Arturia KeyStep Pro Keyboard with Advanced Sequencer and Arpeggiator - Manual (Page 93)

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!: There's another simple way to create variety in your patterns, especially if they are 32 steps or
longer. It's called the Step Skip feature: hold down a step button and then press the sequence page
buttons (16, 32, 48 and/or 64) in which you do not want the KeyStep Pro to play this step. For example, if
you have four identical patterns in the four pages, hold down steps 8 and 16 then press 32 and 64. The
8th and 16th steps will not play in those pages. This works in all note sequences and drum patterns.
5.3.5.2. Using the Default Encoder Settings
We've already hinted at this in a previous paragraph: whenever you add a note or notes
to a (drum)sequence, the KeyStep Pro will read the current values of the Gate and Velocity
encoders and insert the new note or notes with those values. This feature has an enormous
creative potential that you will come to appreciate when you get to know your KeyStep Pro
better. It's a feature that enables you to create intricate gate and velocity patterns. How?
Here's an example to create an accented feel:
• Set the Gate encoder to 0.5 and the Velocity encoder to 100.
• Activate steps in the sequence where you want accents by pressing their step
buttons.
• Now turn the Velocity encoder down to 50 and the Gate encoder down to 0.2
• Enter several other steps with these values.
Play the sequence and notice how the steps with the lower velocity values sound softer, less
pronounced.
This is just the beginning. By carefully exploring the effects of long and short gate times
combined with high and low velocities, you can make many musical discoveries and
explore unknown territory!
The effect of this feature is not limited to monophonic steps: by selectively changing the
individual gate times of the notes in a chord, you can let some notes of the chord sustain for
several seconds while others fade away quickly.
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