Your essential ingredients for creativity Whether you’re a beginner producer or an experienced music maker looking for a refreshed setup, KeyLab Essential distills everything you want in a controller into a simple, fun, expressive keyboard for production and performance. Enjoy comfy keybeds, tactile DAW-integrated controls, and thoughtful layout that simply makes your creative life easier. Advanced features, simple workflow KeyLab Essential provides an array of useful & intuitive controls that’ll get the job done. Interact with encoders, faders, pads, and more in a way that makes sense for your setup, giving you a hands-on experience bal- anced with software flexibility. The best DAW integration Get creative right out the box with KeyLab Essential’s custom DAW scripts, bringing pre-mapped controls into your workflow with any major DAW. Not only that, but the KeyLab Essential controls work seamlessly with Analog Lab V, the included sound anthology plugin – letting you freely explore thousands of sounds old and new. Your musical workhorse For when you want to get experimental, find a new sound, or just need a bit of extra inspiration, KeyLab Essential has a few tricks up its sleeve. Create fun ever-changing melodies with the Arpeggiator, weave rich chord voicings with Chord play, and always stay in key thanks to Scale mode. Included Software 6 titles giving everything to make music your own way – here’s what’s in- cluded: • Analog Lab V software with 2000 synth & keyboard sounds • Ableton Live Lite • UVI Model D & Native Instruments The Gentleman pianos • Loopcloud subscription • Melodics subscription What’s new compared to the previous version? • A bigger display with 4 contextual buttons • 5 dedicated DAW scripts, plus MCU & HUI protocols, for controllingany DAW • Enhanced integration with Arturia Software • Creative features: Scale mode, Chord Play, Arpeggiator (with pre-sets), Hold function • 2 Pad Banks (for finger drumming, clip launching, or User configu-ration) • Bigger software bundle (Analog Lab V, Ableton Live Lite, NI The Gentleman, UVI Model D, Loopcloud & Melodics) • Multi-purpose pedal input (Sustain, Footswitch or Expression) • USB-C • Eco-designed