Arturia KeyLab Essential Mk3 61-Key Universal MIDI Controller - Black

Making music shouldn't feel like work. The Arturia KeyLab Essential Mk3 eliminates road blocks and puts the enjoyment back into music creation, allowing you to find the right sound faster than ever. This MIDI controller is your favorite synth sounds, DAW controller, and mixing console all in one, with seamless control over DAW projects and software instruments. The KeyLab Essential is designed to inspire, boasting sensitive controls, a hybrid synth-feel keybed, and an intuitive layout to make your projects fun again!

• Premium Keybed Quality with 61-note velocity-sensitive hybrid synth-piano feel keyboard
• 2.5” LCD display with contextual buttons
• Real-time feedback on tweaks and controls
• Seamless integration with Analog Lab V: select sounds, browse presets, smart-assigned controls
• Custom DAW scripts for FL Studio, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, Bitwig Studio
• Also compatible with MCU/HUI control
• Up to 6 user presets for a totally customizable experience
• Includes various software instruments and services

Your Keys to Creativity

Before you've had the opportunity to think of a question, the KeyLab Essential already has all the creative answers. This controller integrates seamlessly into your setup to become a creative extension of your identity, regardless of how you choose to create music.

• Control any DAW - The KeyLab Essential Mk3 features plug-and-play connectivity and ready-mapped controls for your DAW of choice for seamless integration.
• Customize your Workflow - Recall your favorite presets from Analog Lab, navigate custom-made playlists, activate custom user programs, and more!
• At one with Analog Lab - Turn Analog Lab into a hardware synth thanks to KeyLab Essential's seamlessly mapped parameters

All the Software & Sounds You Need for Making Music

From a full copy of Analog Lab to a collection of over 4 million samples, KeyLab Essential gives you have all the tools for whatever music you want to create.

• Arturia Analog Lab V - Thousands of presets for keys & synth
• Ableton Live Lite - Music recording and production software
• UVI Model D - A timeless grand piano
• NI The Gentleman - Intimate upright piano
• Loopcloud - Millions of samples and loops
• Melodics - Learn with KeyLab Essential Mk3, with 40 lessons, tips, and musical hacks that are tailored to your style and make learning simple and fun!

Essential, Intuitive, Flexible Controls

KeyLab Essential's streamlined controls give you fast access to the most handy & intuitive elements of your project and sound without complications. The KeyLab Essential is perfect for creating in the studio, or performing on stage thanks to the smooth and responsive hybrid synth-piano keybed in combination with Pitch and Mod wheels, and a Pedal Input for external foot control. You can switch between MIDI notes, clip triggering, finger-drumming, and more, using the RGB color-coded velocity & pressure-sensitive pads.

Interact with key controls at your fingertips with full rotation Encoders, and adjust anything from panning to instrument specific parameters, and the included ultra-smooth Faders allow you to tweak track levels, envelope setting and other parameters on your Arturia instruments. Finally, with dedicated DAW controls, you can switch between sculpting your synth sounds to navigating your session. With KeyLab Essential, you're in control at all times.

A Vessel for Creativity

When you're looking to get experimental, discover new sounds, or just need some inspiration, KeyLab Essential has you covered. Create ever-evolving melodies, chord voicings, and never play out of key - all without thinking twice.

Chord Play allows you to play entire rich, powerful chords with a single key press by choosing from in-built chord presets, or inputting your own custom chord shapes. Scale Mode locks the keybed to one of the several built-in scales, making sure you never play a wrong note again, and setting your playing free. You can even turn chords or selections of notes into moving melodies and rhythmic patterns with the integrated Arpeggiator, complete with Hold function so you can free up your hands.

Your Eco-Designed MIDI Controller

Following in the footsteps of the MiniLab 3 - the world's first eco-designed MIDI controller - the KeyLab Essential Mk3 is built to perform better, produce less waste, and reduce Arturia's carbon footprint permanently. This MIDI controller is constructed from 40% recycled plastic, 100% recyclable packaging, and with a material carbon footprint reduction of 18%, this controller is seriously sustainable.

• Pads & Controls
  • 1 clickable encoder
  • 9 rotary encoders
  • 9 x 30mm faders
  • 8 transport switches
  • 4 command switches
  • 1 modulation wheel & bend wheel
  • 8 touch & pressure-sensitive pads
• Display Control
  • 2.5” LCD display with contextual buttons
  • Real-time feedback on tweaks and controls
• Smart Features
  • Multi-mode arpeggiator
  • Chord mode
  • Scale mode
  • Hold function
  • Semitone transpose
• Software Integration
  • Seamless integration with Analog Lab V: select sounds, browse presets, smart-assigned controls
  • Custom DAW scripts for FL Studio, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, Bitwig Studio
  • Also compatible with MCU/HUI control
  • Up to 6 user presets for a totally customizable experience
• Included Software Titles & Services
  • Analog Lab V software with 2000+ sounds
  • Ableton Live Lite
  • Native Instruments’ The Gentleman
  • UVI Model D
  • 2-month Loopcloud subscription
  • Melodics subscription for 40 lessons
• Connectivity
  • USB-C connects to computers and MIDI Control Center
  • MIDI 5-pin DIN output for connection to external instruments, gear
  • Control input for pedal: sustain, expression, or footswitch
  • USB-C powered
• What's in the Box?
  • KeyLab Essential Unit
  • USB-A to USB-C cable
  • Registration card
• Dimensions (61 keys)
  • 890mm x 240mm x 70mm
  • 3.08kg