I submitted to the Novation suggestion box that the pads should support RGB regardless of which DAW a person uses, and that Novation develop a "Launchkey Pro" line of products with higher build quality, responsive velocity, and consistent note recognition, even if this hypothetical "Launchkey Pro" costs twice the price of the Launchkey

quality- responsive but velocity is kinda

This keyboard you really have to slam the keys to hit the top velocity (there are settings but haven't messed with them yet)

The Pads, however, feel more plastic-like, instead of offering that satisfying velocity-sensitive rubber feel.

I've been a percussionist since middle school, so I was stoked on having velocity-sensitive pads for serious jam drumming, but the sensitivity is so hit-or-miss and inaccurate that it's not even worth setting up for each new project

It looks like the build quality of my particular unit was unusually poor, and that the firmware breaking velocity sensing of the keys is something Novation would definitely have corrected or replaced

I mainly wanted the keyboard and it is great and has decent velocity

Moreover, although having velocity-sensitive keys is a nice feature, I found that it was a not quite sensitive enough

The M-Audio Oxygen 49 newest generation IV has 8 velocity sensitive trigger pads and this Novation Launchkey 49 has 16 that are also assignable and usable for different purposes

A non-velocity-sensitive keyboard is virtually useless as an instrument, making all virtual instruments sound flat like toys, and these Novation updates broke core functionality for the keyboard

Having velocity in the keys is nice, though I rarely record my playing, so it's not much use to me

I have to press the keys very hard (harder than I'd ever need to press on any real piano or comparable MIDI controller) to get a decently mid-loud velocity value (like around 90/127)

The RGB pads are velocity sensitive which works really well for recording drum sections

Keys are nice, have great velocity response and no stuck which I like

I tried all of them, and none of them allowed for softer velocity values to be played or for increased note-detection consistency