Best Bastl Instruments Midilooper Alternatives

Based on 5 reviews

My band recently used the B.Beat for backing tracks, MIDI, and video projection for a show, and it worked well! Figured I'd share my experience with it. When I first got it, uploading the files to the B.Beat was very slow until I updated the firmware. Afterward, everything went smoothly and quickly. I found the app well designed, and I loved being able to easily select outputs, rearrange songs, and keep everything organized. I also appreciate being able to run a second one as a spare on stage. I did run into a problem with MIDI for lighting, so I reached out to the company for support. My show was in 2 days after I contacted them, and they solved the issue quickly. Stefano was incredibly helpful and kept me updated during the entire process. It was the best experience with technical...

Based on 21 reviews

The unit is STRONG, and that is probably the main thing that could be a concern when buying something so much cheaper than the competition. It's very quick to put together and adjust, and really I can't see any negatives. The centre piece does not need to be in place, and the end pieces can actually be set horizontal to hold your equipment a little higher up on the stand. Currently I use this to keep a modular system in a 104HP Make Noise skiff up to a comfortable level and angle for play with my guitar pedals, and I find it perfectly functional for the job (having it set a little higher by the way I mentioned before also leaves a small shelf underneath the synth unit, which is great for small patch cables, contact plugs, external mults, and other little bits that I want to occasionally...

Based on 3 reviews

Have used it for a month, as md and keyboard player in a show. There are not many other options out there - for me - I prefer hardware over a laptop on stage. It is great for bringing to rehearsals and it worked very well in performance situation. Easy mixer and management of personal monitoring. Nice to be able to easily set up redundancy with a second unit. The video and picture part of the unit is fairly basic, but works ok. The minus stars is related to this. Some stuff to iron out in firmware and software, but all in all a thumbs up and recommended buy from me.

Based on 13 reviews

I am into ambient atmos soundscapes only. I now have three 3 DDT sequencers - yes I could have bought a very high end synth instead, but no thanks - why, to replace my hands & extra, in order to free up my hands for handling the knobs and switches. I love the DDT because it is human in that it requires accepting the erroneous behavior inherent in pure analog sequencing. The DDT allows external modular clock without a hitch even to a tempo below 1BPM of my tracks. The DDT can send out MIDI and CV/GATE simultaneously and there's switches for 1v/2v/5v and -1oct/0oct/+oct and linear vs random as well as monophonic and duophonic sequence. No menu, nothing, what a blessing just switches like the good old analog days. I keep my three 3 is a crowd as a happy family. Yes I had beatsteps and...

Based on 30 reviews

This was my first sequencer and boy was it fun to tell the MS-20 what to do. It didn't take long to understand the features at all after reading the manual. Pros: Very quick to get a tangible sequence going and can simply be linked in a chain and clocked to other hardware. Power by 9V battery or USB-B. Cons: Quite small No memory so you best record the audio. Fixed velocity. The pitch knobs have no reference point which makes it very difficult to set exact pitch for the notes but you can define the scale to keep the notes within the realm of sense. If dissonance is what you want then this might not be a con for you. When connected to Ableton, I couldn't get it to set to any midi channel but channel 1. Not impossible to work around but still annoying. Other than that I've heard Korg...

Based on 34 reviews

If someone had told me three years ago that hardware step sequencers were about to become one of the hottest gear trends, I probably would have recommended a good therapist or at least asked what they were drinking. Granted, my crystal ball generally works well when it comes to technology, but the explosion of modern modular rigs is unprecedented by any standard. Arturia has been ahead of this curve for a while now, and the success of last year?s original BeatStep (reviewed July ?14) has given them some serious insight into what keyboardists and synthesists really want in a performance sequencer. I use the word ?performance? for a specific reason here, because the step sequencer trend doesn?t target composers and producers per se. Instead, it?s targeted at the growing ranks of gigging...

Based on 6 reviews

It is not a cheap toy, but the features go ok for that price. Solid case, the knobs could be more user friendly, also the lighting of the knobs, where you cannot tell from time to time if they are lit or not. The knobs are quite on the 'hard push' side, rubber made. All in all the device is a great add, although the arpeggiator is not what you'd expect. Maybe in future firmware updates an improvement may be released. Otherwise the handling is intuitive, but I would recommend to look for video tutorials on the web because the manual is quite modest regarding information on how to get the sequencer working in depht.. A modern hardware sequencer though. Recommended.