Arturia KeyStep Pro Keyboard with Advanced Sequencer and Arpeggiator User Manual
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: When you change to another pattern while in Arp mode, the time division will not change.
Scale
To activate this Shift function, hold down the 'Shift' button and press the appropriate key
(from Bb in the middle octave to G in the upper octave).
This Shift function enables you to change the scale of an arpeggio or a sequence on the
fly. You can choose from six different scales (major, minor, dorian, mixolydian, harmonic
minor or blues). When you select a scale by pressing 'Shift' + a Scale key, everything in the
currently selected track ‒ the notes you are playing on the KeyStep Pro's keyboard, the active
track's sequence and the active track's arpeggio ‒ will play in that scale. This is a pattern
setting that is stored with the pattern when you save it.
The KeyStep Pro comes with six predefined scales, but you can also create your own
custom scale and store it as User 1 or User 2. Please refer to
for additional
information.
Scale Root & User Scales
Holding down 'Shift' and pressing the Root key (F in the upper octave) gives you the option
to select another root note for the currently playing sequence.
Holding down 'Shift' and pressing the User 1 or the User 2 key (F# or G in the upper octave)
enables you to store pre-defined scale roots.
For the major, minor, dorian, mixolydian, harmonic minor and blues scales, you can select
a new root note by holding down 'Shift' and pressing the Root key then selecting a new root
in the lower octave of the keyboard. Pressing a key in the lower octave will update the Root
note. This can be repeated multiple times while holding down the Root key. The currently
active root note will be shown by its LED being lit up in blue.
Please refer to
for an in-depth explanation of root notes and user scales.
CV Routing
To activate this Shift function, hold down the 'Shift' button and press the appropriate key (G#,
A, Bb or B in the upper octave).
All sequencers and arpeggiators can send their output signals to the four Voice outputs on
the KeyStep Pro's back panel. By default, the output of Track 1 will be sent to Voice 1, the
output of Track 2 to Voice 2, etc. There may be situations where you want more control
of the tracks' routings. That's what CV routing is all about. For example, you can route the
output of Track 1 to all four Voice outputs, or you can route the output of Track 1 to Voices 1
and 2 and the output of Track 2 to Voices 3 and 4.
For each track, you can define any combination of voices. If a voice is already used by
another track, it will be dimly lit. If it is already active for the current track it will be brightly
lit. If you select a voice that is already being used by another track, you will overwrite the
previously assigned voice. When Track 1 is in Drum mode, CV outputs that were assigned to
Track 1 will be freed up.
CV routing is an important skill to master when you
with your
KeyStep Pro.
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