Document Outline

• User Manual
• Special Thanks
  • DIRECTION
  • ENGINEERING
  • INDUSTRIALIZATION
  • MANUAL
  • DESIGN
• Thank you for purchasing the Arturia BeatStep Pro!
• Special Message Section
  • Specifications Subject to Change:
  • IMPORTANT:
  • NOTICE:
  • Precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Introduction
• Table Of Contents
• BeatStep Pro Overview
  • Making the connections
    • ...with a Computer
    • ...with external devices
      • CV/Velo/Gate/Drum Gate
      • MIDI devices
      • Clock sources/destinations
    • Something to consider: Ground loops
      • When should I use the anti ground loop adapter?
  • Front panel overview
    • Transport/Shift buttons
    • Preset/Project utility
      • TRNS LNK button
      • PRST LNK button
      • Preset Length section
      • MIDI channel button
    • Roller/Looper
    • Swing/Randomness/Probability
    • Tempo and synchronization
    • Sequencer control
    • Project/Control modes
    • Control Encoders
    • Step buttons
    • Velocity/Pressure Pads
  • Rear panel overview, part 1
    • Pitch/Velo/Gate outputs
    • Drum Gate outputs
  • Rear panel overview, part 2
    • Clock input/output
    • MIDI input/output
    • USB/DC IN
    • Power switch
    • Kensington lock port
• Basic Operations
  • What is a Project?
  • The Blank Project
  • Making a Project
    • Select a Sequencer
    • Select a pattern
    • Clear a pattern
    • Set the tempo
    • Enable the metronome
    • Record a pattern (or three)
    • Sequencer Mute
  • Project Save
  • Project Load
  • All Notes Off
• The Step Sequencers
  • What’s a step sequencer?
  • SEQ1 and SEQ2 characteristics
  • Sequence Creation
    • Quantize Recording
    • Encoders
      • Pitch
      • Velocity
      • Gate Time
    • Scales
      • What the Scales do
      • Scale Types
      • How the root note of a sequence is determined
    • Step buttons: note on/off/edit
      • Viewing different Step button groups
    • Default Sequence Length
      • Sequence Follow mode
      • Lengths > 16 steps
      • Editing steps 17-32
    • Pads
      • Input Scale
      • Octave range
      • Chromatic transposition
      • Playback mode
      • Time division
    • Swing: Project vs. Current Track
      • How Project and Current Track Swing values interact
    • Randomness/Probability Features
      • How the Project and Current Track values interact
  • Saving a sequencer pattern
  • Copying a pattern
  • Copying a pattern between SEQ1 and SEQ2
  • Clearing a pattern
• The Drum Sequencer
  • DRUM vs. SEQ: a comparison
  • Pattern Creation
    • Recording a Pattern
      • About quantize recording
    • Selecting a Drum
    • Muting a Drum
    • Selecting the Encoder Editing Options
      • Shift
      • Velocity
      • Gate Time
    • Step-editing a pattern
      • Viewing a different Step button group
    • Pattern Length
      • Pattern Follow mode
      • Pattern Lengths > 16 steps
      • Editing steps 17-32
      • Polyrhythm
    • Pad Functions
      • Playback mode
      • Time division
    • The Swing feature
      • Interaction between Project and Current Track Swing values
    • Randomness and Probability
      • Interaction between the Project and Current Track values
  • Saving a Drum pattern
  • Copying a Drum pattern
  • Clearing a Drum pattern
• Projects
  • Loading a Project
  • Project management
    • Saving a Project
    • Copying a Project
  • Tempo
    • Fine-tuning of the Tempo
    • Tap tempo
  • Swing
    • Current Track button (Swing)
  • Randomness/Probability
    • Randomness
    • Probability
    • Current Track button (Randomness/Probability)
  • Roller/Looper modes
    • Roller mode
      • General operation
      • Sync settings
    • Looper mode
      • Loop length
      • Loop start point
  • Transpose Link
  • Preset Link
  • Selecting MIDI Channels
    • Output Channels
    • Input Channels
• Advanced Features
  • SEQ1, SEQ2, and DRUM
    • Extend a sequence, pattern, or drum track
      • Extending a sequencer pattern (SEQ1 and SEQ2)
      • Extending a Drum pattern (Polyrhythm Off)
      • Extending a Drum track (Polyrhythm On)
    • Polyrhythm mode
      • What is Polyrhythm mode?
      • What it does
      • Make a polyrhythm
    • Pattern Chains
      • Example 1: SEQ1 only
      • Example 2: SEQ1 and SEQ2
      • Example 3: SEQ1, SEQ2, and DRUM
    • Enter/edit notes with Step button + Pad
      • SEQ1/SEQ2
      • DRUM
    • Fast Ties
      • …for patterns 16 steps or shorter
      • …for patterns >16 steps
      • More about Tied events:
    • Editing all steps in a pattern at once
      • SEQ1/SEQ2
      • DRUM
      • Example 1: Velocity offset
      • Example 2: Uniform velocity
  • SHIFT button chart
  • MIDI to CV conversion
    • Sequencer mode – MIDI to CV
• Synchronization
  • As Master
  • As Slave
    • Clock In/Out rates
    • Clock connectors
• CV/Gate functions
  • SEQ1/SEQ2: Pitch, Velo and Gate
    • CV/Gate signals: DAW configuration
    • Routing signals
    • CV/Gate specifications
  • Drum Gates
    • Which pads do I use?
    • Can my DAW send Drum Gate signals?
    • How should I route the signals?
    • Drum Gate specifications
• Control Mode
  • What is Control Mode?
  • Top panel functions
    • RATE/FINE encoder
    • Metronome/Tap Tempo button
    • Swing Encoder
    • Randomness/Probability Encoders
    • The Touch strip
    • Transport section
    • Disabled features
  • Selecting the User Channel
  • Working with Scenes
    • What is a Scene?
    • How to make a Scene
    • Recalling a Scene
  • Encoders: CC vs. MCU/HUI mode
  • Shift functions in Control Mode
• MIDI Control Center
  • MCC Basics
    • System requirements
    • Installation and location
    • Connection
      • Potential issues: Windows OS
      • Potential issues: Mac OS X
    • Where to find the manual
  • Device Projects
    • Project list
    • Resizing the window
  • Project Browser
    • Building a Project library
    • Revise a Template
    • Revise a pattern
  • Store To/Recall From
    • Store a Project to the BeatStep Pro
    • Recall a Project from the BeatStep Pro
    • Template Utilities
  • Tabs
    • Project Tab
    • SEQ1 & SEQ2 Tab
    • DRUM Tab
    • Controller Map Tab
  • Sequence window
    • How to Navigate
      • Scroll
      • Zoom
    • Front-panel parameters
      • Transpose parameter
    • Sequence Length
    • Sequence Events
      • Enter/delete notes
      • Move notes
      • Copy/paste notes
      • Note velocity
      • Note length/Gate time
      • TIE a note
  • Drum window
    • Navigation
      • Scroll
      • Zoom
    • Front-panel features
    • Pattern length (Polyrhythm Off)
    • Track length (Polyrhythm On)
    • Pattern events
      • Enter/delete events
      • Move events
      • Copy/paste events
      • Event velocity
      • Event length/Gate time
      • TIE an event
  • Controller window
    • Common features
      • MIDI Port
      • MIDI Channel control
    • Toggle MIDI CC values with a pad
    • Set encoder range for a MIDI CC
  • Device Settings
    • Global parameters
      • Pattern Link
      • User Knob Acceleration
      • Pad Poly Aftertouch
      • Scene Mode
      • Seq1 Velocity Scaling
      • Seq2 Velocity Scaling
      • Seq1 Randomize Octave
      • Seq2 Randomize Octave
      • Auto-sync
      • Mode: Roller/Looper
    • Touch Strip
      • MIDI Send/Receive
      • MIDI CC
      • Using the Touch Strip with a DAW
    • MIDI Channel parameters
      • User Channel
    • Mackie Control / HUI
    • Transposition
      • Transposition Latch
      • Seq Trans. Input channel
      • Seq Trans. Input port
      • Seq Trans. Center pitch
    • CV/Gate mode
    • Sync
      • Clock In/Out Settings
      • Tap Tempo
      • Tempo
      • Wait to Load Project
      • Wait to Load Pattern
    • Metronome
    • Transport
    • Drum Map
    • User Scale
• Parameter Charts
  • Default settings
    • Encoders settings
    • Step buttons settings
    • Pads settings
  • MCU/HUI encoder assignments
• Software License Agreement
• Declaration of Conformity