Description
Description
Whether you’re a beginner producer or an experienced music maker looking for a refreshed setup, KeyLab Essential distills everything you want in a controller into a simple, fun, expressive keyboard for production and performance. Enjoy comfy keybeds, tactile DAW-integrated controls, and thoughtful layout that simply makes your creative life easier.
KeyLab Essential provides an array of useful & intuitive controls that’ll get the job done. Interact with encoders, faders, pads, and more in a way that makes sense for your setup, giving you a hands-on experience balanced with software flexibility.
Get creative right out of the box with KeyLab Essential’s custom DAW scripts, bringing pre-mapped controls into your workflow with any major DAW. Not only that, but the KeyLab Essential controls work seamlessly with Analog Lab V, the included sound anthology plugin - letting you freely explore thousands of sounds old and new.
For when you want to get experimental, find a new sound, or just need a bit of extra inspiration, KeyLab Essential has a few tricks up its sleeve. Create fun ever-changing melodies with the Arpeggiator, weave rich chord voicings with Chord play, and always stay in key thanks to Scale mode.
Next-level integration
- Custom DAW scripts (Ableton Live Lite, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Bitwig Studio)
- Seamless communication with Arturia Software
- User programs
Music out of the box
- Plug-and-play
- Huge software bundle
- Register for free tips, tutorials, and bonus content
Creative features
- Scale mode
- Arpeggiator
- Chord Play mode
Build quality and design
- Eco-designed
- Clean, focused, and intuitive interface
- Premium quality, affordable price
What’s new compared to the previous version?
- A bigger display with 4 contextual buttons
- 5 dedicated DAW scripts, plus MCU & HUI protocols, for controlling any DAW
- Enhanced integration with Arturia Software
- Creative features: Scale mode, Chord Play, Arpeggiator (with presets), Hold function
- 2 Pad Banks (for finger drumming, clip launching, or User configuration)
- Bigger software bundle (Analog Lab V, Ableton Live Lite, Native Instruments
Komplete 15 Select, UVI Model D, Loopcloud & Melodics) - Multi-purpose pedal input (Sustain, Footswitch or Expression)
- USB-C
- Eco-designed
Features
- Velocity-sensitive keybed with hybrid synth-piano feel
- 1 clickable encoder, 9 encoders, 9 faders (30mm), 6 transport switches, 4 command switches, 1 modulation wheel, 1 pitch bend wheel, 8 touch & pressure-sensitive pads
- MIDI out, USB, Sustain pedal
- Premium music-making software bundle
- Seamless integration with Analog Lab V (included)
- Creative features like Arpeggiator, Chord play, and Scale mode
Included Software
6 titles giving everything to make music your own way - here’s what’s included:
- Analog Lab Pro software with more than 2000 synth & keyboard sounds
- Ableton Live Lite
- Native Instruments Komplete 15 Select bundle of your choice (Select Beats, Select Band or Select Electronic)
- UVI Model D
- Loopcloud 2-month subscription + 2 free sample packs.
- Melodics Unlimited trial subscription +Bonus lessons