This is easily the best video demonstration of the Keystep I've seen. Your enthusiasm is infectious and your love for the concept is honest and creatively powerful. Thank you for such an informative and fun video!!
That wasn't a review,that was an amazing free performance with a review thrown in for good measure! You've got me itching to start making music again after I sold most of my equipment.I'm deffo buying one of these! Great video!
The sequence you build up between the 4 and 9 minute mark is awesome - very very Steve Reich. Great playing and a really helpful and inspiring review. Thank you!
Thank you good sir. "On paper you just won't get it". Totally agree. I've almost lost faith in my ability to understand the written text. I've been using Keystep for several month now and only today came across this video. After the first minute I've poused it, turned on the KeyStep and instantly came up with 3-part 2 minute piano madness. Man, this is the best tutorial ever! None of the others has ever opened a wider horizon for me. Except for Pianote lesson on diatonic chords, maybe.
Thank you. What a diamond of a tutorial where you aren’t just reading the instruction manual out loud. You highlight the main attributes that make it stand out.
i m always enjoying new videos from mylarmelodies. i like your personal, emotional and musical approach and you voice as well. inspiring and fun and still my favourite channel. by the way, the music in this video is simply beautiful. cheers from germany, herbert
Okay, was thinking about getting a big synth next with a 61 keyboard attached, but now gonna buy the desktop version instead. The price difference is 100 which is roughly the amount i need for a KeyStep - and good to see KeyStep also has a chord mode, which was the only reason to consider the the non-desktop version. Lovely!
Sometimes heroes do not wear capes! I received this keyboard for Christmas, I didn't understand much of the sequencing magic you demoed here, but now i do. Thanks a bunch, and have a great year!
Great demonstration, and so much usefu information. I now realize i’ve only been scratching the surface of what can be done with this thing. Back to the lab for me!
As in A=432hz?! Totally accidental if so :) I feel like I do remember having to detune something to make it all fit. KSP vid = yes. Got one, watch this space.
@@mylarmelodies research "A=432 Hz cymatics". Your body is 70% water. Water has memory. (Look that up too) Connect the dots. . Looking forward to the review.
Another VERY exciting feature that, i think, you didn't mention is that the sequencer can send MIDI to a *different* channel than the "Keyboard Play" - so you can have an instrument playing, saying, the bassline, and another instrument to jam ! awesome
You can also map the CV Mod output to keyboard velocity which IS stored as part of the sequence. So you can modulate something like cutoff per-step if you like.
Thank you so very much. I believe I was/am your precisely intended audience. I've had a Keystep for a year or so and done nothing but play it in the vanilla manner. Your excellent overview, but more importantly your manifest enthusiasm has produced the ah-ha moment and I'm very grateful for that. All the best. JG
Thank you so much for posting this, mylarmelodies! My Keystep's been sitting on a desk for a few weeks -- too much gear and too little time, i guess! -- but when i bought her i was sure i'd get some great use out of it at some point. Thanks to your video i'm inspired to crank it up and get *creating* !! :)
This is just the tutorial I needed for the Keystep sequencer. Been using it only for MIDI input for my Circuit but can now see all sorts of possibilities using it in other ways. Thanks!
Hey! This video was the reason I bought my keystep. That amazing opening sequence with the Steve Reich feel made it beyond question. What you say about the "eureka moment" is so true. I'd not spent much time with it, but over the weekend, watched this again, and switched it on and really started toying with it. I made a sequence that only lasted 6 beats instead of 8, as I wanted to see how the polymetric thing worked over a standard 4/4 drum loop. It was sounding okay, but then when I switched Pigments on, and applied the sequence to a preset that was already a melodic sequence, and it just rounded it out beautifully. It seems to have taken out the extraneous notes at the beginning and end, and just hung on to the most interesting middle part. Not sure how that worked, but it turned a humdrum experiment into something that I can actually hear some promise in. You helped me to choose a great tool, and your ideas helped me to spark my own. Before now, I'd only ever made a small handful of tracks, all based around combined loops made by others, but that bored me. I wanted to make something that was my own, from scratch, which got me into starting to learn basic theory and buying hardware. This is my first successful step towards that goal. Thanks for the inspiration, your channel is brilliant.
@@mylarmelodies I will. The thing I love most about your videos is that you're clearly having fun. That's infectious. I know we should be steering clear of infectious things these days, but hey... Still gotta smile. Enjoy your day, and thanks again.
I'm glad such a convincing video is about a 100$ midi controller. It could have been about about a 70.000$ Mercedes and now I would need to buy that, instead of the Keystep. Jokes aside, awesome video, flawless explanation and very very good music!
Just the connectivity alone was enough to get me to buy this. The fact it has a clock and all of these great sequencing options is a huge bonus. I was able to get an amazing deal on one and can't wait for it to arrive. Awesome demo and performance BTW!
Thank you so much for the review! It's amazing how different reviews show different sides and uses of this seemingly simple keyboard! I'm so glad I've finally got it :)
You are my favorite person in the synth world on TH-cam, your great walk throughs and enthusiasm comes through on your videos and it makes me excited about making music too. Great video as always. I was considering getting rid of my keystep but I believe I just haven't used it to it's potential. Oddly when I've connected CV to my Odyssey, the Odyssey sometimes randomly stops working, but I don't have the problem with midi. I haven't used other gear input to the CV on Odyssey so I'm not sure if it's the keystep or the Odyssey, but midi works great on it. I'll have to investigate further, but I'm definitely going to use the sequencer on the keystep more now.
Holy shit does that lot take off???? You must be in your element there. I just bought a Keystep but did not realise its full potential. The manual is huge!!!! For such a plain Jane it has a lot of tricks hidden!!! Thanks for the demos. Excellent music.
Wow, exciting device, I've had one for a year using it as a keyboard for playing Novation Circuit and Moog Mother 32, but your video inspires me to use it as a live performance sequencer.
I remember coming in the store and buying it blindly 1 or 2 weeks after its release. It was french engineering and a sequencer. Used it and stow it away thinking what a great arpeggiator it was but felt uneasy about the sequencer...forgetting my Alesis SR 16 drum machine roots. Same concept without chord mode and full midi notes accessible. It's true you always come out with something sick with those performance recording sequencers. Its true definition would be Unique Channel Midi Looper. Like I said, about the rest of the specs, bought it without thinking.
Been doing those things today, slight confusion as to exactly where on the measure the appended notes fall, I think it is necessary to play the appended note right on the beat, maybe just before. And I wish I could build up chords instead of replacing notes.
girl in a gale I thought there was a way to set a different start point of your loop. Maybe you did it already. I found this in the manual about appending. 5.3.1 Append You can extend your sequence by adding (appending) notes, tied notes and rests to the end of the sequence. To use the Append function: Make sure the proper sequence is selected Press Play/Pause to start the sequence. Important: the sequence must be playing or else the note data will be erased in the following steps. Hold the Shift button Press the Record button (Append). The Record button will light solid. To add a note or chord to the end of the sequence, play the appropriate keys To add a tied note or chord to the end of the sequence, hold Tap and play the desired key(s). All notes in the previous step will be lengthened, and o New notes that match the previous step will be tied (no new attack) o New notes that do not match the previous step will be legato To add a rest to the end of the sequence, press the Tap button (Rest / Tie). Each time you perform one of those three functions the sequence will grow longer by one step.
Meta Africa Meta Africa I'd like to be able to layer chord tones onto an existing sequence, yes I can overwrite any step with a chord but not add notes to steps in progressive layers.
Great video. I have had a Keystep for a while and I love it. My favourite small keyboard. I had always used the rest/append/clear last more as editing tooling, but of course they make the Keystep the basis for a remarkable improvisation instrument. And you can pick one up for less than a ton. Outrageous!
Wow, never thought I'd get a piece of gear before you do a demo. I must have good taste, lol. Thanks so much for this, dude. I've only used my keystep as a controller/arp, couldn't figure out the sequencer, but i shall definitely be referring to this video. My jaw hit the floor like 3 times: I had no idea it was this flexible.
Can't believe I wasn't aware of the little sequencer & wish I'd known before synthfest so I could have had a play! You answered what was going to be my question right at the end about using it with a DAW - now I need one! Great video...
Thanks for the video. I’m getting a Behringer Neutron, and was considering a KORG SQ-1 for sequencing. For the same price, the Keystep blows it out of the water.
I heard you on a Future Music vid, explaining the Make Noise Maths, mindblowing by the way, here you are again, I could listen to you for hours, great Tutorial
Fantastic demo. I bought this because of the specs. But this demo showcasing some of its more obscure features makes me really excited for this midi keyboard!
oooookeeeeeyyy! I did not realize what the keystep is until I saw this. You made me consider this a lot! Especially since I already the BSP and have been considering to buy some midi keyboard. Thank you for this!
Thanks for the great demo. I know exactly what you mean, I had excellent jams with my Keystep and often find my self listening to the patterns I create on the fly. Btw., I often combine my Keystep with my Novation circuit. They are like a tag team. The circuit has two synths and some sort of arrangement architecture. So for DAW-less jammers its THE perfect combo (for little bucks).
Steve Reich machine !!! And whit three KeySteps you can be The Philip Glass Ensemble. And from ca 11:00 sort of Boards of Canada, or... hm... maybe all of them? From Tangerine Dream, Herbie Hancock, Orbital etc etc to all the new spices. What you said about "You can not read bla bla manual or whatever to learn this", something like that. Word. I'll shut up now, but so (swearword here) good! Thank you for showing all of this : D
That was the first thing I thought too! That sequence in this clip was the reason I bought my Keystep, actually. You should also check out the videos on the Make Noise Morphagene - The "Morph" dial creates multiple copies of the phrase, playing simultaneously from different start points. It creates a phasing effect very much like Violin Phase.
@@jonaseggen2230 Cool! It's on another channel, by Loopop, jump to the "Morph Explained" segment at 15m in. th-cam.com/video/vPE5fy5g0_E/w-d-xo.html Mylar Melodies also has a clip on the module - th-cam.com/video/kvRTkJ7Qx2o/w-d-xo.html
When I first bought this, I thought it was just a cheap way to get a keyboard with CV/Gate out and maybe a couple features I would never use. I was way wrong on the latter part. Best bang for the buck I've seen. The arp and sequencer are really nice!!
it's so good to see someone else who is still as excited about this controller as I am. seriously if they ever make a Keystep Pro, it'd change everything
the sequencer on the older electribes works sort of like this, it's been my go to way to write lines for a long while. Like you said, if you sat down and tried to write something like that... it would come out much different.
TBH is wasn`t keen on the sequencer in these and found it to be awkward in Jams. I wanted it to work more like the Beatstep Pro that I love to use. I was also hoping that there might be a Keystep Pro with more visual feed back and the ability to save patterns for Jam tunes. The aftertouch is too easy to engage as well. On the upside it`s a very solid little space saver keyboard that at least has more keys than a dreaded 25 note keyboard so that you at least have a chance of playing a triad with another triad or note an octave down and the arp is OK too & due to the decent price I do have 2 of these in my studio along with some larger keyboards too
I recently purchased an Arturia KeyStep sequencer. I'm pretty new to sequencing, and still learning about my KeyStep, so this video here has been helpful. I too, am very impressed with this Arturia product! BTW, love the sequencing patches you put together here (isn't it amazing how quickly and easily you can put together sequences with this thing?).
I remember meeting you at KVR's shop in North London (May 2016 maybe?) and you were really excited to have one to play with a JP08. Great video as always, wishing you the best for the New Year.
@@calixtetayoro5719 What the OP is describing will have to wait (next project), but there miiiiight be some music on 20th of this month you can hear...
0:06 Demo
0:58 Keystep first look
2:13 Gear setup
2:27 Sequencer
4:08 Interactive sequencer mode
8:58 Sequencer conclusion
10:22 Chord mode
11:04 Chord mode sequencer
11:59 Keyboard mode
14:16 Jam #1
18:44
Jam #2
21:24 Conclusion
Thanking you x
Great video, I have question tho, do I need a daw, in order to play a synth?
@@santiagocadavidescobar3051 There is many software out there that can utilize the keystep, not just daws.
@@addypoole1980 It save all performance?
it repeats but you need a chorus
This is easily the best video demonstration of the Keystep I've seen. Your enthusiasm is infectious and your love for the concept is honest and creatively powerful. Thank you for such an informative and fun video!!
The best explanation of a keystep ever. I was struggling with it for a few days, this video is gold.
That wasn't a review,that was an amazing free performance with a review thrown in for good measure! You've got me itching to start making music again after I sold most of my equipment.I'm deffo buying one of these! Great video!
yes, that was so great.
The sequence you build up between the 4 and 9 minute mark is awesome - very very Steve Reich. Great playing and a really helpful and inspiring review. Thank you!
Thank you good sir. "On paper you just won't get it". Totally agree. I've almost lost faith in my ability to understand the written text. I've been using Keystep for several month now and only today came across this video. After the first minute I've poused it, turned on the KeyStep and instantly came up with 3-part 2 minute piano madness. Man, this is the best tutorial ever! None of the others has ever opened a wider horizon for me. Except for Pianote lesson on diatonic chords, maybe.
Nobody has ever sold me on a piece of gear as you did.
Red Means Recording made me look into the OP-1, at least until I saw its price tag
timecage lol right
Surely he has a keystep pro review, right?
Whatever you do don’t watch his novation peak video unless you have some spare cash 😬
right?
Everything you played on this video is amazing, I would listen to it independently. Really really cool demo, my GAS in knocking on the door again.
This is really awesome - thanks for presenting this. The way you've incorporated this into your creative process is really inspiring.
What a brilliant tutorial so easy to follow, I have had the key step for ages and have discovered a lot of things I didn’t know. Thanks
Thank you. What a diamond of a tutorial where you aren’t just reading the instruction manual out loud. You highlight the main attributes that make it stand out.
The best demo of the Keystep sequencer ive seen. Your enthusiasm is inspirational.
Thank you 😁
i m always enjoying new videos from mylarmelodies. i like your personal, emotional and musical approach and you voice as well. inspiring and fun and still my favourite channel. by the way, the music in this video is simply beautiful. cheers from germany, herbert
Okay, was thinking about getting a big synth next with a 61 keyboard attached, but now gonna buy the desktop version instead. The price difference is 100 which is roughly the amount i need for a KeyStep - and good to see KeyStep also has a chord mode, which was the only reason to consider the the non-desktop version. Lovely!
Tracks demoing synth features have no business being this damn good!
Great review, so refreshing as most kit reviews are so dry these days and generally free of any sense of creativity. Cheers!
Sometimes heroes do not wear capes!
I received this keyboard for Christmas, I didn't understand much of the sequencing magic you demoed here, but now i do.
Thanks a bunch, and have a great year!
Holy f*** I just ignored those buttons, I'm such a fool. What a brilliant system, my sincere thanks to you for the demo and clever composing!!
man your energy is FANTASTIC! I was already going to get one, but you just made me fall in love with it
Finally. Actual helpful review and amazing music. Navigating through many YT reviews of equipment always pays off. Thanks. Subbed.
Great demonstration, and so much usefu information. I now realize i’ve only been scratching the surface of what can be done with this thing. Back to the lab for me!
Dude. You’re in 432!!!!
Freaking bless you bro.
Also, Keystep Pro review?
Super appreciate this review man.
Thank you, and bless up!
As in A=432hz?! Totally accidental if so :) I feel like I do remember having to detune something to make it all fit. KSP vid = yes. Got one, watch this space.
@@mylarmelodies research "A=432 Hz cymatics".
Your body is 70% water.
Water has memory. (Look that up too)
Connect the dots.
.
Looking forward to the review.
Another VERY exciting feature that, i think, you didn't mention is that the sequencer can send MIDI to a *different* channel than the "Keyboard Play" - so you can have an instrument playing, saying, the bassline, and another instrument to jam ! awesome
how?
I answer myself for future: hold shift+"oct+"+the channel that you want to jam in, and then play. sequence will keep in the old MIDI channel
Can this work with a single instrument that has polyphony?
Thanks for this great demo. Saw this, walked out the door and was back in an hour with one :) Thanks again! 👍
Your video sold me on the KeyStep. Have had mine now for a couple of months and it's absolutely amazing!
You can also map the CV Mod output to keyboard velocity which IS stored as part of the sequence. So you can modulate something like cutoff per-step if you like.
That just sold me on this
I put it on aftertouch and assign that to reverb amount :)
How do you physically do this please ArtFluids? 🙏
Got about 2 min in and ordered one haha... great video
finally a video about something I own :) Thanks for sharing your nice ideas. Inspiring keyboard!
Your jams are really so good.
Thank you so very much. I believe I was/am your precisely intended audience. I've had a Keystep for a year or so and done nothing but play it in the vanilla manner. Your excellent overview, but more importantly your manifest enthusiasm has produced the ah-ha moment and I'm very grateful for that. All the best. JG
You are the demo king.
This video changed my Keystep life. Thank you my friend. Cheers from Canada. 🍻
👍👍👍
Thank you so much for posting this, mylarmelodies!
My Keystep's been sitting on a desk for a few weeks -- too much gear and too little time, i guess! -- but when i bought her i was sure i'd get some great use out of it at some point.
Thanks to your video i'm inspired to crank it up and get *creating* !! :)
This is just the tutorial I needed for the Keystep sequencer. Been using it only for MIDI input for my Circuit but can now see all sorts of possibilities using it in other ways. Thanks!
Hey! This video was the reason I bought my keystep. That amazing opening sequence with the Steve Reich feel made it beyond question. What you say about the "eureka moment" is so true. I'd not spent much time with it, but over the weekend, watched this again, and switched it on and really started toying with it. I made a sequence that only lasted 6 beats instead of 8, as I wanted to see how the polymetric thing worked over a standard 4/4 drum loop. It was sounding okay, but then when I switched Pigments on, and applied the sequence to a preset that was already a melodic sequence, and it just rounded it out beautifully. It seems to have taken out the extraneous notes at the beginning and end, and just hung on to the most interesting middle part. Not sure how that worked, but it turned a humdrum experiment into something that I can actually hear some promise in. You helped me to choose a great tool, and your ideas helped me to spark my own. Before now, I'd only ever made a small handful of tracks, all based around combined loops made by others, but that bored me. I wanted to make something that was my own, from scratch, which got me into starting to learn basic theory and buying hardware. This is my first successful step towards that goal. Thanks for the inspiration, your channel is brilliant.
That’s wicked to hear, thank you - and thanks for taking the time to write!! Keep on experimenting 🙌
@@mylarmelodies I will. The thing I love most about your videos is that you're clearly having fun. That's infectious. I know we should be steering clear of infectious things these days, but hey... Still gotta smile. Enjoy your day, and thanks again.
I'm glad such a convincing video is about a 100$ midi controller. It could have been about about a 70.000$ Mercedes and now I would need to buy that, instead of the Keystep.
Jokes aside, awesome video, flawless explanation and very very good music!
I just got one of these and a BopPad for Christmas and coming up with ideas now with hardware and Ableton is such a joy again!!
Top notch review and demo with tons of inspiration here. Thank you!
Fantastic tutorial and demonstration. Those beats and rhythms at the end are wonderful. Polyphony and polyrhythms mmmmmmm
Just the connectivity alone was enough to get me to buy this. The fact it has a clock and all of these great sequencing options is a huge bonus. I was able to get an amazing deal on one and can't wait for it to arrive. Awesome demo and performance BTW!
Thank you so much for the review! It's amazing how different reviews show different sides and uses of this seemingly simple keyboard! I'm so glad I've finally got it :)
When will Arturia come out with a bigger Keystep? A slot for SD cards would make it more practical for gigging with prewritten sets.
And there it is, keystep pro
iMaCaT Isn’t it the same amount of keys though? I would also love to have a keystep 49 instead of having two controllers for different purposes.
And now a keystep37.
@@ModernistPC i knowww its a shame they didnt release it earlier
I was already headed towards buying one of these since I own the Beatstep Pro, but man this blew away any doubts I had. For $120 it can't be beat.
Damn that DX7 sounds so good. The Keystep and SQ-1 are the workhorses of my “studio”. Also works great as a master clock for other gear. ⚙️
I like to use my Deepmind as a master clock because it gives me the BPM on its nice big screen.
You are my favorite person in the synth world on TH-cam, your great walk throughs and enthusiasm comes through on your videos and it makes me excited about making music too. Great video as always. I was considering getting rid of my keystep but I believe I just haven't used it to it's potential. Oddly when I've connected CV to my Odyssey, the Odyssey sometimes randomly stops working, but I don't have the problem with midi. I haven't used other gear input to the CV on Odyssey so I'm not sure if it's the keystep or the Odyssey, but midi works great on it. I'll have to investigate further, but I'm definitely going to use the sequencer on the keystep more now.
Ta - Sounds odd that, could be something silly like a cable issue?!
Just ordered one in the last 10 minutes. Even more excited to get it on Monday now!
thanks! just learned a bunch about my keystep. had it a year and didnt know i could hit shift & oct+ to play over the sequence
You had me at "sequence the chords".
Just bought it too! I couldn't resist the Steve Reich Patterns 😂! Thanks for the fun and real life review!!!
One of the best instructionals I've seen on this! Great work
Holy shit does that lot take off????
You must be in your element there.
I just bought a Keystep but did not realise its full potential.
The manual is huge!!!!
For such a plain Jane it has a lot of tricks hidden!!!
Thanks for the demos.
Excellent music.
Wow, exciting device, I've had one for a year using it as a keyboard for playing Novation Circuit and Moog Mother 32, but your video inspires me to use it as a live performance sequencer.
I remember coming in the store and buying it blindly 1 or 2 weeks after its release. It was french engineering and a sequencer. Used it and stow it away thinking what a great arpeggiator it was but felt uneasy about the sequencer...forgetting my Alesis SR 16 drum machine roots. Same concept without chord mode and full midi notes accessible. It's true you always come out with something sick with those performance recording sequencers. Its true definition would be Unique Channel Midi Looper. Like I said, about the rest of the specs, bought it without thinking.
Meta Africa Meta Africa I'm looking forward to getting familiar with sequencing, appending notes and rests, so glad I got one.
Been doing those things today, slight confusion as to exactly where on the measure the appended notes fall, I think it is necessary to play the appended note right on the beat, maybe just before.
And I wish I could build up chords instead of replacing notes.
girl in a gale I thought there was a way to set a different start point of your loop. Maybe you did it already. I found this in the manual about appending.
5.3.1 Append
You can extend your sequence by adding (appending) notes, tied notes and rests to the
end of the sequence.
To use the Append function:
Make sure the proper sequence is selected
Press Play/Pause to start the sequence.
Important: the sequence must be playing or else the note data will be erased in the
following steps.
Hold the Shift button
Press the Record button (Append). The Record button will light solid.
To add a note or chord to the end of the sequence, play the appropriate keys
To add a tied note or chord to the end of the sequence, hold Tap and play the
desired key(s). All notes in the previous step will be lengthened, and
o New notes that match the previous step will be tied (no new attack)
o New notes that do not match the previous step will be legato
To add a rest to the end of the sequence, press the Tap button (Rest / Tie).
Each time you perform one of those three functions the sequence will grow longer by
one step.
Meta Africa Meta Africa I'd like to be able to layer chord tones onto an existing sequence, yes I can overwrite any step with a chord but not add notes to steps in progressive layers.
Great video. I have had a Keystep for a while and I love it. My favourite small keyboard. I had always used the rest/append/clear last more as editing tooling, but of course they make the Keystep the basis for a remarkable improvisation instrument. And you can pick one up for less than a ton. Outrageous!
Wow, never thought I'd get a piece of gear before you do a demo. I must have good taste, lol.
Thanks so much for this, dude. I've only used my keystep as a controller/arp, couldn't figure out the sequencer, but i shall definitely be referring to this video. My jaw hit the floor like 3 times: I had no idea it was this flexible.
Your videos are always so cozy.
I have it too, really like it, haven’t used it much but I like the keybed feel and build quality
Omg thanks for this guide, I just got my key step and watched this before diving in. VERY inspiring :)
Ok. You pushed me over the edge after seeing the video. I ordered my Keystep on Monday and received it Friday!
Just got one of these and so excited to use it after watching this. Nicely done!
Excellent video. And as for the key step - I'm getting one today based on his video. This is the PERFECT tool for my studio.
Oh man! Been using my keystep for a year without ever digging into the sequencer - only the arp. Glad I stumbled onto this vid!
Fantastic demo of this little wonder. Big fan of Arturia products. Thanks!
Can't believe I wasn't aware of the little sequencer & wish I'd known before synthfest so I could have had a play! You answered what was going to be my question right at the end about using it with a DAW - now I need one! Great video...
Thanks for the video. I’m getting a Behringer Neutron, and was considering a KORG SQ-1 for sequencing. For the same price, the Keystep blows it out of the water.
Great stuff man! For the price, the Keystep is probably the best MIDI controller...
Got mine yesterday. It feels soooo intuitive! Very cool!
This is the most useful and educating video on keystep I ever saw.
I heard you on a Future Music vid, explaining the Make Noise Maths, mindblowing by the way, here you are again,
I could listen to you for hours, great Tutorial
Not just the Arturia Keystep, your video is amazing too! Happy new year Mylar Melodies!!
Sitting in my bathtub, watching this video and melting in excitement. Ordered it yesterday :p nice video dude! Nice explanations!
Very cool! You did a great job showcasing what the KeyStep really can do. I order one yesterday, should arrive tomorrow...very excited 😊
This demo makes me really happy. Thanks for sharing.
Which Synth is playing the lead melody at 13:30 ? Great video as always.
Fantastic demo.
I bought this because of the specs. But this demo showcasing some of its more obscure features makes me really excited for this midi keyboard!
Learned a ton from this, just got one of these last month so i'm eager to keep digging.
oooookeeeeeyyy!
I did not realize what the keystep is until I saw this. You made me consider this a lot! Especially since I already the BSP and have been considering to buy some midi keyboard. Thank you for this!
Thanks for the great demo. I know exactly what you mean, I had excellent jams with my Keystep and often find my self listening to the patterns I create on the fly. Btw., I often combine my Keystep with my Novation circuit. They are like a tag team. The circuit has two synths and some sort of arrangement architecture. So for DAW-less jammers its THE perfect combo (for little bucks).
This is the defining video of what the Keystep stands for. Spontaneous inspiration.
Love mine! But it would be great if Arturia could add a little display with ongoing bpm .. dreaming on V2
That's the one thing that held me back from purchasing...but IDK if I can wait anymore for the Pro version.
I love your enthusiasm in this video, and what a jam! Let me come over with my guitar, you've totally got me in the zone!
Always disregarded this as "another midi-controller" because of the price. Now I have to get one!
Wait, if you sequence chords, what comes out of the cv output? Lowest note?
Th3LordZalor Yas! This is the problem - don’t skip dat sequencer
Th3LordZalor Actually not sure how it prioritises, assume whatever note you actually enter (ie. root note) per step
mylarmelodies oh, I was thinking more about when step has multiple notes on it at once, not the actual chord mode
Steve Reich machine !!!
And whit three KeySteps you can be The Philip Glass Ensemble.
And from ca 11:00 sort of Boards of Canada, or... hm... maybe all of them? From Tangerine Dream, Herbie Hancock, Orbital etc etc to all the new spices.
What you said about "You can not read bla bla manual or whatever to learn this", something like that. Word.
I'll shut up now, but so (swearword here) good!
Thank you for showing all of this : D
jonas eggen Definitely a Steve Reich machine. I can’t imagine what three people would sound like playing these live!
Now, where's the marimba sound 😋
That was the first thing I thought too! That sequence in this clip was the reason I bought my Keystep, actually. You should also check out the videos on the Make Noise Morphagene - The "Morph" dial creates multiple copies of the phrase, playing simultaneously from different start points. It creates a phasing effect very much like Violin Phase.
@@richarquis Oh, good to know. My best friend who is a piano player got this module. I'll tell her this if she don't already know : )
@@jonaseggen2230 Cool! It's on another channel, by Loopop, jump to the "Morph Explained" segment at 15m in. th-cam.com/video/vPE5fy5g0_E/w-d-xo.html
Mylar Melodies also has a clip on the module - th-cam.com/video/kvRTkJ7Qx2o/w-d-xo.html
As someone who makes a lot of ambient, this would be a really handy way to improv a bunch of melodies or even whole tracks on the computer.
Totally amazing from what is mostly a little controller. Love the feel of the deck on this KeyStep too
Wow! Great vid. I'd never really thought about the Keystep for my set up. Totally re-thinking that now.
When I first bought this, I thought it was just a cheap way to get a keyboard with CV/Gate out and maybe a couple features I would never use.
I was way wrong on the latter part. Best bang for the buck I've seen. The arp and sequencer are really nice!!
also love the fun musicality and straightforward explanation in this video
it's so good to see someone else who is still as excited about this controller as I am. seriously if they ever make a Keystep Pro, it'd change everything
the sequencer on the older electribes works sort of like this, it's been my go to way to write lines for a long while. Like you said, if you sat down and tried to write something like that... it would come out much different.
Great video! Thank you for this.
TBH is wasn`t keen on the sequencer in these and found it to be awkward in Jams. I wanted it to work more like the Beatstep Pro that I love to use. I was also hoping that there might be a Keystep Pro with more visual feed back and the ability to save patterns for Jam tunes. The aftertouch is too easy to engage as well. On the upside it`s a very solid little space saver keyboard that at least has more keys than a dreaded 25 note keyboard so that you at least have a chance of playing a triad with another triad or note an octave down and the arp is OK too & due to the decent price I do have 2 of these in my studio along with some larger keyboards too
who's here in 2020 where this guy's wish came true
excellent view, most informative. Love that you linked it all up.
That was really impressive! Probably I will start with Keystep and Beatstep pro for my synth setup before I get to anything like Digitakt etc..
This is what I was looking for...I've just purchased a keystep and I was wondering how to connect it to my korg kross/volcas
I recently purchased an Arturia KeyStep sequencer. I'm pretty new to sequencing, and still learning about my KeyStep, so this video here has been helpful. I too, am very impressed with this Arturia product! BTW, love the sequencing patches you put together here (isn't it amazing how quickly and easily you can put together sequences with this thing?).
I remember meeting you at KVR's shop in North London (May 2016 maybe?) and you were really excited to have one to play with a JP08. Great video as always, wishing you the best for the New Year.
Chris Smout Yeah one of my favourite uses of it was as a front end for the JP08 - it pretty much makes any module better.
how nice man really enjoyed hearing this. I will get one asap now to add to my electronic music live set up. big up!
Very Maurice Jarre at 13:15 :) Truly inspiring demo, as always. Thanks!
I want an album of what is happening in the first part of this video.
Workin on that...
agreed
any update on the album@@mylarmelodies ??
@@calixtetayoro5719 What the OP is describing will have to wait (next project), but there miiiiight be some music on 20th of this month you can hear...
Ditto but for the last part!
Super inspiring! Love your sound design, man. Definitely wanna buy a keystep now