Arturia Beatstep Pro

OK for the money, but limited as a 4 x track sequencer. Works well with the Keystep pro, but there are many compromises in the concept and the execution.
It (and the Keystep Pro) were advertised as a " Connect all your sequencers together and control everything concept "
They (Arturia, )should have combined both and made one sensible larger sequencer product, which could become a real centrepiece sequencer..
In my opinion, they are merely little more than toys, and combined, not really a sensible work-place sequencer.
(not everyone wants to carry a sequencer in their backpack and Arturia miss-judged the market in my opinion)
. They work OK, but neither is exceptional, especially for the combined price, which almost equals a Hapax..

I am pretty happy with beatstep Pro and mainly use it to sequence Vermona DRM (Via MIDI) I do not own any gear with CV inputs so I cannot comment on that part. it is in my opinion a good pair of gear, as Vermona lacks sequencing and Beatstep Pro lacks sound engine.

MIDI wise Beatstep Pro is awesome, you can quickyl dial in long sequencer and even do polyrhythms, which I like much.

Overall it is great unit, solid build, nothing flimsy. It was much heavier and mre solid than it seemed to be on the pictures and videos. I think the unit is well built and takes quite a bit of the abuse and torture what average user could put out. It is easy to learn to program it, I did not need the manual for basic actions. It was quite intuitive for the start. Things get more elaborate once you start using it as DAW controller or start tweaking it through computer, but I never really used it that way as I like to keep things simple.

To be honest i really like the idea that arturia had with beatstep pro.
It has a lot of functionality, maybe too much for one controller.
It's good but what i really didn't like about it is the fact that you have always to go in submenus to control gate,pitch or velocity and the rotary are endless but u have to follow the number or notes in one little screen.
If u want use more knobs together you can, but u never knows where u are, and the same thing happen with velocity gate and pitch, while u are in some menus u can not move the others and neither know exactly where u are.
U have 2 sequencers for synths and one for drum.
Both works fine for studio session where u can lose yourself endless but not for live jam!
The master clock is also fine and it's easy to set up with everything...
Good stuff but i'd expected at least one little screen each knobs.