Arturia Keystep Controller & Sequencer

Really useful for people that, like me, travel a lot, plug it into your laptop and play perfectly neat! its small keys does not impact the feels that is really really great. Aftertouch, Arpeggiator and Sequencer add some useful features; also MIDI, USB, CV and Sync connettivity are featured!

I searched high and low for a MIDI keyboard that was 1 - affordable, 2 - was USB powered, and 3 - had MIDI inputs and outputs. This successfully achieved all 3 of those items I wanted in a MIDI keyboard. Some people say it feels "toy-like" (I've heard this in a YouTube review) but I strongly disagree. I think it feels heavy and well built. This is a great bargain.

Arpeggietor, sequencing, hold chord feature, and 5 pin midi in and out! This is the kind of compact midi controller everybody needs to have, it just does it all.

Love the arpeggiator. Switching modes & settings is intuitive. Built well, it's taking a beating and nothing's failed. Each feature is legibly printed on the device, the manual doesn't need to be consulted. The primary limitations I encounter are the amount of keys (I regularly run out of runway when improvising or composing), the janky process required to record a sequence (it's unusable to me), the inability to incorporate rests/ties into arpeggios & lack of 1 or more MIDI CC controls. If it had one more octave, a small XY MIDI CC pad with CC# selector & rest/tie selection capability in arp mode, it'd be worth $80 more and I could use it for many years to come. Heck, I'd rather have those things than having the sequencer at all.

I have two of these. The keys are not mini keys so if you have big hands and fingers like I do you will not have a problem. Velocity, aftertouch, arp, and a sequencer. What more could you want at that price point?

Killer amount of functionality at a great price point.

I do like better key bed n but with all this does & at this price

Killer buy. I’ve been using it as my controller for a load of stuff beyond what I thought I might.

I got it for the CV pitch/gate functionality but it’s been a killer add & in ways I didn’t expect.

Strong recommend.

Hard to get more at this price point. Well done Arturia.

32 keys make it feel way bigger than it is (compared to other small keyboards that only have 25 keys). Sequencer is simple and easy to understand. CV output makes it easy to use with eurorack. Keys feel great even though they are mini. Very inexpensive. This is a studio essential.

the built in arp with dedicated time-div/rate are so useful...this thing has really sped up my workflow-- its so tiny that you always have room for it.

Swiss knife of any studio with many synths

Currently using this as a basic sequencer, but if you're looking for a powerful sequencer, the Beatstep pro would be better suited.