Hmmmm. Just goes against my minimalistic form factor preference o de-clutter my working space

How do the key lights on it work? Do they just light up based on sequencer patterns etc, or any ideas if it can light up keys to show the scale keys, or show the key range for Kontakt instruments and so on (similar to the Mk1 NI S-range keyboard)?

 

Novation SL MkIII

SL MkIII User Guide V2 English.pdf - Focusrite
https://fael-downloads-prod.focusri.../downloads/SL MkIII User Guide V2 English.pdf

 

More I look into it, the more the Launchkey Mk4 seems like an obvious choice over the SL Mk3. The SL seems good, but is apparently poorly optimised for Cubase and also doesn;t utilise many of the things in a logical way, like using the key lights as I mentioned, instead only lighting up to show things like pattern colour selected or arp keys being used. The Launchkey Mk4 seems to have a dedicated Cubase script that allows for better control without having to manually map everything (which I've found never works well as well as being a ball ache to do in past!).

 

The Novation Launchkey Mk4 was released in August 2024. Therefore, everything is probably a bit more modern, including the drivers, and many bugs have been fixed. I agree with you that the Mk4 is probably the most modern MIDI keyboard.

 

I bought that thing lately, not bad at all, certainly not AliExpress cheap as one could think:
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005009628595963.html
(there are other color schemes, that one triggered the little goth kid in me)
(its not full size, its more for on the go, but it has some rompler inside)

 

This is the one that's the first in the list of keyboards in my original post.

How do you find it? What DAW do you us it with? What kind of music do you make? Is there any software with it at all? And how easy is it to work with generally would you say?