Arturia Keylab Essential 3 61 keys Aquamarine

The Essential Ingredients of Your Creativity

Whether you're just starting out in production or looking to upgrade your setup, the KeyLab Essential has everything you could want in a master keyboard: simple, fun, and expressive, equally at home in the studio or live. Its comfortable keyboard, well-designed controls, and seamless integration with your digital audio workstation (DAW) make it a reliable tool for composing, recording, and performing without any friction.

Simplified Workflow, Advanced Features

Designed to get straight to the point, the KeyLab Essential offers intuitive controls (encoders, faders, pads, transport controls, etc.) that interact naturally with your environment. The result: an ideal balance between immediate hardware control and software flexibility.

Optimal DAW Integration

Thanks to its dedicated DAW scripts, creativity starts right away with pre-configured controls for all major DAWs. The controls are also perfectly suited to Analog Lab V/Pro (included), allowing you to quickly explore thousands of sounds, from classic to cutting-edge.

A truly versatile musical tool

To spark inspiration in seconds, the KeyLab Essential includes powerful creative features:

Arpeggiator for dynamic patterns

Chord Play mode for easily building rich chords

Scale mode to always stay in key

Key features
Superior integration

Dedicated DAW scripts: Ableton Live Lite, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Bitwig Studio

MCU & HUI compatibility: advanced control of virtually any DAW

User programs to customize the controller

Music right out of the box

Plug-and-play

Complete software bundle included

Access to tutorials, tips, and bonus content after registration

Creative features

Scale mode

Arpeggiator (with presets)

Chord Play + Hold function

Design & manufacturing

Eco-designed

Clean, intuitive interface focused on the essentials

Premium finish at a great price Accessible

What's new compared to the previous version?

Larger screen + 4 contextual buttons

5 dedicated DAW scripts + MCU & HUI to control (almost) all DAWs

Improved Arturia integration (especially with Analog Lab)

New creative features: Scale / Chord Play / Arpeggiator (presets) / Hold

2 pad banks (finger drumming, clip launching, or custom mapping)

Enhanced software bundle: Analog Lab V/Pro, Ableton Live Lite, Komplete 15 Select, UVI Model D, Loopcloud, Melodics

Versatile pedal input: sustain / footswitch / expression

USB-C

Eco-designed