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Arturia’s AstroLab gets its biggest firmware update yet, adding deeper sound editing and 67 new presets

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Arturia has released a major firmware update for the Astrolab series, bringing deeper sound editing, fresh presets and several performance enhancements to this popular stage keyboard.

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