PreSonus ATOM Production and Performance Pad Controller

Overview of PreSonus ATOM Production and Performance Pad Controller

Capture the beat whenever and wherever creativity strikes with PreSonus®’ ATOM. An intuitive, musical, MIDI pad controller, ATOM’s dynamic, ultra-sensitive pads will give you all the expression you need, whether you’re 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 performance—where it matters most.

Fully bus-powered by USB, and compact enough to ride in your backpack with your laptop, ATOM is tightly integrated with Studio One and Impact XT. Impact XT is a powerful pad-style sampler with 16 pads, each with its own pitch, amplifier, and filter controls, all editable via ATOM so you can make adjustments on the fly. More than just a pad controller, ATOM also allows you to quickly add virtual instruments, change presets, create loop points, control the Studio One transport and more, allowing you to build dynamic performances and blazing fast productions.

Included with ATOM, Studio One Artist music production software enables you to compose, record, and produce without getting distracted by the tools or hemmed in with track limitations. Easy to learn and intuitive to use, Studio One’s unique drag and drop workflow and powerful tools will let you produce faster than ever before. Also included is a carefully curated loop and one-shot library custom-designed for ATOM by the hitmakers at MVP Loops. And if you need more, Studio One lets you shop, audition, and purchase new content right from your production environment.

Features:

• 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
• Automatically detected by Studio One Artist, no 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)
• 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...
• MIDI "keyboard" mode
• Note Repeat mode
• Full Velocity mode (only send velocity 127)
• USB 2.0
• Studio One® Artist production software for Mac® 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