KeyLab Essential 49 is also a fantastic way of getting really involved with your favourite DAW.
Using a single USB socket to transmit MIDI and receive power, the KeyLab Essential 49 is nicely portable and you won’t be getting lost in a big cable salad.īeing class compliant, the KeyLab Essential 49 works brilliantly and with a MIDI Out port, you can connect directly to external hardware and modules. Working with a Mac or a Windows setup or even going mobile with your phone or tablet, KeyLab Essential works great.
It really is surprising how many options you have when you have this affordable controller working together with the Arturia MIDI Control Center – one of the fantastic software packages that comes in the awesome software bundled with the KeyLab Essential 49. Regardless of how you’ve decked you’re used to using rack synths, sound modules, virtual instruments or recording software, the KeyLab Essential gives you control at the heart of it all. Powerful map settings make this MIDI keyboard practically eight controllers in one.
Quick and intuitive, the KeyLab Essential 49 takes you to another level of control when it comes to working on your audio projects. Knowing this, Arturia set out to design the KeyLab Essential 49 to work as fluidly as your musical expression requires.
KeyLabs also provide fantastic DAW, plug-in and hardware synthesizer control, with KeyLab MKII also providing analogue CV I/O connectivity.Īrturia Keylab Essential Now Includes: Arturia mini V, Stage-73 V synths, plus Analog Lab (6500+ sounds), Ableton Live Lite, UVI Grand Piano Model D. Analog Lab software (included) provides access to 6500+ sounds from 21 accurately-modeled vintage analogue and digital synthesizers, keys, organs and pianos - giving instant hands-on editing of each sound using pre-mapped physical controls. The Arturia KeyLab range is like having the ultimate vintage synthesizer and keyboard studio.
Offering DAW control, custom maps great integration with your existing setup and incredible bundled software, such as the full version of Analog Lab, the KeyLab Essential 49 is an extremely attractive package. 49 Key MIDI Keyboard with DAW Controlįocusing on essential performance to deliver an affordable yet full-featured MIDI controller keyboard, Arturia bring you the KeyLab Essential 49. It’s going to take a long time to review all the free instruments and effects out there – so bear with me!ītw, if you made a free instrument or effect yourself and would like me to write about it, you can get in touch here.Arturia KeyLab Essential 49 an intuitive MIDI controller keyboard with extensive DAW functionality, coming to you with a great software bundle that includes the extremely popular Analog Lab. However, if you don’t use Kontakt or don’t own the full version, no problem! I’ve included plenty of libraries and plugins in this collection that do not require any version of Kontakt. Even though Kontakt itself isn’t free, I decided to include Kontakt libraries in the lists on this page because many of the best free instruments today are in fact Kontakt libraries. Unfortunately, most free Kontakt libraries do not work with the free Kontakt Player. The free version is called Kontakt Player and can be downloaded here. Native Instrument Kontakt is the most popular of these third-party samplers and comes in a free and paid version.
Instead, they often come as sample libraries for third-party samplers. Additionally, many of today’s sampled instruments do not come directly as VST, AU or AAX. While VST is an industry standard, many people use DAWs that do not have VST integration: AU (Audio Units) is a plugin format used by Apple Logic, for example, and the format AAX is used by Pro Tools. It started as your typical “free VST” collection but I soon realized that this page would have to include a whole lot more than just VST instruments. It took me quite a long time to find a name for this page. Right now, this collection is still pretty small – so check back later! About this page Free Guitar (and Electric Guitar) Plugins and Libraries.On this page I’m putting together a collection of free DAWs, virtual instruments and effects (each page contains free VST, AU, AAX, sample libraries and more). The Ultimate Collection: Free VST, AU, AAX, Kontakt Libraries, Presets and More