By the way, the usual method for adding user presets to AstroLab is not typically through Playlists, but through user soundbanks in the Library.
Playlists are usually made for creating setlists for live performance, with only the presets needed for that performance.
Thank you for your very detailed reply.
I’m reassured to read your comments and I really intend to get the Astrolab 61.
Thanks again for your valuable information; it really answers my questions.
My apologies regarding the playlist.
In any case, it’s a really great idea to be able to use Analog Lab Pro integrated into a keyboard.
What would be really cool is a more powerful rack version.
Even better, a completely standalone new synth to use the entire V Collection, as well as being able to configure it directly on the machine, with faders, pads, and rotary controls.
Perhaps the Astrolab is a prelude to a new era of instruments?
Thank you again so much for your reply.
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I tried the 88-note version.
Truly wonderful.
I suspect the secret is well kept regarding a possible rack/desktop version.
I would really like to buy the Astrolab 61 or 88.
What worries me a bit is if Arturia releases a rack/desktop version of the Astrolab very soon.
Because a desktop version would be much more interesting for me, and buying the Arturia keyboard version would then be pointless.
Furthermore, I suppose that if it’s a rack version, it will be enhanced to ensure the instrument’s future compatibility with new VSTs, making it even more appealing.
In any case, the Astrolab is a truly beautiful instrument.
As far as I know, there’s no rack/desktop version coming any time soon.
AstroLab37 was only released less than 3 months ago.
Maybe if there’s enough demand, Arturia might consider it in the future; I don’t know.
AstroLab is already designed to accommodate new instruments as they are added to the V-Collection (after a few weeks/months, as discussed above).
Since its introduction less than 2 years ago, the following instruments have been added to AstroLab: Acid V, MiniFreak V, MiniBrute V, Synthex V, Jup-8000 V, Pure LoFi, Augmented series (Grand Piano, Brass, Woodwinds, Yangtze, Mallets), as well as new improved versions of existing instruments (Mini V4, SEM V3 and Wurli V3, in addition to Mini V3, SEM 2 and Wuli V2).
Hello,
Thank you again for your reply.
I really hope so for the desktop version.
Yes, I understood about the integration of VSTs from version 11.
I was thinking more about version 12 and higher for compatibility with Astrolab.
Since there are already polyphony reductions depending on the VST used.
Thank you again for your reply.
I guess no-one but Arturia know what they plan to release next, but I can’t see them releasing a rack / desktop version. AstroLab substitutes the flexibility of a separate laptop / interface / midi controller for the convenience of being an all-in-one solution. That’s the USP. If you take away the keyboard and put what remains in a box, you’re left with a low-spec Linux computer with a built-in audio interface running a custom version of Analog Lab, that has a screen the size of a watch-face, and which still needs a MIDI controller to play it. No one’s buying that in preference to just downloading Analog Lab to the better-spec’d computer they probably already own.
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Thank you for your message.
The request for a rack/desktop version is simply due to the fact that generally speaking, we all already own a keyboard.
Therefore, a rack/desktop version wouldn’t be a bad idea at all, quite the contrary.
It could have a boosted configuration, which would be a significant advantage.
For example, if someone doesn’t want a computer on stage,
they can prepare their set beforehand on their computer and then go on stage with their rack/desktop, completely self-sufficient.
Since you have keyboards on stage, they simply connect it to one of them, eliminating the need for a computer on stage, as everything would be created, refined, and uploaded to the Astrolab Desktop/Rack.