About this item

EXPRESSIVE CONTROLLER WITH A FOCUS ON WORKFLOW: Durable, yet stylish, KeyLab Essential is an easy keyboard controller that adapts to your needs, your style and your workflow, so you can make music just the way you like it. It combines the immediacy of an advanced controller, the expressivity of a classic instrument, and massive sonic versatility with the included software.
ROLL CALL OF FEATURES: Remove all distractions and enjoy a responsive keyboard, tactile DAW commands, and swift preset browsing for a seamless music-making experience all in one. Piece by piece the KeyLab Essential gathers all the elements required to take control of your studio. Quality playing surface, 8 multi-purpose performance pads, Rotary knobs & faders, DAW Command Center & Extras…
ALL THE ESSENTIAL CONTROLS: KeyLab Essential features 1 clickable encoder, 9 encoders, 9 faders, 6 transport switches, 4 command switches, 1 modulation wheel, 1 pitch bend wheel, and 8 multi-purpose performance pads. Moreover, MCU/HUI enabled DAW Command Center lets you totally master your creative environment. This great little control hub lets you play, pause, stop, record, toggle your metronome, and fast travel around your project. Take a break from the screen and focus on the music!
WITH SOFTWARE INCLUDED: KeyLab Essential offers all the creative software you need. Get thousands of world-class presets spanning dozens of timeless instruments (Analog Lab Intro); make great-sounding tracks in full (Ableton Live Lite); and experience the power of a Concert Grand Model D (UVI Model D).

Arturia KeyLab 88 88-key Weighted Keyboard Controller

When a light-weight keyboard simply won’t do, Arturia’s premier controller keyboard rises to the challenge of even the most demanding pianists and session players. The superb Fatar design is well known in the industry as the “weapon of choice” when it comes to high quality keybeds, providing beautifully tactile response.

A weighted hammer action with real moving mechanical parts perfectly emulates the iconic balance and strike feeling of a traditional acoustic piano, but with all the benefits of a modern MIDI controller.

KeyLab 88 MkII’s back panel sports a wealth of pedal inputs too, and can be geared up to offer unmatched control in the studio and on stage. On top of the usual sustain and expression pedal inputs, you’ll also find three – yes, three – auxiliary pedal inputs that can be assigned in the Arturia MCC.

Maybe you’d like to control amp gain, tremolo speed, and keyboard balance when you’re using an organ VST instrument like you’ll be able to find in Analog Lab? No problem. If you’re a guitarist who uses amp simulation on stage, can you imagine how incredible it would be to be able to have dedicated pedals for your wah, volume, and reverb levels? Whatever custom creative setup you can imagine, KeyLab 88 MkII can make it happen.