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- ARTURIA ANALOG LAB ABLETON LIVE KEYBOARD FULL
But how well does it do interacting with software?įor my first test I dived straight in with little thought to the manual to find out how easy it was to use as a plug and play keyboard. The rubber feet gripped my tabletop firmly and it would have to take a hefty push to get it to slide around, which is always a good sign if you are a bit of a heavy-handed player.Īll in all, for the money, this is a well-designed and constructed controller keyboard. I even like the knowing nod to wooden end-cheeks even though there isn’t a real grain in sight. The casing feels pretty solid considering it’s an all-plastic affair and there is little wrong with the build quality of the unit overall. There’s no power supply socket so you are totally reliant on bus power, which may be draining should you hook the controller to an iOS device.
ARTURIA ANALOG LAB ABLETON LIVE KEYBOARD FULL
The touch sensors for pitch-bend and modulation control work well and, although they do not give the same amount of visual feedback of the normal plastic-wheel counterparts on other keyboards, they do feel a bit more fun to use, particularly now as we get more used to touch control.įinally, there’s fairly standard octave up/down buttons to access the full range of keyboard notes, a shift key to adapt some of the control assignments and a button to ‘bank’ the pads from numbers 1-8 to 9-16.Īside from the USB socket and a ¼” jack for a sustain pedal there are no other physical connections. As it is, they only protrude just over one centimetre from the top of the casing so as long as it is transported in a padded bag or carry case they should last for the lifetime of the unit.
As with any controller keyboard of this type, it is probably very easy to break the pots/knobs off if the unit is dropped or struck so care is always recommended. The controller knobs at the top of the unit have a very slight wiggle to them, but nothing out of the ordinary, and the caps themselves come off the pot so can be replaced. The pads are nicely manufactured with some pleasant backlighting and feel like they can handle some serious beat making, but they also double up as software controllers, more on that later.
ARTURIA ANALOG LAB ABLETON LIVE KEYBOARD FULL SIZE
Don’t get me wrong, slim keys are not the easiest things to get familiar with if you are used to full size ones, but for creating bass lines and some triad chord sequences, these will suit just fine. Compared to the keys on the microKorg, these are positively playable.
The keybed itself is responsive and nicely springy, for what is a plastic synth-style set of keys and doesn’t suffer too much from the mini-key problems of some other brands. It weighs just 1.5 kgs and has a pretty similar footprint to my 15” MacBook Pro, making it portable without losing some important features. The Minilab Mk II is a two-octave mini keyboard that has borrowed its styling from its cousin the Keystep and it looks fresh and usable. Indeed, all you need to add to this package is a laptop and you can be making music on the move before you can say bleep. Seemingly packed with everything you need to make and control your sounds, the Minilab Mk II updates the original version with a slightly different layout and style along with well thought out integration with some of the included software. Arturia’s continuing advance into the hardware market knows no bounds and their new, portable controller definitely punches above its weight.
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