Arturia today introduced KeyLab 88 Black Edition & MiniLab MkII Black Edition.
The new devices are black variants of two of Arturia’s best-selling MIDI keyboard controllers.
- The MiniLab Mk II combines a keyboard, 16 rotary knobs, touch controllers and a software suite.
- The KeyLab 88 is a MIDI keyboard controller with a hammer-action Fatar keybed. It comes with Arturia’s Analog Lab software synth (for Mac and PC), which has over 5,000 presets.
Pricing and Availability
The MiniLab MkII Black Edition is available for US $129, while the KeyLab 88 Black Edition is available for US $999.
No CV outs?
sigh
Big announcement is that this product line hasn’t changed… other than the option to buy it in black? Am I missing Something? I was assuming they were going to release a v2 for the keylabs seeing as they are mostly out of stock everywhere. Oh well.
I have the first minilab black version and that one came with the full analog lag and SEM
Me too! It was rad b/c it allowed me to eventually get the V5 collection for $199 super-sale-upgrade earlier this year. However, it would be dope to see a V2 of this controller in 49/61 key.
Korg did this, too, by releasing a version that had red & white keys.
It was kind of cool looking. But jeez.
I’m holding out for the “None more black” versions.
I’m curious what Arturia has next for the hardware market, after the drumbrute and matrixbrute.