Description

Presonus ATOM – MIDI pad controller

Capture the beat whenever and wherever creativity strikes with PreSonus ATOM. An intuitive, musical, MIDI pad controller, ATOMs dynamic, ultra-sensitive pads will give you all the expression you need, whether youre making a beat, creating a driving synth line, or triggering sound effects and loops on the fly. Tight integration with both Studio One and Ableton Live mean that you stay inspired without missing a beat. Your focus will be off the screen and on your performancewhere it matters most.

Features:

General

• Trigger loops and effects and play virtual instruments with 16 full-size, velocity- and pressure-sensitive RGB pads
• 8 assignable pad banks
• MIDI Keyboard mode, Note Repeat mode, and Full Velocity mode to customize instrument control (application-dependent)
• 4 programmable rotary encoders and 20 assignable buttons; navigate and set more parameters faster
• Pressure switchable between MIDI aftertouch, channel pressure, and CC messages
• Selectable pad velocity curves and pad pressure thresholds

Studio One Integration Features

• Automatically detected by Studio One Artistno setup required
• Navigate and choose an instrument from the Browser
• Studio One dynamically switches ATOM between Keyboard and Drum modes depending on the selected instrument
• Create a new track
• Change presets on a virtual instrument
• Change song tempo
• Set looping points
• Navigate the timeline
• Zoom in and out on the timeline or events
• Edit and quantize MIDI events
• Transport control (stop, play, record)

Ableton Live Integration Features

• Navigate up, down, left, or right in Live’s Session view in banks of 4 with ATOM’s navigation buttons
• Launch clips and scenes using ATOM’s Session mode
• RGB LEDs display which clips are playing or stopped and reflect each clip’s assigned color
• Play virtual instruments and Live’s Drum Rack device using ATOM’s Note mode
• Navigate Live’s mixer using ATOM’s Channel mode
• Select, solo, and record-enable channels, as well as stop all clips on a selected channel
• Knobs are used to change track volume, track panning, Sends A, and Sends B for the selected bank
• Switch between Session and Arranger views from ATOM
• Record in either Session Record or Arranger Record modes
• Dedicated User mode for custom user assignments
• Metronome On/Off, Save and Undo, Loop On/Off, and more…

Modes

• MIDI Keyboard mode
• Note Repeat mode
• Full Velocity mode (only send velocity 127)

Connections

• USB 2.0

Included Software

• Studio One Artist production software for macOS and Windows
• Ableton Live Lite (for registered users after October 20, 2019)
• MVP Loops content custom-designed for ATOM
• Compatible with most music production and performance software for Mac and Windows