Novation Launchcontrol XL3 Review (Dawless Controller for Octatrack Digitakt / Digitone)

Oct 31

A few months back Novation released the successor to this well known controller and fortunately - some things changed for the better. Here it is, the Novation Launchcontrol XL 3! With Full sized midi and a nice display, it is well suited to controll your dawless sessions with Elektron Octatrack, Digitakt, Digitone or any other hardware box or synth. Here´s my little review 😊

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