Arturia MiniLab MkII 25 Slim-Key Controller
Minilab Mk II is a high quality, feature-packed controller which gives you hands-on access to the sounds in your virtual studio. Breathe new life into your sounds by playing, tweaking, tapping and twisting its rugged controls. This powerful controller also comes with several critically acclaimed software titles that will have you creating professional recordings in no time. Analog Lab Lite lets you perform using hundreds of legendary synth, piano, organ & string machine sounds. Ableton Live Lite lets you record, arrange, and cultivate your musical ideas into a finished product. UVI Grand is a recreation of the Steinway Model D piano. MiniLab Mk II is a powerful controller that will open up a new world of sound design, performance, and music production to you. Every element of the reinvented MiniLab has been carefully chosen to give you the best experience possible. Beautifully playable mini keys, responsive and durable performance pads, wiggle-free rotary knobs, all wrapped up in a compact, ergonomic, rugged design.
Product Features
- Portable and Compact – MIDI Controller
- The most responsive keyboard experience in its category
- 500 of the V-Collection 6 presets / 21 Keyboard Instruments and Synthesizers / fully mapped right out of the box
- The perfect solution to get started with music production
- 16 Assignable Encoders to control your DAW
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Amazing for Live or Analog Lab users. Finicky for other DAWs. Still good for the price. Arturia is best known for their synths, so seeing their name crop up when looking for portable MIDI controllers surprised me. It was even more surprising, then, that their MiniLab touts quite a bit of control on a budget – $100 for 16 rotary encoders, 2 banks of 8 pads, 25 keys, and even a pitch and modulation touch strip.The keys and pads feel pretty shoddy – that’s to be expected – but it’s good for just banging out beats or song parts with limited desk space, like every other…
Great build quality and bundled software, but very frustrating to control VSTs with knobs I loved+ the build quality+ the feel of the keys/knobs/pads+ the included AnalogLab software (lots of fun sounds!)I did not like:- VST control using the endless rotary knobs. This was extremely frustrating.If you plan to use your MiniLab to modulate settings for non-Arturia VSTs, then I recommend you go with a different midi controller with knobs that have min/max values.Here are more details about the VST control problems:…
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