Gotta Have A Lab!!

The MINILab line of controllers is a staple in my studio. The craftmanship and quality provide the luxurious feel of playing a piano, but on a controller. I chose the original diminutive 25 key version and with the Analog Lab 2 and 4 and now 5 over 7000 unique patches to the legendary synths of the past, its goes without saying how reliable it is to have a whole lab of synths in your studio saving tens of thousands in dollars in time, cost, equipment, and creating new starter patches to unlock creativity. Pick one.

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For a 16 encoder controller you wont find better for the price.

This is a bargin of a midi controller it comes with analog lab software which is worth the price of the hardware alone. Minilab has 16 control encoders that are sturdy and durable and it also comes with a midi control center so that you can control all your vsts and midi equipment. The mini keys on it feel sturdy and offer a synth action iam not to keen on the pitch bend and modulation sliders I'd prefer analog rotary wheels but for the price I expect you can't complain. I paid £67 for mine you wont find a such a comprehensive controller at this price that delivers anywhere else I dont think. Well worth the money.

great midi controller and multiple softsynth bit of kit

The mini lab is the white bit off kit with keys in the middle off the desk it has16 encoders on it that can be used to control others vsts and midi equipment and comes with analog lab software which has to be downloaded from arturia site. The software comes with 12 analog editable synths like the moog modular, oberheim sem etc. These synths sound great the only pain is the oberheim matrix 12 synth it consumes over 76 % of your pc cpu. I ran this on a 3.67 ghz windows 7 pc as a plugin. All the remaining 11 synths consume only 3 to 15% cpu power so arturia need to sort the matrix 12 cpu consumption out in a update maybe. Overall the minilab controller works great a good bit of kit.

Small in size, packs a punch

The soft synth that came with this was definitely a great plus, quite a fan of it although I'm still playing around with it. The MIDI keyboard does what it says it would, nothing much to say there as it works like any other MIDI controller, assignable and all that. I'm quite a fan of this because of the portability of this unit, easy to take on the road, having the knobs assignable are great for productions on the road.

Cute little MIDI keyboard

Integrates well with Arturias own programs especially Analog Lab which comes with it if you don't have Arturia's V Collection or any individual synths of theirs but it has mini-keys and doesn't compare with the big boys like NI Kontrol or even AKAI Advance and now the Novation SL MKIII.

Good

Good to be able to use with the minilab suite. Laking responsively when it comes to live performing and controller assignments

MIDI Keyboard that you can fit in your backpack to carry everywhere you go.

. USB Cable (check) . Laptop (check) . Minilab (check)

With the Minilab and any other Arturia MIDI Keyboard. You can't go wrong. With the Minilab you can take it wherever you go and jam on the spot wether you're at home or on the road.

the best of Arturia for cheap

how to have a quick and cheap look to Arturia technology with a simple machine....

Simple MIDI, gets the job done.

Delivers what it claims and a great introduction to using a MIDI controller. 4/5 because I hate the spring from the keys -- not as responsive as I want.

You'll Be Suprised!!

$99 price tag is well worth the amazing things you can do with this gem!