Arturia
Keystep 37
💾 Firmware 1.1.6.579
Features
Chord / Strum Mode
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Hold
Shift and pressHold .Chord will become orange andHold will blink -
Rotate
1 / Type to choose the chord -
Hit single keys on the keyboard to trigger that chord
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Rotate
2 / Notes to add more notes to the chord -
Rotate
3 / Vel > Notes to adjust how many notes are played based on velocity:Value # of Notes 0% All notes no matter what 50% About 1⁄2 at low velocity, all at high 99% Only the root at low velocity, all at high -
Rotate
4 / Strum to strum the values instead of playing chords
The more notes in your chord, the more this affect is noticeable
Control Mode / Using the Knobs
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By default,
1 / Type ,2 / Notes ,3 / Vel > Notes , and4 / Strum will control the first bank of MIDI CC's you've configured in MIDI Control Center -
Tap
Chord to advance to Bank 2 -
Repeat to advance to Banks 3 and then 4
When
Setting a User Chord
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Hold down
Chord and play a chord -
You should now be in Chord Mode and can play your chord with one note
Step Recording
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Set
Mode to “Seq” -
Rotate
Mode to 1–8, depending on what sequence you want to overwrite -
Press and release
⏺ -
Hold
⏺ , then press a key on the keyboard between 1 and 16 (blue labels) to set the number of steps -
Repeat the previous step to “add” steps to the sequence
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Hold down one or more keys
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To create a step, release the keys
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To create a longer step (ties), press
Tap once for each additional step to tie -
Release the keys
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Tap
Tap to enter a rest instead of a note -
Tap
⏹️ when done
Step Recording w/ Legato
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Start a Step Recording
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Hold down
Tap -
Play notes as if step recording
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Release
Tap
These notes won't trigger new gate events
Notes and Non-Obvious Behaviors
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Recommend keep program 8 clear so you can safely hit play and not hear some random sequence
MIDI Info & CCs
❌ Does not respond to Program Change
No notable MIDI CCs