Novation adds Performance FX to Launchpad iOS app

Novation has updated its Launchpad for iOS app with Performance FX, a range of in-app purchases that are designed to help you add a bit of sonic personality to your performances.

Launchpad is a grid-based loop-triggering app that's inspired by the MIDI pad controller of the same name (you can work with the supplied loops and sounds or buy/import more), and version 1.11 gives you the option to buy four Performance FX.

These are Stutter ($1.99/£1.49), Autofilter ($2.99/£2.29), Delay ($4.99/£3.99) and Gater ($2.99/£2.29).

You can find out more below, see them in action in the video above, and download the Launchpad app for free from the Apple App Store.

Launchpad for iOS Performance FX details

  • New Delay FX and Gater FX, create stunning fills and breakdowns
  • Enhanced Stutter FX and Autofilter FX, add movement and dynamics to your music
  • FX Pads have new animated graphics, focusing you on your performance
  • A new Edit FX screen lets you tweak and perform your FX
  • Track FX routing lets you target fx to specific tracks such as vocals, or drums
  • Fully tweakable FX parameters for deep customisation
Ben Rogerson

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.