5. KEYLAB ESSENTIAL AND ANALOG LAB V
This chapter will focus mostly on how KeyLab Essential interacts with Analog Lab V – a
browser of preset sounds from keyboard and synth instruments that shaped music history.
Armed with Keylab Essential and Analog Lab V, you'll be able to cover every possible
musical situation.
5.1. Important Note — It’s All Malleable
Everything described here covers a default operating mode designed to get you up and
running quickly with KeyLab Essential and your Analog Lab V. The parameters assigned to
a Macro surely vary from Preset to Preset, so what you hear when you turn knobs 1-8 will
be different.
You can also treat KeyLab Essential as a generic MIDI controller, overriding the default
control assignments by directly MIDI “Learn”-ing new ones from within any Arturia
instrument — select the MIDI settings tab, click learn, choose a parameter onscreen, and
wiggle a control on KeyLab Essential.
! KeyLab Essential works like any other MIDI controller with non-Arturia software and plug-ins, but
with the advantage of MIDI Control Center letting you determine exactly what messages and values
each of its controls sends.
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