There’s no doubt that the addition of a power input would be useful, but as we have seen elsewhere with other USB-powered products from Arturia, it seems to manage to ensure its devices to use power efficiently, and I imagine the same would be the case here (I still don’t know how the company managed to get the BeatStep Pro to output as much as it does, but hey, it works). It’s a perfect solution for a cheap and effective synth though, especially if partnered with one of Arturia’s excellent iOS-based synths, such as the iMini (Mini Moog app) or the iSEM (Oberheim app). Cleverly, it also draws power from smaller devices, if connected to an iPhone or iPad, and works pretty brilliantly, although I would imagine that the power drain on the source device might necessitate the need for some sort of power solution, so that the iOS device could also receive power, to prevent it running down during use. Similar to previous designs, we also have two capacitance-based pitch and mod wheels (but without the wheels, if you see what I mean) – and, given the two-octave limitation, a handy pair of buttons for shifting up and down in octave jumps.Ĭonnections are relatively basic and simple, via a singular USB connection, with the MiniLab Mk II drawing power over USB. However, there is a 9-16 button, which will flick them over the next wave, being indicated by the illumination of the first pad. Beneath the encoders are eight programmable drum-style pads, labelled 1 to 8. This makes the pots feel different to the rest when rotated – predictably enough, because the shaft underneath is a different design. I found that notes would not trigger, because the see-saw point of the key meant that I was unable to apply enough pressure, when playing certain chords – but then, at this price point, you have to work with what you get which, on the whole, is a decent enough feel.Īlso included with the MiniLab MK II, and in line with the previous model, are 16 encoders which run in two rows across the top, with the two encoders to the far left also having a ‘button press’ action available. While generally playable, the usual issues with this type of keyboard remain, particularly as my pianistic fingers edged up the keys. The keys are described as slim, although Arturia also uses the word ‘mini’ on its website, so this might be pure semantics. How do I configure a custom "kit" in AnV ? but 2 individual sounds don't make a kit.lol I'm pretty sure the individual sounds can be mapped to specific keys, from within AnV. Most AnV's drum and percussion patches are individual sounds, chromatically-scaled.and you can only have 2 patches (max) either layered or with a keyboard split.(per instance of AnV)īut there are 10 drum "kits" automatically mapped.and they are not that great. However, I am confused how to get AnV's drum sounds onto the Keystep's dedicated 24 keys meant for it's drum sequencer. I was hoping Arturia's own content software would have enough drums/percussion to satisfy me for a while. I'm all modular these days, but for the time being I'm thinking "drums" will be my only computer "crutch". Along with my new Keystep Pro, came a free version of their content-driven "Analog Lab Lite".įor a few bucks more, I got the full version (Analog Lab V, which is simply additional content).
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