

BEST MIDI KEYBOARD CONTROLLER 2015 PRO
If you plan on performing with Live in any capacity at all, you’d be hard pressed to find a better way to do it than connecting a Launchpad Pro and getting seriously hands-on with your music.

The Pro costs a little more than the regular Launchpad which won’t come as a surprise, but it’s genuinely a more rounded performance instrument thanks to its enhanced control and interaction features.

Obviously it doesn’t do everything and there are tasks for which you will have to turn back to the mouse, but this is in the words of Novation “an instrument designed for live performance” and not intended to be a complete replacement for traditional DAW control methods.Īs well as Live Lite, you also get a Loopmasters sample collection and plug-in versions of the classic Bass Station and V-Station synths to help you get started. I honestly found myself barely looking at the computer screen when using the device, which is surely the aim of any DAW performance controller such as this.
BEST MIDI KEYBOARD CONTROLLER 2015 PLUS
The added creativity that’s available to you thanks to the velocity and pressure sensitive pads plus the mixer and performance controls are both useful and fun. Even for a newcomer to the Live platform, the Launchpad Pro doesn’t take much learning.
