The thing is small, it fits in a backpack next to your laptop and is USB-powered. It’s made up of 16 velocity-sensitive pads, a touch strip for filter sweeps and pitch bends, and four encoders. The pads have exclusive effects baked in: Lo-Fi Crusher, Wah Filter, Inverse Reverb, Pitch Looper. If you’ve ever used a Maschine or an MPC, the layout will feel familiar. SLAB talks directly to Serato Studio and Serato Sample without mapping anything.
For DJs who’ve been curious about production, they’ll find that the touch strip that sweeps a filter during a mix can do the same thing while building a beat. “SLAB brings that classic hardware feel to Studio, real pads, real knobs, without touching my trackpad,” says DJ Epik. “It just feels like home.”
LA producer Dibia$e puts it more simply: “With SLAB and Studio, you’re cookin’ up straight out the gate. Just plug in, and get chopping.”
