Knobs that map without a manual · review
The 61-key version of a keyboard this site already publishes at 49 keys, with 2,000 presets and nine encoders — and a listing that does not mention the nine faders the smaller model publishes.
What it amounts to Sixty-one keys, 2,000 presets, eight pads and nine encoders in five short bullets. It does not mention the nine faders its own 49-key sibling publishes, and the page for that sibling is where the rest of this specification is written down.
Sixty-one keys. Two thousand presets. Eight RGB backlit pads. Nine rotary encoders. Pitch and modulation wheels. A bundled software package, named by the finish color and not itemized.
Five bullets, a few words each.
This site already publishes the KeyLab Essential 49 mk3 — the same range, twelve fewer keys — and that page carries nine rotary knobs and nine faders, a hybrid key feel, Chord Play and scale mode, DAW commands and preset browsing from the hardware, and a named software bundle.
This listing publishes the encoders and not the faders. It is almost certainly the same control surface on a longer keybed; the point of this page is that the listing does not say so, and this site does not fill in what a maker probably meant. The page for the 49 is where a reader will find the rest, and it is linked from the shelf above.
The 2,000 presets are the one figure nothing else on this shelf publishes. They are stored sounds and mappings in the bundled software, recalled from the keyboard — a number about a library rather than about the instrument.
What a reader cannot learn here is how it plays. No key action: not semi-weighted, not hammer, not the hybrid feel the 49 publishes. No software list. No creative modes. On a $299 keyboard those are the three things that decide whether it suits the player, and all three are published on the sibling page.
The product record gives 3,080 g (108.6 oz).
Read on the day this page was built: $299 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Keys | 61 |
|---|---|
| Presets | 2,000 — the only preset count published on this shelf |
| Pads | 8 RGB backlit |
| Controls | 9 rotary encoders |
| Wheels | Pitch bend and modulation |
| Faders | Arturia puts nothing in writing on this. The 49-key model of the same range, published on this shelf, states nine faders — and its page calls them a mixer under your hands |
| Software | A bundle is stated and not itemized. The 49-key page on this shelf lists what its bundle contains |
| Creative tools | Arturia puts nothing in writing on this here. The 49-key model publishes Chord Play and scale mode |
| Key action | Arturia puts nothing in writing on this here. The 49-key model publishes a hybrid feel |
| Listing length | Five bullets, each of a few words |
| Manufacturer reference | 231534 |
| Amazon reference | B0GFXBVHW8 |
| EAN | 3760033532578 |
The listing does not say, and that is the finding on this page. The KeyLab Essential 49 mk3 is published on this shelf with nine rotary knobs and nine faders, and its page calls the faders *a mixer under your hands, which no mini controller offers*. This listing publishes nine rotary encoders and stops. It is almost certainly the same control surface with a longer keybed — and this site reports what a maker puts in writing rather than filling in what it probably means.
Stored sounds and mappings in the bundled software, recalled from the keyboard. It is the only preset count on this shelf, and it is a number about a software library rather than about the hardware. What the listing does not publish — the key action, the contents of the bundle, the creative modes — are the things that decide how the keyboard plays, and the 49-key page on this shelf publishes all three.
Details checked on October 7, 2026.
A player who wants the 49-key KeyLab Essential with twelve more keys, and will read the smaller model’s page for the rest.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for musical instruments and gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
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