Find your own flow and enjoy making music with a plug-and-play MIDI keyboard that does it all. KeyLab Essential mk3 gives you easy controls, great-feeling keys, and a fully-integrated all-in-one software package that’s ready to get creative right out the box!

Find the right sound faster. Customize your mix in real-time. Finish that track with ease. KeyLab Essential removes barriers and puts the joy back into your music-making workflow.

Keybed

Perfect for live performance and studio beatmaking. KeyLab Essential's durable hybrid keybed is smooth and responsive, with Pitch/Mod wheels, plus a Pedal input for sustain, footswitch, or expression.

Display

Get the essential real-time info you need, from parameter values to your current preset, with a bright 2.5” display, complete with contextual buttons that make navigation effortless.

Pads

Switch between MIDI notes, clip triggering, finger-drumming, and more. KeyLab Essential’s velocity & pressure-sensitive pads are even RGB color-coded for easy visual reference at a glance.

Encoders

Get that real hands-on feeling and interact with crucial controls right where you need them, from track panning to specific instrument parameters, with full rotation encoders.

Faders

Tweak your track levels, envelope settings, selected parameters on your Arturia instruments, and more with ultra-smooth faders at your fingertips.

DAW controls

Dedicated DAW controls allow you to switch from controlling synths to piloting your DAW with ease. Custom integration scripts ensure all crucial controls work perfectly with any software you use.

KeyLab Essential mk3 follows in the footsteps of MiniLab 3, the world’s first eco-designed MIDI controller; built to perform better, produce less waste, and reduce our carbon footprint for good.

Universal music-making controller

Find joy in your workflow

Made with minimum 
40% recycled plastic!*