Arturia BEATSTEP Compact Pad Controller

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The chameleon controller and sequencer that provides nearly endless possibilities. With a compact format, it is the perfect companion on the road or in the studio.

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The chameleon controller and sequencer
Arturias BeatStep: a degree of functionality and performance never seen before in a portable pad controller.

BeatStep is highly versatile, capable of triggering clips in applications like Ableton Live, playing drums with BFD or EZDrummer, or tweaking synth parameters. Or doing all of those at once!

BeatStep is also a 16-step analog sequencer, and its like a force of nature when it comes to creating interesting musical phrases for analog synthesizers, MIDI drum machines, keyboards and DAWs

Step Sequencer
In SEQ mode the pads become toggles for each step in your sequence.

The 16 encoders will adjust pitch for the associated step. 16 memories allow for instant recall of your favorite patterns while the pad scale modes, sequence playback modes and time division functions allow for realtime performance changes.

On top of all that it has MIDI, USB and CV/GATE connectivity, giving you a sequencer that will work with all types of gear, including analog synths, software instruments, and MIDI hardware.

Percussion Controller
With 16 velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads, BeatStep is the perfect compact percussion instrument.

The ultra-sensitive pads allow for great dynamic performances. The 16 encoders can be assigned to adjust various parameters for further real-time control over your drum sounds

General purpose control surface
The BeatStep pads can be configured to send MIDI note on/off messages, MMC commands, Program and Bank changes, or serve as MIDI CC buttons.

With 16 encoders, 16 pads/buttons and 16 presets, there are as many ways to use BeatStep as there are live gigs and studio environments. You can trigger clips in Ableton Live or use the encoders to adjust the effects in your favorite DJ app. The transport buttons can be MMC controls or send MIDI CCs to start and stop your DAW. It can be the MIDI Clock master or slave to an external clock.

Using an iPad and a camera connection kit, you can turn BeatStep into one of the most flexible iPad app controllers ever.

All the controls you need
Careful thought went into the layout of the front panel and the selection of the rear panel connections. Heres a brief description of each section:

Features

• 16 backlit pads
• Red = Control mode
• Blue = SEQ mode
• Velocity – and pressure-sensitive
• 16 assignable encoders with 2 modes
• MIDI CC
• NRPN/RPN
• Transport controls
• Send MIDI clock with Start/Stop (internal sync)
• Send MMC Play and Stop messages
• Data Encoder
• Volume MIDI CC#7 Control Mode
• Rate in Sequence mode
• Sequence Transpose SHIFT + Data Encoder
• Kensington Lock port
• 16 user presets
• Multiple pad modes
• Note data
• MIDI CC data
• Program Change with Bank Select