Novation Launch Control XL Controller for Ableton Live Class-compliant MIDI/HUI-compatible Control Surface with 24 Knobs, 8 x 60mm Faders, 16 Soft Buttons, Ableton Live Control Layout, and Bundled Software (Mac/Windows/iOS) - Black $.
Just a word of advice - I purchased the Novation Launch Control XL. It seems excellent and probably has a lot of potential. But there is no MIDI script for Ableton and, therefore, it's essentially half-functioning. Sure, the factory preset will work out of the box but without MIDI scripts for the 8 User presets, you can't use those 24 knobs and faders to map to VSTs. Actually, to be clear, you can, but you can't save those mappings, essentially crippling the use of this device. Given that python programming is involved and Novation doesn't seem to be interested in adding a MIDI script anytime soon, I would avoid this product. The script would significantly add to the usage but in the meantime Livid DS-1 has a script, so why wait?Just a word of advice - I purchased the Novation Launch Control XL. It seems excellent and probably has a lot of potential. But there is no MIDI script for Ableton and, therefore, it's essentially half-functioning. Sure, the factory preset will work out of the box but without MIDI scripts for the 8 User presets, you can't use those 24 knobs and faders to map to VSTs. Actually, to be clear, you can, but you can't save those mappings, essentially crippling the use of this device. Given that python programming is involved and Novation doesn't seem to be interested in adding a MIDI script anytime soon, I would avoid this product. The script would significantly add to the usage but in the meantime Livid DS-1 has a script, so why wait?