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Creating music in the digital world is sometimes a little challenging. So many distractions, so many new things to learn. KeyLab Essential lets you focus on what’s important… especially when a virtual key to the current version of the software is provided in the kit Arturia Pigments.
Music is at the heart of this controller. Every aspect of KeyLab Essential has been carefully chosen to give you the best possible experience when creating and performing. From the responsive keyboard to the intelligently assigned knobs and faders, you’ll feel like everything you touch turns to gold. KeyLab Essential makes navigating your track a breeze thanks to the dedicated DAW Command Center, and makes browsing your presets an exciting, inspiring experience.
KeyLab Essential helps you keep your eye on the target. Spend less time with a keyboard and mouse, and more time creating, performing, and playing.
Make music - your way
Never been fan of menu excavations and setting headaches? We think the same. That’s why we’ve created KeyLab Essential: to make the technical stuff as simple as possible.
It’s easy to let your concentration drift and your inspiration slip when you spend hours on tedious tasks. KeyLab Essential is the result of careful research, with the aim of streamlining your creative process, giving you more time to express yourself through music. With the KeyLab Essential on your desk and its comprehensive set of music software loaded in your computer, the only required step to start experimenting, composing and recording is sitting in front of them.
Once you’ve experienced the creative workflow of KeyLab Essential, you’ll wonder how you ever made music without it.
In tune with your studio
Geared for maximum compatibility, KeyLab Essential gives you unadulterated control of your digital world, seamlessly integrating with virtual instruments and DAW software.
About ANALOG LAB
KeyLab Essential is packed with clever controls that help you make swift work of everyday tasks within your recording software. Play your track, jog forwards and back, save, toggle your metronome and loop, record, and punch in on the fly. This functionality keeps your hands on the controller and your mind in the music. As well as offering ultimate integration with Analog Lab 2, KeyLab Essential is a universal MIDI controller, compatible with any third-party instruments or software. KeyLab Essential also comes with Ableton Live Lite so you can start recording, editing, and releasing your music with one of the most popular music platforms on the planet.
Whether you’re a total newcomer to the world of recording, or a seasoned pro who’s set in their ways, KeyLab Essential has the potential to revolutionize your creative process.
A world of sound
A complete keyboard production studio, KeyLab Essential comes with some incredible software titles: Analog Lab2, Ableton Live Lite and Grand Piano Model D.
Whether you want a searing-hot synth lead or an ethereal string pad, a vintage upright piano or a complex, animated soundscape, KeyLab Essential gives you everything you need to perform and record. All the ingredients of the cocktail are there and ready to be mixed according to your own style.
Roll Call of Features!
Piece by piece the KeyLab Essential gathers all the elements required to take the control of your studio.
| 1. Performance controls | Bend your notes, modulate your sounds and transpose your keyboard by semitones or full octaves |
| 2. Chord play | Quickly create full arrangements with intelligent chord feature |
| 3. Midi channel select | Quickly change MIDI channels with dedicated control |
| 4. Performance pads | Dual-purpose dynamic, back-lit pads also let you select your favorite mapping options |
| 5. DAW command center | Take control of your recording software thanks to the MCU/HUI protocol |
| 6. Screen and Analog Lab remote | Read the right info when you need it thanks the twin-line LCD screen and browse your Analog Lab presets directly on your keyboard |
| 7. Pre-mapped knobs and faders | Adjust the panning and level of the tracks in your DAW, and the essential parameters of the Arturia virtual instruments |
| 8. 61 note Keyboard | Durable, velocity-sensitive keys will capture every nuance of your performance |
| 9. MIDI out | Control any MIDI-compatible synths, outboard, and modular gear |
| 10. Sustain pedal input | Push forward the expressivity of your keyboard play with a sustain pedal. The polarity can be inverted to comply with all types of pedals |
| 11. USB connectivity | Bus-powered, class-compliant, and powered through usb |
| 12. Optional DC power | Power KeyLab Essential without connecting to a computer |
Features
Software Specifications
- Includes Analog Lab software with 5000 synth sounds
- Includes Ableton Live Lite - record, layer, and edit your sounds to create a finished song
- Includes UVI Grand Piano model D - Sample-based software recreation of Steinway classic
- Compatible with all major Digital Audio Workstation: Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, FL Studio, Bitwig, Cubase, Ableton Live, Digital Performer, Studio One
Hardware Specifications
- 61 keys with velocity
- Controllers: 1 clickable encoder, 9 encoders, 9 30mm faders, 6 transport switches, 4 command switches, 1 modulation wheel, 1 pitch bend wheel, 8 touch and pressure-sensitive pads
- Connectivity: MIDI out, USB, Sustain pedal
- Functions as a universal MIDI controller
- Twin-line LCD screen
- MCU/HUI control compatibility
- Chord Play mode
Perfect Analog Lab 2 integration
- Select sounds, browse presets, switch parts, smart-assigned controls.
- Standalone or plug-in operation: VST, VST3, AU, AAX.
- Over 5,000 TAE® powered preset sounds from Arturia’s award-winning V Collection
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