No polyphonic aftertouch. Integration with Arturia’s stand-alone instruments is hit-or-miss at the moment. If you’re looking for a standard keyboard-based controller, though, it can be hard to justify ...

For hardware synth and drum machine enthusiasts, there are two controllers that stand above most of the competition: Arturia’s KeyStep and BeatStep Pro. Their combination of USB, MIDI and control ...

More affordable than the standard KeyLab controllers and lacking the step sequencers of the KeyStep models, Arturia’s KeyLab Essential MIDI keyboards give you what their name suggests: essential but ...

Last year, Arturia unveiled mk3 versions of its KeyLab Essential range of affordable controller keyboards. In their third iteration, the 49 and 61-key controllers offered improved DAW integration, a ...