Love the irony that Arturia, a company founded on soft-synths, offers some of the best anti-computer hardware solutions out there lol. That's definitely how they got me as a customer.
I can tell they like music, and that’s why I like Arturia. Specialization be damned, they had an idea and they managed to totally kill it AND integrate their hardware offerings with their software library. Killer company.
I think about this all the time! Not only some of the best anti-computer hardware, but they were a key player in kicking off the analog revival with the Minibrute! They really shifted the whole industry to prove that analog gear could be more affordable, and that people wanted it. From a software company!
watching this video almost made me cry from awe.. this machine is exactly what i've been missing in my studio and hoping for to exist for years, and its just here , existing
This product is a godsend for those looking to efficiently interface between hardware and a DAW. It really takes the tediousness out of working with old gear not suited for modern studio needs. I love it because I now have way more time to work on arrangement, mixdown etc...
Got one of these and spent last two days noodling and messing around with it all hope gone now my wife has had enough she hates it thinks I have gone mad Doubt I'll ever play my Strat , Tele or Ibanez again.
With a midi-enabled loop/sample pedal you might be able to trigger guitar sounds but I don’t know what to tell you about the spouse except us3 headphones…
Hey Johnny! I just read your comment & it hits hard. I have 4 pawn tickets with all my guitars, kaoss pads, QU-16, JC-120, 6 electric guitars, a mandolin, Martin & fender acoustics plus more. I’m selling my van to pay the tickets and my girlfriend is bat shit crazy & I hope 8 years later that you found music again. I hope you dumped that girlfriend and made a best selling album! Best wishes
The. MIDI. device. of. Gods. And definitely the best tutorial so far, he does a fantastic job of quickly yet thoroughly showcasing nearly all of the core features and potential creative abilities. This is the greatest musical device I've ever owned. I never thought anything would complete with my love for my MPD 32.. Anyone want to buy a MPD 32?
+SourceDistributionTV i hate this sound sorry :-) it is too detuned a bit less would be better, perhaps also the scale does not fit right at all when you change notes order, really bad to ears, sometimes it sounded good when you changed some notes with the encoders
+SourceDistributionTV Anyway great controller/sequencer, i had just received today the device it feels build like a tank and fits very well in all the domains of the today´s music creation tools. Love it. i had buy it. Cause it is a very clever device at a very great price for what it does
Good tutorial/review... I just purchased one for 150$ at Sam Ash and the Midisport 4x4 to hook up all the volcas to it and it is AMAZING! Worth every penny! I have the Beats, Bass Keys running to it but I kept the sample out so I can manually control it. The keys is running thru my Keylab - BSP - Midisport which lets me control its parameters with the sliders and stuff. While everything is running to ableton for effects. Its hours of fun! ST@X13 SoundCloud
Had a white one, didn’t appreciate its awesomeness, sold it like a fool, now got a black one and loving it, got a black key step com8ng to match, fun!!!
Awesome demo and jam!!! Love the aphex-esque grooves. I am ready to cash in some christmas gift certificates, and also recently sold a synth, I think I'll go with the beatstep pro. Although I keep looking at the electribe 2, and novation circuit, While those two are more portable, I think my best option is to go with the bs pro, and grab arturia's v collection while they have it on sale, to add a bit of soft synth in with the analog stuff in my setup.
so just picked one up. have to say I love it besides to inability to turn of quantization (which I honestly think would make this unit a must have for every electric artist). feel they really need to do something about that and this unit would be perfect.
Mine just came in and its sitting in the box and I'm watching this just salivating because I don't have all the cables I need to connect my simmons SDSV rack
I have one of these and it`s a Godsend about a Million times better than the old Beatstep ( which I ended up only really using as a basic midi controller )
For anyone not into sequencing modular gear the novation circuit might be a much better alternative. It comes with an actual polyphonic sequencer, which the BSP lacks. For instance if you own external gear like the Erebus with has two voices (2 OSC) you would have to program both sequencer lanes of the BSP to make the most out of the Erebus. Using CV you could lay both OSC when on the same gated step. So if you are most likely going to use midi anyway than try the NC orse a good ol MPC which still is the best midi solution . Comes with 4 midi outs, polyphony and as mayn tracks as you need. Compared to this the BSP feels like a backstep. If you plan to seq. a Volca Sample mind you not as easy as they tell you.
could you help me just a bit set the user scale to A-sharp phrygian mode as you've demonstrated? Not quite sure what to turn on and off in the User Scale settings in MIDI control center. Wonderful tutorial BTW.
Can it function as a MIDI to CV converter? It's important for me to know as I'm building a synth myself and if this would do Midi to CV it would solve a lot of problems.
Question - is there any device that I can load 4 of my own (wav) samples with - and then trigger those samples using an external device by pressing only one midi note? So every time I press the same key on a keyboard, the sequencer will play one of my 4 samples - seems pretty basic and I was able to do this in 1989 - I cant imagine that this is not possible today. Thanks in advance
I would love to use hardware with this Bc that seems ideal but can’t quite afford it yet as a teenager lol. Is there a way to route the beatstep pro in the exact same way but with VST’s? Having one sound on one sequence, one on another, a drum kit on another, etc. ? Would appreciate if you could get back to me, thanks.
HI, do you know if the drum layer can be used with Midi or only with the 8 gate outs? Also, if it can, can it output each drum to its own midi channel? I am asking to know if ti can work will with the Volca Sample? thanks. Great demo by the way!
Thanks for the great break down! Is it possible to be able to play your Juno (so not through the pads) and have the beat step pick up the notes. I'm also stuggling to find out is it possible to record in motion sequencing and get the Beat step to pick it up. So for example the way you would press record on a volca bass and it would pick up all the knob turns to creat a dynamic motion sequenced bass line, can this be done and picked up as a sequence on the Beat Step? cheers!
Ben Peterson Yes it is! It supports Hz/V as well as 1V/Oct output, so if you have MS20's/CS15's etc, it's all good too! Look for a ***** video very soon and we talk about more of the details
question: with a controller keyboard attached, can you transpose the sequences? So for example, have your left hand holding a C on a controller keyboard, then playing F . . . will the Sequencer(s) also move with the note played? Thanks!
The BeatStep Pro is from the start of my modular Eurorack journey my main sequencer. I Iove the possibility to program gate pattern or just play them live. But it’s not a mixer in any kind except if you use cv for vca for volume control.
Great review thanks. Unfortunately it seems you can't transpose while playing sequences when triggered by an exterior clock or if you can can somebody please show me
thanks for the great video. Are sequences fixed to a quanitized grid or can you nudge individual notes? Also, how many user scales can you add, and is there a user chord memory store and record?
Noise Manifesto Apologies I've just your SHIFT snare drum example towards the end of video. I'm guessing you can do the same with the other sequencer channels?
Noise Manifesto Hi - You can only shift the drum track - at present, sequences are always quantised when recorded. You can store one User scale in the unit, I have requested the ability to set up the user scale in-unit (please request this too if you like that idea!)
Hi, did you know what kind of gear you could connect to the clock output? I tried with my volcas and my tb-3 and it dosen't work, thanks for the amazing video!!!
Great video! Helps a lot. Can someone answer on one question? I use BSP with Behringer K2 (Korg MS-20 clone) and have a problem: transposing doesn't work with this synth. At the same time with dreadbox typhon and vst synths this function is working correct. Help me please (
I can use Arturia BeatStep USB MID CV Drum Controller Keyboard Analog Sequencer Synth New for my keyboards playing with keyboards Yamaha PSRE453 Electronic Keyboard Keyboard Roland Gaia SH-01 Synthesizer. What I will need for them for working ? I will need use for them Alto professional mixer ?
but with that said I do have one question? I can't seem to figure out how to assign midi in to a certain sequencer (only the drum seq)? Im running cv to seq 1 & seq 2, but want my digital drum machine which only receives midi to be present on the drum seq only. anyone know how to do this? not sure why I can't figure this out.
Love the irony that Arturia, a company founded on soft-synths, offers some of the best anti-computer hardware solutions out there lol. That's definitely how they got me as a customer.
Arturia is a force to to be reckoned wih
I can tell they like music, and that’s why I like Arturia. Specialization be damned, they had an idea and they managed to totally kill it AND integrate their hardware offerings with their software library. Killer company.
I think about this all the time! Not only some of the best anti-computer hardware, but they were a key player in kicking off the analog revival with the Minibrute! They really shifted the whole industry to prove that analog gear could be more affordable, and that people wanted it. From a software company!
Oh dear... something else wonderful which I didn't realize I NEEDED.
Damn Yeah! That video just cost me 200 EUR :D
Word up on that I believe I need this too
Your. Demos. Are. The. Best.
+Montgomery Word You're the best! Thanks
W.
watching this video almost made me cry from awe.. this machine is exactly what i've been missing in my studio and hoping for to exist for years, and its just here , existing
This product is a godsend for those looking to efficiently interface between hardware and a DAW. It really takes the tediousness out of working with old gear not suited for modern studio needs. I love it because I now have way more time to work on arrangement, mixdown etc...
Outstanding!! THE BEST BEATSTEP PRO VIDEO ON TH-cam!!!)
Got one of these and spent last two days noodling and messing around with it all hope gone now my wife has had enough she hates it thinks I have gone mad Doubt I'll ever play my Strat , Tele or Ibanez again.
@ZionHillCalling she is good enough^^ imagine the horror if the next one can do more than one sequence at a time, like the BSP...
my drumbrute slowed my bass playing quite a bit all I wanted was a beat and instead I realized I bought a whole other instrument
With a midi-enabled loop/sample pedal you might be able to trigger guitar sounds but I don’t know what to tell you about the spouse except us3 headphones…
Hey Johnny! I just read your comment & it hits hard. I have 4 pawn tickets with all my guitars, kaoss pads, QU-16, JC-120, 6 electric guitars, a mandolin, Martin & fender acoustics plus more. I’m selling my van to pay the tickets and my girlfriend is bat shit crazy & I hope 8 years later that you found music again. I hope you dumped that girlfriend and made a best selling album! Best wishes
The best Arturia Beat StepPro demo so far! Thanks for sharing
This is the video demo that Arturia should have done! Nice job - very helpful and this is a fabulous product at a sensible price.
Simon Bailey Thanks, but wait till you see their demo video, it's pretty brilliant...!
SourceDistributionTV .... so not the guy with the shades / leather jacket combo then?!
Simon Bailey Sebastian (who's on the BeatStep development team) smashes it - musically speaking that is, not literally... :)
Very convincing application and cool weird choices, not the least bit typical - a synthist after my own heart!
Fantastic to hear from Mylar Melodies on tutorial duties, a great and inspiring video all round!
Thanks for this, really helpful as a complete hardware synth noob to (finally) find a video that explains how to actually use one of these!
Really useful video. The Beatstep pro is so much better than the standard Beatstep.
finally someone covered the 303 style +100 kudos points
hope arturia payed you because this is hands down the best demo!
Alex, I really enjoy your enthusiasm, combined with your excellent presentation. Thanks very much!
I could listen to this music all day.
Best breakdown of this device that I could find on TH-cam. Thank you!
What a good demo showing all the functions of the Beatstep Pro.
Now I know that's the sequencer I've been waiting for.
Thank you.
The. MIDI. device. of. Gods. And definitely the best tutorial so far, he does a fantastic job of quickly yet thoroughly showcasing nearly all of the core features and potential creative abilities. This is the greatest musical device I've ever owned. I never thought anything would complete with my love for my MPD 32.. Anyone want to buy a MPD 32?
What an amazing sequences… thanks for all the tips
@ 3:45
...exactly thats why I love your Demos the MOST! Specialy your modular demos!!
love this whole set up wit the Juno-60. sounds like some pure aphex
+James C Ha, thanks! The detune mode on the Tubbutec mod for the Juno 60 does create instant 'sick RDJ pads' too, it's quite a sound...
+SourceDistributionTV i hate this sound sorry :-) it is too detuned a bit less would be better, perhaps also the scale does not fit right at all when you change notes order, really bad to ears, sometimes it sounded good when you changed some notes with the encoders
+Fernando Monreal Ha, I recommend you don't listen to any AFX! :)
+SourceDistributionTV Anyway great controller/sequencer, i had just received today the device it feels build like a tank and fits very well in all the domains of the today´s music creation tools. Love it. i had buy it. Cause it is a very clever device at a very great price for what it does
you think i can be able to this on korg minilogue? it has 2 oscilators and pitch knob
Good tutorial/review... I just purchased one for 150$ at Sam Ash and the Midisport 4x4 to hook up all the volcas to it and it is AMAZING! Worth every penny! I have the Beats, Bass Keys running to it but I kept the sample out so I can manually control it. The keys is running thru my Keylab - BSP - Midisport which lets me control its parameters with the sliders and stuff. While everything is running to ableton for effects. Its hours of fun! ST@X13 SoundCloud
you need this midi sport thing to use volca with the bsp? i have FM and Beats and a BSP and having trouble getting them to act correctly.
Yes!! I looked on mylarmelodies' channel and found no demo on this but hark! This is here
I watch this every few months if I'm lacking in inspiration. Hoooly balls.
Just dropping in to say I still rewatch this video every now and then
Had a white one, didn’t appreciate its awesomeness, sold it like a fool, now got a black one and loving it, got a black key step com8ng to match, fun!!!
Yay, it's Mylar!! 😁 ACE!
I already was looking at the Beatstep but now you've convinced me to get this instead. This thing is blowing my mind!
The difference being..............!?
@@chinmeysway The Beatstep was only one channel, the Beatstep Pro is two sequencer channels and full 8 drum gates on a third channel.
Best demo I've seen in a while. Thanks man. And I learned a lil something about Richard D James as well. Cheers
Wow, Mylar was in a very Aphex mood when he recorded this demo.
Just sort of naturally happened! Although I did purposefully program one of his favourite scales into it (A# Phrygian)
Awesome demo and jam!!!
Love the aphex-esque grooves.
I am ready to cash in some christmas gift certificates, and also recently sold a synth, I think I'll go with the beatstep pro. Although I keep looking at the electribe 2, and novation circuit, While those two are more portable, I think my best option is to go with the bs pro, and grab arturia's v collection while they have it on sale, to add a bit of soft synth in with the analog stuff in my setup.
The most intuitive organic instinct-like sequencing unit ever!!!!
We need that amazing background music for listen in our ears
You're a pro. Love your style
This is a delicious piece of kit.
very good descriptive and creative demo
Lovely found the brain for my dawless set up
great demo - so much potential!
so just picked one up. have to say I love it besides to inability to turn of quantization (which I honestly think would make this unit a must have for every electric artist). feel they really need to do something about that and this unit would be perfect.
Mine just came in and its sitting in the box and I'm watching this just salivating because I don't have all the cables I need to connect my simmons SDSV rack
That's all I needed too see and listen... I'm getting one...
Awesoem stuff's....I have been looking for these kind of videos since hours now.
Brilliant review thank you for explaining everything so well.
nice video Alex. Thanks for sharing.
I would like to buy your album. I like the music you made with this.
You call random notes farts and buzz a music? lol
@@montazownianr1 are you like, a hillbilly, b1937?
BSP aside (I have one), there are some really nice tunes in this demo.
Awesome gear and love your music man.I am getting one now.
i tune to this video, suddenly i hear mylar voice and i know its gonna rock :D
nice jams btw :D loving the sound
om my god what a cool bit of kit!
Got one (a working replacement). Fun, fun, fun!
Absolutely Fantastic Video... I want one :D
I have one of these and it`s a Godsend about a Million times better than the old Beatstep ( which I ended up only really using as a basic midi controller )
Great demo! Thank you
This demo was... ace!
Fantastic tunes, my b. Pro comes tomorrow whoooooooohaaaaa
Suberb demo. Can't say any more than that!
Thank you for breaking it down.
Great demo !
this video convinced me to buy this machine, thanks :)
that Juno 60 sounds beautiful.. gotta take a look at that tubbutec mod!
+Ian Hicks also.. do you have any music up on soundcloud or anything? really digging your jams!
This thing....it's the best.
Good demo!
Thanks for the video! :]
Great video Alex!!
Denis DA SILVA De rien Denis!
17:15 Suddenly Boards of Canada
I literally thought the same thing
wow, another sounds like BOC comment, seems like people know only boc these days
Please enlighten us with richer, more advanced musical references
It definitely started to have that timbre that BoC likes so much.
For anyone not into sequencing modular gear the novation circuit might be a much better alternative. It comes with an actual polyphonic sequencer, which the BSP lacks. For instance if you own external gear like the Erebus with has two voices (2 OSC) you would have to program both sequencer lanes of the BSP to make the most out of the Erebus. Using CV you could lay both OSC when on the same gated step. So if you are most likely going to use midi anyway than try the NC orse a good ol MPC which still is the best midi solution . Comes with 4 midi outs, polyphony and as mayn tracks as you need. Compared to this the BSP feels like a backstep. If you plan to seq. a Volca Sample mind you not as easy as they tell you.
Great video!
Such a good machine
could you help me just a bit set the user scale to A-sharp phrygian mode as you've demonstrated? Not quite sure what to turn on and off in the User Scale settings in MIDI control center. Wonderful tutorial BTW.
12 minutes in, fuck, that was a sick jam.
Can it function as a MIDI to CV converter? It's important for me to know as I'm building a synth myself and if this would do Midi to CV it would solve a lot of problems.
Great demo, as always. Any relation between you and "Mylar Melodies" ?
+Benoit Laine He's a daily inspiration!
Question - is there any device that I can load 4 of my own (wav) samples with - and then trigger those samples using an external device by pressing only one midi note? So every time I press the same key on a keyboard, the sequencer will play one of my 4 samples - seems pretty basic and I was able to do this in 1989 - I cant imagine that this is not possible today. Thanks in advance
Really good video! Thx a lot. But i miss the option to ad accents to zhe drums. How would you fix that? With the velocity output?
I would love to use hardware with this Bc that seems ideal but can’t quite afford it yet as a teenager lol. Is there a way to route the beatstep pro in the exact same way but with VST’s? Having one sound on one sequence, one on another, a drum kit on another, etc. ? Would appreciate if you could get back to me, thanks.
Jam at 18:50 was the best!
Hi very good domo tell me because I'm new to this, can you play on the hard wear synth or you have to play on the arturia thanks 👍
HI, do you know if the drum layer can be used with Midi or only with the 8 gate outs? Also, if it can, can it output each drum to its own midi channel? I am asking to know if ti can work will with the Volca Sample? thanks. Great demo by the way!
So you can have the drum part loop over 1-2 bars even when you have the sequencer parts set to 4 bars? If so that kind of rocks for quick composition
Very dreamy at 19:00
Do you have a link or descriotiom of those leads you are using on the drum outputs ?
They look like quality
Much appreciated 😊
Thanks for the great break down! Is it possible to be able to play your Juno (so not through the pads) and have the beat step pick up the notes. I'm also stuggling to find out is it possible to record in motion sequencing and get the Beat step to pick it up. So for example the way you would press record on a volca bass and it would pick up all the knob turns to creat a dynamic motion sequenced bass line, can this be done and picked up as a sequence on the Beat Step? cheers!
Great demo. But how can the clock in and out be used? Can be used with external sequencers or LFOs?
Is the cv out configurable to hertz per volt and volts per octave?
Awesome demo btw thank you.
Ben Peterson Yes it is! It supports Hz/V as well as 1V/Oct output, so if you have MS20's/CS15's etc, it's all good too! Look for a ***** video very soon and we talk about more of the details
SourceDistributionTV this box is shaping up to be something truly needed in the community. awesome.
question: with a controller keyboard attached, can you transpose the sequences? So for example, have your left hand holding a C on a controller keyboard, then playing F . . . will the Sequencer(s) also move with the note played? Thanks!
very interesting bit of kit ................
If you want to continue following him, he has another channel called mylarmelodies.
would anyone recommend this as a cheaper option for a Sequencer, clock source and maybe even a mixer for a modular synth?
The BeatStep Pro is from the start of my modular Eurorack journey my main sequencer. I Iove the possibility to program gate pattern or just play them live. But it’s not a mixer in any kind except if you use cv for vca for volume control.
In this video Alex uses the BeatStep Pro as well with modular gear: th-cam.com/video/F81XHfEsl1c/w-d-xo.html
Great review thanks. Unfortunately it seems you can't transpose while playing sequences when triggered by an exterior clock or if you can can somebody please show me
Have you any details on the coloured mono leads you are using ?
Much appreciated
thanks for the great video. Are sequences fixed to a quanitized grid or can you nudge individual notes? Also, how many user scales can you add, and is there a user chord memory store and record?
Noise Manifesto Apologies I've just your SHIFT snare drum example towards the end of video. I'm guessing you can do the same with the other sequencer channels?
Noise Manifesto Hi - You can only shift the drum track - at present, sequences are always quantised when recorded. You can store one User scale in the unit, I have requested the ability to set up the user scale in-unit (please request this too if you like that idea!)
Hi, did you know what kind of gear you could connect to the clock output? I tried with my volcas and my tb-3 and it dosen't work, thanks for the amazing video!!!
Great video! Helps a lot. Can someone answer on one question?
I use BSP with Behringer K2 (Korg MS-20 clone) and have a problem: transposing doesn't work with this synth. At the same time with dreadbox typhon and vst synths this function is working correct. Help me please (
I can use Arturia BeatStep USB MID CV Drum Controller Keyboard Analog Sequencer Synth New for my keyboards playing with keyboards Yamaha PSRE453 Electronic Keyboard Keyboard Roland Gaia SH-01 Synthesizer. What I will need for them for working ? I will need use for them Alto professional mixer ?
what kind of drum module were you using for the 8 drum gates?
Tiptop Audio 808 Modules there!
but with that said I do have one question? I can't seem to figure out how to assign midi in to a certain sequencer (only the drum seq)? Im running cv to seq 1 & seq 2, but want my digital drum machine which only receives midi to be present on the drum seq only. anyone know how to do this? not sure why I can't figure this out.
Oh it's you again Alex
+tomfurstyfield Hiya.
my next purchase !