Arturia AstroLab 37 Makes AstroLab Portable
Arturia has announced the release of AstroLab 37, a new portable version that they say condenses the power of the AstroLab range into a more compact, affordable format.
It’s equipped with 11 sound engines, spanning virtual analogue, wavetable, FM, granular, physical modelling and sample-based synthesis, offering a grand total of 44 instruments and 1800+ presets from Arturia’s highly-rated V Collection 11 and Pigments software.
AstroLab 37’s 37-key semi-weighted slim keyboard is capable of channel aftertouch, and is joined by the same combined colour screen/navigation encoder interface that you’ll find on the larger models. This is flanked by two banks of four rotaries, one of which operates Macro controls for each instrument selected, and the other controls AstroLab 37’s selection of 12 insert effects, with dedicated knobs for delay and reverb.
The keyboard is kitted out with an arpeggiator, chord and scale modes and a 32-bar looper, in addition to a vocoder engine that can be used with an external microphone. AstroLab’s 1800+ sounds can be split across the keyboard or layered together in bitimbral patches.
In addition to AstroLab Connect, a mobile app for browsing presets and purchasing new sounds, AstroLab comes bundled with Arturia’s Analog Lab Pro software which can be used to access more sounds, customize the keyboard’s sound library and assign custom macros. Owners of Arturia’s software instruments can also go beyond Analog Lab’s four macro controls to design customized patches that can be be loaded on to the hardware.
As for connectivity, AstroLab is equipped with both WiFi and Bluetooth for hooking up with its companion apps, USB-C and USB-A ports, MIDI In/Out, a stereo line output and a headphone output. You also get a stereo combo input for running a microphone into the keyboard, along with a sustain pedal jack.
Features:
- Over 2.000 presets and 40+ instruments
- 37 slim keys with aftertouch
- 10 preset buttons for quick access and live usability
- 8 macro knobs with visual LED feedback
- Built-in Insert FX, Delay & Reverb
- Vocoder-ready with mono input
AstroLab 37 is available now for $799.
