PreSonus ATOM SQ Hybrid MIDI Keyboard/Pad Performance and Production Controller

The PreSonus ATOM SQ Is A Hybrid MIDI Controller That Delivers Both Rhythm and Melody

Modern musicians, performers, and producers need to move quickly from programming drums and samples to playing synth lines and back again. ATOM SQ was designed as a versatile and expressive MIDI pad controller for contemporary music production. Its unique design is optimized for both classic TR-style 16-step beat sequencing and drum pattern editing in Studio One+ or playing instruments and launching clips in Ableton Live - yet its staggered and RGB-lit 32-pad configuration is instantly familiar to anyone who’s played a controller keyboard. Advanced features let you change the keyboard scale, and a built-in arpeggiator and user-configurable touch strip make the ATOM SQ the most expressive controller you’ll ever use. In fact, it’s the best PreSonus Studio One+ MIDI controller available.

Deep integration with Studio One+’s Pattern Editor allows for evolving step sequences that will bring your productions to life. Insert a pattern, change its length, add new variations, and change scales—right from the ATOM SQ. Need to make changes on the fly? ATOM SQ lets you open the Studio One Pattern Editor, select and edit steps individually, and even copy, paste, duplicate, and delete events, all using tactile controls. You’ll build compositions faster than ever before using the built-in step sequencer in Studio One and ATOM SQ. It’s fast and easy for anyone who knows how to program a drum machine. And you’ll find experimenting to yield particularly rewarding results, because ATOM SQ can constrain your performance to the scale of your choice. No more wrong notes!

A Complete Production Toolkit

Included with ATOM SQ, Studio One+ Artist music production software enables you to compose, record, and produce without getting distracted by the tools or hemmed in with track limitations. Easy to learn and intuitive to use, Studio One+’s unique drag and drop workflow and powerful tools will let you produce faster than ever before. Also included are two carefully-curated loop libraries with custom Impact XT kits. New to version 5: Studio One+ Artist now lets you use your favorite third-party VST and AU plug-in effects and virtual instruments. You also now have complete support for Studio One+ Remote to use as a second screen or as remote Studio One+ control on your iPad® or Android™ tablet. And with ATOM SQ, you have the most flexible PreSonus Studio One+ MIDI controller available.

Ableton Live Integration and More

ATOM SQ is also a unique Ableton Live controller, designed for production and live performance. You can launch clips and scenes during a performance, select devices and edit parameters, navigate tracks and scenes, control each track’s volume, panning, and send levels - plus do all your drum programming in Ableton from the ATOM SQ! Ableton Live Lite is included, so you can get to creating right away. It comes with all of Live’s essential workflows, instruments and effects - everything you need to record songs, create hands-on with your controller, take music made in your apps further and so much more.

However, Whenever

ATOM SQ is highly configurable. MCU and HUI modes plus a powerful MIDI mode let you control your favorite DAW or virtual instrument with ease. You can freely remap instrument parameters to different hardware controls, so your rotary encoders can control everything from filter cutoff to drum tuning, for the ultimate drum programming experience. You can colorize the RGB LEDs as you please to color-code your loops and samples. ATOM SQ’s LCD screen is used to display context-sensitive information, and uses a dynamic button system that changes functions depending on the task at hand. Need to add more swing to your arpeggiator or change the CC assignment of a controller? The LCD screen details functions you need, right when you need them for the job at hand.

SPECIFICATIONS

Technical

• Input
• Connection Type: USB-C™ compatible USB 2.0 connection (bus-powered)
• Pads, Buttons, and Knobs
• 32 velocity- and pressure-sensitive, RGB LED pads
• 16 assignable buttons
• 8 endless rotary knobs
• 1 Assignable multifunction touch strip
• Dimensions
• Height: 0.98" (25 mm)
• Depth: 6.8" (172 mm)
• Width: 14.25" (362 mm)
• Weight: 2 lb. (0.91 kg)

Computer System Requirements

• MacOS
• macOS® 10.13 or higher (64-bit only)
• Intel® Core™ i3 or better
• Minimum 4GB RAM / Recommended 8GB or more
• Windows
• Windows® 10 (64-bit only)
• Intel® Core™ i3/AMD A10 processor or better
• Minimum 4GB RAM / Recommended 8GB or more
• Mac and Windows Systems
• USB 2.0 port
• Internet connection (needed for software installation and activation)
• Monitor with 1366 x 768 resolution (high-dpi monitor recommended)
• 20 GB hard-drive space (for Studio One+ and ATOM SQ-exclusive content)
• Universal Control 3.3 or later (for firmware updates)
• Studio One+ 5+ required for native integration

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