Arturia MiniLab 230401 25-Key Mini USB/MIDI Keyboard Controller with Software
The Arturia MiniLab USB Controller may look like a controller, but it’s actually a powerful hybrid synth. Packed into this tiny ‘board, Arturia gives you mounds of hands-on control. In addition to the 25 great-feeling mini keys, 16 encoders, eight pads (x two banks), and cool pitch and mod touch strips, you get Analog Lab software, with 5000 fantastic presets from Arturia’s Modular V, CS-80V, Mini V, Arp 2600V, Jupiter 8V, Prophet V, Oberheim SEM V, and Wurlitzer V. If portability, hands-on control, and amazing sounds are on your must-have list, GearNuts has what you need: the Arturia MiniLab.
Product Features
- Combined with the Analog Lab software, you get a real hybrid synthesizer that comes with a collection of 5000 sounds from the Modular V, CS-80V, Mini V, Arp 2600V, Jupiter 8V, Prophet V, Oberheim SEM V, and Wurlitzer V
- 25 note velocity sensitive mini keyboard
- Footswitch input, Recessed full sized USB jack
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Charming Little Thing! It’s a lovely little keyboard, though my fingers often ache for more keys; another octave possibly. I have yet to master the Arturia software and its uses; for now I create MIDI tracks from Anvil Studio, use the demo version of FL studio to import those MIDI tracks and host the Arturia MiniLab software as a plug-in, and just use the keyboard now and then to play around with sounds without using the mouse to click the digital keyboard.I know…I have much to learn. But I’m still…
Terrible keyboard, VST is even worse: Do not buy THIS NO LONGER SHIPS WITH ANALOG LAB 2 – IT IS ONLY ANALOG LAB LITE. Even though the description seems to indicate this ships with Analog Lab 2, it is like every other Minilab listing. It only includes Analog Lab Lite. Now mind you, even the LITE version has a ton of great sounds and lets you tweak them. Just only a fraction of overall sounds that the full version has (500 versus like 5000 presets). I wished I had bought this a year ago when I was debating it, since they used to include…
I was so excited for this product and I couldn’t have been more disappointed. The keyboard looks and feels cheap, it’s poorly constructed and has very slow and inaccurate response as a midi controller. The knobs seem to glitch in random increments instead of rotating smoothly. The velocity sensitivity of the keys and pads is terrible.Completely underwhelmed by the hardware, I found the Analog Lab VST instrument was even more disappointing. While it certainly delivers thousands of…