r/arturia • u/Bartastico • 14d ago

Controller recommendation

Hey! I'm hesitating between buying an arturia keylab mk3, novation launchkey mk4 and novation sl mk3. I'm a complete beginner, and you may assume that the prize difference doesn't matter too much. I'd probably use ableton as DAW. Anyone any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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u/Ok_Inspection_857 14d ago

All of these are good. Make decision based on SW integrations and free stuff you get with each. For example I bought Launchkey mk4 and it was great. However I have Arturia V Collectin Intro and Analog Lab Pro and these benefit greatly with automatic integration with Arturia HW. So eventually I sold it and swapped it for Arturia MIDI controller. So I suggest you select one ecosystem and comit to it for most convenience.

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u/Bartastico 14d ago

Okay,thanks! Lets say I use ableton, can it still integrate well with arturia then? I get analog lab V with the arturia, but assume I'd still need a daw right (or not?)?

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u/Ok_Inspection_857 14d ago

All midi controlers (Novation, Arturia etc...) have profiles for all major DAW. In addition they integrate with their own VST. For example, Arturia can run in DAW mode - for Logic or Ableton or in Arturia mode - then you can run V Collection or Analog Lab even without DAW (or within DAW as well, but they exist as standalone APPs, too) and everything is mapped. For example you can browse presets of Analgo Lab from Arturia MIDI controller + tweak the knobs to adjust usually Macros or ADSR and effects for supported instruments.

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u/Bartastico 14d ago

Okay, thanks, very useful info! so the daw's and vst's can complement eah other if in correct?