Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 5-stars Reviews

An absolutely amazing product

I love this keyboard. The build quality is really nice, and it's extremely light and portable. It connects seamlessly to Analog Lab and to other synths too with little effort. I'm still trying to figure out the other functions like how I can control my DAW with this, but so far it's amazing. It also comes bundled with some amazing softwares.

It has semi weighted keys for those who don't know. I was personally expecting non weighted ones, but this would take me a while to get used to.

Awesome keyboard

Not much to say about this it's really good

Nice controller

a great in budget controller. actually really good quality and the keys are way better than what i was expecting based on other reviews!

Great keyboard

Beautiful design. Good functionality. At first, the keys seemed too light, but you get used to it quickly. Connects seamlessly to any DAW. Nice purchase, extremely satisfied!

Great, sturdy, feature rich

It's good. Analog lab is amazing. The keyboard has high quality and durability. It plays nicely, albeit a bit light (but IMO that's a taste thing). Making MIDI maps for it is super easy. Can't complain!

you get what you pay for

this midi keyboard is probably all you need and more! price is great

Good features for the price

Very practical when used with arturia software. Very good software offer, analog lab is very good (got the v4 with the keyboard, and freely upgraded to v5).

Worth the price and nice look :)

Piece of Art!

It's my first keyboard/ Me and all my family playing on this keyboard. It's a legendary! I love touching keys, all materials good! Im creating my own songs and learning to play others on this keyboard. AnalogLab is awesome too! Im glad of all! Thx, Artur!

All you need for creativity!

Very light, good looking and well-madeA keyboard.

Nice hummers response, not best, compering M-Audio.

Good plastic quality.

A lot of options for your creativity using Garage band and other software.

For learning piano process it is also applicable and interactive.

Nice keyboard

It's nice keyboard with nice pads and sliders, but knobs sometimes buggy. I am using Ableton Live and knobs and the values ​​of the knobs twitch. May be it depends on drivers or something else. I've compared knobs with akai lpd8 knobs and they don't have the problem. Anyway it costs all money.

Best "Budget" Keyboard

This is probably the best keyboard around 200£ that you can find

The quality is top notch, and so is the build

Despite being plastic it looks and feels refined

The utility is also the best, especially because of the combination of knobs and sliders

Deffenitely recommend to anyone starting out in musical production

Fantastic Trigger board

Great board. Lovely in use with Arturia plugins too.

Great master keyboard

This is what I've been looking for for years.

I use the Keylab in my studio and when I have to travel and compose music on the road. It's reliable, the keys are responsive and feel natural. And it also looks great in the studio.

I use it to control synth modules and a sequencer via midi as well as to play through Arturia's Analog Lab instruments and Vienna Symphonic Lybrary. If I had to buy one more midi keyboard one day, it will be one more of these.

Very nice quality and features

I needed a midi keyboard for composing and controlling my VSTs. This keyboard not only has a nice feel but has all the controllers and faders needed. And I like that the design is sleek and nice as well. Thumbs up!

lovely arturia

nice and clean sound, perfetcly conditions.

Best option for start

Not the best quality or features, but still good keyboard with awesome plagins

Incredible for creative flow

Had my eye on this keyboard for my home studio after using a cheaper 25 midi keyboard for far too long. It's addition has had a huge impact of ease on my creative process and keeps me inspired.

Pros:

It's insanely lightweight. So if willing to invest in a quality, case portability won't be a back sore.

If you're big into Arturia VSTs this works very smoothly for filter & ADSR adjustment, easy to go through presets. For Abelton users being able to have mild control of the session if you find yourself recording down anything helps flow without pauses and speeds the process up ever so slightly, though best designed for live use.

Cons:

Though the quality is exceptional for the price, I do feel the keys could be a bit more heavyweight. Comfortable to play but would the feel just doesn't compare to piano keys.

Aware the Keylab MK11 accommodates to this (though double the price), the range of outputs is a bit small. Besides this this controller perfect for the electronic artist's home studio or live use. Well worth every cent.

Quick and fast way to produce

Quick and fast way to produce music.

Love it!

My favorite midi keyboard controller

This is by far my favorite midi keyboard controller. Nice build quality and has all the essential features for me.

Best budget Midi Keyboard on the market

Was really happy with this keyboards integration with my DAW and with the included Analog lab software. Was looking for something to replace my axiom 49 and much prefer the keys on this. 10/10