In this video I'm gonna be showing you how to

make the most of the included software, Analog Lab Two.

This is an outstanding virtual instrument

that contains over 5,000 classic keyboard sounds

taken from the Arturia V collection.

The first thing you'll want to do is make sure

Analog Lab knows which controller you're using.

On the bottom of the screen,

click the button next to midi controller

and choose KeyLab Essential.

Next, you'll need to use the Map Select

on KeyLab Essential to select the Analog Lab ma p.

You can obviously browse sounds and make selections

using your mouse and keyboard, but with KeyLab Essential

you can do it all from the controller.

Let's use the main knob to find some sounds

and I'll show you how quick and easy it is.

Let's say I'm looking for a simple piano sound

to lay down some ideas.

Let's choose simple and piano V.

This will only show me sounds that match

these two selections.

Now let's say we want a hard mono bass sound.

Let's choose bass,

hard and mini v.

Fairly easy so far.

Let's say I was looking for something

a little bit more complex.

How about a big dark pad to create some sort of soundscape.

Let's select pad, dark and let's say I want

something from the Matrix 12.

From Analog La b's interface you'll notice

that the knobs and faders are laid out

just as they are on your KeyLab Essential.

You can use these controls to change the parameters

of the sound you're currently using.

For example, let's pull up a drawbar organ.

You can see that the faders are automatically

assigned to emulate the original instrument's drawbars.

In the same way, you can change the common parameters

of any keyboard sound or synth sound that you select.

Let's show you how easy it is to change

the sound of a synth, for example.

You can also combine two different sounds within Analog Lab.

When using a combi sound, you can switch control

between part one and part two,

using the dedicated buttons on Key Lab Essential.

Key Lab Essential lets you easily transpose

the position of your keyboard,

making it much easier to play tricky musical keys.

Simply hold the transpose button and press the key

that you'd like to move to the C position on the keyboard.

You can also transpose KeyLab Essential's keyboard

down and up whole octaves at a time,

which is really great if you need to reach

the super low notes or the really, really high notes.

To do that, simply use the octave minus

and octave plus buttons.

Key Lab Essential also features a chord mode

which lets you replay any chord shape you like

on any single key.

Hold the chord button and play the chord you want.

You can do this either by playing the chord as normal

or by entering the notes one by one

if the chord is tricky to play with one hand.

Finally, let me show you how easy it is

to change the midi channel of Key Lab Essentials keyboard.

First, hold the Midi Channel button

and select your desired channel using the marked keys.

In the next episodes I'll show you

how to unlock Key Lab Essentials' true power

and create custom user maps,

and also how to control DAW software using it.

I'll see you then.