Arturia Keystep 5-stars Reviews

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8 years ago

worth the money

i bought this mainly as a midi>cv converter, but started using it as a controller as well. has aftertouch and everything and plays decently despite the mini keys. in my case, this really beats paying twice the amount for a kenton box.

only thing i missed was not being able to alter the pitch bend range without the hooking it up to the editor, as this is something i tend to change a lot during recording. then again, can't have everything...

9 years ago

Neat little keyboard for fun and inspiration

First of all, I must admit that I was a bit skeptical about Arturia products before, as they usually have good hardware, but have serious software, firmware and driver issues.

Fortunately this is not the case on this particular product.

So, what do you get in this size?

Answer would be: lots of features, including ones from bigger master MIDI keyboards:

MIDI IN/OUT, MIDI clock sync, USB, Touch "wheels", Polyphonic Sequencing and Arpeggiato, transport controls, programmable memories and truckload of other features.

Also it is quite heavy for its size and built like a tank, so you would not have to worry if you constantly need to haul it around the world.

It is pretty power efficent, so you can plug it directly into your iPad, without worrying if it would get enough juice to function.

Keys themselves are compact, but not too small and still fully usable, also they have nice feeling and are even velocity sensitive with aftertouch, which is pretty unusual in this price point.

There has been some memory programming issues reported on early firmware versions, so just to be sure to get the latest firmware from Arturia website and update it, before taking into use.

In conclusion, it is one of the best mini keyboards I have personally encountered and you will get lots of value from this money.

9 years ago