Document Outline

• User Manual
• Keystep Pro
• Special Thanks
  • DIRECTION
  • ENGINEERING
  • INDUSTRIALIZATION
  • TESTING
  • BETA TESTING
  • MANUAL
  • DESIGN
• Thank you for purchasing the Arturia KeyStep Pro!
• Special Message Section
  • Specifications Subject to Change:
  • IMPORTANT:
  • NOTICE:
  • Precautions include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Introduction
• Table Of Contents
• Welcome and introduction
  • A fascinating adventure
  • About reading manuals
  • KeyStep Pro 2.0 Updates
    • Workflow refinements
    • Arpeggiator improvements
    • Sequencer improvements
    • Improved Chord Mode workflow and functionality
    • MIDI Thru
    • Track and Transpose info
    • MCC support for pedals
    • Metronome
    • Shift function
    • Tempo
  • Detailed overview
    • Project Recall
    • Arpeggiator improvements
      • Record an arpeggio into the sequencer
      • Apply Swing to an arpeggio
      • Play an arpeggio when the sequencer is stopped
      • Arpeggiator Velocity is now bipolar
    • Sequencer improvements
      • MONO mode refinement
      • Global offset: Shift + encoder
      • Step Listen
      • Copy, Paste & Erase (Notes)
      • Copy/Paste & Erase (Pages)
      • Improved quick editing
    • Group Transpose Function
    • New Chord Mode functionality
    • MIDI Thru
    • MMC Support for pedals
• Installation
  • Usage Precautions
  • Warning
  • Register your Instrument
  • Connecting the KeyStep Pro to the World
• 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
    • Octave - / Octave +
  • Record and Play a Sequence
    • Making global changes to the sequence
    • Time Division
  • Using the Arpeggiator
  • Scales & Chords
  • Creating Splits
• KeyStep Pro Overview
  • Making the Connections
    • ... with a Computer
    • ... with External Devices
    • ...with an iPad®
    • Analog Connections (CV and Gate)
      • Control Voltages: Pitch, Velo/Mod and Gate
    • MIDI Connections
      • Connecting to a DAW
      • Tutorial 1: Using MIDI to Control Arturia's MINI V VST synth
    • Clock In/Out
      • Clock In/Out Rates
      • Clock In/Out Connectors
    • Master or Slave
      • KeyStep Pro as Master
      • KeyStep Pro as Slave
  • Front Panel Overview
    • Tempo Section
    • Transport Section
    • Built-in Metronome Speaker
    • Shift Button
    • Control Section
      • Utility Menu
      • Exit/Undo
      • Project Button
      • Control Mode
    • Track Sections (4x)
      • Track Selector
      • Mute Button
      • Note LED
      • Sequencer and Arpeggiator Buttons
      • Sequencer
      • Arpeggiator
      • Drum Trigger Sequencer
    • Arrangement Section
    • The Step Edit Button
    • Step Buttons
    • The Main Encoders (5x)
      • The Pitch Encoder
      • The Gate Encoder
      • The Velocity Encoder
      • The Time Shift Encoder
      • The Randomness Encoder
      • Setting a Track's Default Parameters
      • Setting an individual step
    • Keyboard Section
      • Pitchbend / Mod Touch Strips
      • The Octave Buttons
      • The Hold Button
      • The Trans (Transpose) Button
      • The Tie/Rest/Chord Button
      • The Overdub Button
    • The Looper
      • Loop Length
      • Loop Start Point
    • Keyboard
      • Keyboard LEDs
      • Keyboard SHIFT Functions
    • SHIFT Functions
      • Keyboard Shift Functions
      • Step Button SHIFT Functions
    • The Sequence Extend Section
  • Back Panel Overview
    • Pitch, Velo/Mod & Gate Outputs
    • Drum Gates
    • Clock Section
    • MIDI Section
    • Metronome Section
    • Sustain Pedal Input
    • USB and Power Section
    • Kensington Lock Port
• Making Tracks
  • Sequencer / Arpeggiator (or Drum) Tracks
  • The Three Arpeggiators
    • What is an Arpeggiator?
    • HOLD and the Arpeggiator
    • Transposing an Arpeggio
    • Editing an Arpeggio
    • Arpeggiator Features
      • Arp Pattern Directions
      • Arp Octaves (Running a Multi-Octave Arpeggio)
      • Arpeggios and Time Division
      • Arpeggios: Scale and Root
      • Arpeggios and Chord Mode
    • Making the Most of the Arpeggiators
      • Record an Arpeggio in the sequencer
      • Recording Chorded Arpeggios
      • Mixing Arpeggios
      • Spicing up your Arpeggios
  • The Four Sequencers
    • Exploring the Sequencers
      • Using the Transport Buttons
      • Setting the Sequence Length
      • Mono and Poly
      • Seq Patterns (Directions)
      • Transposing a Sequence
      • Scales, Chords and the Sequencer
    • Recording
      • Quick Record
      • Step Record
      • Realtime Record
    • Editing Steps
      • Step Edit Mode
      • Quick Edit Mode (Step Edit Button OFF)
    • Advanced editing (Overdub)
    • Working with Patterns
      • Using the Main Encoders
      • Using the Default Encoder Settings
    • Copy, Paste & Erase (Notes)
    • Copy, Paste & Erase (Steps)
      • Copy Steps
      • Paste Steps
      • Erase Steps
    • Copy, Paste & Erase (Pages)
    • Saving your edits
  • The Drum Sequencer
    • Drum vs. Seq Comparison
      • Polymeter
      • Exploring Polymeter
    • Gates and Triggers
    • Creating Drum Patterns
      • Drum Quick Edit Mode
      • Real-time Recording of a Pattern
      • Selecting and Editing a Drum Track
      • Muting Drums
      • Using the Main Encoders
      • Drum Step-Edit Mode
      • Drum Mode Shift Key Functions
      • Saving a Drum Pattern
      • Copying a Drum Pattern
      • Clearing a Drum Pattern
      • Making the Most of Drum Mode
    • Rhythmic Examples
      • An African Rhythm
      • An Arabic Rhythm
      • Euclidean Rhythms
  • Special Features
    • Scales
      • Selecting Scales
      • The Scale Root
      • User Scales
    • Chord Mode
      • Memorizing a Chord
    • Using Sync
• What is a Project?
  • Managing Projects
    • Loading a Project
    • Recall A Project from Flash
    • Saving a Project
    • Copying a Project
    • Erasing a Project
    • Projects and MIDI
  • All about Tracks
    • Selecting a Track
    • Muting a Track
    • Soloing a Track
    • Creating Splits
  • Patterns
    • Selecting a Pattern
    • Managing Patterns
    • Copy, Paste & Erase Sequencer Patterns
    • Copy, Paste & Erase of Drum Patterns
    • Erasing Patterns
    • Undo
  • Arranging
    • Chains
      • Creating a Chain
      • Mastering Chains
      • Saving Chains
    • Scenes
      • How to Make a Scene
    • Wait to Load
    • Step Skip
    • Top-Down
    • Bottom-Up
    • Top-Down or Bottom-up?
    • Other things to try
• Timing
  • Tempo
    • Making it Swing
    • Metronome
    • Tap tempo
  • Sync
  • Sync/Clock and Reset Outputs
• Control Mode
  • What is Control Mode?
    • What are CC# values?
    • CC# Patterns
  • Control Mode as DAW Automation
    • Using CC# Patterns to Store and Playback CC Values
    • Recording Control Changes in Step Edit Mode:
    • Controlling Parameters in a DAW
    • More about CC# Patterns
    • Visual Feedback
    • Realtime Recording of CC# values
    • Erasing CC# Automations
    • The Live Track
  • Front Panel Functions
    • The Tempo/Fine Encoder
    • Tap Tempo/Metronome Button
    • The Swing/Offset Encoder
    • Transport Section
• KeyStep Pro Configuration
  • The Utility Menu
    • MIDI Channels
    • Sync
    • Metronome
    • Launch Quantize
    • MIDI Settings
      • Knob Acceleration
      • Aftertouch Curve
      • Velocity Curve
      • Transport Send
      • Transport Receive
      • Clock Send
      • Clock Receive
    • CV Settings
    • Controller
    • Looper Touch Strip
      • MIDI Send/Receive
      • MIDI CC
      • Using the Looper Touch Strip with a DAW
    • Drum Map
    • Miscellaneous
  • MIDI Control Center
    • MIDI Control Center Basics
      • System Requirements
      • Installation and Location
      • Connection
      • Where to Find the Manual
    • Device Projects
  • Project Browser
    • Building a Project Library
    • Revise a Template
  • Store To/Recall From
    • Storing a Project to the KeyStep Pro
    • Recall a Project from the KeyStep Pro
    • Template Utilities
  • Device Settings
    • Global Midi Channel
    • Sync
    • Metronome
    • Launch Quantize
    • MIDI Settings
      • Knob Acceleration
      • Aftertouch Curve
      • Velocity Curve
      • Transport Send
      • Transport Receive
      • Clock Send
      • Clock Receive
      • MIDI Out 2
    • CV Gate Settings
    • Controller
    • Touch Strip
      • MIDI Send/Receive
      • MIDI CC
      • Using the Touch Strip with a DAW
    • Drum Map
    • Misc
• KeyStep Pro and your Modular system
  • The Modular Adventure
  • Hardware or Software?
  • Using MIDI to Control Modules in VCV Rack
    • KeyStep Control Mode and VCV Rack
  • CV/Gate Functions
  • Voices 1-4: Pitch, Velocity and Gate
  • Routing Signals
    • Voice Allocation
    • Shift Magic
    • CV Routing
    • CV/Gate Signals: DAW Configuration
    • CV/Gate Specifications
  • Drum Gates
    • Which Keys Do I Use?
    • Can my DAW send Drum Gate Signals?
    • How Should I Route the Signals?
    • Drum Gate Specifications
• Declaration of Conformity
• Software License Agreement