Nektar Aura DAW Controllers

Description Designed for beat composers and performing artists, the Nektar AURA is a hybrid hardware/software drum machine / controller that brings an innovative workflow to any DAW or external MIDI setup with 16 hyper-sensitive RGB illuminated pads, an onboard sequencer, a flexible pad repeat engine, and advanced plug-in control.At the heart of AURA, is the paired Nektarine 2.0 software, which provides deep integration for any VST, VST3, and AU plugins. There are 16 slots for loading any instrument plug-in with comprehensive control over plug-in parameters. Each instrument slot provides choke, volume, pan, mute/solo, and sends 1-4 control, as well as four effects inserts per slot.The dedicated DAW button provides extended transport control, track selection, project navigation, and more, for most major software titles including Ableton Live, Bitwig, Cubase, Digital Performer, GarageBand, Logic Pro X, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason, Studio One, and Sonar/Cakewalk. What’s more, the seven transport buttons are fully assignable including MIDI commands for controlling any software not compatible with Nektar DAW integration.Hardware16 RGB color illuminated velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads8 heavy duty potentiometers (360 degrees, endless)TFT color display with 320×240 pixels including 4 soft buttons16 RGB LED buttons8 Nektarine buttons for direct access to patches, mixer, pad setup, plugins and moreStep SequencerStores 16 collections of 16 patterns eachEach pattern with up to 4 parts for a total of up to 64 stepsDedicated programming interface with 16 RGB buttons and parts selection buttonsPad Repeat Engine8 adjustable real-time parameters including note length, accent level and interval, and repeat rateDedicated repeat rate settings and activation buttonsDisplay soft button for instant assignment of pressure to velocityTap tempo featureInternal and external clock operationNektarine SoftwareAAX, AU, VST, or VST3 plugin version and standalone application for OSX and WindowsLoad any VST, VST3 and AU instrument plugins16 instrument plugin slotsEach instrument slot with choke, volume, pan, mute/solo, sends 1-4 controls4 effect insert plugin slots per instrument (AU / VST / VST3 FX)