Arturia Astrolab Stage Keyboard Patch Flip

A follow up to our main Astrolab review, Nick takes a tour through some of his preferred presets on this Stage Keyboard from Arturia.
He also spots a few extra shortcuts and features.


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[johngilbert]

Brilliant demo. Sounds fantastic. Thought I could resist

[thomasyon]

Awesome piano demo, Nick, what an outro..
I'm very glad Arturia support this channel (quality/integrity choice).

[XanderEwald]

I really like the idea of having access to Arturia V Collection sounds without a computer. This could be a great addition to a „semi-dawless“ setup where you want to focus on composition and not get lost in sound design.

[AngryPhotoGuy]

I think this keyboard would be very attractive if it just came with a full copy of the software. It sounds great, it's handsome, it looks like it's built well, and it covers a ton of sonic territory. The fact that it doesn't come with a license for the companion software feels like a mistake.

[eyedsun]

Just noticed a few patches where the keys cut out presumably due to polyphony? e.g. around 21:22

[synthsamuraiproductions]

Finally an epic astrolab video. Guess i need this now too. Awesome demo

[mr.zeitmaschine]

I love Arturia and I have almost every synth and I love the idea of having such a good looking synth like this with all the sounds of their software synths but why the NEST AC thermostat on this beautiful synth? Why did you do this Arturia? Look at how gorgeous this synth would be without the NEST on it? Even a small rectangle screen would be okay but how about a touch screen large screen right in the middle? I don’t like the screen but the rest is great. Thanks for the video

[BryanBenoit-wn]

Can you play piano sounds with stings or pads together?

[aseomg]

The Astrolab was a hit when it was released at the CES trade show in 2000.

[detrechter]

I’d wish Arturia made a version with mini keys and a battery…..The Couch Lab

[sturdyblock]

A rare misfire from Arturia. £1, 200 simply can't be justified.

[spargiulo]

Had it, hated it and selling it. It can be a nice live keyboard if, as you show, do some downtempo-and-few-notes playing, ambient or new age... but everyone is missing the real user issues of this keyboard: some underrated harware inside brings awful polyphony, it is impossible to switch between sounds during live gig - seconds between patch change and gibberish sound if you play - no seamless transition, obsolete midi implementatio, no audio input for mixing with other gear even if an audio input is present, 2, 4GHz Wifi with lots of issues, ultra latent BT, and all this for a high price. Great miss for me, and i imagine why nobody is doing real use contents of it!!

[StolTechInc]

@24:25 Kym Sims - Too blind to see it!

[riccardogalatolo]

Per me è una buona idea azzoppata.
Poca polifonia nei synth in unisone mode, e alla fine 2 parti/synth contemporaneamente sono poche.
Peccato, sembra fatta benissimo, con ottimi materiali ed esteticamente accattivante, ma non basta.
Forse in futuro amplieranno le possibilità, ottimizzeranno il tutto, ma per ora per me è no.

[voiceineheadphones]

Nothing will make this keyboard look appealing or even well designed. I hope Arturia paid Sonicstate well for this much coverage and fluff.

[Iceleben]

I really do like Arturia Products, but I think this is not very well designed. For a stage keyboard the display is too small and this click and wheel function would drive me mad on stage, also the 61 keybed is too small. The placement of the mod and pitch wheel is not very good for live usage. For studio use, too few controllers for sound design, so it’s a hard pass for me.

[frankschneider]

as so often: bad prepared, no structure, no entertainment. sorry.