Why Arturia KeyStep 37 might be the best MIDI keyboard
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- I got given a pre-production prototype KeyStep 37 controller/sequencer/keyboard to beta test, so made a shiny demo of it doing its magical new strum and light-up LED key magic on the ASM Hydrasynth, Yamaha TX7, plus DrumBrute Impact. 🙌
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00:00 Intro/Montage
02:02 What is so good about KeySteps?
02:31 KeyStep 37 vs other KeySteps
03:50 The Four Control Knobs
05:01 The Strum Control
10:08 Recording a Sequence
14:26 Playing Two Synths at Once
16:01 Overdubbing Sound Demo Jam
19:15 64 Step Sequence Jam
More info: www.arturia.com/products/hybr...
Dealers: www.arturia.com/community/dea...
Fun links for musical enjoyment:
Jean-Luc Ponty: • Jean-Luc Ponty - Compu...
Also if you like the end jam, get on this slice of perfection: • ERP - Vox Automaton [R...
💓 The music played here is pure joy 💓
Thanks m8888 x
Fant nett ut at du var norsk godamn, big ups
Can't wait to see you playing it @True Cuckoo .. una corda in keystep 37
YOU are pure joy!! ❤️
@True Cuckoo. Absolutely. That's why I became psychiatric music therapist. Seeing someone turning up not feeling so good, and hopefully getting them to leave with a smile on their face. Success, happiness achieved! And that inspires me to come home and work on my own music, JOY!💖💖💖
This is my favourite Keystep 37 intro video. I love the way you don’t spend too much time on being a ‘video manual’ - just as much as needed to show how you create the really cool music. You are actually making lovely music to showcase the keyboard’s capability rather than explaining every detail. Well done. Love it.
How could you turn a mere gear review into something so insanely beautiful, shiny and enjoyable? Legend.
I literally ordered this after the first few mins of watching this video, you had some great little sequences going..that hydro synth sounds so good too. Subbed!
After a few days paying around with the keystep 37, found it quite difficult working it all out . This video gets a big thumbs up, really exploring what this thing can do. Can't thank you enough 👍
Strum is a lovely feature and now my Keystep is envious.
This completely blows away ALL other mini MIDI controllers! And so expertly presented here! Thank you!
Thanks for a great review/intro! Like you, I'm not a trained keyboard player, and your video really showed how this device could be really useful in my setup. Thanks again!
Just following up. Got a refurbished Keystep 37 on ebay, it came a week ago or so. It is wonderful! It's really upped my messing around with music game by around 350%. It really is a lovely piece of gear. Even got it to work with my Lyra-8. Thanks again for a great review.
This was just fantastic. really like the music here. Bravo.
i really enjoy your videos so much, showcasing not only ( for me boring technical) specs but more focusing the character and potential of the given gear by bringing it to live in a tasteful musical context which is very inspiring for me. at the moment i use this video as a radio play and listen to it every now and then ;-) because of the wonderful music and your pleasant voice. of course ace.
Thanks m8 x (This is also a reminder to me to work on finishing music)
Now let's wait for it to come out in black.
beautiful musical and functional/teaching demo - the best one I've seen for the KeyStep 37
my GAS is at a peak now and my original KeyStep is going to have to take a back seat for a while :-)
I already have strummy/chordy controllers (Omnichord 300, KordBot, and TheoryBoard) but this one is quite impressive - thanks again
Fabulous. I have a keystep 37 but haven’t got round to using any of its features yet (other than as a midi kid). I will now. Great video. Cheers. Lee
came for the mylar and the hydrasynth and the keystep and the.. oh hell you're amazing. thank you!
Oh you 😘
Great product demo! And respect for mentioning JLP! 👍
Amazing engaging, informative, passionate and fun af. Thank You!
'cause i have it now, you are such a help ! Thanks a lot !
and also glad to see you on Sonictalk again.
Just ordered one to control my also on the way Moog Werkstatt-01 and trusty Deepmind 12. Love my Launchkey 37 Mk3 but need CV. Great walk-through, always appreciate your enthusiasm and skills.
woaw, perfect balance between og keystep and keystep pro + some added features !
This is the only channel that ever made me buy a synth from just watching a video, the Peak. I’m going to brave watching this and see if it has the same effect.
careful 😉
24 Carat demo, music & enthusiasm - infectious!!
Really nice demonstration, thanks a lot 👍
Super nice bit of kit, grabbing this one 4sure!
Wonderful insight - just bought one and a great help-thank you
Brilliant just bought one you have been a real help thanks.
Obligatory "waiting for the black version" comment.
Arturia is a bit inconsistent with black versions, so hard to guess if it will happen :\
#BKM
This video made my day man thank you :)
Very creative demo, mine arrived today 🙂
Came to check out the 37 and stayed for the hydrasynth🤘it’s my favorite digital synth of all time!!!
I'm getting One 👊👊👊👊💪🔥🔥🔥🔥
I was into synth's when I was a kids. Had a JP-8000, MC-303, CS1X and a few other bits. Been wanting to get my 2 boys into it. As I've always been gutted I had to get rid of it, as needed the money and nowhere to turn 😭I was proper GUTTED 😞 watching you, and BoBeat's, has inspired me to get my ass in gear. Single parent and finding hard to sort it. Just ordered the volca FM, gonna get one if these controllers and hopefully can add some proper stuff as I go. I wanted the MC-707, but couldn't even afford the MC-101. Which was my second choice. So I've got what I could. Thanks for the inspiration Bro 👊💪🔥🙏👍
Nice one. Consider the stuff from the time you started out too - eg. Korg ER1 and the others in that family which are super hands on/sound great/under £200 most likely (I think/hope?!). Also MC303 itself might be cheap too. But the Korgs would be a bit more fun I think
Ah wow! I did not know that they were developing this.
Amazing!
You show us exactly what the Keystep 37 is, and no riff raff 'bout things it doesn't have. Very tasteful in every way 👍🏼✌🏼
Going though the Strum function is like instant Orbital. Fantastic.
Great demo, and love the music. Great setup. Very LFO in places, just need to add your 0 Coast!
Thanks - I
Cool! Thanks Mylarmelodies!
Thanks Denis x
I have no words. This is *so cool*
I like the features of this little keyboard midi controller. Scale mode, chord mode, strum mode. Connectivity is also great.
You make this look so easy!
Thank you for showing me that ASM!
I love your joy at the new features! By the way, I want to hear you narrate "the hare who lost his spectacles" off Tull's Passion Play album..haha
Excellent review! :)
Damn! If I had not already bought it I would have been throwing money at the screen. Great musical breakdowns that Hydrasynth is really doing some work. Next question is when does the album come out!? 😁
Hah, now that is a good question
Thank you for the great video, fantastic! I'll probably eventually get one of these to go alongside my original. I love hearing you enjoy yourself. 😊 I mean I can live without it but the screen is great. I love it when people say it can you give me more information please. And I'm often like have you heard of the internet you should try it sometime. Lmao 🤪
Thankyou for sharing this. The Strum function is a wicked feature. Would be nice if they updated the Pro to have this. Maybe that could be done via firmware. I do not own either currently considering if I would benefit from either this one or the Pro.
Oh this music again. Love it. 🔥🔥🔥
GREAT demo, you really show how inspiring this amazing thing is! Question: can a fullsized controller (ArtEssential 61) via MIDI in port access all the strum, scales etc. goodies? weird I know but just prefer full keys & five octaves
Best vid about the KeyStep 37! thx
Nice video.
Strum is apparently not working on cv output.
Keystep pro still the best choice to use it mainly with modular systems?
i almost got something like this but i went with the akai fire. you an also play in scales and its a lot of fun. i let my 4 year old niece rock out and she sounded pretty good lol
I think this with the Subharmonicon would be bonkers.
It's looking like this with anything would be bonkers. This is making me wanna trade my DeepMind 12 for a DM12 module
@@lordundhimself1310 can confirm its tons of fun with my DM12d
That looks awesome and probably allows for more creativity than the Pro. Great video.
Amazing stuff! How does that Hydrasynth rack feel? Can you still do the midi strip effect?
I think you just sold me on this. I do not have any hardware yet. That's down the road as I learn. I am hoping I can work with some app synthesizer and drum boxes until that time comes. From what I've seen here and other videos, this should give me room to grow. Thank you.
Follow up. I finally got some used gear (Arturia Keystep 37/Microfreak, Maschine MK3/Jam and Roland TR6S/MC101) Now to learn how to get them to play! I will review this video again. Cheers.
I'm enjoying mine, I haven't paired it with my hardware yet . I wanted to make sure it was fully functional with reason 11
Damn that strum function is really useful.
Superb review....
Hi, thank you for the great tutorial. A beginner's question : is it possible to use the Keystep functions (chord, arpeggiator) on a processed voice (using the TC Helicon perform VE for example) from the vocal processor's "midi in" to the Keystep's "midi out" ? Thanks you !
Sounds possible. Maybe message Arturia directly. Or Loopop on TH-cam may respond.
In keyboard play mode, can you arp the second synth? (or arp over a sequence on the same synth) On my minilogue XD when playing a seuqence i can freewheele over it in the same step mode so my timing is always correct which is really cool, i'm looking for the same technique with the keystep 37
Sweet, sweet video - as much fun as its predecessor for the original Keystep (an all-time fave YT video for me). And is that a TX7 the Hydrasynth is sitting on? Get that thing into the action!
It does in the keyboard play bit!
Thank you, now I have to get one X)
Hi, can I transpose the whole keyboard e.g half step down to play a C note to sound a C flat or the function is just to use with sequencer?.
Thanks.
Brilliant video ! Thanks . Do you think Arturia are likely to add more scales ?
Don’t know, but User is there for you to roll your own!
You need help because you are CRAZY! To unleash so much info like this to the public could cause havoc! I'm glad I got here first so I could prepare everyone for the music I'm working on.
Hi, loved your presentation! You seem to enjoy keystep 37 the most. I'm planning to buy a midi keyboard and really interested in this one(especially the strum feature) but I don't have any hardware synth or modules to control usinf keystep. I'm mainly gonna use it on DAW and VSTs. Would you recommend it using it just for VSTs n other plugin based synths? Thanks
Most definitely yes. Everything you see it doing here with hardware can equally apply to software, and there’s a USB port to easily power and connect data to a computer.
@@mylarmelodies thank you so much! I keep re-watching your video. It's very fun and musical 🙌🏽
i got the keystep gen 1 aka white version and funny story i got the black version and returned back for the white version because its got a special vibe to its like it belongs in my studio and imo this is the best minikeys if you want to producer music bass,chords,beat repeats ...this thing does every thing I just record them all in my 8 banks kick,snare,hihats, and then move the knob and record the changes in real time in my daw or mpc
Excellent!
Great video, great tunes, thank you! I’ve been lusting after those key leds on the Pro, but didn’t want it otherwise... so this is just perfect \:-D/ Also, TRS sync cable to restart DB Impact?? Awesome tip, many thanks for sharing! I wonder if the display shows tempo now?
Bloody hell, this thing is brilliant!! I’m learning to play better but lets be fair, as a synth player, this sort of help is fantastic :)
Just ordered the special edition black one because it was cheaper 🤷🏻♂️ Comes tomorrow and can’t wait :)
Can you only program sequences or can you do entire songs on this? If you can create entire automated songs; how many songs can it hold?
NI CE JAM you got going here!! curious, what VST are you using in your Jam? I see the hardware synths, but im curious what VST you are triggering here as well,THANK YOU !!
No VSTs, just what you see here!
Can you record synths from different midi channels while in loop mode, so that they're all looping together at once?
Does it have polyphonic aftertouch? Will the chord mode and arpeggiator conform to the scale you have set (play diatonically)?
I checked the manual but I can’t find any information regarding either of these questions. Thanks in advance.
no polyphonic is too expensive for those cheap arturia motherfu ckers, get a gem s2/s3 for that
Very cool!
When you go into chord mode, and you set a chord, can you then set a key/scale that the chords will get transposed to? Or is the key/scale mode completely separate from the chords? So for example, can I put the key step into Cm, then set the chord to Cm, and when I play a E flat it will play the major version of that chord?
Yes - it quantises into that scale
Great video!! Please what were the other two or three synthesizers or signal processing that were used with the keyboard?
Thanks!
ASM Hydrasynth is the main voice in this - then Yamaha TX7 (DX7 in desktop) thru an Eventide Space!
mylarmelodies ... Thanks for the answer mylarmelodies! I appreciate it!
The Loopop intro I love it
Oh this is amazing! So when you strum a chord, are CV and Gate send for each individual strummed note? And will it stop sending individual pitch/gate information when the Strum parameter knob is set very close to 0? If this works it would pair so well with a MI Rings!
It doesn't :( Just checked Molten Modular's video and he shows that this functionality is missing. Bugger.
Ah dang - Rings occurred to me as being an amazing thing for this potentially but didn’t get to try it yet
beautiful
A have (another) probably basic question. The Keystep 37 obviously has great sequencer/arp modes, but can it also be used to play/record unquantized into a DAW without things being snapped to the grid? I guess I mostly need a midi controller keyboard for playing things on a DAW, but I'm really intrigued by the generative possibilities of the Keystep 37 so I'm thinking of choosing this (over something like a simple M-Audio Keystation 49).
Can anyone help me with this? Ta.
Yep totally, you can have the quantiser active but not run the sequencer!
Excellent dude.Peace
Super dope.
Hi there just saw your video. I have just bought myself a Waldorf Iridium, can you tell me if the Arturia would be compatible as I bought the roli seaboard and it’s not compatible.
Compatible in which way?
Can you record 2 separate patterns with the synth 1 and 2 option cos you just jammed on the TX
Is there any way to get strum working with CV output?
Please help. How can I get the keystop to recognize the hydrasynth latch?
How is the aftertouch on the keystep?
I ordered it today! I considered the Minilab, but it has only 25 keys.
Can it change octaves while you play ? 💡👀✔
It's similar to Probability Arp on Ableton. Check it out guys.
I really like this set up. A drum machine, versatile synth and effects with a midi sequencer. Can I ask how they are all hooked up into Live?
weird question: microtuning possibilities? and ... whats the name of the module you have with all these stickers?
aphra cadabra Dont think KS37 supports microtuning although the Hydrasynth does. That’s a TX7 - doesn’t support microtuning although the TX81Z does!
Curious what your thoughts are on the hydrasynth? Stengths? Weakenesses? Worth it?
It’s a pretty mind bogglingly powerful machine - very straightforward to use - sounds amazing, you’ll never find the bottom of it, and every time I mess with it holy sounding things come out. Any “drawbacks” would just depend on your own needs really, and whether or not you like the tone/what you hear from it. You’d probably still want to have an analogue mono or two as well, but for “everything else”, it’s a monster IMHO, and the sounds prove it
Hydrasynth ?!
Yeah, I can’t shade on that, great sounding synth.
That new 37 is something else!
Hint Christmas present hint hint !
Mooooooom, look here!! Hint hint hint!!!! xD
Bloody hell Baldrick! I've just ordered a Keystep Pro 😂😂😂
This is one of those situations where it's OK to get both!
@@mylarmelodies I'm sure I'll find some excuse!
the beat @16:45 sure is a tasty lick, m8! Yasssss :D
Headbanging on this one 🤘😄
I have watched a few of these demonstrations re sequencing, cords on the Arturia etc etc, is this keyboard limited to the piano sounds only?
It would be great for someone just to play a demonstration tune, not in piano mode but in organ or violins, trumpets, strings, choirs, anything but in piano twang.
It is a midiboard, it does not play build in sounds on its own, you need to connect it to a synthesizer or a software
Approved , aftertouch is rare at this price point.
Oooooo Future Sound of London rang .... they want their Boom Booom back
Nice pal. Nevertheless I have a question : does the Keystep Aftertouch work with the Hydrasynth ? (I know the Keystep doesn't have poly AT, but does "classic" AT work with it ?). Thanks very much.
Most certainly does yes
@@mylarmelodies you did not try ?! Ut modo : it doesn't work ^^
How so? Have you set it up in the Hydrasynth’s mod matrix to do something?
@@mylarmelodies I m just kidding. I think it must be a trick to set : maybe mono AT or something. I ve ordered my HS yesterday, I'm just a bit worried about the AT with my Keystep 37. And I can't find answer anywhere to my question except with you maybe.
@@somethingintheuniverse760 Mono AT is a Source in the mod matrix, you should just pick it, assign it to something, and the KS will feed AT in
I'm new to all this.
Been using this keyboard with a arturia 49 key essential and idk Wtf I'm doing.
I connected my 39 key to my 49 essential together thru midi but I still don't get the effects you're producing.
Also, I thought It came with vocoder, which is sold separately, 😔😔😔