Arturia MiniLab 3 White Reviews

What a lovely keyboard.

I love this midi controller. Can fit everywhere and the type-c makes it even more attractive. Lovely.

High quality

Amazing for its price, great features

Arturia MiniLab 3 White

One of the main advantages of the MiniLab 3 is its compact size and portability. This controller fits easily on a desk or in a bag, making it convenient for use at home, in the studio, or at outdoor performances. Its compact design and light weight make it ideal for creative work in any environment. In addition, the Arturia MiniLab 3 White provides a wide range of controllers for managing sounds and software parameters. It features 25 keys with post-press sensitivity, 16 encoders, 8 droom pads, and plenty of buttons for assigning various functions. This allows musicians to quickly and easily control the sounds, effects and parameters of their software, making their creative process more efficient and productive. Just as importantly, the Arturia MiniLab 3 White comes with a rich set of software, including virtual instruments and effects from Arturia, which expands its functionality and capabilities in music creation. This allows musicians to start working on their projects immediately after purchase, making the MiniLab 3 a great choice for beginners and experienced musicians alike.

Great midi controller and software bundle for the price.

Great midi controller and software bundle for the price.

Love it!

Works perfect with the PC :)

Looking good :)

Great Bang for the Buck

You get a lot for what you pay.

The build quality is very nice, if feel good to play.

All the software that Arturia include with this product is a great addition.

The only complain would be that the pads seems to be a bit small, at least for me, but that is not at all a big deal.

Quality stuff

All in all a beautiful product. Great design, great build.

The touchpad bend controls can seem a bit counter-intuitive at first, but you will get used to it.

Also, if you are thinking about playing larger voicings on the midi, this size might be a bit frustrating, but if it's for a simple home or travel use, this is perfect!

My favorite midi controler in this size

I love the feel of the keys, faders and pads. The knobs are a little stiff, but still feel of high quality. The layout is convenient for me and I like using the device. I Love that it also has a MIDI port and the arpeggiator is nice - I use it often.

Great mini MIDI keyboard

The Minilab 3 is a good mini MIDI keyboard, with tons of features and good controls for Ableton. It is also perfect for controlling Arturia's Analog Lab software. Built quality overall is top notch and is made of excellent plastic. The keybed feels good with a decently heavy feel, but not weighted, which one should expect at this price point. 25 keys are only enough for one-hand playing though. The pads are not sensitive enough for my liking as they do not respond to light touches, which makes it not optimal for finger drumming. Overall it's a great mini keyboard, but if pad-feel is important to you look elsewhere.

Very good device

This device has some useful new features compared to the previous version (e.g. MIDI out, faders). The keyboard feels amazing, and the device works without any issues on my DAW. The only negatives I can think of would be the slightly small drum pads, and the now plastic bottom. It would be nicer if it were a bit heavier (though I can achieve that with some simple mods). Overall, excellent value for the money.

Decent midi controller

The controller is very nice, Arturia never disappoints when it comes to design. It would be good if the scripts for individual DAWs were even more comprehensive. Minilab 3 can still be improved with future firmware upgrades. The keys are good but very sensitive, the knobs and faders are excellent, the pads are a little too hard to press and it would be good if the transport controls were separated from the pads, it's a bit clumsy to use Shift + Pad. Fortunately, the velocity for keys and pads (and aftertouch) can be adjusted as desired through the MCC application. After 2 months of using Minilab 3 I am satisfied, for the price it is definitely worth it.

Great controller for this money

Great keyboard. The keys themselves swing higher than all analogues for the same price. A little lacking in the number of pads. Not as portable as its counterparts, but it feels much more well-build.

Beware: Infinite knobs can only go from 0-127

I just can't believe they put infinite knobs on it without letting you select Relative mode.

To configure the behaviour of knobs you need to connect the device with Arturia's Midi Control Center, which doesn't work properly on windows 8.1. I needed to install a Virtual Machine with Windows 10 on my PC just to be able to configure the Minilab 3. Very frustrating

"Endless encoder: Yes, that's right, the Minilab 3 relies on higher-quality endless encoders -- not a matter of course in this price range."

Yeah, physically endless. In terms of MIDI they end at 0 and 127. What's the point? It's very frustrating that Arturia did not include a way to set them to Relative mode.

Based on the completely non-functioning software and this joke of 0-127 infinite knobs I'll have to give it a One star rating and a big warning to the potential buyer.

This is a disaster of a release. With Minilab 3 you are paying to be a beta tester for Arturia. They just had to get this out quickly before the holidays.

Ironically in the win7+ version of the installer they packaged a win10 version of the MIDI drivers. So even the file packaging is wrong. It's frustration from the beginning to the end. I only managed to get it working because I grew up with computers and troubleshooting them. Some more normal people would just have a completely dysfunctional product.