Korg have announced their latest hardware in the form of a step sequencer, named the SQ-64, due out in 2021.

Featuring a 64-pad matrix, OLED display, and a serious set of outputs, this compact aluminium-built sequencer means business.

This device sets out to be the centrepiece in your sequencing workflow and will be able to control an assortment of hardware analogue synths, Eurorack, and drum synths.

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Set to cost €299, the unit will provide “seamless control over all your instruments so you can focus on what matters most”.

Along with the 64 step sequencer pads, there are transport controls and a number of encoder knobs for expressive control.

 Each step has graduated lighting; the higher the modulation value, the stronger the button lights up to give you a clear visual on what’s going on in the sequence.

The device allows for three melody tracks with up to 16 patterns of 64 steps, as well as a drum track which has 16 Sub-tracks also with up to 64 steps each, that can be played, chained and edited in a variety of ways.

This sequencer may prove to be the heart of your modular synth setup, or perhaps the new brain of your Volca collection.

Alongside the hardware, buyers will get a selection of free software (though the paragraph seems lifted straight from that of the Volca Sample as seen below).

Assuming this is correct for the SQ-64 as well and just a typing error, expect to get Izotope Ozone Elements, Skoove, and Reason Lite.

You can view the product here.

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