ARTURIA - KeyLab Essential 88 - MIDI / USB Controller - 88 keys

CREATIVITY REINVENTED
With everything you need to express your musical ideas, take command of your studio, and perform like you’ve always dreamed, KeyLab Essential is an intuitive, powerful, carefully crafted controller keyboard that’s easy to master.

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, 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.



Features:
-Performance controls - Bend your notes, modulate your sounds and transpose your keyboard by semitones or full octaves.

-Chord play - Quickly create full arrangements with intelligent chord feature.

-Midi channel select - Quickly change MIDI channels with dedicated control.

-Performance pads - Dual-purpose dynamic, back-lit pads also let you select your favorite mapping options.

-DAW command center - Take control of your recording software thanks to the MCU/HUI protocol.

-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.

-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.
-61 note Keyboard - Durable, velocity-sensitive keys will capture every nuance of your performance.

-MIDI out - Control any MIDI-compatible synths, outboard, and modular gear.

-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.

-USB connectivity - Bus-powered, class-compliant, and powered through usb.

-Optional DC power - Power KeyLab Essential without connecting to a computer.





SPECS

Software Specifications:
- Includes Analog Lab software with 6500+ synth and keyboard sounds
- Includes Ableton Live Lite
- Includes UVI Model D

Hardware Specifications:
- 88 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

Size & weight:
Instrument size : 49.6 x 10.3 x 2.5 inches (1260 x 262 x 64 mm)
Instrument weight : 18.7lb (8.5Kg)