Analog Lab
Analog Lab is a VST2 plugin synthesizer and keyboard sound bank from Arturia, designed to give music producers and performers instant access to thousands of professionally crafted presets drawn from Arturia's V Collection of virtual instruments. It features over 6500 sounds spanning classic synths and keyboards—ARP 2600, Mini V, CS-80, Prophet, and many others—with an intelligent preset browser, built-in effects, multi-mode layering, and tight integration with Arturia controller keyboards. The plugin runs as a VST2, VST3, AU, or AAX plugin inside a digital audio workstation, or as a standalone application, and is used by studio engineers, live performers, sound designers, and anyone seeking vintage keyboard character without owning the physical gear.
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1 suggestionAnalog Lab is a VST plugin component, not a standalone app, so it must be updated through Arturia Software Center, the official distribution and licensing platform for all Arturia plugins and synths. Do not attempt to reinstall or update Analog Lab through the App Store or a generic download page—those channels will not work for plugins. To get the latest version of Analog Lab with full native Apple Silicon support, launch Arturia Software Center on your Mac, log in with your Arturia account, find Analog Lab in the plugin list, and click Update. Arturia has confirmed that Analog Lab ships with native Apple Silicon builds in its current versions, so updating through Software Center will give you an arm64-native plugin that runs efficiently on M-series Macs without any Rosetta 2 translation. If you use Analog Lab in a DAW that still targets Intel architecture only (for example, an older copy of Logic Pro or Reaper), the plugin will run under Rosetta 2 until you update your DAW. The key is ensuring both your DAW and Analog Lab itself are on native builds to get the best performance and battery life.
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