Arturia - Live in 3 Days

[SLiC]

I wonder how much demand for this there will be, obviously it will appeal to people who play live…maybe give the big Yamaha and Roland workstations a run for their money? I wonder if there will also be a cheaper controller only version?

[IvyBirds]

I wonder how much demand for this there will be, obviously it will appeal to people who play live…maybe give the big Yamaha and Roland workstations a run for their money? I wonder if there will also be a cheaper controller only version?

If this is real and it's really going to be $1600 I doubt there will be much demand. If you really care about having a piano like 88 key keyboard experience the Yamaha MODX8+ comes in for not a whole lot more at 88 $1999

That would give you Yamaha's AWM2 Rompler engine full of thousands of amazing presets, plus the FM-X engine and the ability to load user samples. Which means you can load whatever samples you want made from Analog Lab. It comes with a free version of Sample Robot that autosamples anything and puts it into the correct format for MODX

It's hard to believe anyone would but this for Analog Lab presets that doesn't already own the V Collection

You can get the 6 octave version for $1349. For $1600 you can also buy a pretty good laptop and a controller for live use

[Double Tap]

That site looks like it's got something to do with the Bluetooth certification of the instrument, which they was registered in July 2023. So seems likely.

sounds like it's an 88-key standalone Analog Lab synthesizer. Could be useful for gigging keyboard players who need synths, electric pianos, pianos in a portable workstation like package without hauling computers to gigs.

Interesting looking at that site. Seems like Polybrute 12 was registered on 25 Jan this year. And there might be a Matrixbrute update too.

There’s a 61 key and 88 key version of this Astrolab - edit: and a "mini". I wonder - if it’s just about having some macro knobs to tweak presets then that’s not very exciting but if you can make your own sounds from scratch it might be quite interesting.

[mixtur.se]

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[tactile_coast]

I wonder how much demand for this there will be, obviously it will appeal to people who play live…maybe give the big Yamaha and Roland workstations a run for their money? I wonder if there will also be a cheaper controller only version?

If this is real and it's really going to be $1600 I doubt there will be much demand. If you really care about having a piano like 88 key keyboard experience the Yamaha MODX8+ comes in for not a whole lot more at 88 $1999

That would give you Yamaha's AWM2 Rompler engine full of thousands of amazing presets, plus the FM-X engine and the ability to load user samples. Which means you can load whatever samples you want made from Analog Lab. It comes with a free version of Sample Robot that autosamples anything and puts it into the correct format for MODX

It's hard to believe anyone would but this for Analog Lab presets that doesn't already own the V Collection

You can get the 6 octave version for $1349. For $1600 you can also buy a pretty good laptop and a controller for live use

I guess they are trying to create a seamless live / PC/Mac Studio experience. As good as the MODX9 is it cant play your V collection presets or your Pigments presets like this presumably will be able to do.

I cant imagine that there are too many people playing live or watching a live performance that would prefer a laptop/controller over a discrete much more reliable and robust keyboard solution.

[IvyBirds]

I cant imagine that there are too many people playing live or watching a live performance that would prefer a laptop/controller over a discrete much more reliable and robust keyboard solution.

People play live with laptops all the time, even at major festivals

Analog Lab has a stand alone version that doesn't even need a host and is perfect for that. For virtual instruments that don't you have many options like Mainstage and Gigperformer

Arturia will have a very difficult time selling Analog Lab as a dedicated hardware instrument when it's so readily available asba plugin that it's target market already has

[IvyBirds]

There’s a 61 key and 88 key version of this Astrolab - edit: and a "mini". I wonder - if it’s just about having some macro knobs to tweak presets then that’s not very exciting but if you can make your own sounds from scratch it might be quite interesting.

If this is true they will just pull a Korg and put a Raspberry PI or an embedded Windows system inside of it and essentially rehash their existing Analog Lab Controllers and Keysteps

[VitaminD]

That site looks like it's got something to do with the Bluetooth certification of the instrument, which they was registered in July 2023. So seems likely.

sounds like it's an 88-key standalone Analog Lab synthesizer. Could be useful for gigging keyboard players who need synths, electric pianos, pianos in a portable workstation like package without hauling computers to gigs.

Seems interesting to me so far. Though I'd still more prefer a keyboard that could support any VST3 synth.. something more generic.

This, if true, will likely have easy transfer of saved sounds/presets from keyboard to VST3's though. The amount of controls will make/break this imo. If it is really simplistic and more a rompler for analog lab than something with sliders and knobs to control the sound, then it would limit it's appeal for me.

[Arashi]

A keyboard with a computer that can run all of Arturia's plugins would be a pretty nice stage instrument. I imagine a lot of performers already have a laptop and MainStage (or something similar) as part of their rig, but there are a couple things that could make a self-contained Arturia instrument an attractive alternative:

• Arturia's instrument collection is so extensive that it probably has everything you need, so you would no longer need to carry around a laptop, along with its audio interface, stand, and other accessories.
• Physical controls that are designed specifically to work well across the entire suite of plugins could provide much better hands-on control than what's possible with other options.

I'm sure this won't replace MainStage for everyone, as there are still many reasons one might prefer that — use any plugin you want, much bigger screen, more powerful CPU that can stack more instruments and effects, etc. And there are, of course, plenty of other products in the same space (Roland, Yamaha, and Korg all have numerous stage/workstation beasts), but I think Arturia could certainly offer something competitive in this market.

I'll probably look like a dummy when they announce something completely different in a couple days.

[IvyBirds]

Arturia's instrument collection is so extensive that it probably has everything you need

Not really it lacks Rompler sounds for bread and butter things. I gig with a Yamaha Montage, if I want an organ sound I just pull up one of many hundreds of sample based organ sounds that sound fantastic. Arturia has great organ models but they would take an eternity to load a new VST for an organ

Arturia also doesn't have good orchestral sounds, like strings and brass. It has the augmented stuff but that is not really the same

You also don't have the ability to load modern multi samples into a modern sampling engine.

If you want vintage Synths and vintage samplers it's awesome but you still need bread and butter sounds for gigging in most contexts that Arturia doesn't have

And I say all that as someone who loves the V collection and has had it forever and gigs with samples from it

It could work great as a second board, but then again I already have my Montage I can use as a controller and a laptop that can host Analog Lab in standalone mode.

[VitaminD]

We get it, you think it will be a stinky doodoo.

But some of us are interested in seeing what they reveal first before poopooing it.

[IvyBirds]

We get it, you think it will be a stinky doodoo.

But some of us are interested in seeing what they reveal first before poopooing it.

I am interested in it also, and I don't think it will be stinky doodoo. I think it will be more than just Analog Lab in a box

[Arashi]

Maybe it's an astro lemonade maker (jump to 2:30).

[martiu]

i hope it is reverb

[elxsound]

i hope it is reverb

I hope it’s a delay.