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Arturia KeyStep 37 MIDI Keyboard Controller and Sequencer User Manual

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3.1.5.

Selecting Strum type............................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

3.1.6.

Sequences & arpeggios ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 30

3.2.

Transpose / Kbd Play in Seq mode ....................................................................................................................... 31

3.3.

Skip selections: Seq / Arp............................................................................................................................................. 32

3.4.

Skip selections: Time Division.................................................................................................................................... 32

3.5.

Restart Seq / Arp from beginning .......................................................................................................................... 33

3.6.

Keyboard Shift Functions............................................................................................................................................. 33

3.6.1.

Keyboard MIDI channel ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 33

3.6.2.

Gate................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34

3.6.3.

Swing ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34

3.6.4.

Sequence....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35

3.6.5.

Scales............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36

3.6.6.

Shift function chart................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40

4.

Creating Sequences ................................................................................................................................................. 41

4.1.

What is a step sequencer?........................................................................................................................................... 41

4.2.

Creating a sequence ....................................................................................................................................................... 42

4.2.1.

Step recording............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42

4.2.2.

Real-time record/replace..................................................................................................................................................................................... 47

4.2.3.

Adjusting the sequence length........................................................................................................................................................................ 49

4.2.4.

What does it record?............................................................................................................................................................................................. 49

4.2.5.

What is not recorded?......................................................................................................................................................................................... 50

4.3.

Modifying a sequence................................................................................................................................................... 50

4.3.1.

Append ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 50

4.3.2.

Clear Last ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51

4.4.

Saving sequences .............................................................................................................................................................. 51

5.

The Arpeggiator.......................................................................................................................................................... 52

5.1.

What's an arpeggiator? ................................................................................................................................................. 52

5.2.

Arpeggiator features....................................................................................................................................................... 53

5.3.

Arpeggiator modes .......................................................................................................................................................... 54

5.3.1.

Start the arpeggiator............................................................................................................................................................................................... 54

5.3.2.

Arp mode: Up.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 54

5.3.3.

Arp mode: Down....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54

5.3.4.

Arp mode: Inclusive................................................................................................................................................................................................ 55

5.3.5.

Arp Mode: Exclusive................................................................................................................................................................................................ 55

5.3.6.

Arp Mode: Random ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55

5.3.7.

Arp Mode: Walk.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55

5.3.8.

Arp Mode: Pattern .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56

5.3.9.

Arp Mode: Order........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 56

5.4.

Adding Notes in other octave ranges................................................................................................................... 57

5.5.

Building a multi-octave arpeggio............................................................................................................................ 58

5.6.

Pausing an arpeggio....................................................................................................................................................... 59

5.7.

Arpeggio Tricks................................................................................................................................................................... 60

5.7.1.

Ratcheting...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60

5.7.2.

Spicing up your Arpeggios................................................................................................................................................................................ 60

6.

Synchronization .......................................................................................................................................................... 61

6.1.

As Master .................................................................................................................................................................................. 61

6.2.

As Slave.................................................................................................................................................................................... 62

6.2.1.

Sync In/Out types..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62

6.2.2.

Clock connectors ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 63

7.

MOD/GATE/PITCH functions .............................................................................................................................. 64

7.1.

Pitch and Gate signals..................................................................................................................................................... 64

7.1.1.

How do Pitch and Gate work?........................................................................................................................................................................... 64

7.1.2.

Can my DAW send CV/Gate signals?.......................................................................................................................................................... 64

7.1.3.

Modulation (Mod) output....................................................................................................................................................................................... 65

7.2.

Routing the signals ........................................................................................................................................................... 65

7.3.

MOD/GATE/PITCH specifications ............................................................................................................................ 65

8.

Controlling external synths................................................................................................................................. 66

8.1.

Control Mode.......................................................................................................................................................................... 66

8.1.1.

What are CC# messages?................................................................................................................................................................................... 66

8.1.2.

CC messages and MIDI......................................................................................................................................................................................... 67

8.1.3.

Monitoring CC#'s and their values.................................................................................................................................................................. 67

8.2.

The four CC Banks............................................................................................................................................................ 68