't activate if I play the corresponding notes on the LPX. It's good in its own way, as it allows me to have two modes for two devices - I can play chords with one hand on the Touch and notes with the other in the LPX. Still though, it would nice to be able to use those interchangeably. None of those are enough to knock a star off of my review though. This is a fantastic device, and works better in Akai's software than Akai's own comparable offering, which is frankly beyond me. Even aside from being virtually the only game in town in terms of accessing 4 pad banks at a time in MPC, the LPX is a great little controller for the price., and has greatly enhanced my workflow and general fun in MPC 2.x.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2024 by PristPen
Style: Launchpad X
Although I am very new to Ableton Live I wanted to get a few controllers to help me learn the program on my MacBook Pro. This LaunchPad X is a great start. I am finding it fairly intuitive but as with any new technology ( and this is certainly new for me) there is a bit of a learning curve but during the process it’s also fun. The quality is very good, the pads have a great solid feel. Setting up with my MacBook Pro and Ableton Live was fast. It comes bundled with the Lite Version of Ableton which is a great starting point but I already had upgraded to the Full Version Of Ableton Live 11 Studio so I am really able to get a lot out of this Controller. The quality and features for the price can not be beat. I’ve attached a silly little quick video of a track I put together in about 30 seconds just to show how easy it is to use.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2022 by FON
Style: Launchpad X
I love recording and launching loops in Logic Pro and created custom drumpad layouts for playing Logic stock and Kontakt drum libraries. Very handy and flexible controller.
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2026 by Brendan
Style: Launchpad X
This is the piece of equipment you’ve been looking for. Just buy it. There will only be love, no regrets. I haven’t even dove deep into its functionality and I’m already a fan for life
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2026 by detoth67
Style: Launchpad X
It fits on my small table perfectly, portable, pads are dynamic, and there is lot of possibilities. So many features are present. Recommended in full. It is very sturdy and comes with premium usb cable.
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2024 by Vladimir
Style: Launchpad X
Working well. Easy to setup and definitely connected easily, compatible with Windows 10. Good weight, no sound directly from it but its responsive pads,
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2025 by Amazon Customer
Style: Launchpad X
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 and voices with ease. All with a single hand. Mixer mode is what allows me to do that. You can enable recording on tracks, pan, control sends, everything! Capture MIDI Capture MIDI works amazingly well. It seems to have a fairly large buffer, so you can play for many, many measures and still capture everything. In fact, I now favor using Capture MIDI versus explicitly picking record first. Somehow you are more relaxed and can just keep playing until you get the part right. Then, press Capture MIDI and make a few edits and you’re golden. Love it! Scale Mode Very cool, the pads light up in a pattern to show you the scale you have chosen. Limitation - only has certain scales, and omits some key scales, for example pentatonic major is missing but it has quite a few esoteric scales included. It’s like the designer wanted to show off how cool and quirky they are without covering the basics first. This is the biggest shortcoming of the Launchpad X. There ought to be a way to customize which scales are configured via online components on the Novation website. I don’t mean by wasting a custom mode slot, I mean directly on Note mode we ought to be able to configure it. Drum Mode Works fantastic, the pad sensitivity is awesome. Unfortunately, it only works with Ableton’s built-in drum rack. If you are using a 3rd party drum plug-in Drum Mode does not recognize it. For example, ROLI Drums, Spitfire Audio’s Drum, MT Power Drum… none of them are recognized as drums. So what you will get is Note Mode with drum sounds. What happens is you will play the notes in Scale Mode that correspond to which keyboard notes map to a drum sound. For example C will be your bass drum most likely, etc. Instead, you will want to switch to Custom Mode and then select the second one which has a drum pad setup configured. Once you’ve done that, you’re good to go. However, even then there is a problem. Normally in Drum Mode only the filled slots of the drum rack light up. In the Custom Mode drum pad, all the pads are lit up. So you will have to explore to see which pads a mapped to a sound. To be fair, this may be a limitation with Ableton itself. As the piano roll does not show the drum sound names when you use a 3rd-party plugin either. Note Mode Works very well for certain instrument types/parts. For example, I love this thing with Spitfire Audio’s Expressive Strings. Also does well with DSK’s Saxophone. Basically, it is very easy and intuitive to use the pads to play melody lines for those types of instrument. You can navigate four octaves with one hand and very little movement. Combine this with scale mode and it is super easy to hop around using intervals, etc. You can even play chords, or harmonies rather, very easily. This also works very well for Expressive Strings. Piano Not So Much What this doesn’t work well for is playing piano. Even using the custom mode that ‘looks like’ a piano keyboard. It’s a gimmick, just forget about it. Custom Mode You can create a wide range of custom configurations here. One thing I have experimented with and failed is to setup something similar to Device Mode from the Launchkey. For reference, that is where the Launchkey will map the eight dials to the setting on whatever current device or effect you have selected in Ableton. What I did was create a custom setup with 8 faders and tried mapping them to the controls in an effect. That part works. But when you move your focus to a different effect, the controls remain mapped to the original effect. I have yet to find a way to make the mapping dynamic to the currently selected effect similar to how the Launchkey Device Mode works. If you know how to do this, please leave a comment, that would give the Launchpad even more awesome power.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2020 by Big Daddy
Style: Launchpad X
Llegó en el día indicado, gracias Novation por el producto de calidad. Este controlador está escaso en mi ciudad, felizmente Amazon lo tiene. Lo único malo es el servicio de entrega que te avisa cuando ya está fuera de la casa sin tiempo de coordinación.
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2026 by Danny Docto de la Cruz