Analog Lab Play
Key sounds for creatives

Welcome to sound exploration!

Analog Lab Play is a free software instrument with a library of 100 essential, hard-hitting, mix-ready synths, keys, basses, pads, and more that’ll make you fall in love with music all over again - for free.

Analog Lab Play is a musical software that runs on computers only.

Browse this page with your favorite computer and download it!

Hear
the sound library

Making trap beats? Building the next hyperpop banger? Looking for that authentic retro vibe? Get the right sonic flavors for your style: check out the sounds of Analog Lab in action.

American Home Grand

Clean version of the American Home base model."

Jazz B-3 Organ

Classic and versatile B-3 through a Leslie, with a touch of reverb."

Classic Jun Keys

A bright but mellow sounding synth key/pad.

Sustained Strings

Classic string ensemble with loud sustains morphing into loud tremolos.

Deep Pluck

An ever-changing bass. Morph mix between truly realistic and synthetic.

Space Mallets

Mallets hitting wood bars. Arpeggiator & delay provide instant minimal music.

Brazen Lead

Hot overdriven lead.

Plucked Square Lead

A plucky and retro lead sound.

Book Of Memories

Smooth atmospheric keys with a long release. Mod wheel adds glide.

Arp Simplicity

Simple arpeggio with interesting dry/wet delay modulation to add subtle variation.

Berlin Sequence

Gentle percolating sequence with stacked saw waves and warm low pass filter sweep on the mod wheel.

Met Before Our Time

Epic and classy EP with an evolving spatial tail end. A seamless combo of the Jup-8 and Stage-73.

Try the 100 sounds

Explore Pianos, Organs, Analog and Digital Synths taken from the award-winning V Collection, Pigments, and beyond.

Instruments

  • Emulator II V

  • DX7 V

  • Augmented VOICES

  • Jun-6 V

  • Jup-8 V

  • CS-80 V

  • Augmented STRINGS

  • Pigments

  • Piano V

  • KORG MS-20 V

  • Prophet-5 V

  • Synclavier V

  • Synthi V

  • Prophet-VS V

  • ARP2600 V

  • Wurli V

  • Modular V

  • OP-Xa V

  • Stage-73 V

  • CZ V

  • Mellotron V

  • Vox Continental V

  • B-3 V

  • Clavinet V

  • CMI V

  • Mini V

Types

  • Bass

  • Keys

  • Lead

  • Pad

  • Piano

  • Electric Piano

  • Organ

  • Strings

  • Brass

  • Drums

  • Sequence

  • Vocal

  • Sound Effects

Whatever your style,
find the right sounds in seconds

Making trap beats? Building the next hyperpop banger? Looking for that authentic retro vibe? Get the right sonic flavors for your style: check out the sounds of Analog Lab Play in action.

Chill Icon

Victor Morello

A chilled out yet upbeat modern vibe! Melodic elements and percussion come from Analog Lab Play.

Eté Indien

Maxime Desormieres

Instrumental hip-hop track with lo-fi inspirations at a tempo of 140BPM. All melodies and basses come from the 100 Analog Lab Play presets. Hats and percussion come from the 808 kit except the main kick and snare.

Haruto's Remembrance

Heather Fenoughty

Nostalgic drama on flutes and vocals with expansive ambiences and a driving arpeggio bassline. Features Haruto’s Mystic Split and Vocce Choir over Teenage Fugue, Synthwave Split, Electric Wurli, Astral Sweep Pad, Mellow Memories, Atacama Ambience, Ambient Spectrum, Modular Rain, Met Before Our Time, American Home Grand and 80s Funk Bass.

Main view

Find inspiration with our selection of sounds from the best collection of virtual instruments, packed into a streamlined and easy-to-use interface.

Explore smart browsing

Search by instruments, sound banks, instrument types - truly zone in a sound to suit your needs.

Expand your collection

Analog Lab also gives you access to the Sound Store, updated every month with exclusive sound expansions, letting you take your sound in whatever direction you feel like.

Play your sounds with any controller

Whether you own a MiniLab, a KeyLab, a KeyStep or a third-party controller, we've got you covered with MIDI Integration, implemented in all Analog Lab versions to get playing right away with your controller of choice.

Discover our controllers

Compare & choose

Get Analog Lab Play for free or continue your exploration with the additional sounds and features of Analog Lab Pro and V Collection.

Analog Lab Play

  • 100 presets
  • 4+GB library
  • Play View
  • Basic preset browsing
  • Sound store access

Analog Lab Pro

  • 2000+ presets
  • 4+GB library
  • Play View
  • Full preset browsing
  • Sound store access
  • Studio view and multi sounds edition
  • Playlists and Stage mode

V Collection

  • 9000+ presets
  • 20+GB library
  • Play View
  • Full preset browsing
  • Sound store access
  • Studio view and multi sounds edition
  • Playlists and Stage mode
  • Full Instrument control

Analog Lab Play is a musical software that runs on computers only.
Browse this page with your favorite computer and download it!

Videos

  • Analog Lab Play Overview

  • How to make a track

  • Playthrough

Main Features

  • 100 Presets created by expert sound designers from VCollection instruments and Pigments
  • One simple interface with 4 macros: brightness, timbre, time, movement and 4 effects: 2 mod effects, delay, reverb
  • Updated browser to find sounds quickly: filter by type and instrument
  • Sound Store: 200+ Artist & Genre based sound banks
  • New paid and Free content added regularly
  • Automatic mapping of parameters for Arturia keyboards
  • Parameters can be mapped easily to other MIDI controllers

Platforms specifications

Windows

  • Win 10+ (64bit)
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
  • 4GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
  • ARM processors not supported on Windows

Required configuration

  • Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit.

Apple

  • Mac OS 11+
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or M1 CPU
  • 4GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

Work with ASC

  • An elegant and simple solution to help you install, activate, and update your Arturia software instruments.

All manufacturer and product names mentioned on this page are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Arturia. The trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose features and sound were studied during the development. All names of equipment, inventors, and manufacturers have been included for illustrative and educational purposes only, and do not suggest any affiliation or endorsement by any equipment inventor or manufacturer.

* NKS compatibility unavailable for Analog Lab