Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 MK3, Rose Quartz
USB MIDI Keyboard 61 velocity-sensitive keys, Built-in creative tools such as hold function, scale mode, chord mode and arpeggiator , Prepared for seamless integration with Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro, Image-Line FL Studio, Steinberg Cubase and... A bright 2. 5" LCD screen with contextual buttons provides direct access to chord, scale, and arpeggiator functions, while pre-mapped integration with Analog Lab Pro and major DAWs via custom scripts supports immediate compatibility.
More than a simple controller, KeyLab Essential 61 mk3 functions as a flexible hub for modern software-based music making. Its robust housing, set off nicely by Arturia's signature wood-look endpieces, comes in a black and a white finish. Arturia's KeyLab Essential 61 mk3 is aimed at producers, songwriters, and performers who want an extended key range without stepping up to a flagship controller.
Its five-octave span accommodates layered parts and split configurations, while the streamlined control surface keeps mixing, instrument parameters, and DAW navigation close at hand.
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5 reviews from leading pro-audio publications
“So you will forgive my trepidation when it comes to Arturia Keylab controllers. That said, absolutely everything else I have of theirs has been exemplary. So when Arturia sent me the Mk.3 Keylab 61, I felt pretty confident that they’d improved somewhat.”Read full review →
“The KeyLab range are premium keyboard controllers, offering a serious uplift in features and price from Arturia’s more affordable and more compact KeyLab Essential range. On first impressions, the KeyLab 61 Mk3 (which is what we have for review) has things in common with its predecessor, including nine faders and nine rotary encoders (which dovetail with Arturia’s Analog Lab instrument), dedicated DAW transport controls, a central control section and a high quality keybed.”Read full review →
“Arturia, after introducing the Keylab Essentials mk3 in 2023 with a number of revisions to the design language and philosophy, along with its 88-key variant in early 2024, has now launched the long awaited KeyLab mk3. With the Essential line up representing their more budget offerings, the Keylab mk3 kicks things up a notch with a premium build and feature set. The available Keylab mk3 variants include the 49 key for €449 and 61 key for €549, both with a choice of black or white colour ways (our review unit was the black 61 key).”Read full review →
“It was a decent, lightweight but fully featured MIDI controller with some new and well‑implemented plug‑in and DAW integration. Over a year later Arturia are bringing their premium KeyLab up to speed with a fresh MkIII overhaul.”Read full review →
“Arturia has two controller keyboard offerings. Keylab and Keylab Essential. A lot of the obvious differences are in the build quality. Keylab Essential, you can easily lift with one hand. The differences aren’t so much in the feature set. Personally, I like the distinction. If I’m skint and/or I don’t need the controller for live use, then Essential is an excellent choice. The subject of this review is Mk3 of Keylab, the primo alternative, and you can tell it’s primo as soon as you pick up the box.”Read full review →
