Arturia KeyLab 88 mk3

The mk3 KeyLab with a full hammer-action bed — piano hands, synth brain. Eighty-eight weighted keys with aftertouch carry the pianistic work, while the encoders, faders, pads and colour-screen browser run Analog Lab Pro and your DAW exactly as on the smaller mk3s.

It's for the player who wants one keyboard for everything: piano practice, string parts, synth work, mix gestures — without a second controller crowding the desk.

Two things to plan for. Hammer action means real weight and real depth, so measure the desk and the stand. And if your playing is mostly synth lines and chords, the semi-weighted 61 is faster under the fingers and lighter on the budget.