User's Manual

2.6. MIDI Channel selection
KeyLab Essential gives you a quick, efficient way of changing the User MIDI Channel it
currently outputs on.
2.6.1. Changing MIDI Channel
To change the MIDI channel, simply hold the MIDI CH button, and press the corresponding
note on the keyboard below the MIDI channel you wish to select. Now all controls set to
follow the "User" MIDI Channel in the MCC will change to that channel.
For example, to make KeyLab Essential’s output to MIDI channel 8, hold the MIDI CH button
and hit the note E2 on the 61 keys version keyboard.
2.7. Encoders
The 9 rotary knobs of KeyLab Essential are endless encoders with dual functionality.
Using the Analog Lab map, the encoders will affect the corresponding parameters displayed
within Analog Lab 2. This exact parameter being controlled will vary between different
presets.
In the DAW map, the encoders will alter the panning of their corresponding channel on the
mixer.
While using any of the User maps, the knobs can be freely assigned to any MIDI CC
parameter you choose using the Arturia MIDI Control Center.
2.8. Faders
Like the encoders, KeyLab Essential’s 9 faders have multiple modes, depending on the map
selection being used.
Using the Analog Lab map, the faders control their corresponding parameters displayed
within Analog Lab 2. As with the encoders, the parameters being controlled change
depending on which preset is selected.
While using the DAW map, faders 1-8 control the volume of 8 channels within your DAW, and
fader 9 controls your master volume.
The faders can also control any other MIDI CC parameter you wish while using any of the
User maps, and can be assigned using the Arturia MIDI Control Center.
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