Arturia Astrolab 37 vs 61/88 // and a cheat to give it more hands-on control // Review, tutorial

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Astrolab 37 is the much more compact version of the full size Astrolab stage performance instrument - it’s got the same brains and sounds, slightly fewer hands on controls, is lighter and has minikeys.

Like its bigger siblings, Astrolab 37 literally plays plugins in a box, over 40 of Arturia’s instrument plugins in a fully standalone instrument - which means you don’t need a computer or audio interface to make music.

It includes almost 2,000 presets from all of Arturia’s software synths, and, if you own a license the software plugins, you can design your own sounds on a computer and transfer them over to Astrolab.

You’ll find a broad variety of forms of synthesis here, including granular, samples, wavetable, FM, physical modelling, pianos, organs and electric pianos.

In this video I take a look at what Astrolab 37 can do, how it compares to the others in the series, how to create your own sounds using Analog lab and Arturia’s software synths, and pros and cons compared to the competition

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TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Overview
3:40 Synth params
5:40 Transitions
8:15 Differences
9:15 Screen encoder
10:15 LED rings
11:25 Part buttons?
12:00 Fewer LEDs
12:30 MIDI looper?
12:50 I/O
13:35 Sound macros
15:35 FX controls
18:10 Multi parts
19:25 Analog lab
20:15 Splits/layers
21:10 Hidden faders
22:35 MIDI control
24:30 Using multis
25:00 Playlists
26:00 Custom macros
26:55 Own the plugins?
27:25 Save to ASL
27:45 Caveats!
30:00 Arp
30:30 Scale & chord
31:05 Astrolab app
32:00 Sound store
32:20 Pros & cons
36:40 Some sounds

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