Novation has announced an update to their Launchpad App for iOS.

Launchpad lets you make, record and share music on the iPad by triggering and mixing sounds on a grid. The updated version, v.1.5 lets you output those songs directly into any Audiobus-compatible application.

This opens the door to doing things like:

• Adding to your songs using GarageBand
• Applying external effects during live performance
• Outputting beats straight to Cubasis

Here’s what’s new in Launchpad 1.5:

• Output to Audiobus
• Improved stutter FX
• bug fixes and performance improvements

Features:

• 8×6 Launchpad grid for launching up to 8 loops and sounds at a time
• Eight volume sliders and eight filter sliders
• FX section for adding repeat and synced filter effects
• Free professional loop and sample library from Loopmasters
• Record and share your performances
• Regular In-App Purchase Launchpack libraries
• Import your own sounds via Dropbox or AudioCopy (In-App Purchase)
• Export your sounds via Soundcloud, Dropbox, Audiocopy, email or Audiobus.
• Load new complete sessions and sounds
• Global tempo change
• Edit mode for loading samples
• Autosave — never lose your sessions
• Control the Launchpad App with Novation hardware. Connect any Launch product — Novation Launchpad Mini, Launchkey Mini, Launchpad S, Launch Control, or Launchkey 25, 49, or 61 note keyboard — to your iPad using the camera connection kit. Launch sounds and FX with real back-lit pads and control volume and filters with sliders and knobs.

Novation Launchpad is a free download from the App Store. Additional sound libraries are available via In App purchases.