Traditionally, a MIDI keyboard loaded with sixty-one keys is the ultimate go-to: more than enough space to write and play and the perfect balance of potential and size. Built for some serious studio work, the fourth-generation Novation Launchkey 61 MK4 gives you one more octave than the 49 MK4 plus all of the creative hands-on tools you could ever need. The Fourth Generation Novation Launchkey The Novation Launchkey MK4 doesn't just come with a bank of pads to support clip triggering in performance-based software like Ableton Live, but gives you a bank of sixteen pads, all backed up by polyphonic aftertouch for even bigger and even more dynamic expression. This time around, you also get a fully up-to date and razor-sharp OLED screen, which displays your encoder values in real-time and can also take you through the scales and chords of a specific key, helping out those writers and producers with a little less playing experience. The on-board arpeggiator is another nice perk, giving you a playground for trying out ideas and discovering things that you might never have come up with otherwise. And, last but not least, there's the bulging software package that comes included as standard: Ableton Live Lite plus a few virtual instrument packs to get you up and running straight away.