Using Arturia's Keystep Pro with VCV Rack

Published on Apr 21, 2020 Omri Cohen

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00:00 - Overview
01:35 - Syncing VCV Rack with the KEystep Pro
09:52 - Creating a basic sequence
22:08 - Polyphonic sequences and chaining
28:41 - Arpeggiators
36:25 - The drum sequencer
45:01 - The control section
50:21 - As a "simple" controller
54:56 - As a Midi to CV converter"

Keystep Pro Modular Jam 1 - Percall, Dust of Time, Majella MCVC and Tendrils

Synth Diy Guy

"My first jam with some of the latest arrivals for review. Everything will be or has been reviewed more thoroughly, this is just a jam :)

Keystep Pro handles controlling and sequencing, sending MIDI to Majella MCVC to generate a 4 voice polyphonic patch (OC as 4 envelopes, Majella VVCA x 2 as velocity VCAs, Befaco Even VCO x 2 and Teezer VCO x 2)
Drum channel triggers Befaco Kickall and Percall making 4 voices with Joranalogue Generate 3 with heavy FM for a snare type sound, white noise hi hat, etc.. sample and holds varying the decay lengths.
Dust of Time number 1 is a bass in basic oscillator mode, suing it's built in envelopes, VCA, folder and stereo detune. DOT #2 is the high pitch percussive melodic voice."

Aerated Distortion: synth track criada com Moog Sub 37 e MPC One

video upload by Marcus Padrini

"Durante a pandemia, registrei algumas ideias com setup alternativo. Agora, aos poucos, vou transferindo as faixas para o setup principal. É o caso da faixa Aerated Distortion, criada a partir de um preset do Dave Smith Tetra, com uma sequência do Arturia Keystep pro, strings do Behringer VC340 e lead do Moog Sub 37. De todos eles, somente o Sub 37 permanece no setup.

O Tetra e o VC340 foram substituídos aqui pelo MPC One e seus instrumentos virtuais. Recriei o timbre do Tetra utilizando o Jura (juno 106) e os strings com o Solina do MPC. Incluí um baixo do ARP Odyssey (também do MPC) e mantive o mesmo patch de lead do Sub 37. Tudo sequenciado no MPC One.

During the pandemic, I recorded some ideas with an alternative setup. Now, little by little, I'm transferring the tracks to the main setup. This is the case with the track Aerated Distortion, created from a Dave Smith Tetra preset, with a sequence from Arturia Keystep pro, strings from the Behringer VC340 and lead from the Moog Sub 37. Of all of them, only the Sub 37 remains in the setup.

The Tetra and VC340 have been replaced here by the MPC One and its virtual instruments. I recreated the Tetra timbre using Jura (juno 106) and the strings with Solina from MPC. I included a bass from the ARP Odyssey (also from MPC) and kept the same lead patch from the Sub 37. All sequenced in MPC One."

Rob Lewis | Live Performance with KeyStep Pro

Arturia

"Rob Lewis is a London, UK based composer specialising in music for film, TV and live spaces. He has scored a number of high profile projects for BBC, Channel 4 and independent productions. In this live one-take performance, Rob uses the KeyStep Pro as the central controller for his external hardware."

Noise Engineering Modular Patch walkthrough and jam - Manis, BIA, Ataraxic and more

video upload by Rochefsky

"This eurorack modular synthesis patch was fun to create and play and a bit harder to describe - but I try to do both (jam and describe) in this video. The whole kit was acquired recently and is 100% Noise Engineering. The only non NoiseE component is the main bass line melody sequence which comes from the Arthur’s Keystep Pro into the Manis.

Heavy Bass, modulated dirty percussion, grainy backup rando melody - this patch is unmistakably Manis Iteritas, Basimilus Iteritas Alter (BIA) and Ataraxic Iteritas - all Noise Engineering modules.

Bass Line: Arturia keystep pro sequencing Manis, and some modulation coming from Pons Asinorum.

Melody: Vox Digitalis random sequence of 8 notes driving Ataraxic Iteritas.

Percussion: Simple clock into Numeric Repetitor with Prime output driving the BIA trigger and factors driving other modulation…

And a bunch of modulation from other modules ;)

I’m digging doing these videos, so if you want anything specific, let me know."

Eurorack, Buchla , DFAM,System 8, Matriarch, Subharmonicon, VCS3,Pulsar23

video upload by therudyrude

"Keystep Pro controls the Pulsar23 and the Cwejman VM1 ,I use the Moog Matriarch,DFAM,Subharmonicon, the Roland System 8,The Buchla with 4 Oscillators and the VCS3"

Eurorack, Buchla , DFAM,System 8, Matriarch, Subharmonicon, VCS3,Pulsar23 Part Deux
video upload by therudyrude

"Keystep Pro controls the Pulsar23 and the Cwejman VM1 ,I use the Moog Matriarch,DFAM,Subharmonicon, the Roland System 8,The Buchla with 4 Oscillators and the VCS3 part 2"

Performance of The Week: 'Vangelis'-inspired Melodic Eurorack Jam w/ Arturia Keystep Pro

video upload by AJH Synth Official

"A melodic modular synth performance loosely inspired by the late composer Vangelis, who sadly passed away this year (2022), particularly his unforgettable music for the 1983 movie 'Blade Runner'. This is a kind of homage to someone whose work has doubtlessly coloured the music of many musicians who came after him. The instrument used consists of a range of AJH Synth modules to create rudimentary analog percussion, choir' like pad, choppy monophonic pattern, and Blade Runner-is lead sounds, all of which are entirely analogue.

Modules used:
Percussion - Entropic Doom, Multi Burst Envelopes, Discrete Cascaded VCA
Choir Pad - Glide + Noise (a little glide added), Precision Voltages (for choosing note intervals whilst composing) Vintage Transistor Core VCO (x2, sawtooths), Wave Swarm, Fixed Filter Bank 914, Lunar Module (as noise source), Next Phase, Dual LFO + VCA (for panning FFB), Muting Mixer & VCA
Sequence - Vintage Transistor Core VCO (x1), Ring SM (adding 1 sub-octave, Sonic XV filter, Dual RVG (modulating filter), Contour Generators, Discrete Cascaded VCA
Lead - Full MiniMod voice (Glide/VCO x3/Ladder Filter/Contours/VCA), Dual LFO + VCA (pitch vibrato), DH-ADSR (providing envelope for vibrato level)
Sequencer used is the Arturia Keystep Pro"

Arturia Keystep Pro Sound Demo (no talking)

Published on Apr 27, 2020 Bonedo Synthesizers

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Quick Demo: Casio RZ-1, Typhon, Anyma Phi, Keystep Pro, Roland SE-02

video upload by SynthAddict

"I just got a Casio RZ-1 in good condition and felt like an impromptu jam. :-)

Quick Demo: Casio RZ-1. Dreadbox Typhon, Aodyo Anyma Phi, Arturia Keystep Pro, and Roland SE-02"

Dualtrx - 10min loop // TipTop Audio 808 Kit / Arturia Keystep Pro / Magneto / Black Hole DSP2

Published on May 19, 2020 Dualtrx

"Hello guys. I made a little patch using Tiptop Audio - 808 kit / Hats goes through the PicoDSP , for the 'stereo effect'. CB goes through Black Hole DSP2 by Erica Synths. The rest of the sounds are Rings and Plaits through Magneto by Strymon and Monsoon. Clicks and Pops from Bitbox by 1010music. Everything is Triggered and played by Arturia Keystep Pro."

Ram ♈ (Waldorf M + Analog Heat + Rooms + Pill // TR6S // Minitaur // S1 + Particle // Keystep Pro)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"A 4-minute uptempo jam for the first video of 2024! 🎉 May all your wishes come true this year!

The Arturia Keystep Pro (KSP) is sequencing:
- the PADS played by the Waldorf M through the Elektron Analog Heat MkII (using mainly its analog filter modulated by one of its LFO) + Rooms reverb + Pill ducking pedal (triggered by the kick from the TR-6S).
- the BASS played by the Moog Minitaur. I used the 'Chain' patterns of the KSP to make a long bass line.

The DRUMS are being sequenced/played by the Roland TR-6S (I used its onboard filter on the master BUS for the builds).

And the LEAD sound played in real time on the Roland S-1 synth, through the Red Panda Particle 2 granular delay."

Arturia KeyStep Pro NO TALKING Live Jam Performance

Published on Jan 18, 2020 SourceDistributionTV

"#KeyStepPro co-designer Sebastien Rochard from Arturia was doing incredible demos of the new KeyStep Pro at #NAMM2020 - we caught a whole routine on video with direct sound."

Arturia Keystep Pro and Buchla 200e and some Mutables

therudyrude

"Trying out the Buchla 1.2 volt/octave setting in the Keystep Pro.
I also trig Elements and PLaits for drums."

Arturia Announces the Step Black Edition

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Each of the new Black Edition models comes complete with CV cables, giving you immediate access to the sequencer’s hardware control functionality.

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Arturia KEYSTEP PRO AND 5u Modular System

therudyrude

"Just the Keystep Pro controling the 5u,Mu,DOTCOM"

Prototype Jam! TINRS Fenix IV, mmalex Plinky and Faust on Teensy 4.0

video by Making Sound Machines

"Here's a little prototype jam, using all the lovely modular gear and hardware we've been testing these last weeks! The granular glockenspiel is made with This is Not Rocket Science's Fenix IV Eurorack compatible system-in-a-box - this is a beta machine but production hardware is actually done! TiNRS’ Stijn and Lauri built in an awesome way to load sample banks into the digital oscillator in wavetable mode, so we were able to use a recording of my childhood glockenspiel as grains in this synth sequence, with beautiful warbles from the onboard delay! TiNRS Fenix' sequencer allows for each of its four channels to have its own rhythm subdivisions and to be transposed via MIDI - this is exactly what's happening here using the Arturia keystep pro. Fenix' extra seq channels are triggering a kick from GHzTomash Callisto teensy arduino DIY drum module, and gating some noise percussion using the Fenix' VCA. The lush swell of reverb at the end is coming from a combination of Fenix built-in verb and using our beta unit mmalex Plinky as an FX processor - DIY kits and the expander will soon be available again from Thonk.

The stereo organ pad is made on a Teensy 4.0 arduino, running an additive synth patch made with Faust DSP and the teensy audio library, controlled via MIDI with the Arturia Keystep Pro and patched into the Eurorack with our own Multiplikand module. It's rhythmically chopped using This is Not Rocket Science's Wobbler complex LFO into Mutable Instruments Streams dual dynamics gate, using the TiNRS Fenix' sequencer to reset the LFO in time with the sequence. The bass is Moogs DIY voice Werkstatt 01, a CV-controlled voice with a ladder filter and that lovely Moog sub.

The beats in the ending come from our circuit bent e-licktronic NAVA TR909 clone, sequenced using the Roland Aria TR-8 drum machine. While the NAVA is an exact copy of the famous TR909 circuits, hacked by us with 34 mods to vastly expand the sonic palette of the instrument, the TR-8 is a digital emulation of the same synth and somewhat shunned for its color scheme. If you look beyond that, it's a very practical and lovely machine.

❤️ Huge thank you to everyone sending us stuff to test and build! This is extremely fun!"

Modeling (Clavia Nord Drum 3P - Modeling Percussion Synth // Arturia Keystep Pro Sequencer)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"I wanted to dive a little deeper in the synth engine of the Nord Drum 3P drum pad! So I used 4 of its 6 tracks (sequenced by the KeystepPro) to play monophonic synth parts and the last 2 tracks, to play live some drum sounds (kick and snare).

I was quite impressed by the versatility of the Nord Drum and how much it can be an expressive instrument! Hope I'll become a good drummer one day 😅

* Hardware used *
- Clavia Nord Drum 3P : all sounds
- Arturia Keystep Pro : sequencing 4 of the 6 tracks of the Nord Drum 3P"

The Weeknd - Blinding Lights | Loop Guitar and Synthesizer cover

video upload by Karel Smit

"I wanted to do a cover again where I played everything live. It limits the amount of layers and dynamics a bit, and the buildup needs some patience, but so much fun to do!

Set-up:
Arturia Keystep Pro sequences:
-Track 1 Moog Mother-32: arpeggio thingy during verse
-Track 2 Arturia Minibrute 2s: Bass
-Track 3 Korg Minilogue xd (double Osc sawtooth)/Ableton wavetable plugin (double sawtooth with sub)
-Track 4 Arturia Microfreak Vocoder Edition: pads

Arturia Drumbrute Impact: drums (kick, snare, clap, hihats)
Guitar: Fender american strat. Sounds from Archetype: Cory Wong plugin by Neuraldsp. Harmonised part is made with the Digitech Whammyt DT set to a higher fifth

Recorded, mixed and effects added in Ableton live 10"

Hans Zimmer - Leaving Caladan (Dune Soundtrack) | Synthesizer & Guitar Cover

video upload by

"It was time for something cinematic again. This one was a bit challenging, because I couldn't find any sheet music, so it's definitely not entirely the same as the original, but I like how it turned out :)

Set-up:
Arturia keystep pro controls:
-Track 1 Grand piano (Ableton plugin)
-Track 2 Arturia Minibrute 2s: bass
-Track 3 Korg minilogue xd: second bass
-Track 4 Moog Mother 32: highs / Ableton plugins: Viola section & Glowing choir female

Maschine MK3 for drums. Used toms from multiple groups and edited the samples a lot
Guitar: Ibanez RG8 in drop E, tuned down to D with the Digitech Whammy DT
Sounds come from the Archetype Abasi plugin by neural DSP"

Dancin9 💃 (Perfourmer + H9 + Julianna // Streichfett // TR6S + KP3+ + Analog Heat // Keystep Pro)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"All the sequences/patterns/drums were recorded live in one shot. The main sequencer is the Arturia Keystep Pro (its 4 tracks were used to sequence the Vermona Perfourmer and Waldorf Streichfett).

As for the drums, they were recorded on the Roland TR-6S, where I used some of the latest cool features added on the latest update (v1.50), as the new reverb (HA-DOU) and delay (PITCH SHIFTER) and on its master effect, the new gripping VINYL SIMULATOR (I love the compressor in it which really adds some nice punch 👊🤩).
I mainly used the Analog Circuit Behavior sounds for the drums.

* Hardware used *
- Vermona Perfourmer MKII :
* Voice 1 + Julianna : Drone
* Voice 2 : Bass
* Voice 3+4 + Eventide H9 (Delay) : Pluck

- Waldorf Streichfett + Pill Pedal (triggered by the drums) : Strings + Pluck

- Roland TR-6S + Korg Kaoss Pad KP3+ + Elektron Analog Drive : Drums + Riser"

Velocity - From scratch 🌠 (Waldorf M + Timeline // Moog Minitaur + H9 // Roland TR6S // Streichfett)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"Another track built from scratch this time with a retro / new wave 80s vibe 😉 recorded in one shot. In the intro, you are hearing the live/raw sound recorded by the camera just to get that retro feel! 😊

Everything was sequenced by the Arturia Keystep Pro.

The chimes sounds are from the Waldorf M, hybrid analog/digital synth (I used its MULTI mode with 3 layers, where velocity has been used to switch between the 3 sounds).

The bass is being played by the Moog Minitaur through the Eventide H9 (Chorus, adding stereo width).

The drums sounds are coming from the Roland TR-6S (with my favorite VINYL SIM effect on its master bus 🤩).

And finally the LEAD/PADS are coming from the Waldorf Streichfett digital string synth.

* Hardware used *

- CHIMES : Waldorf M + Strymon Timeline (delay)
- BASS : Moog Minitaur +Julianna Eventide H9 (chorus)
- DRUMS : Roland TR-6S
- LEAD/PADS : Waldorf Streichfett
- All synth & drum parts sequenced by the Arturia Keystep Pro"