Arturia AstroLab

The AstroLab is Arturia's latest... synthesizer? Drawbar organ? Stage piano? With over 30 embedded Arturia plug-ins, it's actually all of that at once, even if Arturia refers to it as a stage keyboard with semi-weighted piano keys. The Arturia AstroLab: A Massive Box of Tricks The Arturia AstroLab is home to a massive selection of sounds that come from Arturia's own sound engines. Besides a CS80, DX7, JP-8, Prophet 5 and, MS-20, it harnesses the sonic prowess of a 2600, a Synclavier, a Wurli, and many other legendary units - over 30 in total. That said, since you're getting presets that can only be tweaked in terms of four basic parameters, the Astrolab isn't a fully-fledged synth. Thankfully, the number of presets go through the roof and give you everything you could ever ask for. Also, if you happen to have a software license for one of the built-in synths, you can always hook up your laptop and still create custom sounds from scratch. So, What Is It? While it clearly has the pot