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Arturia KeyLab Essential 88 Controller Keyboard is friendly on your wallet!

Arturia claims that the KeyLab Essential 88 is an 88-note Controller Keyboard and is one of the most affordable 88-note controllers on the market, which comes with a bundle of software as well.

The KeyLab Essential 88 features all new keybed – a hybrid synth-piano feel, is velocity sensitive and has pitch and mod wheels placed above the keys. As with other controllers in the range, there are more here than just the keyboard. The controller packs eight back-lit performance pads, transport controls, a parameter screen with browser jog wheel, plus a bank of nine fader/rotary channel strips. These controls can be used plug-and-play with a variety of software tools.

Inside, as with other KeyLab controllers, there is tight integration with Analog Lab application, which hosts an assortment of vintage synth, piano and organ emulations powered by excellent V Collection software suite. The KeyLab Essential 88 is also designed for use with major DAWs, and incorporates MCU/HUI compatibility.

The KeyLab Essential 88 also features a Chord Play mode, for simple arrangement and triggering of chords. The KeyLab Essential 88 is class-compliant allowing straightforward use with Android devices and iOS. The instrument comes bundled with Analog Lab, which hosts over 6,500 synth and keyboard sounds, along with the full version of UVI’s Grand Piano Model D, and Ableton Live Lite.

The KeyLab Essential 88 will be able to provide everything you will need to create and record music straight out of the box with its performance controls, Analog Lab support, and DAW integration.

The Arturia KeyLab Essential 88 is available.

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Sequential Pro 3 Multi-filter Mono Synth

Dave Smith’s new Sequential Pro 3 is a paraphonic synth that offers the best analog and digital technology.

The Sequential Pro 3 features premium Fatar 37-note semi-weighted keyboard, two analogue oscillators each with saw, triangle and variable-width pulse waves and these are joined by a DSP-powered digital oscillator that can produce 32 types of morphing wavetable, along with analogue oscillator emulations and a supersaw mode. In addition, this DSP oscillator can also function as a complex wavetable LFO for interesting modulation possibilities and there is also an additional noise generator, plus controls for hard sync, per-oscillator glide and a Slop feature for introducing analogue-like inaccuracies.

Onboard the Pro 3 there are three types of analog filters – a Prophet-6 LPF, a Moog-style ladder filter and the continuous, state-variable design from the OB-6. Additionally, the ladder filter includes an optional resonance compensation feature to maintain bass presence even with the resonance cranked. The OB-6 model also has a bandpass switch to complement its morphable low-pass, notch and high-pass modes, while the inclusion of a drive control allows users add a touch of grit at the filter stage too.

On the Pro 3 modulation front, the synth has four freely-assignable, looping ADSR envelopes plus three syncable LFOs with phase-offset and slew. A 32-slot modulation matrix with 171 possible desti-nations should allow for copious amounts of routing options.

On the digital side of Pro 3, the synth has dual effects sections boasting multiple types of delay, reverb and modulation effects including chorus, phasers and flangers, and a programmable analogue distortion and tuned feedback for aggressive tonal effects.

The Pro 3 also features an advanced sequencer with 16 tracks, each capable of 16 steps and four phrases. On its rear, the hardware has four CV inputs and outputs, plus a gate out, and the sequencer can be used to control the synth itself and external hardware simultaneously.

The Sequential Pro 3 is available in two forms, and there is also a multimode arpeggiator included. The standard model and a hinged, wooden-ended special edition version. Both versions have a 37-note keyboard.

The Sequential Pro 3 mono synth is available now!

“In many ways the Pro 3 is the evolution of a concept that started with the classic Sequential Circuits Pro-One,” says Sequential founder Dave Smith: “Pack as much power as possible into a compact foot-print and make it sound awesome. To do that, we built on the strengths of its modern-day counterpart, the Pro 2, and created a worthy successor to both that sets a new benchmark for raw power and versatility.”

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Whenever Moog releases a new synth it is a norm getting a little excited about it. And the Moog Subsequent 25 or Sub 25 is no exception. It is the successor to the Sub Phatty.

The new Moog Subsequent 25 is a two-note paraphonic analog synth paired with a 25-note keyboard, making it the most compact of Moog’s current crop of non-modular synths. It packs two oscillators, which are accompanied by an additional sub oscillator and noise generator. These can be used in two ways – Unison mode, in which the three oscillators are stacked, and the new Duo Mode, which is inherited from the Subsequent 37 and allowing users play two distinct notes with the individual oscillators.

In addition, the synth includes full MIDI implementation for the knob-per-function front panel, and a free editor/librarian application allowing users to save and recall an unlimited number of sounds. Other improvements inherited from the Subsequent range include reshaped gain staging for the ladder filter, increased headroom and improved keybed. The Multidrive circuit has been retuned as well, and according to Moog, this now extends far beyond the level of grittiness achievable from the Sub Phatty.

Other highlights of the Subsequent 25 include an input for processing external audio, CV inputs to control pitch, filter, volume and a gate trigger, plus a high-powered headphone amplifier.

The Sub 25 takes what made its predecessor such a powerful and aggressive tone monster and just goes bigger.

The Moog Subsequent 25 is available now.

Moog Subsequent 25 Analog Synthesizer

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