KeyLab Essential is built to make music accessible, to streamline the production process, and to help you find your sound as quickly and intuitively as possible. Remove all distractions and enjoy a responsive keyboard, tactile DAW commands, and swift preset browsing for a seamless music-making experience all in one. Make music your way. We created KeyLab Essential to make the technical stuff as simple as possible so you can focus on the creative stuff. The result of meticulous research, it combines the immediacy of an advanced controller, the expressivity of a classic instrument, and massive sonic versatility with the included software. Choose from 49 or 61 keys, plug in, and let the music play - once you’ve experienced the creative workflow of KeyLab Essential, you’ll wonder how you ever made music without it. Whether you want a searing-hot synth lead or an ethereal string pad, a vintage upright piano or a complex, animated soundscape, KeyLab Essential gives you everything you need to perform and record. All the ingredients of the cocktail are there and ready to be mixed according to your own style. Hardware Specifications 49 & 61 note, velocity sensitive keyboard with hybrid synth-piano feel Controllers: 1 clickable encoder, 9 encoders, 9 30mm faders, 6 transport switches, 4 command switches, 1 modulation wheel, 1 pitch bend wheel, 8 touch and pressure-sensitive pads Connectivity: MIDI out, USB, Sustain pedal Functions as a universal MIDI controller Twin-line LCD screen MCU/HUI control compatibility Chord Play mode Software Specifications KeyLab Essential comes with some incredible software titles: Includes Analog Lab V software with 2000 synth sounds Includes Ableton Live Lite - record, layer, and edit your sounds to create a finished song. Includes UVI Grand Piano model D - Sample-based software recreation of Steinway classic. Box Contains Keylab 88 Essential Black Edition
