The Launch Control looks like a fairly standard USB MIDI controller, offering knobs, backlit silicone-pad buttons and a handful of dedicated controls. In this review I'm going to concentrate on compatibility with Ableton Live, since many of the controllers' features are aimed at Live, and all three come with a licence for the entry-level (but very capable) Ableton Live Lite. Since the apps are free, you should certainly try them out before buying any hardware if the iPad is your platform of choice. I looked briefly at the Launchpad app in my review of the Launchpad S in the July 2013 edition of SOS, while Paul Nagle has gone into a little more detail about both apps in his review of the full-size Launchkey (SOS October 2013). All three are finished in a fetching grey-and-orange livery, and as you'd expect, all are USB-connected, bus-powered and MIDI class compliant.Īll three products are aimed both at DAW-based musicians and iPad users, the latter via Novation's own Launchpad and Launchkey apps, which are available for free, and which also work pretty well on an iPad with no controllers attached.
The Launch Control is intended to be a companion to the Launchpad S grid controller - although it's also perfectly usable in isolation - while the Launchpad Mini and Launchkey Mini are individual units. Three new offerings have just crossed my desk. Over the years, Novation have come to dominate the MIDI controller space, making everything from full-sized MIDI keyboards down to handheld fader-, knob- and button-boxes aimed at composers, performers, DJs and VJs alike. Novation expand their controller range as they serve up a three-course Launch.
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