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Novation Launch Control XL Controller for Ableton Live

Class-compliant MIDI/HUI-compatible Control Surface with 24 Knobs, 8 x 60mm Faders, 16 Soft Buttons, Ableton Live Control Layout, and Bundled Software (Mac/Windows/iOS) - Black
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Mission Control for Ableton Live and Beyond

Designed for Ableton Live, but powerful enough for virtually any electronic music software, the Novation Launch Control XL puts eight channels of hands-on control at your fingertips. Three banks of knobs offer instant access to sends, panning, and more, whereas eight 60mm faders let you smoothly tweak track volume or other continuous parameters. The Launch Control XL also gives you 16 multicolor buttons for functions such as mute, solo, record arm, or even clip launching, and when you combine your Launch Control XL with a Launchpad, you get a totally immersive Ableton Live experience like nothing else.

Built for seamless integration with Ableton Live

From the first day the original Launchpad hit the market, those of us here at Sweetwater who love Ableton Live gained a newfound respect for Novation. While the Launch Control XL is a more function-centric design than the Launchpad, it carries over the same genius and functional ease. In fact, if you're using the factory template, you'll probably never have to crack a manual to put the Launch Control XL to work for you, so you can spend less time reading and more time creating music.

MIDI and HUI support for universal software control

What if you aren't using Ableton Live? No problem! Novation designed the Launch Control XL with the wide world of music-production platforms in mind. In addition to its templates, which provide a ton of functionality right out of the box, the Launch Control XL offers fully class-compliant MIDI, allowing you to instantly pair it with virtually any music software or any app on your Mac, PC, or iOS device. And with built-in support for Mackie's HUI protocol, Launch Control XL also works with Cubase, Logic Pro, DP, and Pro Tools, mapping its sliders, knobs, and buttons to their mixers' volume faders, pan pots, mute and solo buttons, and more.

Loaded with cool content to get you up and running

We've already discussed how cool the Launch Control XL is when you pair it up with a Launchpad and how it can command nearly any music software out there, but what if you're just getting into music production? Well, first off, congratulations — you're going to have a lot of fun, and the Launch Control XL will help. You see, Novation bundled the Launch Control XL with a bunch of cool content, including a copy of Ableton Live Lite and 1GB of amazing samples from Loopmasters. So go ahead, grab a Novation Launch Control XL, and dive right in to world-class music production.

Novation Launch Control XL Control Surface Features:

  • A solid control surface designed for Ableton Live's flexible workflow
  • Class-compliant MIDI and HUI support provide full integration with any major DAW
  • 24 knobs with multicolor LEDs are arranged in 3 ranks for easy access
  • 8 x 60mm sliders provide channel volume and other continuous parameter control
  • 16 multicolor soft buttons cover mute, solo, clip launching, and other critical functions
  • Jump back and forth between factory mapping and your own custom control layouts
  • Bus powered and built tough for on-the-go music production and regular performance
  • Compatible with DAW applications running on Mac OS, Windows, or iOS
  • Comes bundled with Ableton Live Lite and 1GB of Loopmasters samples
  • 3-year warranty

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Ableton Live Controller (version 9 or later)
  • Faders: 8 x 60mm faders
  • Encoders/Pots: 24 x Rotary with 300° motion
  • Computer Connectivity: USB
  • USB: 1 x Type B
  • Compatibility: HUI protocol for mixer control with Cubase, Logic Pro, and Pro Tools
  • Power: Bus power
  • Height: 1.5"
  • Width: 9.4"
  • Depth: 9.4"
  • Manufacturer Part Number: AMS-LAUNCH-CONTROL-XL-BLK

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

Not disappointed!

Bast value in midi controllers! I'm a Logic Pro user and wish that HUI were better documented and more stable, but that's not a problem with the Launch Control. I hope Novation eventually develops a firmware upgrade that will work as seamlessly with Apple as it does with Ableton.
Rated 5/5

This is perfect

I got a Korg NanoKontrol2 a while back, mainly for controlling Spitfire plugins. It's okay but I wish I had bought this instead. This has everything you could possibly need plus much longer faders than the Korg.
Music background: Hobbyist music composer - soundcloud.com/flowte
Rated 5/5

Brilliant for standalone or Ableton

I've been torturing my device for years. Gigs on beachs, humidity, tropical weather, got beer spilled over it, ashes everything. Absolute stress test the sh*t out of it and it works just like day 1. It's so easy to modify and customize for standalone sets, you don't even need a software to change it. I had issues once because I wasn't using Chrome and Novation helped me directly over the phone. I send this mf to a usb to midi kenton box to control my Octatrack or I use it via USB to my MPC live 2. I haven't tested how it works with other DAWs so do your research but with Ableton and standalone sets. It's worth every penny. Love it love it love it.
Rated 5/5

Does the thing I bought it to do

I bought this to help with automating dynamics, expression and vibrato for my Spitfire BBCSO plugins in Pro Tools for virtual orchestration. I hate the mod wheel and I like to edit expression and dynamics in tandem and the faders have a good amount of throw and a good feel for this purpose.

In that regard, it probably has 5 more faders and a bunch more knobs and buttons than I need for this application, but since the device editor is user friendly and gives a lot of options, I'm sure I'll gradually come up with some uses for the buttons and knobs along the way, it's not like the footprint of the device is hogging up that much desktop space.

In a way, I'm glad it doesn't have "plug n' play" functionality with PT like it does with Ableton. Since PT uses HUI for controlling PT faders it's nice to know I'm not accidentally automating some volume faders over yonder in this huge orchestration session... I can always enable it in HUI devices if I'm doing a printed-down audio mix.
Music background: Composer
Rated 5/5

Really well built

This is the most solid piece of Novation gear I own...it's built like a tank. The sliders are very firm so I rarely accidentally bump them. It very programable, almost every button, slider, and knob can be configured in Novation's control software. I like to use this along side the Launchpad Pro to control different things.
Music background: Composer

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Joseph Donner

The Novation Control XL is a necessity for anyone that uses Abelton as a DAW. If you don't have Ableton the Controller does come bundled with Ableton Lite. Using this along with my DAW has increased the speed and control of my mixes
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