Arturia MiniLab Mini Hybrid Keyboard Controller

Arturia's MiniLab USB Controller was designed to marry the style you love with the hands-on control and portability you need to take your studio wherever you are inspired. Made for the on-the-go musician or the performer with a limited working space, the MiniLab gives you a great depth of features in a package that is portable, stylish, and sturdy.Control FreakMiniLab features 25 velocity-sensitive mini-keys alongside Aruturia's special pitch and modulation touch controls, giving you maximum expression and playability in a highly portable package. 16 encoders makes sure you have everything you need to program or perform wherever life takes you. Two banks of 8 backlit performance pads, for 16 total, can easily be assigned as pads, MIDI CC buttons or Program change switches. The recessed full-sized MIDI jack will keep your connection safe and out of the way. Add to all this, a sustain pedal input jack and you have the premiere mobile keyboard solution.Thanks for the memoriesAll of this control is further expanded by having direct access to 8 user presets. MiniLab offers Arturia's free MIDI Control Center software which lets you map parameters in a simple and easy way directly from your computer. Those presets are then stored in the hardware for instant recall.Power, Style and SoundThe power of the features and visual styling are obvious, but Arturia gave the MiniLab their award-winning Analog Laboratory 2.0 software so that it sounds good too. This extremely powerful software synthesizer solution with over 5000 classic synthesizer sounds from Arturia's premier vintage analog recreations at your fingertips. All presets in Analog Lab 2.0 have been carefully selected from the Arturia Classic Synths: Mini V, Modular V, CS-80 V, ARP2600 V, Jupiter-8V, Prophet 5, Prophet VS, Oberheim SEM V and Wurlitzer V. These TAE powered sounds offer unparalleled audio quality. Analog Lab will take your sound and workflow to a new level. And it adapts to your MiniLab interface, providing you with an easy 1:1 user experience.More than just a sound libraryAnalog Lab offers the ability to do fast and simple editing and customizing of your presets but it doesn't stop there; owners of the original individual synthesizer software products or the V Collection can open an Analog Lab sound and edit it in the original software, save it and then add it to their library. Arturia's new Multi mode allows you to create amazing layers and splits as well as warping and twisting your sounds with 15 high-quality effects.Compatibility Notice: OS X 10.11 El Capitan (release date 9/30/15)As with all major operating system updates, it is vital to check the compatibility of your hardware and software before upgrading your system. For new computer owners, it™s highly advised to check with manufacturers on when they expect their products to be fully compatible with the latest operating system.

• Keyboard : 49 keys with velocity and aftertouch
  Controllers : 2 encoders with select, 11 standard encoders, 9 sliders, 22 switches, 4 touch-sensitive pads, 1 modulation wheel, 1 pitch bend wheel.
  Connectivity : MIDI in & out, USB, Sustain pedal, Expression pedal, Aux pedal, Breath controller
  High-quality aluminium and wooden case
  Also functions as a universal MIDI controller
  
  Required Minimum Configuration:
  PC: 2GB RAM; CPU 2 GHz (Multiple cores required), Windows: XP/Vista/7
  Mac: 2GB RAM; CPU 2 GHz (Multiple cores required), Mac OS X: 10.5 or higher

• Hardware overview
• 25-note velocity sensitive mini keyboard
• User-selectable velocity curves
• 16 encoders
• Individual MIDI channel selection
• Absolute mode
• Three relative data modes
• Minimum and maximum range settings
• 16 pads (two banks of 8 pads/buttons)
• Pads can be set to send :
• Note data
• Program Change
• MIDI CC
• MMC Transport messages (PLAY, STOP, Rewind, Fast Forward, Record)
• Gate or Toggle mode for latched operation
• Pitchbend/Modulation touch strip
• Can be programmed for Pitchbend or any MIDI CC
• Latched value or Return to Zero operation
• Modulation touch strip
• Can be programmed for any MIDI CC
• Latched value or Return to Zero operation
• Footswitch input
• NOTE
• MIDI CC
• MMC Transport messages
• PLAY, STOP, Rewind, Fast Forward, Record
• Assignation to any software or hardware can be done easily using the LED screen or the exclusive MIDI Control Center (see bellow).
• Connectivity
• Recessed full sized Type-B USB jack
• Bus powered
• Class compliant - no drivers required
• Works with iPAD (camera connection kit required)
• Included Accessories:
• Quickstart manual
• USB cable