Novation Launchkey 25 MK4|25-key USB MIDI Keyboard Controller with DAW Control, Chord Performance, and Creative Workflow Integration
A 25-key MIDI keyboard controller built for modern music production

The Novation Launchkey 25 MK4 is a MIDI keyboard controller from Novation, featuring a 25-key full-size keyboard layout, along with DAW control, chord modes, an arpeggiator, and multiple assignable control interfaces, providing a complete creative control hub for arranging, recording, and live performance.
Compared with traditional controllers that only provide basic keyboard input, the Launchkey 25 MK4 delivers a more efficient music production workflow through more complete transport control, pad triggering, and scale assistance features. Compared with other 25-key controllers in the same class, its strengths lie in deeper DAW integration and a more intuitive, creation-focused operating logic.

Who is the Launchkey 25 MK4 for?
Core technologies and features of the Novation Launchkey 25 MK4
- 25-key full-size keyboard layout: Delivers complete melodic input and basic chord-playing capability in a more compact body, making it especially suitable for desktop studios, mobile creation, and space-limited production environments.
- Deep DAW control integration: Lets you directly operate common music production tasks such as transport control, track selection, mix adjustment, punch-in recording, and clip triggering, reducing reliance on the mouse.
- 16 RGB backlit FSR performance pads: Support velocity sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch, making them ideal for drum finger drumming, sample triggering, loop launching, and real-time arrangement workflow control.
- Chord mode creative assistance: Supports Chord Map, User Chord, and Fixed Chord modes, allowing even creators without keyboard training to build harmonic structures more quickly.
- 30 scale modes: Built-in scale assistance features such as Scale Snap, Scale Filter, and Scale Easy can lock playable notes to a selected key or mode, improving improvisation and composition efficiency.
- Built-in generative arpeggiator: Supports step editing to quickly create rhythmic melodies, synth sequences, and repeating patterns, expanding possibilities for electronic and pop arrangement.
- Multiple assignable controllers: Continuous encoders, buttons, Pitch/Mod controls, and transport controls can be mapped to different parameters based on your workflow, making them suitable for controlling virtual instruments, effects, and automation.
- MIDI workflow hub: Supports USB-C MIDI and 5-pin MIDI output, making it more than just a keyboard input device—it can serve as the control center of an entire music production system.


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