Arturia's breakthrough BeatStep offers a new level of functionality and performance features in a powerful, portable pad- and encoder-laden USB Class-compliant controller at a hitherto unheard of ...

Arturia's original BeatStep is a standalone MIDI step sequencer that can be used to trigger both hardware and software. We liked it in our review but felt its single monophonic sequencer held back its ...

Inexpensive, portable hardware for electronic music usually comes short on the features. A beginner 25-key MIDI keyboard, for example, isn’t going to get you very far towards making big music, even if ...

For hardware synth and drum machine enthusiasts, there are two controllers that stand above most of the competition: Arturia’s KeyStep and BeatStep Pro. Their combination of USB, MIDI and control ...