PreSonus ATOM SQ Hybrid MIDI Keyboard/Pad Performance

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. ATOM SQ comes with Studio One 5 and Ableton Live Lite.

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.

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.

Features

• A complete music production package featuring a hybrid MIDI keyboard/pad performance and production controller with Studio One® Artist and Ableton® Live Lite both included
• 32 velocity- and pressure-sensitive, RGB LED pads in a unique, staggered layout; intuitive for keyboard players and step sequencer fans
• Context-sensitive screen displays valuable parameter information including CC assignments, swing, and much more
• Eight endless rotary encoders can be easily configured to control nearly any software parameter
• Includes 2 loop packs with custom kits for Impact XT
• Expressive arpeggiator for dramatic, easily-performed melodies
• Includes custom-curated content libraries for ATOM SQ
• Constrain to Scale feature puts an end to wrong notes forever
• MCU and HUI modes for transport control in nearly every DAW
• Powerful MIDI mode lets you control your favorite DAW or virtual instrument with ease
• USB bus-powered for easy connectivity and maximum portability

Specifications

• 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:
Below are the minimum computer-system requirements for ATOM with Studio One 5 or later:

• 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