Arturia AstroLab 88-Key Hammer Action Keyboard Synthesiser

The AstroLab 88 is a powerful 88-key stage keyboard that blends expressive hammer-action playability with an expansive sound engine and performance-focused design. Featuring a premium Fatar TP-40L keybed and an updated CPU for faster load times and enhanced polyphony, it delivers the confidence and clarity required for any live setup.

With over 1,600 onboard presets powered by 40 instruments from Arturia’s V Collection and Pigments, AstroLab 88 offers a universe of iconic synths, analogue recreations, hybrid textures and cutting-edge digital voices. Combined with a tactile OLED display, macro controls, FX suite and seamless preset browsing, it ensures a streamlined workflow from studio to stage—all without a laptop.

From intuitive chord and scale modes to powerful multi-instrument layering and MIDI looping, AstroLab 88 is the modern performer’s go-to tool for expressive, portable, and professional music creation. Plug in a microphone and activate the built-in vocoder to explore everything from classic robotic tones to lush vocal harmonies—directly from the keyboard.

AstroLab 2.0 update: The AstroLab 2.0 update adds a new Sound Edit View, so you can shape sounds from the front panel using real instrument parameters like envelopes, filters and glide, with dedicated parameter pages for each instrument mapped to the four macro controls. It also brings more than 60 new stage-ready sounds, including Pure Grand Clean acoustic piano, funk and orchestral brass, pop strings, and upright and electric basses. Performance and workflow improvements include better sampler polyphony, improved aftertouch response, smoother Analog Lab linking and updating, octave LEDs that show transposition status, and refined preset browsing for faster access to your sounds.

Features

• 88-key stage keyboard with Fatar TP-40L hammer-action keybed
• 40 onboard instruments with over 1,600 built-in presets
• Powered by Arturia’s V Collection and Pigments sound engines
• OLED screen and navigation wheel for clear browsing and control
• 4 macro controls for real-time sound shaping
• 10 preset buttons for instant access to sounds and setlists
• 2 fixed FX (Delay & Reverb) plus 2 assignable FX slots with 12 insert FX options
• Chord, scale and arpeggiator modes to stay in key and enhance creativity
• Multi-instrument mode with programmable split points for layering sounds
• Up to 32 bars of MIDI looping with reassignable instrument playback
• Built-in vocoder engine powered by Arturia’s Vocoder V
• Optimised for laptop-free performance and DAW integration