KeyLab Essential has been designed to be your best friend when you’re making music. Whether on stage, in studio or while rehearsing and jamming, you need transparency and direct routes to the sounds you have in your head. KeyLab Essential is a lightweight and easy-to-use MIDI keyboard controller. But don’t let its elegant appearance fool you it’s huge on features usually found in more expensive keyboards.
- 49-key velocity-sensitive keyboard
- Eight velocity – and pressure-sensitive RGB pads
- Two pad banks for a total of 16 functional pads
- Dentented and clickable main encoder knob for navigation
- Large easy-to-read display
- DAW Transport control via dedicated buttons plus Save, Quantize, Undo, and Redo
- Nine endless encoder knobs and nine faders
- Wheels for pitch-bend and modulation
- Hold button for hands-free (and feet-free) sustain
- Full-featured classic synth style arpeggiator
- Chord play memorises and plays user defined chords from one note
- Scale mode makes it easy to always play in the right key and tonality
- Hold, Arpeggiator, Chord, and Scale can be combined
- Octave and semitone transpose functions
- USB-C powered
- MIDI via USB-C and standard 5-pin MIDI output
- 1/4-inch TRS input accepts sustain, switch, or expression/continuous control pedal
- Included software: Arturia Analog Lab V, Ableton Live Lite, Native Instruments The Gentleman, UVI Grand Piano Model D, Melodics subscription, Loopcloud subscription
- USB-C to USB-A cable included
