
Play your track, jog forwards and back, save, toggle your metronome and loop, record, and punch in on the fly. KeyLab Essential is packed with clever controls that help you make swift work of everyday tasks within your recording software. Reality is that if a release for the MK III is in the works, the product is most likely in its final stages if not completely ready on testings so this recommendations would be just wishes to be seen maybe in later products.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.

The dream will be to record a song with different instrument layers and dynamics, and move through your DAW libraries and editing controls without having to look at the computer screen once. I love getting lost playing an instrument and this feeling is always interrupted by the few seconds you have to look to your computer to tweak something before you record. I know that would be really hard for it to be a in depth daw controller for multiple DAW's out there but at least Ableton (that is the license this keyboard ships with) and Logic Pro X for, you know, the apple people. I like that Arturia Keylab Mk II provides some integration to majority of DAW's out there. They are really so thin I feel like I'm hitting the actual keyboard casing when finger drumming. I guess it would just take some getting used to and training to shift your muscle memory.

People would be happy to pay for it Personally I would pay well over a thousand UK for this, happily. If there were a no compromise premium product like this, with the fantastic software integration (and sounds) you already have, in the fantastic chassis you have, with the keybeds you have, it would be a world beater and would make it's way into even the top pro studios. Larger, perhaps touch sensitive, raised in angle so that one can see it better when playing.Ĥ] Re-introduce the painoteq software, in order to guaruntee a great piano sound ouit of the box.Ħ] Provide some user resource for templates for major non Arturia Instruments - like Omnisphere, Vienna Instruments, East West, and other brands. The drum pads cpould be more responsive too, the big knob could be more durable and chunky.ģ] Improved VDU. In particular the pots can be a bit crunchy. Whilst these are not the cheapest tat, in fact they are fairly acceptable, they are not top quality. Motorised controlers that can be turned off would suit everyone.Ģ] General upgrade to the knobs buttons and sliders.

You guys are very very close to producing the ultimate controllerġ] Motorised Faders - these are lacking, I had to sacrifice this to buy this controller. Still, some improvement requests, or even a request for a premium product. The Keylab Mk II is the best MIDI controller I have ever used.
