If you use Ableton Live, you need a Launchpad.

Its 8 x 8 grid has become ubiquitous with the evolution of electronic music, letting you launch clips, play drum racks and control your mixer, all while creating impressive light shows.

Features Control Ableton Live: Integrates immediately and seamlessly with Ableton Live, without any setup whatsoever. Just plug in and start making music.

Focus on your music: All 64 RGB pads light up to match the colour of your clips in Live and you can see at a glance what’s loaded, playing and recording.

Create eye-catching performances: Bright, colourful pads make the unit stand out just from USB power; on stage or when creating exciting Launchpad lightshow videos that are all over YouTube.

Play drum racks: Use the grid to play drums and samples with pads pre-mapped to Ableton Live’s drum rackMix from your grid: Start and stop loops, arm tracks, and control volumes, pans and sends – all from your grid.

Stay in constant control

Control FL Studio: Use your grid to control FL Studio’s Performance Mode. Create beats on drum racks, launch clips and build songs, or assign your pads to any other functionBuild your own creations: Max for Live lets you use your Launchpad however you like – turn it into a step sequencer, trigger videos from drum pads or use it to create just about anything you can imagine. Alternatively, engage with the whole community of Max for Live creators to find limitless inspiration and downloads.

Throw it in your bag: Sleek, tough and lightweight, Launchpad is fully USB bus powered so you’ll never need to carry a power supply.Build your perfect instrument: Combine more Launchpads or other Launch products to build yourself a fully hands-on Ableton Live studio, with Launch Control, Launch Control XL or Launchkey.

Make music immediately: Includes Ableton Live Lite, Novation Bass Station and V Station virtual instruments and over 4GB of Loopmasters samples.

Practice rhythm: Use Melodics to hone your pad drumming skills for free.

Get started with Launchpad in seconds: Launchpad Arcade is a place where you can get straight into making music with Launchpad’s familiar clip-based user interface

Specs 64 (8×8 grid) square RGB backlit buttons

8 round RGB backlit system buttons (assignable)

8 round RGB backlit function buttons (not assignable)

Orange rubber base mat

USB socket

Software Compatibility

If you already have Ableton Live it must be version 9.2 or greater to work with Launchpad. We recommend that you update to the latest version as previous versions of Ableton Live do not include the Launchpad integration.

Power Requirements

Fully USB bus powered on Mac or PC. Powered USB hub and camera connection kit or USB camera adapter (not included) required for use with iOS devices

Product Dimensions (Width x Depth x Height) 9.45″ x 9.45″ x .6