{"id":152478,"date":"2026-03-03T18:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=152478"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:03:12","slug":"novatio-launch-control-3-offers-flexible-hands-on-control-in-a-compact-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/03\/03\/novatio-launch-control-3-offers-flexible-hands-on-control-in-a-compact-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Novation Launch Control 3 Offers Flexible Hands-On Control In A Compact Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The NEW Launch Control: What does it do?\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xOy4WXUMLRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Novation<\/strong> today <a href=\"https:\/\/us.novationmusic.com\/products\/launch-control?utm_source=Synthtopia&amp;utm_medium=Synthtopia&amp;utm_campaign=Synthtopia\">introduced<\/a> <strong>Launch Control 3<\/strong>, the latest generation of their compact MIDI control surface.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Novation Launch Control 3<\/strong> offers key features of the <strong>Launch Control XL 3<\/strong>, but with a smaller footprint. It&#8217;s designed to integrate with all major DAWs, software synths, effects, and MIDI hardware.<\/p>\n<p>You can connect it via USB or MIDI I\/O and adjust parameters using 16 endless rotary encoders, eight assignable buttons, and an OLED display.<\/p>\n<p>It comes with a full bundle of software to get you started, including Ableton Live Lite, Cubase LE and a selection of plugins from Klevgrand, Baby Audio and Output.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 endless encoders<\/li>\n<li>Eight assignable buttons<\/li>\n<li>MIDI routing via USB and 5-pin DIN<\/li>\n<li>Store up to seven Custom Modes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Novation Launch Control 3<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/us.novationmusic.com\/products\/launch-control?utm_source=Synthtopia&amp;utm_medium=Synthtopia&amp;utm_campaign=Synthtopia\">available<\/a> now for $169.99 USD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Novation Launch Control 3 offers key features of the Launch Control XL 3, but with a smaller footprint. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/03\/03\/novatio-launch-control-3-offers-flexible-hands-on-control-in-a-compact-package\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Novation Launch Control 3 Offers Flexible Hands-On Control In A Compact Package<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[583,36168],"class_list":["post-152478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-midi-controllers","tag-novation","tag-novation-launch-control-3"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/novation-launch-control.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152493,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152478\/revisions\/152493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}