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  • - Hi there, Guy from Arturia here again.

  • In this video I'm gonna be showing you how to

  • make the most of the included software, Analog Lab Two.

  • This is an outstanding virtual instrument

  • that contains over 5,000 classic keyboard sounds

  • taken from the Arturia V collection.

  • The first thing you'll want to do is make sure

  • Analog Lab knows which controller you're using.

  • On the bottom of the screen,

  • click the button next to midi controller

  • and choose KeyLab Essential.

  • Next, you'll need to use the Map Select

  • on KeyLab Essential to select the Analog Lab ma p.

  • You can obviously browse sounds and make selections

  • using your mouse and keyboard, but with KeyLab Essential

  • you can do it all from the controller.

  • Let's use the main knob to find some sounds

  • and I'll show you how quick and easy it is.

  • Let's say I'm looking for a simple piano sound

  • to lay down some ideas.

  • Let's choose simple and piano V.

  • This will only show me sounds that match

  • these two selections.

  • Now let's say we want a hard mono bass sound.

  • Let's choose bass,

  • hard and mini v.

  • Fairly easy so far.

  • Let's say I was looking for something

  • a little bit more complex.

  • How about a big dark pad to create some sort of soundscape.

  • Let's select pad, dark and let's say I want

  • something from the Matrix 12.

  • From Analog La b's interface you'll notice

  • that the knobs and faders are laid out

  • just as they are on your KeyLab Essential.

  • You can use these controls to change the parameters

  • of the sound you're currently using.

  • For example, let's pull up a drawbar organ.

  • You can see that the faders are automatically

  • assigned to emulate the original instrument's drawbars.

  • In the same way, you can change the common parameters

  • of any keyboard sound or synth sound that you select.

  • Let's show you how easy it is to change

  • the sound of a synth, for example.

  • You can also combine two different sounds within Analog Lab.

  • When using a combi sound, you can switch control

  • between part one and part two,

  • using the dedicated buttons on Key Lab Essential.

  • Key Lab Essential lets you easily transpose

  • the position of your keyboard,

  • making it much easier to play tricky musical keys.

  • Simply hold the transpose button and press the key

  • that you'd like to move to the C position on the keyboard.

  • You can also transpose KeyLab Essential's keyboard

  • down and up whole octaves at a time,

  • which is really great if you need to reach

  • the super low notes or the really, really high notes.

  • To do that, simply use the octave minus

  • and octave plus buttons.

  • Key Lab Essential also features a chord mode

  • which lets you replay any chord shape you like

  • on any single key.

  • Hold the chord button and play the chord you want.

  • You can do this either by playing the chord as normal

  • or by entering the notes one by one

  • if the chord is tricky to play with one hand.

  • Finally, let me show you how easy it is

  • to change the midi channel of Key Lab Essentials keyboard.

  • First, hold the Midi Channel button

  • and select your desired channel using the marked keys.

  • In the next episodes I'll show you

  • how to unlock Key Lab Essentials' true power

  • and create custom user maps,

  • and also how to control DAW software using it.

  • I'll see you then.

- Hi there, Guy from Arturia here again.

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