The Analog Lab 2 software and KeyLab 49 controller are fully integrated, allowing you to control the elements of Analog Lab 2 without having to reach for your mouse. The controller is a Class-Compliant USB device, what works straight out of the box with Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android devices. What's more, the KeyLab Essential utilizes MCU and HUI protocols for its DAW command center, which offers seamless control well beyond standard MIDI, allowing you to control your DAW software on any platform. It can be customized to other software using the downloadable MIDI Control Center software. The system is designed to provide 1:1 control of the included Analog Lab 2 synth software, Ableton Live Lite, and UVI Grand Piano Model D software, as well as any MIDI controllable plug-in or DAW.
So if that specific software is of interest, and you’re not after the aforementioned advanced performance keyboard features, the Keylab Essential should definitely be on your shortlist.The Arturia KeyLab 49 Essential is a universal MIDI controller and software package that includes 49 velocity-sensitive keys, a clickable encoder, 9 additional encoders, 9 sliders, 8 touch and pressure sensitive pads, 6 transport control switches, 4 command switches, a modulation wheel, and a pitch-bend wheel. Although setting up user mapping is reasonably straightforward via the MIDI Control Centre app, unsurprisingly it’s the immediacy of the Analog Lab integration that caught our attention. Overall the Keylab Essential is a pretty good controller keyboard that favours solid build quality and a decent set of core features over unnecessary bells and whistles. We found this incredibly easy to use, and with options including trigger pad backlit colour, encoder mode (absolute/relative), velocity curves (linear/logarithmic/ exponential) and various fader options including drawbar mode, if customisation is your thing, you’re reasonably well catered for. It also allows you to import, export and generally organise your presets without loading them into the Keylab. This mapping editor and librarian allows you to edit many of the controls, writing your settings back to one of the six onboard user presets. Nevertheless, you’ll probably want to make your own mapping assignments and this is where the MIDI Control Centre app comes into play.
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