Arturia Keystep

Keystep pro or 8track sl mark 3 by novation, so they're useful, mainly for small dulles, setups, less so for controlling multiple devices at once in t...

You know all of those things the controllers i mean, there's a lot to offer for that, and i think that's actually a pretty fair price and i would imag...

I think, there's some real strengths to this product.

I don't agree with criticisms of them cloning very old gear and making the industry more competitive, and it is somewhat unfair to single them out for sourcing cheap parts and labor when every other company does too. But I definitely didn't approve of the Arturia Keystep ripoff, the Peter Kirn/"Cork sniffer" debacle and all of the threatening people with litigation. I didn't think it was enough to start boycotting their products, as it seemed to at least stay in the realm of petty fights with other companies, Facebook users and journalists/critics.

I have a rack with some modular gear (Pittsburgh Lifeforms SV-1, Behringer Neutron + some diy modules) a couple of Roland Boutiques (JP-08 & JU-06a), Korg Monologue and an Arturia Keystep. I love playing around with this kit but so often I'm wishing I just had one nice synth like a Roland System 8 or a Jupiter X. Firstly I find myself really hating the Keystep, I play a lot of piano on an 88 key with hammer action and the mini keys and number of octaves kill me. Then it's the complicated nature of this setup.

behringer is so stupid. they have the resources to invest the RnD into new and interesting synth designs, and instead they make these lame and tasteless synth ripoffs. It's even worse when they ripoff synths and gear that is still in production (ilke the arturia keystep or the moog mother-32).

-no hands-on control (you have to program your effect loop yourself, assign knobs and faders to each patch separately, and then memorize or write it down). -not as portable (a full setup with pc and monitors can be hard to move). -most software licences can't be sold. As a piano and organ player, I tried both, and I now just have my Arturia Keystep for synth loops, for the rest I prefer a keyboard with amp.