Feature
●Powerful beat making and performance instrument with 16 hyper-sensitive RGB illuminated pads and flexible pad repeat engine
●Record directly into your DAW, or use the on-board drum machine-style step sequencer with real-time record function
●Use nectarine with Aruba to build your dream drum kit by loading any of your favourite instruments on each pad! And perfect your custom sound by adding effects plugins via inserts per pad, or via effects sends for the entire kit.
●Over 500 drum and percussion sounds, more than 50 drum kits, plus 4 customs developed plugin instruments are included with Aruba and Nectarine
●Use Nektar DAW integration for quick and easy navigation of your track. Includes support for Ableton Live Suite (a powerful new DAW integration with additional control of the Drum Rack and Clip Lancher! ), StudioOne, Logic, Cubase, Bitwig, Nuendo, GarageBand, Reaper, Digital Performer, Reason and Cakewalk
Description
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From the manufacturer
Nektar Aruba Beat Composer
Nektar Aruba is a powerful beat making and performance instrument.
Aruba is a MIDI Pad Controller with 16 hyper-sensitive RGB illuminated pads, an on-board drum machine-style step sequencer with record, a flexible pad repeat engine and incredible plugin control. The included Nektarine software and drum library turns Aruba into a complete beat making solution that works in any DAW. Use your favorite drum instrument plugin (VST/VST3 or AU) or start creating with the built-in DP-1 drum player, K1 Kick, S1 Snare and T1 Tom synth instruments.
Play your own library of audio samples or incorporate any combination of plugins with any other content, to create your own unique kits. All settings, including pad setups, are stored as part of your DAW song/project or Nektarine Multipatch for complete recall when you next start working.
Aruba and Nektarine put a complete beat creation powerhouse at your fingertips. Best of all, Nektarine runs in any DAW as a VST, VST3, AU or AAX plugin so you can load your kits in the environment you prefer. Go on – Make your own beat. It’s a blast!
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PAD REPEATUse the on-board Pad Repeat engine to create rolls and percussive lines: Realtime parameters for groove and speed control make Pad Repeat a fun performance tool. Looking for some instant Trap-style hihat lines? The first 6 RGB LED buttons above the display let you switch the repeat rate in realtime. Create truly dynamic rolls by using pad pressure to control velocity while changing the repeat rates with the LED buttons. Other parameters include Repeat Rate, Gate, Accent Interval, Accent Velocity Offset, Swing, Trigger Mode and Clock Source. |
GREAT FEELThe 16 large RGB-illuminated pads are great for finger drumming and respond to velocity and pad pressure (channel and poly). They trigger at the lightest touch, and you can even adjust their sensitivity on a per-pad basis. Additionally, you can tune the overall velocity response by choosing from different curves and adjusting the curves bias. |
STEP SEQUENCER - NOW WITH RECORDActivate the sequencer’s Record button allows you to play the pads and capture/record the played notes with velocity values in individual patterns. It’s a fast and fun way to build a beat adding steps by design or intuitively. Editing is super easy too. Just press the 16 step buttons to add or remove note steps even while you record. |
CONTROL YOUR DAW
When you install Nektar DAW Integration, you are ready to record beats anywhere in the project, and control transport functions without having to reach for the mouse. The dedicated transport buttons enable Click, forward/rewind, loop on/off, stop, play, record, set loop points, goto left loop point, undo and automation read/write. Transport functions are always accessible, regardless of what menu is selected on Aruba. From the DAW page, the Song Position or play head can be moved. Loop length can be set and the loop point moved using the pots. A button combination moves the Song Position/play head to the left loop point, ready for recording. Supported DAWs: Ableton Live Suite, Bitwig, Cakewalk, Cubase, Digital Performer, Garageband, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason and Studio One.
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DEEP PLUGIN CONTROLLoad the included Nektarine plugin into any VST, VST3, AU or AAX DAW, scan your plugins and control your installed VST and AU plugins directly from the hardware! The eight heavy-duty rotary pots provide hands-on control for Instrument plugins hosted in Nektarine - complete with parameter feedback on the TFT color display. Many popular plugins are pre-mapped for instant use and you can easily tweak or create maps as deep as you like using Nektarines graphic editor. You can also import your favourite patches into Nektarine’s powerful database and manage all your patches in Nektarine. |
BUILD KITS FROM ANY SOURCEAruba comes with all you need to make beats. The powerful Nektarine software lets you build custom kits in seconds. Simply drag patches, or samples from the file browser onto pads - loading a patch automatically loads the plugin it needs. Up to 16 instrument plugins or samples can be loaded into a Multipatch and saved for recall. You can operate Nektarine from the hardware, making this combination as intuitive to work with as a classic drum machine - with the advantage, that the sound is happening directly on the track in your DAW |
SOUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS INCLUDEDNektarine comes with 4 custom developed VSTi drum plugins, including the DP-1 drum sample player. So you can start creating beats without needing anything else. Whats more, weve included a sample library with 500+ production-ready drum and percussion sounds. Featuring classic beatboxes and meticulously recorded acoustic drum kits, covering styles from 60s, Funky Drummer or Modern Pop to Rock, Metal and HipHop. |
