Document Outline

• User Manual
• Special Thanks
  • DIRECTION
  • ENGINEERING
  • INDUSTRIALIZATION
  • DESIGN
  • TESTING
  • BETA TESTING
  • MANUAL
• Thank you for purchasing the Arturia KeyStep!
• Special Message
  • Specifications Subject to Change:
  • IMPORTANT:
  • NOTICE:
  • Precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Introduction
• Table Of Contents
• Introduction and Overview
  • A fascinating adventure
  • About Reading Manuals
  • Installation
    • Warning
    • Register your Instrument
  • KeyStep and KeyStep 37
    • Sequencer and Arpeggiator
    • Scale and Root
    • The Chord / CC unit
    • The Back Panel
  • Overview
    • Making the connections
      • .....with a Computer
      • .....with external devices
        • CV/Mod/Gate
        • MIDI devices
        • Sync sources/destinations
  • Front panel overview
    • Sequencer/Arpeggiator
      • The Seq/Arp toggle switch
      • Seq /Arp modes
      • The time Division
      • Rate
    • Tap Tempo/Rest/Tie
    • The transport section
      • All Notes Off
    • LED display, Chord button and knobs
    • Hold/Chord button
    • Shift button
    • Oct -/+, Transpose, Kbd Play
    • Pitch & Mod touch strips
  • Rear panel overview
    • USB/DC IN
    • 12V DC IN (with optional adapter)
    • Pitch/Gate/Mod outputs
    • Sustain pedal input
    • Sync input/output
    • MIDI input/output
    • Sync source selector switches
    • Kensington lock port
• Basic Operations
  • Plug and play
    • Slimkey keyboard
    • Keyboard MIDI channel selection
    • Pitch and Mod touch strips
      • The Pitch strip
      • The Mod strip
    • The Hold button
    • Sustain pedal
    • Oct - / Oct +
    • Factory reset
  • Select and play a sequence
    • Sequencer / Arpeggiator toggle switch
    • Sequencer / Arpeggiator Mode encoder
    • Transport control
    • Rate knob (set tempo)
    • Time Division encoder
  • Using the arpeggiator
    • Seq / Arp toggle switch
    • Seq / Arp Mode encoder
    • Transport section
    • Set the tempo
    • Time Division
    • Hold button
  • Scales & Chords
• Shift Functions
  • Chord mode
    • Activating chord mode
    • Playing single notes
    • Setting Chord span with Notes
    • Setting the Velocity to Notes ratio
    • Selecting Strum type
    • Sequences & arpeggios
  • Transpose / Kbd Play in Seq mode
    • Transpose
    • Keyboard Play
  • Skip selections: Seq / Arp
  • Skip selections: Time Division
  • Restart Seq / Arp from beginning
  • Keyboard Shift Functions
    • Keyboard MIDI channel
    • Gate
    • Swing
    • Sequence
      • Mono
      • Overdub
    • Scales
      • Selecting Scales
      • Changing the Scale Root
      • User Scales
    • Shift function chart
• Creating Sequences
  • What is a step sequencer?
  • Creating a sequence
    • Step recording
      • Entering rests
      • Tie notes
      • Legato notes
    • Real-time record/replace
      • Replacing notes
      • Restart
      • Time Div and recording
      • Time Div and Rate
    • Adjusting the sequence length
    • What does it record?
      • A note about velocity
    • What is not recorded?
  • Modifying a sequence
    • Append
    • Clear Last
  • Saving sequences
• The Arpeggiator
  • What's an arpeggiator?
  • Arpeggiator features
  • Arpeggiator modes
    • Start the arpeggiator
    • Arp mode: Up
    • Arp mode: Down
    • Arp mode: Inclusive
    • Arp Mode: Exclusive
    • Arp Mode: Random
    • Arp Mode: Walk
    • Arp Mode: Pattern
    • Arp Mode: Order
  • Adding Notes in other octave ranges
  • Building a multi-octave arpeggio
  • Pausing an arpeggio
  • Arpeggio Tricks
    • Ratcheting
    • Spicing up your Arpeggios
• Synchronization
  • As Master
  • As Slave
    • Sync In/Out types
    • Clock connectors
• MOD/GATE/PITCH functions
  • Pitch and Gate signals
    • How do Pitch and Gate work?
    • Can my DAW send CV/Gate signals?
    • Modulation (Mod) output
      • Setting the MOD output
  • Routing the signals
  • MOD/GATE/PITCH specifications
• Controlling external synths
  • Control Mode
    • What are CC# messages?
    • CC messages and MIDI
    • Monitoring CC#'s and their values
  • The four CC Banks
    • Editing CC numbers
  • Examples
    • Connecting knobs
    • Controlling parameters on the MicroFreak
• The MIDI Control Center
  • The Basics
    • System requirements
    • Installation and location
    • Connection
    • Back up your sequences
    • Where to find the manual
  • The Sync option
    • Sync operations
    • Non-sync operations
  • Device Projects
    • The Working Project
      • Live editing
      • Drag and drop
  • Project Browser
    • Building a library
    • Revise a Template
      • While synced
      • Not synced
    • Send one sequence to KeyStep 37
      • When synced
      • When not synced
  • Store To/Recall From
    • The 'Store To' button
    • Recall edited sequences from KeyStep 37
    • Save, Delete, Import/Export, etc.
  • Import/Export Device Settings
    • Export Device Settings
    • Import Device Settings
  • Editing basics
    • Data entry
    • Selecting the tabs
    • Seq tab
    • Device Settings tab
  • Sequence window
    • Navigation
      • Scroll
      • Zoom
    • Per-sequence parameters
      • Seq Length
      • Seq Swing %
      • Seq Gate length
    • Sequence events
      • Enter/delete notes
      • Move notes
      • Copy/paste notes
      • Note velocity
      • Change the Gate time
      • Tie a note
  • Sequence management
    • Copy a Seq tab to another Seq tab
    • Drag/drop onto a tab
  • Working with Device Settings
    • Common features
      • MIDI Channel
      •  Synchronizing
    • MIDI Controller settings
      • User Channel
      • MIDI Input Channel
      • MIDI Thru
      • Velocity curve
      • Aftertouch curve
      • Knob Catchup
      • Sustain Pedal Function
      • Hold Button Function
    • Sequence settings
      • Sync Clock In/Out settings
      • Sync Clock Start
      • Next Seq
      • Transposition Input port
      • Transpose Input channel
      • Transposition Latch
      • Transpose Center Pitch
      • Velocity
      • Fixed Velocity value
      • Tap Tempo average
      • Arm to Start
      • Tie Mode
      • Sequencer Length Update
    • CV/Gate settings
      • Pitch CV Output
      • MIDI Note reference (0V, 1V)
      • Note Priority
      • Mod CV source
      • Mod CV max voltage
      • Pitch Bend Range
      • Gate CV Output
    • Transport settings
    • CC Bank settings
• Software License Agreement
• Declaration of Conformity