It weighs just 1.5 kgs and has a pretty similar footprint to my 15” MacBook Pro, making it portable without losing some important features. The Minilab Mk II is a two-octave mini keyboard that has borrowed its styling from its cousin the Keystep and it looks fresh and usable.
Indeed, all you need to add to this package is a laptop and you can be making music on the move before you can say bleep. Seemingly packed with everything you need to make and control your sounds, the Minilab Mk II updates the original version with a slightly different layout and style along with well thought out integration with some of the included software. Arturia’s build quality is very reasonable for the price range, and the fact that they’re wrapping in the same software that comes with the higher-price units in their lines makes the units even more compelling.Arturia’s continuing advance into the hardware market knows no bounds and their new, portable controller definitely punches above its weight.
Both easily will slide into a backpack alongside your laptop.
Many DJs often find themselves looking for a piece of gear that will make it easy to enter the world of production for a reasonable price, and these units from Arturia are right along that same line of thinking. Software: Analog Lab software included, but also works just as well with any MIDI controlled synth. What It’s Not: A high-end keyboard with aftertouch What It’s Got: The right size, and 25-velocity sensitive mini-keys that feel solid for the price More Info: SparkLEon Arturia’s site Arturia MiniLab MIDI Keyboard
What It’s Not: Completely standalone – shines most when paired with the Spark plugin What It’s Got: Nice pads, slim and portable form factor, wide assortment of controls. The MiniLab keyboard MIDI controller and cutely-named SparkLE both are brand new introductions here at NAMM 2013, so we decided to take a closer look at both of them! Last year at NAMM Arturia debuted a completely analog low-cost synth – but yesterday they presented two scaled-down versions of some of their other products.
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