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The modeling engine also allows you to get in and experiment with new sounds and textures to create your own drums, percussion, and fx sounds.
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This thing has some nice full sounding drums! The virtual analog section allows you to playback and recreate many classic and vintage drum sounds including the popular 808, 909, and other TR machines.īut not only does it do synth drums well, it does acoustic just as good thanks to it’s sample playback and physical modeling engine. It works standalone as well as a plugin in any DAW you can imagine.
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You have tons of room for all sorts of patterns and you can even string them into songs if you wish. You get 3 types of synthesis with which to create or playback sounds and samples. The SparkLE is much smaller and sleeker than the standard Spark controller, but still has plenty of hands on control. It’s a software/hardware hybrid dedicated to giving you the full experience of a hands on drum machine and groove box. This is a “scaled down” version of their Spark creative drum machine instrument. I loved the form factor and build quality so you know I was excited when Arturia sent one over for review.
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As KeyLab is also available in 25 and 61-key formats, these keyboards are serious considerations if you want a keyboard controller and find Analog Lab's great software irresistible.Hey what’s up fam, back with another treat for ya!Įver since I saw the new SparkLE drum machine at NAMM I was obsessed with it. It's possible to drive the software much more intuitively from this keyboard, which will be helpful both to those whose work is primarily studio-based and for those who want to run Analog Lab live and want a control surface to match its capabilities. These two gripes aside, KeyLab delivers the 'pro' control option for the Analog Lab software it deserves. If you're a frantic twiddler, there's just a chance these will pop loose in your hands.
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Our only other concern is that the rotary knobs, in particular, are a little too easy to inadvertently remove. We could understand both decisions if the KeyLab 49 had been designed as a mini-keyboard but its 'full size feel' is undone slightly by this choice.
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In the bottom left-hand corner, Pitch Bend and Mod wheels are provided but, to have a moan here, they're too close together and they're too small. To the left, an LCD screen keeps you up to date with settings, automatically displaying the most recently 'touched' hardware control, whilst hybrid rotary/selection buttons allow you to scroll through banks of sounds before selecting the one you want without having to reach for your mouse. You can select an individual chord (major, minor etc with a specific root note) for each pad, so if you prefer tapping out harmonic parts, rather than playing them from the keyboard, no problem. To the far right, a 4x4 matrix of rubberized pads provides 16 velocity sensitive triggers, which can either be used to generate specific MIDI keys (perfect for beat programming) or, via the Analog Lab software, to trigger a collection of assignable chords. To the right, nine freely assignable sliders are offered too and while these most readily function as envelope controls, you needn't be limited if you have other plans for these in mind.