Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 Mk3 White - Midi Keyboard

It just works straight out of the box, no complicated programming needed, (although all the setup features can be customised to suit your needs), but with the free DAW, (Ableton live lite), and a couple of other DAW's I've tried, it just works. But I think the inclusion of Arturia analog lab 5 pro makes this controller stand out and become the best for value around, it's all you need to start producing and recording music straight away in one package, and there's more free stuff included if that's still not enough for you. It's such a comprehensive package, (I paid less than £200 from Amazon), and for less than £200, you won't beat it's value. I am very happy with my purchase and so far can honestly say it's all pro's and no cons. Terrific value, top class product, and an all in one solution to music production for beginner or pro.

Best thing I've bought here! Arturia is Amazing and so is this! 😍

Nice to use, plastic but sturdy and nice action on knobs and faders. Good integration with Arturia VSTs and easy to set up to control Native Instruments macro controls too. Display shows Arturia instrument selection and good integration with FL Studio

Happy with the purchase as the controller keyboard is good with Ableton, although I've not yet got the LCD display to display the same information as stated in some of the YouTube set up tutorials. Need to perservere with that for a bit longer. As a keyboard player, I am disappointed with the keybed though. I had read reviews saying that the keybed was not the best quality and not as good as the better Arturia models, but did read that this MkIII was better in that regard. It's not. It's difficult to play with feeling and touch sensitivity. It all works, it's just a bit tacky. I may get used to it a bit more in time, but at the moment, I am going into the midi velocities of the notes in Ableton and adjusting them individually where necessary. Working out which dials and faders work with the various software instruments is a bit hit and miss as the faders are not labelled in any way. This is understandable as the controls are different for different instruments, but yet to devise a way of turning the right dial or fader first time. Still pleased with this product for the money, but would have spent more on the better model if I could have afforded it.

I'm not a musician by any stretch of the imagination but wanted to buy a keyboard to explore some of the synth sounds of the 1980s. The keyboard is easy to setup and register and comes with tons of software to get you going. The Analog Lab V software you get gives you many 100s of vintage instruments to play around with and the Lite version of Ableton Live will let you sequence them into tracks. I was blown away by how good this all was and how easy it was to use. Probably the best thing I've bought for myself for years!

It has a great key bed, the features are built into the keyboard not software like other keyboards (NI Komplete Kontrol, etc) and it looks great. The features are very easy to use and the setup is minimal. The icing on the cake is that it comes with an amazing Analog Lab Pro V virtual instrument. It's a no-brainer considering the price.

Purchase for my son who is a producer. The keyboard is absolutely fantastic and very good value for money well recommended

The keyboard is generally ok albeit there is some flex to the top around the pads. However, if you’re using a DAW like Studio One then expect to waste hours trying to configure it. Very poor documentation and is definitely not plug and play. Once you manage to get it up and running it is good.

What a great little controller and it comes with excellent software.

Geweldig apparaat. Kan veel te veel. Kost tijd om met de software erbij alles te leren, maar dat ligt aan mij.

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Un producto de calidad. Las teclas me encantan, son suaves al pulsar. Tengo a parte un controlador Novation Launchkey 25 y la sensación al tocar es abismal al tacto de las teclas. del Arturia. Registro y uso fáciles La gente de Arturia muy amable y correcta. Recomiendo este producto

Nice product.