Arturia Analog Experience The Laboratory USB MIDI Keyboard Controller (61-Key)

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This 61-key controller from Arturia is perfect for those looking for a quality controller with a longer keyboard.

A member in the Analog Experience family -- the Arturia Analog Experience The Laboratory 61 key keyboard controller has everything that made this line a success: perfect hardware/software integration, a beautiful controller that meets the highest standards in the industry plus the software has been adapted for the 61 keys. The Laboratory 61 key keyboard meets the demand for a longer keyboard, has been robustly constructed and it is a great companion to the Analog Laboratory software which allows you to take full benefit of the 3500 sounds and 200 plus scenes. You no longer need to look at the computer screen in order to select the best suiting moog modular V acid sequence, this keyboard controller allows you to browse the presets from the LCD screen!

Features

- 69 keys with velocity and aftertouch
- Controls: 2 encoders with press selection, 11 standard rotary encoders, 9 sliders, 23 switches, 1 modulation wheel, 1 pitch bend wheel
- 4 touch sensitive and pressure sensitive pads
- Connectivity: Midi in and out, USB, sustain pedal, expression pedal, aux footswitch, breath controller input
- 32 digit LED screen
- Size (H x W x D): 875 x 20 x 65 millimeters
- Keyboard weight: 7 kilograms
- High quality aluminum and wooden case
- Editing options allowing for a quick set up with any application
- Easy MIDI set up directly on the keyboard
- 3500 synth sounds from Arturia classic synths collection
- Fast filtering of presets:
- By instrument (Minimoog, CS-80, ...)
- By Type (Bass,… read more Pads, ...)
- By characteristics (complex, simple, short, long...)
- In depth preset editing available for the owners of the Arturia Classic Synthesizers (Minimoog V, CS-80 V, etc.). Edit your sounds on the original instruments within Analog Laboratory
- 200 scenes organized by musical genres offering complete live sets, including drum loops assignment to the pads, multi-mode with keyboard split, and advanced arpeggiations
- TAE powered sounds with unparalleled audio quality
- Works as a standalone or a plugin within the main sequencer
- Includes Analog Laboratory software read less

- Compatibility:
- Windows XP / Vista / 7
- MAC OS X.10.5 or higher (Universal Binary)
- Required minimum configurations:
- PC/Windows: GB RAM 2 GHz CPU
- Mac OS X: 2 GB RAM 2 GHz CPU (Multiple cores recommended)
- Formats:
- Stand-alone (ASIO, Direct Sound, Core Audio) VST
- Audio Units
- RTAS (ProTools 6 and 7)
- Copy protection: eLicenser (ex Synchrosoft). No USB port required but an Internet connection is necessary
- Box content:
- One CD-ROM containing the 61 AnaLog Laboratory installer
- One Registration Card (credit card format)
- The User Manual
- The Analog Laboratory Keyboard
- One USB cable

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Web: https://www.arturia.com/support

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. (5 ratings)
Submitted June 28, 2012 by Luis R in Gap, PA

"Love and Hate"

Overall: 2 out of 5 stars
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The Arturia Laboratory 61 keyboard replaces an M-Audio and Roland small based 61 key keyboard controller. I purchased it for the controller and not the 3,500 patches worth of sounds. The software works great. I had no problems with the installation/authorization on a Dell laptop. The instructions were right on. I have no intentions of using the software but I did install it and I've spent some hours to go through MANY of the sounds and editing capabilities. The software is "fun", and although not useful for my purposes, sounds VERY good. It's fairly intuitive if you're familiar with the concepts. Again the reason I purchased this package was for the keyboard controller. I'm a heavy Native Instruments B4 II, Kotakt (Vintage Organs) and GSi VB3 user. The primary purpose for me is to use this in church for Hammond Organ type use. Unlike the Roland and M-Audio keyboards this one replaces, it has substance (weight) for its small size. The keys (although in the very beginning, I did not like) I've grown to like A LOT. It just feels right. The placement of the knobs, mod and pitch-bend wheel is great in my opinion. The rotary controllers and sliders work great (although the slider caps keep coming off - and I've lost one already!!!). Touch sensitivity and aftertouch work great (although aftertouch is a little sensitive until you get used to it, particularly on the white keys). Now the bad!!!! The firmware on this keyboard is HORRIBLE. As good as the instructions were… read more for the software, the instructions for the keyboard are really bad. There are "Octave" up/down buttons that when you press you will see it also displays an option for "Semi" Transpose in the LCD screen. Nothing in the documentation and internet (including Arturia forum) could answer the mystery of how to move the cursor to the "Semi" to transpose chromatically. A question to technical support went unanswered until I sent an email to sales. Then I got the answer via email - which is - press both Octave up and down buttons at the same time and it toggles between the two modes!!! Then there is an upper and lower button, each of which can be assigned a tx channel. Good luck figuring out how to set those TX channels in regular/performance mode. You can do it in "global" mode, but then there's the whole issue with the keyboard not responding to mod, expression, sustain/pedal, etc. when you're in global mode. The editor software is fairly nice in that you can easily assign midi CC number to each of the controllers but the "global" parameters, including split (so you can use lower/upper) do absolutely nothing. There's a glitch in the LCD when you go into the global mode and then come out, where the LCD retains the "current" page when you, for example go into the transpose screen. All that appears is the value -2, -1, -, +1, etc. overlaid on top of the screen that was there from the previous operation. I think with a nice firmware update and some good instructions, this is a great keyboard. I'm really frustrated with the issues though!!! Does a good job controlling the organ VSTs though. My rating is going to be PURELY based on the keyboard! Can't recommend it until they fix the basics. If you want the synths - then it's great!!!

Musical Background:
25 years - church

Musical Style:
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