The powerful Novation SL MKIII combines a high quality, individually sprung, synth style, semi-weighted keyboard with a full DAW and plug-in control surface, that visually feeds back all control information to the user. Control for any DAW Your choice of music production software is paramount to your creative flow. SL MkIII's pads, buttons, eight faders and eight knobs are compatible with all major music software such as Ableton, Reason, Cubase and more using InControl integration. SL MkIII also works with any HUI-compatible DAW. The power of expression The SL MkIII contains one of the finest, most playable and expressive synth-style semi-weighted keybeds available. Complete with a sprung action and an incredibly high scan rate, all tuned to the needs of even the most experienced players. The SL MKIII also has aftertouch capability that you can assign to literally anything. To work in harmony with the premium grade keybed, the Velocity Curves come to you from a Novation engineer who's been designing and playing keyboard controllers for two decades. Choose from a large selection of Velocity Curves to suit your playing style with ease. Velocity Sensitive Pads SL MkIII's velocity-sensitive RGB pads have many functions. They can be used to launch clips, as steps in sequencer functionality, they are also perfect for the finger drummer, and have polyphonic aftertouch taking them to levels never before seen on a controller. Component in the cloud As well as being able to save all settings locally, the Novation SL MKIII MIDI Controller supports "Components", which allows you to backup and restore your templates and sessions in the cloud, enabling access from anywhere in the world!