The KeyLab 49 features a striking look, harkening back to many of the analog synth machines its sounds are based on. We’ll go into detail on these sounds momentarily, but for now, please take a moment to view some of the best-selling synthesizers currency on sale online, and see how well they stack up against the KeyLab 49 by Arturia: The software portion, Analog Lab 2, contains 5000 sounds taken from its various emulations. Some were worried that this could spell the end of the soft synth powerhouse they’d come to love, but these fears were quieted with the release of the Minilab and larger KeyLab.īuilt specifically with Analog Labs and the Arturia V collection in mind, the KeyLab 49 is Arturia’s move to bundle hardware and software together, a move that many other companies have made in recent years, such as Native Instruments with their Komplete series.

These hardware synthesizers changed many enthusiasts perception of the company, as well as seemingly shifting their internal focus in the process. The Arturia V collection contains some of the best software synth recreations of classic Moogs, the Jupiter-8, and many other timelines analog synths, and for a long while, it’s what Arturia did. VCF, 2 LFOs, 2 envelopes, sync and cross modulationĪrturia has traditionally been known for their faithful software recreations of analog synth modules from yesteryear. Gooseneck mic w/built-in Vocoder & AutoPitch And in an effort to better help you make an informed decision, we’ll also take some time to compare the Keylab against other notable synths made by Novation and Akai.Īnd in an effort to better help you, we’ve created an interactive table below that allows you to directly compare the Arturia KeyLab 49 to instruments like the Novation Impulse 49 and the Akai MPK249, among others.Ĩ-Track Pattern Sequencer w/Non-Stop Recordingġ6-Step Polyphonic Step & Motion Sequencer

We recently had an opportunity to get some hands-on experience with the Arturia Keylab 49, and in this article, we’re going to review this synth in-depth.

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