Novation and Ableton have announced a new dedicated controller for Ableton Live called the Launchpad. Taking obvious design ques from the popular DIY Monome kits, the launch pad a 64 button interface designed to control Live’s session view.
Details from Ableton.com
Big grid
Launchpad features a multi-color, 64-button grid for launching clips plus eight dedicated scene-launch buttons. The [...]

Novation has just announced keyboard versions of its popular Nocturn midi controller series. This move looks to be an attempt to reposition their product line as Remote SL series comes in higher end with the built in LCD screen and the Nocturn series coming in below that without the LCD features. From the photos the [...]