Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 Semi-Weighted USB MIDI Controller Keyboard
Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 Semi-Weighted USB MIDI Controller Keyboard
Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 Semi-Weighted USB MIDI Controller Keyboard
Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 Semi-Weighted USB MIDI Controller Keyboard
Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 Semi-Weighted USB MIDI Controller Keyboard

Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 Semi-Weighted USB MIDI Controller Keyboard

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Spend less time with your keyboard and mouse, and spend more time creating, performing, playing, and enjoying your creative flow.

KeyLab Essential is built to make music accessible, to streamline the production process, and to help you find your sound as quickly and intuitively as possible. Remove all distractions and enjoy a responsive keyboard, tactile DAW commands, and swift preset browsing for a seamless music-making experience all in one.

We created KeyLab Essential to make the technical stuff as simple as possible so you can focus on the creative stuff.

The result of meticulous research, it combines the immediacy of an advanced controller, the expressivity of a classic instrument, and massive sonic versatility with the included software.

Plug in, and let the music play - once you’ve experienced the creative workflow of KeyLab Essential, you’ll wonder how you ever made music without it.

A complete keyboard production studio, KeyLab Essential comes with some incredible software titles.

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.

Analog Lab required configuration

Platforms specifications

  • Windows 7 (SP1) or later (64-bit)
  • OS X 10.11.6 or later (64 bit)
  • 64-bit Intel® Core™ or AMD multi-core processor (i5 processor or faster recommended) with 4 GB RAM (8 GB+ recommended)
  • 3 GB free Hard disk Space
  • Broadband Internet connection for installation

Required configuration

  • Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit. FREE iLok account - not necessarily an iLok dongle, just a free account Internet connection for the license activation

Protection

  • The software is protected by the Arturia Software Center.

Ableton Live Lite required configuration

Platforms specifications

  • Windows 7 (SP1) or later (64-bit)
  • OS X 10.11.6 or later (64 bit)
  • 64-bit Intel® Core™ or AMD multi-core processor (i5 processor or faster recommended) with 4 GB RAM (8 GB+ recommended)
  • 3 GB free Hard disk Space
  • Broadband Internet connection for installation

Required configuration

  • Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit. FREE iLok account - not necessarily an iLok dongle, just a free account Internet connection for the license activation

Protection

  • The software is protected by the Arturia Software Center

UVI Model D required configuration

Platforms specifications

  • Windows 8 or later (64-bit)
  • OS X 10.9 or later (64 bit)
  • 64-bit Intel® Core™ or AMD multi-core processor (i5 processor or faster recommended) with 4 GB RAM (8 GB+ recommended)
  • 1 GB free Hard disk Space
  • Broadband Internet connection for installation

Required configuration

  • Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit. FREE iLok account - not necessarily an iLok dongle, just a free account Internet connection for the license activation

Protection

  • The software is protected by the Arturia Software Center

What’s in the box

Instrument dimensions

  • Size: 49.6 x 10.3 x 2.5 inches (1260 x 262 x 64 mm)
  • Weight: 18.7lb (8.5Kg)


Main Features

Software Specifications

  • Includes Analog Lab V software with 2000 synth sounds
  • Includes Ableton Live Lite
  • Includes UVI Grand Piano model D

Hardware Specifications

  • 49 note, velocity sensitive keyboard with hybrid synth-piano feel
  • 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 integration

  • Select sounds, browse presets, switch parts, smart-assigned controls.
  • Standalone or plug-in operation: VST, VST3, AU, AAX.
  • Over 7000 TAE® powered preset sounds from Arturia’s award-winning V Collection

Ableton Live Lite - record, layer, and edit your sounds to create a finished song.


UVI 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 [All product names, trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.]