Beatstep Manual

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2 ARTURIA BeatStep USERS MANUAL

PROGRAMMING:

Mark XiaomaiRobert Bocquier

INDUSTRIALIZATION:

Nicolas Dubois

MANUAL:

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ARTURIA BeatStep USERS MANUAL 3

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This manual co1ers the =eatures and o9eration o= "rturia?s BeatStep3 a =ull/=eatured9ad;knob controller and analo%/style ste9 sequencer2

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1 INTRODUCTION .................................................. ........................................................... ........................... 7

2 BEATSTEP OVERVIEW .......................................................... ........................................................... ....... 8

2.1

FIRST STEP:MAKING THE CONNECTIONS................................................................................................. 8

2.1.1

Using BeatStep with a Computer ...................................................... .............................................. 8

2.1.2 Using BeatStep with MIDI and/or CV/GATE products .................................................................. 8

2.1.3

Using BeatStep with an iPad.................................................................... .................................... 9

2.2 FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................... 10

2.2.1 Level/Rate/Transpose encoder .......................................................... ............................................ 10

2.2.2

Encoders ................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 10

2.2.3 Pads .............................................................................................................................................. 11

2.2.4 Transport Controls ....................................................................................................................... 11

2.2.5

Mode buttons .......................................................................... ...................................................... 11

2.2.6 RECALL/STORE buttons ........................................................ ...................................................... 11

2.2.7 SHIFT button ................................................................................................................................ 11

2.2.8 CHAN button (Global MIDI Channel) ......................... ........................................................... ..... 11

2.3 SIDE PANEL OVERVIEW.......................................................... ........................................................... ..... 12

2.3.1

Gate/CV outputs............................................................................................................................ 12

2.3.2

MIDI connection ........................................................... ........................................................... ..... 12

2.3.3 USB/DC IN ................................................................................................................................... 12

2.4 REAR PANEL OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................ 12

3 BASIC BEATSTEP OPERATIONS .................................................................................................... ..... 13

3.1 THE DEFAULT PRESET........................................................... ........................................................... ..... 13

3.2 RECALLING A PRESET OR SEQUENCE......................................................... ............................................ 14

3.3

STORING A PRESET OR SEQUENCE.................................................................................................... ..... 14

3.4 CHANGING THE GLOBAL MIDICHANNEL........................................................................................ ..... 15

4 MIDI CONTROL CENTER ...................................................... ........................................................... ..... 16

4.1

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS........................................................ ........................................................... ..... 16

4.2

INSTALLATION AND LOCATION......................................................................................................... ..... 16

4.3 CONNECTION..................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 16

4.4

THE SYNC BUTTON...................................................... ........................................................... ............... 17

4.5 THE MIDICONTROL CENTER MANUAL........................................................................................... ..... 17

5 EDITING THE BEATSTEP CONTROLLER SETTINGS ..................................................... ............... 18

5.1

CREATING MIDIPRESETS WITH THE MIDICONTROL CENTER.............................................. ............... 18

5.1.1 Overview: What is a BeatStep Preset? ......................... ........................................................... ..... 18

5.1.2 Assign a Pad to toggle a MIDI CC # between two values ....................................................... ..... 18

5.1.3 Assign an Encoder to control a MIDI CC # between two values .................................................. 20

5.2 STORING AND RECALLING PRESETS...................................................................................................... 20

5.2.1 Store the new settings to a BeatStep Preset .................................................................................. 21

5.2.2

Recalling a BeatStep front panel edit into the MIDI Control Center ........................................... 215.2.3 Recalling a BeatStep preset into the Working Memory ........................................................... ..... 22

5.3 GLOBAL PARAMETERS.......................................................................................................................... 22

5.3.1

Global Channel ................................................... ........................................................... ............... 22

5.3.2 CV/Gate Channel .......................................................... ........................................................... ..... 22

5.3.3 Knob Acceleration ........................................................................................................................ 23

5.3.4

Pad Velocity Curve .............................................................................................. ......................... 23

5.4 PERFORMANCE DATA.................................................. ........................................................... ............... 23

5.4.1 Sequencer Channel ........................................................................................................ ............... 23

5.4.2

Overall Transpose ........................................................................................................................ 23

5.4.3 Pattern Mode .............................................................................................. .................................. 24

5.4.4 Legato ....................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 24

5.4.5

Scale Type ........................................................... ........................................................... ............... 24

5.4.6

Swing ............................................................................................................................................ 245.4.7 Gate Time ..................................................................................................................................... 24

5.5

SEQUENCE DATA......................................................... ........................................................... ............... 24


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5.5.1 Step Size .................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 24

5.5.2 Pattern Length ............................................................................................ .................................. 24

5.6 TEMPLATE MANAGEMENT:SAVE,DELETE,IMPORT,EXPORT,ETC. ....................................................... 25

5.7 THE SEQUENCE WINDOW....................................................... ........................................................... ..... 25

5.7.1 Musical notation ........................................................... ........................................................... ..... 25

5.7.2

Note names.................................................................... ........................................................... ..... 25

5.7.3

Step on/off ............................................................................................................ ......................... 265.8 USER SCALE...................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 26

6 SEQUENCER OPERATION ..................................................................................................... ............... 28

6.1 WHATS A STEP SEQUENCER? ................................................................................................. ............... 28

6.2 BEATSTEP SEQUENCER CHARACTERISTICS............................................................................ ............... 28

6.2.1 What the Scales do ........................................................ ........................................................... ..... 28

6.2.2 Scale Types ................................................................................................................................... 29

6.2.3 How the root note of a sequence is determined ................................................... ......................... 30

6.2.4 How to send an All Notes Off command ..................................................... .................................. 30

6.3 PATTERN EDITING................................................................................................................................. 30

6.3.1 Editing Pitch with the Encoders .......................................................................... ......................... 30

6.3.2 Using the Pads to Enable/Disable Sequence Steps ........................................................ ............... 30

6.3.3

Setting the Sequence Parameters ...................................................... ............................................ 316.3.3.1

Input Scale ................................................................................................................................................ 31

6.3.3.2 Pattern Mode ............................................................................................................................................. 31

6.3.3.3 Step Size ................................................................................................................................................... 31

6.3.3.4 Pattern Length ........................................................................................................................................... 31

6.4 SYNCHRONIZATION............................................................................................................................... 326.4.1 As Master .................................................. ........................................................... ......................... 32

6.4.2 As Slave ..................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 32

6.5 SEQUENCE SETTINGS FOUND ONLY IN THE MIDICONTROL CENTER..................................................... 33

6.5.1 Sequencer Channel ........................................................................................................ ............... 33

6.5.2

Swing ............................................................................................................................................ 33

6.5.3 Gate Time ..................................................................................................................................... 33

6.5.4 User Scale ........................................................... ........................................................... ............... 34

6.5.5

Legato ....................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 34

6.5.5.1

Legato Off ................................................................................................................................................. 34

6.5.5.2 Legato On ................................................................................................................................................. 34

7 BEATSTEP AS A CV/GATE OR MIDI INTERFACE .......................................................................... 35

7.1

USB/MIDIFUNCTIONALITY............................................................ ...................................................... 35

7.1.1 The USB and MIDI Out ports ....................................................................................................... 35

7.1.2 Three types of connections: to each its own data .................................................................... ..... 35

7.1.3 The Sequencer Channel setting (MIDI Control Center only) ........................................ ............... 35

7.2 CV/GATE OPERATION.................................................. ........................................................... ............... 36

7.2.1 Selecting the right source for CV/Gate signals .................................................... ......................... 36

7.2.2 The CV/Gate Channel setting (MIDI Control Center only) ..................................................... ..... 36

7.2.3 BeatStep CV/Gate specifications .................................................................................................. 36

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DEFAULT SETTINGS .................................................... ........................................................... ............... 37

9 ARTURIA BEATSTEP LEGAL INFORMATION ....................... ...................................................... 38

9.1 FCCINFORMATION(USA) ......................................................... ...................................................... 38

9.2 CANADA ......................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 38

9.3 EUROPE ........................................................... ........................................................... ......................... 38


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5 INTRODU+TION

4on%ratulations on your 9urchase o= the "rturia Beat)te9 Beat)te9 is a combination9ad;encoder controller and analo%/style ste9 sequencer


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-2 Le1el;Rate;Trans9ose encoder see +2+2-C+2 8ncoders see +2+2+C.2 !ads see +2+2.C02 Trans9ort 4ontrols see +2+20C2

Mode buttons see +2+2CH2

R84"LL;)T@R8 buttons see +2+2HCI2 )$(FT button see +2+2IC72 4$"N button see +2+27C

A word about Modes

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28385 Gate;+7 otpt$

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3 BASI+ BEATSTEP OPERATIONS

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The De!a)t P"e$et

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382 Re#a))%n& a P"e$et o" Seen#e

(t?s easy to select di==erent !resets or sequences2 The 9rocess is the same in either4NTRL mode or )8A mode: sim9ly hold the R84"LL button and 9ress one o= the 9ads2

Ehile in 4NTRL mode3 holdin% the R84"LL button and 9ressin% !ad +


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* MIDI +ONTROL +ENTER

The M(D( 4ontrol 4enter is a se9arate utility you can use to con=i%ure the M(D( settin%so= your Beat)te92 This is es9ecially im9ortant i= you


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*8* The Syn# tton

The =irst thin% to do each time you launch the M(D( 4ontrol 4enter so=t


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1 EDITING T.E BEATSTEP +ONTROLLER SETTINGS

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18585 O?e"?%e9: 0hat %$ a BeatStep P"e$etC

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18583 A$$%&n an En#oe" to #ont"o) a MIDI ++ et9een t9o ?a)e$

The encoders are assi%nable usin% the same techniques described =or the 9ads2 Let?s%i1e a quick e#am9le o= an interestin% use: settin% the rate o= an LF@ so it o9erates only


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18285 Sto"e the ne9 $ett%n&$ to a BeatStep P"e$et

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I(po"tant: Ehen you ho1er the cursor o1er the M44 Recall button and you


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18383 Fno A##e)e"at%on

Eith this 9arameter you are able to try three di==erent res9onse cur1es =or the encodersand see


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18*83 Patte"n Moe

'se this 9arameter to decide


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18 Te(p)ate (ana&e(ent: Sa?e/ De)ete/ I(po"t/ EHpo"t/ et#8

These im9ortant =eatures ha1e been documented in the M(D( 4ontrol 4enter manual3


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There?s a lot more to kno< about this =eature2 For one thin%3 there are se1eral entrymethods a1ailable to you:

Ty9e a note name bet


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The =unction o= the 'ser )cale is identical to that o= any other )cale they can hel9 youquickly =ind the ri%ht note =or a sequence ste9


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SEUEN+ER OPERATION

)ome 9arameters that are 9art o= each Beat)te9 sequence cannot be accessed =rom the=ront 9anel they can only be edited usin% the M(D( 4ontrol 4enter2 )ee section H2=or alist o= these Uhidden? 9arameters2

The main =ocus o= this cha9ter is ho< to use the sequencin% ca9abilities that area1ailable =rom the Beat)te9 =ront 9anel


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8283 .o9 the "oot note o! a $een#e %$ ete"(%ne

The actual note sent by a Beat)te9 sequence at any %i1en moment is the sum o= three9arts:

-2 The note that


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9ressin% a 9ad allo


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To select a ne< !attern Len%th3 hold the )$(FT and 4$"N buttons and then 9ress the9ad that corres9onds to the desired settin%2

The !attern len%th is set to -H ste9s by de=ault2

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81 Seen#e $ett%n&$ !on on)y %n the MIDI +ont"o) +ente"

There are some 1ery cool sequencer o9tions that can only be accessed throu%h theincluded M(D( 4ontrol 4enter so=t


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4 BEATSTEP AS A +7;GATE OR MIDI INTER,A+E

Beat)te9 9acks a lot o= 9o


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482 +7;Gate ope"at%on

48285 Se)e#t%n& the "%&ht $o"#e !o" +7;Gate $%&na)$

The 9ads and the sequencer %enerate in=ormation that can be translated easily into45;Gate si%nals and then sent to an attached de1ice2

(t?s also 9ossible to send M(D( note data 1ia ')B =rom a 9articular M(D( track in yourD"E so=tacks2

Tacks on any de1ice are mono9honic2 "nd i= the selected M(D( track onthe D"E contains 9oly9honic data3 the lo


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6 DE,AULT SETTINGS

The =ollo


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