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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. Almost every day critics of this channel spread fake news that I will one day run out of Gear to review - if I haven’t already.

Today we are going to talk about Arturia Astrolab. This arguably most expensive home keyboard of all time and proprietary plugin host is the living proof that this day will most likely never come: a name suspiciously similar to your favorite personal lubricant, the UI of a smart home thermostat and the most obnoxious paywall of all time - merci beaucoup!!!

Bad Gear - Most Expensive Home Keyboard of All Time

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:55 Overview Arturia Astrolab
01:26 Patches ( Piano , Minimoog , Yamaha DX7 , Fairlight CMI ,...)
02:27 Overall Concept
02:37 Macro Controller
02:54 Loading Times
03:13 (not so) smooth Transitions
03:26 Multitimbrality (Layers, Splits)
03:46 FX Section
04:03 Arpeggiator, Chords, Midi Recorder
04:27 Main Display/UI
04:42 Software Integration, Editing Patches
05:09 F***ing RAW!!!
05:21 Workarounds,...
05:33 Playlists
05:41 What Else??? (Thanks, Build Quality, Vocoder ,...)
06:00 Hate
06:26 Jam 1 ( Downtempo )
07:25 Jam 2 ( Solid Bass Techno )
08:25 Finale ( Epic & Evil Soundtrack )
08:55 Verdict