Midi Machine Control Pro Tools

The Korg Volca Beats is a joy to use. The analog tones - kick, snare, toms, and hats - really are the heart of this little machine. They sound so fantastic and their control is minimal but covers a wide range of tonal shaping possibilities. The hats are the standout. The grain knob really has a unique element of sonic control. I bought the Volca Beats, again after having one many years ago, specifically for the sound of the hats. Programming with MIDI notes is the way to go here. You could definitely do a cool one-bar performance on this beast especially getting crazy with the Stutter function but, for my purposes, writing techno-electronic tracks, MIDI note triggering from a DAW is ideal. For fine control, I recommend sequencing your MIDI notes and then recording samples of each instrument for use with sampler instances in your DAW. This way you can adjust the phase of each sample to really gel everything as opposed to having a random analog phase to each tone. Also recording samples allows you to process each sound individually and that is really what a polished & professional sound is all about. The PCM sounds can be cool and sound wonderfully degraded at low pitch settings but honestly you can ignore them and stick to the analog section without losing ANY value to the machine. Korg has delivered almost certainly the best budget friendly analog (and PCM) drum machine with the Volca Beats.

I love this mix control so much that I bought 3 and soon one more to make it 32 tracks control for my pro tools and Logic Pro x. This controller works smooth and get the job done. You don't need no big board that is beyound your budget. This right here gets it done and doesn't take up space. I really highly recommend this for any home studio or even small professional studio.

I use this with my pro tools 11 and works great with my iMac. Smooth control and on point. I liked it so much I bought 4 of them

Title says it all. Pro Tools suites are connected via Dante. Volume control on Dante monitor interface is tiny and inconvenient. We run the audio through this to control input to powered monitors.

I’ve been a musician for 33 years and this little guitar-to-midi box is one of the coolest tools I have ever used. Being able to play any sound imaginable on a guitar is a massive capability and this little box powered by a single as battery is the golden ticket. 6 stars!

Good labeling machine to identify boxes of tools and hardware.

One of the best midi controllers I have ever used. I am able to control my euro rack to my computer and everything in between. Awesome

This keyboard creates both MIDI and CV and it's also a sequencer and a drum-machine and everything you would like to have. It makes most of my Eurorack modules so much more useful, because there are things I wouldn't do because of too much wiring, but KeyStep Pro creates all the signals, they're synchronized and it's so much easier.

What else can I say, it's needed to run pro tools!

wroks great to control moogs by CV, no midi needed. great with sub phatthy