A sustain pedal input (pedal available separately) extends the functionality of the controller. Utilizing USB bus power, the velocity-sensitive twenty-five-key controller adds a dual bank of eight velocity- and pressure-sensitive backlit performance pads, eight rotary controls, and four sliders to provide dedicated premapping for the included Ableton Live Lite and Analog Lab Intro software, and responsive capacitive touchstrips for pitch bend and modulation. The available controls have been greatly expanded for many apps with scripts that are customized for specific DAWs like Ableton Live or FL Studio.Producers and musicians in search of a compact MIDI keyboard and pad controller that makes music right out of the box will be impressed with the Arturia MiniLab 3, a portable USB-MIDI controller that ships with a comprehensive audio-production software suite. Arturia has put additional effort into improving this over the last couple of years and we’re starting to see some of the fruits of that labor. The integration with DAWs has been improved on the MiniLab 3, though. While the Akai MPK Mini MK3 has far and away the best pads of the bunch, its keybed is nothing to write home about and its integration with DAWs is extremely basic. The pads and keys on the MiniLab are better than the LaunchKey Mini MK3, but its arpeggiator isn’t as unique and its integration with Ableton Live isn’t as tight. All of this is basically par for the course, and other similarly priced controllers have their own pros and cons. The knobs and sliders have a decent amount of resistance and the keybed is slightly springy.
Find your own flow and enjoy making music with a plug-and-play MIDI keyboard that does.
The hardware itself is what you’d expect for $109. Arturia MiniLab 3 USB / MIDI Controller (White).
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