ARTURIA Keylab Essential 88

Unleash your creativity with Arturia’s KeyLab Essential 88, an affordable and lightweight MIDI controller packed with enough features to serve as the command center for your digital production environment. KeyLab Essential 88 serves up a host of knobs, faders, and pads to interact with your virtual synths, and it is built to seamlessly integrate with your favorite DAW and control standard transport functions, such as track jogging, loop, play, record, and punch-in. Despite its relatively light weight and easy portability, the KeyLab Essential is a solidly constructed controller with an excellent semi-weighted feel and velocity-sensitive keys. Keyboard players like the KeyLab 88 Essential for its ability to move from studio to stage with ease.

Tech Specs
Type: Keyboard Controller
Number of Keys: 88
Type of Keys: Semi-weighted
Velocity Sensitive: Yes
Pads: 8 x Back-lit Performance Pads
Other Controllers: Pitchbend, Mod Wheel
Encoders/Pots: 9 x Rotary Knobs, 1 x Clickable Jog Wheel
Faders: 9 x Faders
Dedicated Transport Control: Mackie/HUI Compatible
Pedal Inputs: 1 x 1/4″ (sustain)
MIDI I/O: Out/USB
USB: 1 x Type B
Computer Connectivity: USB
Features: Chord Play Mode
Software: Analog Lab, Ableton Live Lite, UVI Grand Piano Model D
Format: Standalone, AAX, AU, VST (iLok account required)
Hardware Requirements – Mac: 2GHz Processor or higher, 4GB RAM minimum
Hardware Requirements – PC: 2GHz Processor or higher, 4GB RAM minimum
OS Requirements – Mac: OS X 10.10 or later
OS Requirements – PC: Windows 7 SP1 or later