Arturia Astrolab || First Impressions and Detailed Review 

I'd like to see the next video on sound comparison with other stage keyboard. Thanks in advance!

Looks good. Not sure I understand the value proposition. There is a customer for this keyboard but I’m not exactly sure who it was intended to serve.

I thought the Astrolab was a really cool product at first but have seen a number of video for people using it for gigs and it's not as exciting to me any more. First I'm and old guy and eyes are what they used to be so as soon as I saw that tiny round screen I knew the Astrolabe would have to be great for me to consider it. I've been moving back more into recording lately and trying to keep things simple so Astrolab seems appealing with the Analog Lab Pro included, but all those synths and other sound you're only getting the presets for them and can only make basic changes the few knobs on the board has. To dig now you have to buy the sounds and use your computer to mod. That seems to be and issue with people actually trying to use the Astrolabe on gigs, only presets, little tweaking live, and have to purchase the individual sounds or the V Collection to really get full control. So to me the Astrolab is a nice first edition product, but going to need a few upgrade cycles to mature.

Some pads would’ve been nice. Playlist only 9 patches? I want quick access to over 100 if I’m playing live.

Is there a way to (non-octave) transpose?

As you inferred, it looks like Arturia paired a Google Nest thermostat with their keyboard....lol. It's a shame they didn't use all that blank real estate on the left area of the keyboard panel for a touch display, but I guess that would cut into their profit margin and drive the cost higher. I would assume they would include a computer editor (?).

I can just never take a keyboard seriously for the professional if it uses a wall wart or power supply instead of a standard 3-prong plug. Too hard to replace in a pinch.

If Arturia is really smart they come out with an iPad editor , and they could make som smaller desktop controllers like Roland dit in the past that fits in the space on the top , i would like to see the whole Arturia suite on IPad Pro😊

nice review! you are being caught out like me, the cursor button on tbe right goes to the previous sound, not the next, the buttons are the wrong way around! up button is on the left...:/

Thanks for making this video! Glad it's working out for you. Not really for me as I already have V Collection X and enjoy sound design. Praise seems like a good market for a standalone preset keyboard. The Polybrute 12 is more appealing to me.

I wish you would of showed how to layer on the fly, I can not figure it out.

how is the key-bed compared to a nord stage compact?