![]() ![]() ![]() Still, pretty much anything you’d want to tweak-oscillators, filters, envelopes, and more-is on hand and displayed onscreen in a pane that mirrors the KeyLab panel. The Analog Lab instruments use the same sound engine as the full-priced versions, the difference being that they’re preset-based and you don’t get the full vintage-mockup interfaces you do with the full V Collection counterparts. ![]() The drum pads feel good enough that MPC purists just might not wrinkle their noses here. The key tops are textured, the keys sit tightly with no lateral wobble, and we just can’t over-emphasize that this action feels far more expensive than it is. Aftertouch, which is also adjustable, had a wide sweet spot and was responsive to subtle changes in finger pressure. In our opinion, the Fatar-sourced hammer action skews a bit on the heavy side-pianists might consider this a plus-but can be lightened up via the 11 velocity curves. In addition to expression and sustain pedal jacks, there’s a 1/8" breath-controller input. MIDI In and Out ports are on hand for external hardware other than your computer, and the KeyLab is USB-powerable. It’s also a boon that the KeyLab 88 comes with two high-end virtual pianos-UVI Acoustic Grand, which is sampled, and Pianoteq 5 Stage, which is physically modelled. Oh, and the included Analog Lab software amounts to a self-contained “synth and vintage keys museum” that culls sounds from Arturia’s expansive V Collection, automatically mapping the most wanted parameters to the Key-Lab’s physical controls. ![]() We put this one first because it’s still the bang-for-buck leader in an 88-key controller that fires on all cylinders-ten endless knobs, nine faders (thanks, from the organ players), 16 drum pads, and a great fully weighted keyboard. ![]()
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