The Launchpad is a bargain, but it’s down to how you want to play. It’s also slim and light, but adds additional expression controls. Indeed, the real competition to me remains the Keith McMillen QuNeo. Still, for physical triggers, the Launchpad Mini looks intriguing, and at this price, I believe the specs above could make an absolutely epic difference. And that’s wise, too, given that the increasingly-popular iPad can do a lot more than the Launchpad, and unlike the other hardware controllers (Ableton Push, QuNeo, etc.), the Launchpad has no velocity sensitivity on which to fall back. Novation released a photo illustrating the difference in footprint between the Launchpad Mini and Launchpad S, but what about actual specs? Oddly missing from the press release, but here you go:Īlso, Novation has added the tagline “Launchpad for the iPad Generation” - so it’s not hard to see how they view this in terms of positioning. There’s no velocity sensitivity, but if you don’t need that, the appeal of the Launchpad is, as ever, that it’s something cheap and rugged. ![]() Other than that, it’s still an 8×8 grid with red, yellow, and green color options for the triggers. Labeled 1-8 and A-H, the performance buttons on the side are at last something you would really use for whatever you like. (We’ve seen readers make their own creations, too, ranging from Renoise to Pd patches to Max for Live to … well, just lots of things.) It’s no less compatible with Ableton Live, but as with the Launchpad S, Novation is also pushing integration with FL Studio 11. It’s also notably absent the Ableton branding, going with (very nice) minimalist markings. The Launchpad Mini really is basically a Launchpad S in a smaller, lighter form factor. So far, looks like there’s not much reason to choose a Launchpad S over the smaller, slimmer Launchpad Mini – unless you have big fingers, of course. If you bought goods from one of our six retail branches, we kindly request you contact the branch you dealt with directly in order to facilitate your return and refund.And we see how this fits together, too. *Collection of returned goods only applies to purchases made online. Please however note that refunds to methods other than EFT is handled via our payment processing partner Peach Payments, they process payments and refunds on our behalf and as such this process can take between 7-14 days and is beyond our control.
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