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Arturia MiniLab 3 Alpine White launched

Arturia has announced the release of an Alpine White version of its Milnilab 3 controller keyboard, featuring a minimal design aesthetic but still packing a lot of options for controlling other gear, DAWs and the like.

Everything apart from the LEDs is white — all the keys (no black keys here), the case and the controls. It’s an easy to use controller with a lot of premium software bundled, including Analog Lab Intro, Ableton Live Lite, The Gentleman (upright piano), Model D, Loopcloud two-month subscription, and Melodics learning.

Designed to be portable, it fits on your lap, and takes up minimal space, yet still has velocity sensitive keys, eight RGB backlit pads, eight rotary encoders (including one that’s clickable), and four faders.

Features

Main features at a glance:

Premium Keybed quality

  • 25 high quality note velocity-sensitive slim keyboard

Pads & controls

  • 2 banks of 8 velocity & pressure sensitive pads with RGB backlighting
  • 8 rotary encoders
  • 4 sliders
  • 2 capacitive touch sensors for pitch bend and modulation wheel

Display control

  • Mini display & clickable browsing knob
  • real-time feedback on tweaks and controls

Smart features

  • Built-in arpeggiator
  • Chord mode
  • Hold function
  • Octave up and down buttons
  • Semitone transpose

Software integration

  • Seamless integration with all Arturia software instruments, including Analog Lab: select sounds, browse presets and smart-assigned controls
  • 1 DAW preset for automatic integration with any major DAWs
  • DAW Transport Control with MCU protocol for every other DAWs
  • Up to 5 user presets for a totally customizable experience 

Connectivity

  • USB-C connects to computers and iPad
  • MIDI 5-pin DIN output for connection to external instruments, gear
  • Control input for pedal: sustain, expression, or footswitch
  • USB powered

Size & weight

  • Instrument size: 14 x 8.7 x 2 inches (355 x 220 x 50mm)
  • Instrument weight: 3.3 lbs (1.5 Kg)

Platform Specifications

Windows

  • Win 10+ (64bit)
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
  • 3GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
  • ARM processors not supported on Windows

Apple

  • Mac OS 10.13+
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or Apple Silicon CPU
  • 3GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

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