Rhythm and
Melody
ATOM SQ:
Hybrid MIDI Keyboard / Pad Performance and Production Controller
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!
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.
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.
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.
ATOM SQ is
more than an expressive pad controller—it also lets you navigate many aspects
of Studio One without a mouse and keyboard. You’ve got transport controls for
stop, play, record, and a dedicated Click Track toggle. You can even zoom in
and out of your timeline and navigate among your tracks, all without skipping a
beat.
With its unique
staggered-pad layout, contextual screen design, and customization tools, ATOM
SQ lets you stay in the moment of creation. Its small-footprint, USB
bus-powered design means you can slip it right into your bag and produce
anywhere you and your laptop might happen to go, and the complete suite of
integrated software lets you start creating right out of the box. Whether
you’re in the studio, on stage, or on the road, ATOM SQ gives you the freedom
to create, wherever sound takes you.
The
PreSonus ATOM SQ is compatible with iOS and iPadOS devices including iPad Pro,
iPad, iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPod Touch, and iPhones. Because it’s USB
class-compliant, there are no special drivers or applications for you to
download and install. You’ll be able to produce on the go—everything from
podcasts to folk rock to trap, wherever sound takes you.
