How to stop the Arturia Keystep from starting the Volca Sequencer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ย. 2024
- Hey all, one common annoyance I've been asked about a number of times, and have ran into myself, is how to stop the rec/stop/play buttons on the Keystep, to not trigger these sequencer buttons on the various volcas.
Thanks to darkforestzero who sent me a comment with this info. It seems the fix is as easy as disabling global setting 6 on the Volca Sample/Keys, and I assume the others as well.
Hope this helps out others running into the same issue!
Well. This video just solved ALL my problems with my very recent Keystep purchase! Many thanks, man.
No problem at all, glad it helped!
Bless you. I have been fighting this damn thing for two days now and thought I was the proud owner of broken hardware.
Haha awesome, no problem!
Thank you for this video! It saved me a 40 minute read through the manual.
Awesome. I've got the Keystep Pro and the Volca Bass but same problem and probably same solution. Thanks.
Bro thanks for this! i wouldn't figure it our by myself and there's pretty much no info online. Cheers!
THANK YOU! This was fighting me on hooking Volca Keys to Circuit Tracks
=) no prob, glad to help, Circuit Tracks looks like fun, enjoy!
You save my day. thx a bunch.
Is it possible though to have a volca bass (for example) connected to the keystep 37, program a sequence on the 37, and program a sequence on the volca bass itself and they will both run in time? Thanks.
Thanks for that! Had the problem with the Volca FM. Same procedure :)
Do you know whether it is still possible to get the Pajen firmware for the Sample nowadays? The download link in the original forum post doesn't seem to work anymore. Or was it 'discontinued' due to bugs or so? Thanks in advance!
Once you change the volca's clock source to internal, you can't control the tempo externally. To do that, you might want to use clock sync(sync-in) trigger connected from keystep to volca.
Ah that's funny, I expected it might not pick up the tempo from my Digitone, but I guess the tempo on the Digitone's sequencer is running the show.
But good point, might not be the best fix if you need that functionality.
I think I'll be OK for my use, but if I run into a problem I'll make an update.
Thx!
There's a way to fix this.
While the clock is set to internal, connect the sync out of the sample to sync in of the keystep, and, very important, set the keystep sync to USB.
That way, you will be able to use the sequencer/arpegiator without affecting the playback of your performance 🤘
I find it really enhances the power of that setup 😎
@@jaydeepalmer wait, what? If I sync out from the volca and sync from USB on the keystep is it not ignoring the sync jack? what device is master?
@@ChaswellQuint the sync comes from the volca; the implementation is weird on the keystep so if you set it to usb it will respond to sync in. I use it with the volca keys a lot: with the secret 128 step sequencer and the keystep's arpegiator it crushes my other grooveboxes 💀
Question: Can the volca (kick) power the keystep? Or do I need extra power supply for keystep? Ipad does give power but I dont know about volca via midi cable connection.. info is appreciated!
Hey Peter, you will need to power the keystep separately. I power mine via a usb cable, that I plug into one of those USB to wall plug adapters. Midi cable will Let you control the volca from the keystep, but won't share enough power to run the keystep
Useful stuff 🙏
Nice presentation.
Ha, thx David, got some Mario lego for Logan, though the mini figures are kinda cool, so I ended up buying a few to jazz up the desk. Hope you are doing well!
@@NickCapron Good over here - I'm thinking of doing some videos of my own synth stuff soon: what sort of tripod did you use for this? I will need an overhead camera too, looking for a tripod solution for that. Your voice levels and noise removal, if any, are working really well here, btw. Cheers.
How did you get your Volca to play samples chromatically?? Thank you for the already useful video 😁
Hey MichRossi, you will need the OG volca (the one without a USB slot on the front) and Pajen's custom firmware for the Volca Sample.
Google "volca sample pajen" and you can get the custom firmware from Ranzee's site.
Once you have the cus firmware audio file you can install it on your Volca like my vid here th-cam.com/video/kkT0HY1Iomg/w-d-xo.html
This did not work for my Keystep 37. The Volcas still respond to stop/start messages from the keystep regardless of the settings on my Beats, Keys, and Bass. Also in this setup the Volcas won’t play while the Keystep sequencer is off.
I tried a setup with the Volca Mix as the clock source but that didn’t help. With the Keystep as a slave to the Mix the Keystep sequencer won’t stop. I heard about hardware devices that can filter out those transport messages while still retransmitting clock tempo. I might need to get one of those.
Damn, I don't have a 37, so I can't test it, but I wonder if another trick is needed for that guy.
@@NickCapron I was thinking: it could be useful to have a “blank” unused midi channel to use as a mute. The sequence can run but won’t play anything until you switch to a midi channel that’s assigned to something.
This works perfectly. Thanks a lot for this tip. BTW, any idea how to setup 2 Volcas, in my case Keys and FM, to work with Keystep independently? I would like to send a sequence from Keystep to FM on channel 1 and play solo on Keys on channel 3. In my setup, I can use sequence and solo on the same Volca only, which is not what I want. I use midi out from Keystep to MIDI Thru box. Thanks in advance.
I don't think you can do this with the keystep, as I think you can only have it assigned to single channel at a time (someone please correct me if I am wrong).
You may need to look into the keystep pro or another controller that can do this.
@@NickCapron Might be a bit late, but you can actually do that by holding shift + Oct+ (where it says Kbd Play), then select a midi channel. It keeps playing the sequence and you can play along on any midi channel. Only works in sequencer mode though.
@@hirudo881 TY!
Think im gonna have to try this out at some point. Always forget to use the Keystep for some reason. Bought it. But never actually remember to use it.
Yeah, if your MPC is running the show, you might not need it with your current setup, but even still, it's fun to use to manually play over a programed track.
@@NickCapron Im still thinkin the Keystep could come in quite handy actually. As im planning on using the MS units too to change things up style and sound wise. So sometimes use MPC. Sometimes use MS units. Sometimes use MPC and MS units together. But if u throw the Keystep into the whole combination all of a sudden u could do weird arp things like set a volca sample, volca fm and model D to the same midi channel and do like layerd arp stuff with like 3 different types of sounds. All kinds of weird stuff im thinkin... I also like playing the trigger buttons on the MS units to break stuff up but using the Keystep to call up sounds from a synth would never hurt either... I got it used so its like so cheap yet so handy it would seem. Altho I guess id actually have to start usin the thing to make it handy... The price/options definatly seems right...
@@GearHedd I like it, not a bad idea to blast the same arp to a bunch of stuff to experiment with some crazy sounds. Part of the fun messing with all the kit and seeing what you can make. Been digging the stuff you have been putting together with the MPC lately
@@NickCapron Thanks. The MPC really fits my style of playing in the sequences thats for sure so thats really helped ever since I got it. Love the 16 big pads to just whap in whatever the sequence is gonna be... I been sellin a bunch of gear lately now that im back in a metro area again and have access to CList and etc... Next week ill hopefully finally be adding guitar that actually sounds good. As I dumped a fortune into a Kemper Profiler that can like record other amps and just mimic the sounds of that amp... So u can download tons of profiles guys have done of like billions of vintage high end amps and etc... I could never get my old way to sound right with the new setup as far as recording my amps and pedals. So I gave up on it. Next monday tho im gonna start trying again with a whole different way of doin the guitar stuff. Kemper instead of my old amps and pedals... Hopin it works good. Seems like it should tho as the thing is awesome...
@@GearHedd awesome, I got one of those zoia pedals in the mail, it's probably my last purchase for a bit, but I'm hoping I can use it for my FX needs.
Great! This always annoyed me. Just adding this query here: is it possible to use this setup to make the keys of the Keystep play different samples, instead of just the one selected sample?
For the Volca Sample.
If you have the original version (no usb) look into Pajen's custom firmware, as it has this ability, plus chromatic playing of samples.
If you have sample v2 (usb), you are limited by Korg's midi implementation, and I'm unsure if that is possible or not!
@@NickCapron Thanks, I have the newer version with USB. I thought it would have been the same with other Volca's ie. each key plays adifferent pad (pitch) on the unit. Thanks! I'm quite new to MIDI.
@@ajdooom hey blue google "VOLCA SAMPLE 2 MIDI CHART" and check out the reddit link that comes up.
If the info there is correct, midi notes 48 to 58 should trigger the various samples assigned to parts on the Volca Sample. If you are using a keystep, you might need to jump through some Octaves to find em.
@@NickCapron Ah that's amazing, thanks so much! I tried a few octaves and came up with nothing, but will try again
@@ajdooom Np also check global parameter 10 "midi channel settings" by default it is on multi channel, which I means you might have to switch between different midi channels to play each part. Try switching it to single channel (step 10 led should be on) and see if that works.
You can adjust global parameters by holding down FUNC when you turn your sample on, more detailed instructions are in the manual too!
Clear the Volca sequencer pattern, plus any motion. If the Keystep is also set to internal this will create timing loops.
If you watch other Volca videos where Volcas are being controlled with any sequencer, single or multi track, you'll see the transport play buttons on the Volcas are illuminated.
Well I guess the advice given here is meant for when you don't even want to start the Volca sequencer (also not later). So why should there be timing issues when the Volca's sequencer doesn't even play? Or don't I get your point?