Set looping points, navigate the timeline, zoom in/out on the timeline or events, and edit/quantize MIDI events But what this workaround is doing is preventing the ultra-light movements from your finger lingering/resting on the pad after a hit from being registered as a new Note ON gate. And some of us might tend to do a micro-bounce or micro-wiggle when we lift our finger OFF a pad, which can also trigger double-hits from ultra-low new velocity values. Pads – For anyone that has used a keyboard MIDI controller before, these pads are going to have a familiar feel to them. They are set up in such a way as to mimic a standard keyboard, making them very easy to jump in and start using right off the bat. That is not to say, however, that these pads are just carbon copies of a standard keyboard. They are actually much more versatile than that, as they can be used for a variety of different instruments. These pads will also change color according to the mode you are in, as well as the different melodic scales that you are using. This all works pretty seamlessly with the included Studio One bundle or Ableton Live. These pads are also pressured sensitive, which allows you to change the pitch so that you achieve exactly what you are looking for in your music. Ableton Live integration makes producing, playing virtual instruments, and triggering samples and loops expressive, flexible, and fun When PreSonus talk about deep integration, they certainly mean it. This goes about as far into Studio One as we’ve seen

There are four different modes that you can utilize with this MIDI controller. These include the following: While I certainly understand (and frankly, agree with) your frustration about the ATOM line, I'll point out that the Faderport 8 (and probably also the 16) is IMO a really solid piece of hardware and a very useful control surface. On the contrary Atom SQ’s appearance seems much complicated than Atom and we can see it is much longer than Atom. It has many buttons and keys. It has a very interesting touch strip which increases its abilities. On the upper right side, it has a simple and small screen that can be used to get information on its performance mode and other parametric functions etc. anyone who finger drums: will have some (natural) bounce to their finger (and this could be part of it)The main knob from the right that controls the menu, touches or is rubbing something inside or the plastic when turning it around. Can anyone confirm this ? The ATOM SQ is built so that you can use it right out of the box. It is designed to be used with either PreSonus Studio One software or Ableton Live. Both of these are wonderful systems, with Studio One being a bit easier to navigate using the ATOM SQ since they were made by the same company. Studio One I know Presonus can do better by fixing these issues (firmware), but anyone want to bet we won't see any improvements or attempts to fix until next spring at best ?? Maybe never. (that's my guess). how many (audible) piano velocities are you (or anyone) able to pull off ?? sometimes I think I should just set the SQ to "full velocity" and not even try to get any (velocity) 'expression' from the pads (on drums or keys). Context-sensitive screen displays valuable parameter information including CC assignments, swing, and much more

I still think this is correctable for 99.9% of use cases with a firmware update that ignores note-ons within a certain time threshold. Assuming the Atom SQ keeps a buffer of timestamped events for inputs, something like: One would have thought that 'musician owners' want to do good in this world. Corporate bureaucracy and incompetence seems to have won out here. The strange thing about the Launchpad which I'm somewhat concerned about is the quality control. It seems that nobody complains about the Launchpad Pro Mk3. It seems to be consistent. Like you can get several and they are all the same but the Launchpad X is not the case. Apparently you can play several side by side and the pads are not consistently the same. According to this guy whose videos have been super helpful by the way:So basically this controller (ATOM SQ) has some fixed values that can be registered and not anything else in-between of those. The easiest way to demonstrate/reproduced this design flaw is to aim for the CENTER of each pad. Which is entirely natural to me, and obviously also to the other people also griping about the double-triggering. I mean, the center of every pad is brighter in luminousity, and your brain just naturally aims for this brighter area.

after a 6 week wait to get my SQ and then having to hit the pads hard (even with soft velocity) and get so many skips is disappointing. So now, 8 months and several firmware releases later, I think this is as good as it gets. I think the best we can hope for is someday a better "MK II" version of the ATOM SQ might come out. One that has higher-quality design and components for the pads and sensors, and which would also therefore be more expensive. These products are unusable in my opinion. They get like 10/10 on design and logic (as a controller), but hitting the pads with any sense of nuance is absolutely atrocious. It's like asking someone to play the guitar, keyboards or drums with a hammer -- and even then: a high number of Double Triggers that completely kills any creative experience (with frustration). Yes, I have the latest firmware / drivers. Connecting the Atom SQ to your DAW is simple, with little setup required. The unit’s PreSonus symbol will turn from green to blue to show that it has synced with Studio One. Just open a project and you’ll be able to get to work immediately. What do you think ? Will there be a fix hardware or software from Presonus or are they abandoning the product and ignore its problems ? And maybe Atom SQ MKII will be better ?

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Atom SQ comes bundled with Ableton Live Lite and is also optimised to control that DAW. You have to set it as a MIDI controller, but once up and running integration is pretty good. Inst mode has you, as with Studio One, accessing playable options including the Arp and drum pads. The answer to this question is pretty much given to you in the description by PreSonus: “ATOM SQ: Hybrid MIDI Keyboard / Pad Performance and Production Controller.” So finally in Presonus Atom vs Atom SQ what is better? As MIDI controller pads, we can say that Atom SQ is the clear winner when it comes to all-around production or when you just want one compact piece of gear that gets the most job done on your desk. On the other hand, Atom is very useful if you want to do full-fledged finger drumming and you need those pads as well as the aesthetics of a device for finger drumming. Though both the devices are products that come from the same brand – PreSonus but atom SQ seems to have more features as well as more keys which means it’s a little complicated to use but can handle more functions as well. One final thing: I do wish to see a future Atom series controller with built-in MIDI output or with USB-to-MIDI capability allowing users to use those built-in chordal/arpeggiator features with external computer-less rigs. Doing so would create the next blazingly inspired device that can introduce the PreSonus workflow inside and outside the software. PreSonus Studio One 5-centric options allow you to auto-fill steps (let’s say every 4th note), adjust pattern step size from 1-128, set pattern time division and the like. What takes this bit further is the ability to easily create variation upon variation of patterns using Editor Mode’s Variation section. It’s a simple way to easily bang out a whole bunch of drum patterns.