D A W L E S S J A M M I N ' 😂 I feel like grammar Nazis sit like a coiled spring, living and waiting in hope to POUNCE as soon as the opportunity arises! 😂
Hi Jade, two tips that are not yet in the manual, (i'll include them in the next update) when you're looping steps with the looper; hold a looper indent and press any step. The looper will then loop starting from that step. Second tip: if you like the metronome it's good to know that you can change its time division on the fly by holding the tap button and selecting a new time division on the keyboard..
YOU ALWAYS make the freshest beats and pieces. It’s not the gear I can tell, you have a very particular pair of ears that are constantly distinguishing and discriminating. It makes me ask, how much time does it take for you to ‘settle’ on any particular voice? It is something that you could spend forever searching for and sometimes never really be happy with. Very fitting your pattern, it matches your T-shirt. I am really happy for you, that you’ve found some sort of niche on RUclips, since you could be doing all the same stuff but no one would even know it. More selfishly I’m glad I found you because you’re really good and it’s to my benefit, I’ve liked all of it. Keep it up. THANKS AGAIN!!
So lovely to see another Eurorack system with cute stickers on it! (and not just the manufacturer and retailers' stickers lol) And such a lovely video in general, especially the song at the end... I wouldn't dare make something so lighthearted/chill on my own system but I'm so glad you're putting this energy out there
VERY nice tune at the end-wonderful example of using the key step pro! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the reaction to those who say "you're not minimalist"--ha! Those folks just aren't into synths--and can just leave the rest of us addicts alone!
finally someone that likes the lights! my studio is dark with colored led lights and I love the atmosphere... in fact my whole house not a single room has direct bright lighting.... the colored leds from aquariums are part of the lighting but its mood lighting throughout my house...
I never buy desktop synths because of lack of keyboard(with the exception of the Crave which I use as a third synth voice for my Minibrute 2). I am more of a piano/keyboard player than someone who likes to program sequences. This seems perfect for me. Glad I held out instead of just getting a keystep. Will be picking this up once coronavirus is over and I start working again.
Iván Valencia - that sounds pretty pessimistic to me! Hospital admissions falling in most European countries as we speak. Zach - I'm the opposite to you, much prefer desktop synths. They're generally cheaper and save a lot of space. Sure you need at least one keyboard to be able to play stuff into your sequencer then let midi routing take care of the rest :)
Hopefully they announce the black one soon so it'll match my setup. This is exactly what I need. Picked up the BruteS2 instead of the Beatstep Pro, glad I did now.
love your explanations and tutorials as well. thank you for putting this stuff out there. the arturia keystep really doesnt have that many tutorials and some of the other ones don't explain things for us that are beginners so very helpful coming here.
I think this has more in common with the BeatStep Pro and more likely the successor to that machine than the KeyStep despite the name. It looks more like the added on a keyboard and an extra track to the BeatStep Pro as well as a few other enhancements. I might be oversimplifying things here. Very nice video though.
I kind of think its not quite really. I think all the Arturia controllers are awesome though. Beatstep pro has fantastic velocity sensitivity of the pads, does complex rhythms, triggers samples/envelopes with 8 gates...it's kind of a beast really. And the interface is more to 'tweak' melodies, and play beats/samples/triggers. The Keystep Pro looks perfectly slotted for that player that is primarily sequencing melodic work, but doesn't want to switch to pads as an interface (although of course you can do keys on pads...it's just kind of weird to me). The KP can fully lay down a beatstep sequence, but you're going to be *playing* melodies on the keys, not hitting pads.
Love my KSP.. so quick and easy to jam out the starting point of a track without complex routing or computer.. comments about other more powerful modular sequencers miss the point, that this is about usability and workflow to unlock creativity..
Nice track at the end! I’m considering buying one of these. Seems like it would be great for a few desktops or rack mounted gear as well. Anything really. Well I’ll be waiting on that Arturia Keystep Pro 8 to come out as well. That’s 8 sequences at once 😂 💕
*vaguely sexist music nerd voice* But JAde HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF a minimalist WHEN YOUR EURORACK is covered in POKéMON, espousing A "COLLECT 'EM ALL" philosophy, (Page 1 of 13)
Hi! I like the sounds coming out of your modular system. It happens too often that I feel people using modules don’t really know what they’re trying accomplish or they’re not good at it, I don’t know... I collect Korg volcas last couple years but the built in sequencers don’t have enough length and storage capacity. This Arturia seems very nice. Thanks for your video!!!
Minimalism is about having only things you need or that matters and is important to you, so if you care about having all that gear, you shouldn’t be afraid or fell guilty for buying more. Only get rid of things you don’t really need!
honestly ...cool...like that your content shows your gear i thought i was in a space ship when i was young but your beyond.well diffrent time for me..oohh do i miss. but gonna get what i need to make my gear sing again. and yes yes why not 8....ohhh please 8
I'm so glad Arturia decided to put that on off switch and AC power on the Keystep Pro. Every single time I have to plug that janky ass micro USB into the Beatstep Pro I'm half expecting it to break. And that power switch... Damn that thing sucks. Other than those two minor things, the BSP was about as perfect as a sequencer can get. I really want a KSP. But, with the holidays upon us and tax season coming up shortly after that, I'm looking at getting one around summer of 2022. 😥 Oh, well. 1st world problems....
Love your channel and your genuine excitement about the KSP, it transmits more about the product than any features-listing review could. I’d be all over the KSP, but the thing that keeps me from buying one is that switching midi channels on the fly on this keystep edition has been made seemingly impossible. Reading the manual it seems that, to change the midi channel, there’s some menu diving necessary. That’s a shame for me, ‘cause I’ve got a bunch of gear chained up and organised across all 16 channels, so here it seems I’m forced to choose between four instruments to control directly via the tracks and then if I want to jam over those with another instrument, I have to go into the Utility Menu to change the midi channel. Well, maybe I’ll have to get a Squarp Pyramid to place between my Keystep and my gear, after all.
Nice quick overview and a great track at the end ... one pedantic thing, though ... Keystep was the predecessor of the Keystep Pro, not the other way round! The "pre" in "predecessor" means "before". Keystep Pro is the progeny or descendant of the Keystep.
Really glad I found your channel! I've been trying to decide on what to use with my DIY synth, I've got a beat steps pro ordered, but I need keys >< Figured this one might be a good one to use. Cheers for the information! That was an excellent groove at the end too :)
Thank you again for another awesome video. I have just gotten into eurocrack and have the novation sl mk3 but its cv out what I bought it for is lacking. This was so informative. Keep the videos coming stay safe. Thank you
I have the same with minimalism. I like my life to be as minimal as possible, my house is minimalist. but I can't minimalize my gear. I need to make music
Its basically my Yamaha QY10 only way more expensive and waaaay easier to use. I don't have to get a midi splitter, and the keyboard is awesome (oof, the QY10 keyboard). I already have a QY10 and a midi splitter, and I'm broke due to the current plague. I want this, but I'll be doing DAWless jamming 1990 style for now. Very cool, though, and I want one when things get back to normal. Thanks for the info.
Matthew Lister I also picked up a qy10 and the thing is damn near impossible to use. Perhaps I’m doing it wrong but the constant programming and clearing after a mistake was too much for me. Still I hold on to it in case I learn a new trick or find some use for it some day. Also thinking about getting one of these.
@@AZ-zf1eu I love mine. You gotta watch the RUclips tutorial on how to use it or read the article I wrote entitled "How to Use the Yamaha QY10 as a Hardware Sequencer." The RUclips tutorial is probably better than my rambling, in depth article because the guy in the RUclips video is a wizard at using it. The YT tutorial was made in 1990 so the teacher has an awesome, period appropriate mullet. Go watch it! And good luck. Or just get a keystep, that would be way easier, but also way more expensive. You get what you pay for, but if you learn how to use the QY10 you get more than what you paid for, if that makes sense. The QY10 has a steep learning curve and no undo button so, if you want an undo button, get the QY70. It even comes with awesome on board sounds. I love that one as well. Anywho, here's me using the QY10 with a bunch of Korg Volcas. Not sure if this link will work: instagram.com/p/B2w2INdFk4s/?igshid=1gxra3690983m
I've got a beef with Arturia's naming convention here. I got a used Beatstep, but I can hardly find tutorials for it because the search results are full of Beatstep _Pro_ videos. 😬 I propose calling the original Keystep1, Keystep Prime, Keystep Lite…
@@1_of_4 Haven't found that in the manual though. Another thing that's going to make a lot of people mad is the missing global transpose. It can only transpose what's currently in focus. So forget about transposing a whole song in a live setting, if you have to step through each track one after another thats not gonna play well.
Nice piece of gear but almost one year later and the dark edition has not hit the stores yet. My minibrute and beatstep are dark so it would look kind of wierd to not have the dark keystep pro beside them. I'm looking at you Arturia!! Well.. Thanks for the video! :-)
THanks for the video!! I have a couple questions... as a non-keyboard player. Can you set the LEDs over the keys to display a specific scale? Also can you record notes one step at a time... in other words, can you select a step (1-16) on the pads, key in a note, go to next step, repeat?
That song! Talk about taking command of your gear. Sounds great! I haven’t stepped into eurorack stuff (yet), still I did order this controller recently. You have a lot of gear pass through your setup, which is awesome to watch your reviews and get your take. On this one, does it still fit in with your setup/workflow or has something else taken its place?
This is something I need all Iv been making music on is a Yamaha DJ a pocket operator KO sampler and a Tuscam multitrack recorder I try and keep away from computers I sometimes use a daw but I hate its . no fun at all
I know I said predecessor, I meant to say SUCCESSOR. Thank you to all the grammar nazis that pointed that out ;)
D A W L E S S J A M M I N ' 😂 I feel like grammar Nazis sit like a coiled spring, living and waiting in hope to POUNCE as soon as the opportunity arises! 😂
I came here to say "successor" too. That is all.
Technically they're semantic Nazis.
@@terryc7740 VOCABULARY nazis!
@@Taka_Takata Temporal stage Nazis
Hi Jade, two tips that are not yet in the manual, (i'll include them in the next update) when you're looping steps with the looper; hold a looper indent and press any step. The looper will then loop starting from that step. Second tip: if you like the metronome it's good to know that you can change its time division on the fly by holding the tap button and selecting a new time division on the keyboard..
Sweet tips, thanks.
YOU ALWAYS make the freshest beats and pieces. It’s not the gear I can tell, you have a very particular pair of ears that are constantly distinguishing and discriminating. It makes me ask, how much time does it take for you to ‘settle’ on any particular voice? It is something that you could spend forever searching for and sometimes never really be happy with. Very fitting your pattern, it matches your T-shirt. I am really happy for you, that you’ve found some sort of niche on RUclips, since you could be doing all the same stuff but no one would even know it. More selfishly I’m glad I found you because you’re really good and it’s to my benefit, I’ve liked all of it. Keep it up. THANKS AGAIN!!
Hey, thanks for the kind words! Voice to me are always evolving and changing, so I focus more on the melody and let the voices be a live tweaking part
I've watched maybe 10 videos concerning the Beat Step Pro ... and yours is by far the best... Thank You
So lovely to see another Eurorack system with cute stickers on it! (and not just the manufacturer and retailers' stickers lol)
And such a lovely video in general, especially the song at the end... I wouldn't dare make something so lighthearted/chill on my own system but I'm so glad you're putting this energy out there
I didn’t want the track to end. Mad skills girl!!
VERY nice tune at the end-wonderful example of using the key step pro! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the reaction to those who say "you're not minimalist"--ha! Those folks just aren't into synths--and can just leave the rest of us addicts alone!
Best vid for the Keystep Pro I’ve seen so far. Your jam was a treat, too!
finally someone that likes the lights! my studio is dark with colored led lights and I love the atmosphere... in fact my whole house not a single room has direct bright lighting.... the colored leds from aquariums are part of the lighting but its mood lighting throughout my house...
Gosh I just discovered your channel and you're a true gem I mean wow
Makes me wanna advanche in dawless music
What an awesome review. It's nice to get a review from someone who knows what they're talking about. Thanks.
What a wonderful piece you created. Sounds fantastic!
I never buy desktop synths because of lack of keyboard(with the exception of the Crave which I use as a third synth voice for my Minibrute 2). I am more of a piano/keyboard player than someone who likes to program sequences. This seems perfect for me.
Glad I held out instead of just getting a keystep. Will be picking this up once coronavirus is over and I start working again.
Iván Valencia - that sounds pretty pessimistic to me! Hospital admissions falling in most European countries as we speak.
Zach - I'm the opposite to you, much prefer desktop synths. They're generally cheaper and save a lot of space. Sure you need at least one keyboard to be able to play stuff into your sequencer then let midi routing take care of the rest :)
I didn't realize the Pro is so cool. Some great features here! I had a Keystep and sold it, this looks like a keeper.
Hopefully they announce the black one soon so it'll match my setup. This is exactly what I need. Picked up the BruteS2 instead of the Beatstep Pro, glad I did now.
love your explanations and tutorials as well. thank you for putting this stuff out there. the arturia keystep really doesnt have that many tutorials and some of the other ones don't explain things for us that are beginners so very helpful coming here.
Glad to see someone who hate cables too, except colorful ones :)
I think this has more in common with the BeatStep Pro and more likely the successor to that machine than the KeyStep despite the name. It looks more like the added on a keyboard and an extra track to the BeatStep Pro as well as a few other enhancements. I might be oversimplifying things here. Very nice video though.
I kind of think its not quite really. I think all the Arturia controllers are awesome though.
Beatstep pro has fantastic velocity sensitivity of the pads, does complex rhythms, triggers samples/envelopes with 8 gates...it's kind of a beast really. And the interface is more to 'tweak' melodies, and play beats/samples/triggers.
The Keystep Pro looks perfectly slotted for that player that is primarily sequencing melodic work, but doesn't want to switch to pads as an interface (although of course you can do keys on pads...it's just kind of weird to me). The KP can fully lay down a beatstep sequence, but you're going to be *playing* melodies on the keys, not hitting pads.
But it lacks the drum pads of beatstep pro; it’s definitely it’s own thing imho. It’s also missing some of beatstep pro’s features which is a bummer.
Thanks, Jade. I just got mine today. I’m NEW to synthesizers - in spite of my channel! 😛
The song at the end was so nice!
thank *YOU*. i think mine comes in today. =) your song was heavenly. put me in a trance.
I don’t need one of these, but you made me want one... Thanks for all that you do.
Love my KSP.. so quick and easy to jam out the starting point of a track without complex routing or computer.. comments about other more powerful modular sequencers miss the point, that this is about usability and workflow to unlock creativity..
I loved the way you played the first track before it got quantized - there was a 3 over 2 feel in the sixth measure :)
The fast pluck sound paired with the ping pong delay really got me, thank you a lot, great track!!!
That jam was INCREDIBLE! 🔥🔥🔥
Nice track at the end! I’m considering buying one of these. Seems like it would be great for a few desktops or rack mounted gear as well. Anything really. Well I’ll be waiting on that Arturia Keystep Pro 8 to come out as well. That’s 8 sequences at once 😂 💕
When the Music begins...
💐❤️✨
Super dope video. Could you make an in depth on how you hook up this exact set up and talk about the rack in the video?
Oh man, you are on FIRE this week and my quarantine loves it.
*vaguely sexist music nerd voice*
But JAde HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF a minimalist WHEN YOUR EURORACK is covered in POKéMON, espousing A "COLLECT 'EM ALL" philosophy, (Page 1 of 13)
Sister Rose hahaha
JAde Wii, beautiful tune! Love this setup!! 👊🏽😏
Your music is so 😊 lovely
Lovely arrangement and sounds. Recently added a keystep pro to my setup, it’s making sequencing fun.
Thanks for the clear, concise review. Really helped. Nice tunes as well.
Hi! I like the sounds coming out of your modular system. It happens too often that I feel people using modules don’t really know what they’re trying accomplish or they’re not good at it, I don’t know... I collect Korg volcas last couple years but the built in sequencers don’t have enough length and storage capacity. This Arturia seems very nice. Thanks for your video!!!
Minimalism is about having only things you need or that matters and is important to you, so if you care about having all that gear, you shouldn’t be afraid or fell guilty for buying more. Only get rid of things you don’t really need!
Wow this song you cooked is very dope
Fantastic Track JAde it is so spacey and soothing ,relaxing at the same time.
Just got one. Thanks for the overview. :)
So glad I found you. Thanks for dropping the knowledge!
honestly ...cool...like that your content shows your gear i thought i was in a space ship when i was young but your beyond.well diffrent time for me..oohh do i miss. but
gonna get what i need to make my gear sing again. and yes yes why not 8....ohhh please 8
nice jam at the end !
Beautiful song.
Thanks as always.
Jade, ty for the review, and your music just sound amazing! Love what you are about, keep it up!
Beautiful
I guess the step repeat is the short term solution to the lack of ratchets? Hopefully they add that soon; all the same I ordered one. Nice vid...
Rachets would be nice..
Still waiting for that one! It's there in the BSP already
I love that track at 2:10 :)
Keystep Pro is the successor to the Keystep, not predecessor.
Fantastic video. Thanks Jade!
Ugh. I love that tune at the end. I would be interested in seeing how you patched those sounds. Maybe on the second channel.
I'm so glad Arturia decided to put that on off switch and AC power on the Keystep Pro. Every single time I have to plug that janky ass micro USB into the Beatstep Pro I'm half expecting it to break. And that power switch... Damn that thing sucks. Other than those two minor things, the BSP was about as perfect as a sequencer can get.
I really want a KSP. But, with the holidays upon us and tax season coming up shortly after that, I'm looking at getting one around summer of 2022. 😥 Oh, well. 1st world problems....
Chrono Trigger vibes with the music
RIGHT ON RIGHT ON
The corona crisis drives you to new heights. Your videos are so much fun to watch!
Love your channel and your genuine excitement about the KSP, it transmits more about the product than any features-listing review could. I’d be all over the KSP, but the thing that keeps me from buying one is that switching midi channels on the fly on this keystep edition has been made seemingly impossible. Reading the manual it seems that, to change the midi channel, there’s some menu diving necessary. That’s a shame for me, ‘cause I’ve got a bunch of gear chained up and organised across all 16 channels, so here it seems I’m forced to choose between four instruments to control directly via the tracks and then if I want to jam over those with another instrument, I have to go into the Utility Menu to change the midi channel.
Well, maybe I’ll have to get a Squarp Pyramid to place between my Keystep and my gear, after all.
Nice jam @ 6:35 - Four tracks is enough for minimalist grooves!
Love your channel. Always gaining insight. Thanks for sharing ^_^
Very nice review and cool music
I like your shirt! And videos! 🙋
Very nice explanation and sweet music. Thx
E flat is ma jams!
A good one! Thanks for a small review!
Nice review! And beautiful music at the end!
Excellent video and awesome jam!!
Very informative!!!
Nice quick overview and a great track at the end ... one pedantic thing, though ... Keystep was the predecessor of the Keystep Pro, not the other way round! The "pre" in "predecessor" means "before". Keystep Pro is the progeny or descendant of the Keystep.
English is being murdered on youtube...
I just got one very stoked to check it out ! thanks for the info sista !
thank you so much ...definitly getting
Really glad I found your channel! I've been trying to decide on what to use with my DIY synth, I've got a beat steps pro ordered, but I need keys >< Figured this one might be a good one to use. Cheers for the information! That was an excellent groove at the end too :)
I just found your channel... Thanks for this great content! The music at the end made me want to go play Zelda or Final Fantasy. Bravo!
Thank you again for another awesome video. I have just gotten into eurocrack and have the novation sl mk3 but its cv out what I bought it for is lacking. This was so informative. Keep the videos coming stay safe. Thank you
I spoke too soon, the final track is amazeballs too
Me encanta, gracias.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks Jade, what is making the lovely first arp pattern at 6:35 ?
Yamaha Montage!
Your video quality stepped up big time! Keep it up!
Forget the review, amazing original track Jade ! Tell me what rack unit are you running there ?
Thanks! And what rack?
Sorry, your modular gear there
amazingg thank you!
Love the jam!!!
nice video
Thank you for your videos!!
Man, I was waiting for your review!
I might do a 30 day!
That jam was delicious
The drums could be replaced by more foley sounds like sticks, water etc
I have the same with minimalism. I like my life to be as minimal as possible, my house is minimalist. but I can't minimalize my gear. I need to make music
Its basically my Yamaha QY10 only way more expensive and waaaay easier to use. I don't have to get a midi splitter, and the keyboard is awesome (oof, the QY10 keyboard). I already have a QY10 and a midi splitter, and I'm broke due to the current plague. I want this, but I'll be doing DAWless jamming 1990 style for now. Very cool, though, and I want one when things get back to normal. Thanks for the info.
Matthew Lister I also picked up a qy10 and the thing is damn near impossible to use. Perhaps I’m doing it wrong but the constant programming and clearing after a mistake was too much for me. Still I hold on to it in case I learn a new trick or find some use for it some day. Also thinking about getting one of these.
@@AZ-zf1eu I love mine. You gotta watch the RUclips tutorial on how to use it or read the article I wrote entitled "How to Use the Yamaha QY10 as a Hardware Sequencer." The RUclips tutorial is probably better than my rambling, in depth article because the guy in the RUclips video is a wizard at using it. The YT tutorial was made in 1990 so the teacher has an awesome, period appropriate mullet. Go watch it! And good luck. Or just get a keystep, that would be way easier, but also way more expensive. You get what you pay for, but if you learn how to use the QY10 you get more than what you paid for, if that makes sense. The QY10 has a steep learning curve and no undo button so, if you want an undo button, get the QY70. It even comes with awesome on board sounds. I love that one as well. Anywho, here's me using the QY10 with a bunch of Korg Volcas. Not sure if this link will work: instagram.com/p/B2w2INdFk4s/?igshid=1gxra3690983m
I've got a beef with Arturia's naming convention here. I got a used Beatstep, but I can hardly find tutorials for it because the search results are full of Beatstep _Pro_ videos. 😬
I propose calling the original Keystep1, Keystep Prime, Keystep Lite…
Search for beatstep -pro .... that will remove search results with "pro"
@@artao5 *whoa!* it worked like a charm! I didn't know search engines still parsed parameters like that. *thanks!*
One thing I’d love to have for my keystep is transpose automation. Wonder if the new keystep pro can do that.
Château Robinet I do believe it can do that with the 5 encoders.
@@1_of_4 Haven't found that in the manual though. Another thing that's going to make a lot of people mad is the missing global transpose. It can only transpose what's currently in focus. So forget about transposing a whole song in a live setting, if you have to step through each track one after another thats not gonna play well.
10:58 - 11:11 💀 I died..... amazing performance!
I like your style, thanks for this.
super useful review, thanks a lot
Nice piece of gear but almost one year later and the dark edition has not hit the stores yet.
My minibrute and beatstep are dark so it would look kind of wierd to not have the dark keystep pro beside them.
I'm looking at you Arturia!!
Well.. Thanks for the video! :-)
THanks for the video!! I have a couple questions... as a non-keyboard player. Can you set the LEDs over the keys to display a specific scale? Also can you record notes one step at a time... in other words, can you select a step (1-16) on the pads, key in a note, go to next step, repeat?
That song! Talk about taking command of your gear. Sounds great!
I haven’t stepped into eurorack stuff (yet), still I did order this controller recently. You have a lot of gear pass through your setup, which is awesome to watch your reviews and get your take. On this one, does it still fit in with your setup/workflow or has something else taken its place?
This is something I need all Iv been making music on is a Yamaha DJ a pocket operator KO sampler and a Tuscam multitrack recorder I try and keep away from computers I sometimes use a daw but I hate its . no fun at all
Awesome 👍 looks really really cool
Dreamy texture ambience cool like it
Excellent track
Your melodies were fire. Sold me
new subscriber! you had me at note repeat :D