Arturia KeyStep

USB/5pin DIN midi AND cv/gate for the Modular synths. This thing can handle whatever you throw at it in terms of MIDI. It can control DAWs via usb midi, traditional outboard gear via regular 5 pin din midi ports, and it even has CV gate functionality to control your artisan hand crafted modular eurorack synthesizer modules that you picked up at the brooklyn flea from Hans, from Berlin, with the sweet mustache. The arpeggiator is simple, has a multitude of tweakability, and the sequencer is/does too. the ribbon controller mod and pitch wheels are…

An extremely play-able midi controller with superior build quality Here is the deal. For the price, you likely wont get a better “feeling” keyboard than the Arturia Keystep 32. I have several under-$200 midi controllers and keyboards, and the build quality on this guy sets the bar at this price range. Like its brother, the very popular “Beatstep”, It has a nice weight to it and feels like a product that was made with the utmost care. My computer recognized it easily and I was able to get a midi signal instantly in every DAW I tested it in…

The keyboard itself is great. It’s small The keyboard itself is great. It’s small, high quality, easy to play on and the keys aren’t slippery and also don’t stick to my fingers. Nice and dry keybed like artificial ivory. The aftertouch is a great touch and it’s polyphonic AT. I did have a big problem with it disconnecting on me due to a loose USB jack but after some trial and error I found it’s the cable it came with and not the jack on the back of it. An amazon USB cable fits firmly. The factory cable wiggles and disconnects if you…