BEST Portable MIDI Keyboard 2023 | Arturia MiniLab 3 Review

[@WaveBits]

Arturia MiniLab 3 link: amzn.to/44xfFLP (affiliate)

[@GXSCChater]

I'm late to the game too with minilab 3, its fun to use and now I'm live recording a lot more with it, I'm really glad the keyboard is slightly bigger than your average midi keyboard and the LCD window is sweet. The sample buttons are not perfect (the rgb i really love though) so I just turn off the velocity to make them usable. The sliders and knobs are premium feeling. I bought the 2300 presets for analog lab V for a discount of 70 bucks (from purchasing the minlab 3 instead of paying 200) having all these cool synths presets from back in the day is so perfect for this package.

[@jj53368]

I love the demo-but I especially enjoyed the ASMR rain in the background. 😌

[@jj53368]

Wait, nvm, haha. I have an app (Noizio) running those sounds. For a second I thought you were near a window being hit with raindrops

[@DailyCorvid]

Great review, I just bought one now :) Wish you all the best bro, surely your channel will be huge in a years time!

[@imp_lse]

I wish I could get the deep black edition in the uk :(

[@WaveBits]

Yeah, I was seeing around deep black is only available in some countries or maybe just US.. 🫤

[@danielbarbieri8199]

Hello Does it work with MPC ? Can the sliders be assigned to some tracks volume on the MPC ? Can the pads be assigned to mute/unmute tracks on the PMC ? Thanks, Daniel

[@johndon7384]

There should be a shift lock on this thing.. I want to only use the transport controls and it sucks I need to hands to operate them..

[@phillipthomas9730]

you can with the latest firmware update

[@johndon7384]

@@phillipthomas9730 cool thanks!

[@qwe1231]

I would consider this, except without transport controls I'd constantly be moving my hands to my computer keyboard. For $30 more the NI M32 is a much better option, especially if you're deep into Native Instruments software.

[@WaveBits]

I have the M32 and prefer the MiniLab 3. The thing with the M32 is Komplete Kontrol acts funny sometimes and many times has stopped working when I duplicate a track with KK already loaded on. Many times I've lost the functionality of the whole keyboard and have to restart Logic to even get the M32 to work. Seen this even on a fresh install of everything more than once. I find Arturia's software integration works much better. And it works opening and closing plugins no matter what plugin I'm using on the track. With the M32 I feel like I HAVE to use Komplete Kontrol to retain the keyboard's functionality and it can bug out and stop working for no reason intermittently esp when duplicating tracks.

[@Mr.Facebox]

There is Transport controls on this controller

[@qwe1231]

@@Mr.Facebox You have to hold down the SHIFT key to access anything. It's a little annoying.

[@Fycstion]

The minilab's only problems are lack of key amount and chord mode. The Akai mini plus is a better but in my opinion.

[@WaveBits]

I like the key amount on the MiniLab 3 for a portable keyset. I hope Arturia does another firmware update to allow Chord Mode to be set to the pads or on a per-key basis. Otherwise, the software integration, encoders, and faders are fantastic!

[@raphaelsandersrs1]

Thanks, that was maybe the best review of the many I watched! You mentioned the keys are on par or better than M32, I guess they are very close and you would prefer the Minilab3 if you don't need the 7 more keys on the M32? Undo should be mappable I assume..

[@igorcarvalhopadilhaandrade5886]

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[@worldofniyathi]

Does it work with MacBook M1 chip? I have seen many negative comments that it doesn't connect, please reply 🥲🥲