6 ARTURIA – KeyStep – USER’S MANUAL
4.1 CHORD MODE ........................................................................................................................................ 21
4.1.1 Chords and the sequencer ............................................................................................................. 21
4.1.1.1 Seq Recording and Chord mode ................................................................................................................ 22
4.1.1.2 Seq playback and Chord mode .................................................................................................................. 22
4.1.2 Chords and the arpeggiator .......................................................................................................... 22
4.2 KEYBOARD MIDI CHANNEL .................................................................................................................. 22
4.3 SEQ / ARP PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS .......................................................................................................... 23
4.3.1 Gate .............................................................................................................................................. 23
4.3.2 Swing ............................................................................................................................................ 23
4.3.3 Transpose / Kbd Play .................................................................................................................... 24
4.3.3.1 Transpose .................................................................................................................................................. 24
4.3.3.2 Keyboard Play ........................................................................................................................................... 24
4.3.4 Skip selections: Seq / Arp .............................................................................................................. 24
4.3.5 Skip selections: Time Division ...................................................................................................... 24
4.3.6 Restart Seq / Arp from beginning .................................................................................................. 25
4.4 SHIFT FUNCTION CHART ........................................................................................................................ 25
5 CREATING SEQUENCES ........................................................................................................................ 26
5.1 WHAT’S A STEP SEQUENCER? ................................................................................................................ 26
5.2 CREATING A SEQUENCE ......................................................................................................................... 26
5.2.1 Step-time recording....................................................................................................................... 27
5.2.1.1 Entering rests ............................................................................................................................................ 27
5.2.1.2 Tie notes .................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.2.1.3 Legato notes .............................................................................................................................................. 28
5.2.2 Real-time record/replace .............................................................................................................. 29
5.2.2.1 Replacing notes ......................................................................................................................................... 29
5.2.2.2 Restart ....................................................................................................................................................... 30
5.2.2.3 Time Div and recording ............................................................................................................................ 30
5.2.2.4 Time Div and Rate .................................................................................................................................... 30
5.2.3 What does it record? ..................................................................................................................... 30
5.2.3.1 A note about velocity ................................................................................................................................ 30
5.2.4 What it does not record ................................................................................................................. 31
5.3 MODIFYING A SEQUENCE ....................................................................................................................... 31
5.3.1 Append .......................................................................................................................................... 31
5.3.2 Clear Last ..................................................................................................................................... 32
5.4 SAVING SEQUENCES............................................................................................................................... 32
6 THE ARPEGGIATOR ............................................................................................................................... 33
6.1 WHAT’S AN ARPEGGIATOR? .................................................................................................................. 33
6.2 ARPEGGIATOR FEATURES ...................................................................................................................... 33
6.3 ARPEGGIATOR MODES ........................................................................................................................... 34
6.3.1 Start the arpeggiator ..................................................................................................................... 34
6.3.2 Arp mode: Up ............................................................................................................................... 34
6.3.3 Arp mode: Down ........................................................................................................................... 34
6.3.4 Arp mode: Inclusive ...................................................................................................................... 34
6.3.5 Arp Mode: Exclusive ..................................................................................................................... 35
6.3.6 Arp Mode: Random ....................................................................................................................... 35
6.3.7 Arp Mode: Order .......................................................................................................................... 35
6.3.8 Arp Mode: Up x2 .......................................................................................................................... 35
6.3.9 Arp Mode: Down x2 ...................................................................................................................... 36
6.4 BUILD A MULTI-OCTAVE ARPEGGIO ....................................................................................................... 36
6.4.1 Add up to 32 notes ........................................................................................................................ 36
6.5 PAUSING AN ARPEGGIO .......................................................................................................................... 37
7 SYNCHRONIZATION .............................................................................................................................. 38
7.1 AS MASTER ........................................................................................................................................... 38
7.2 AS SLAVE .............................................................................................................................................. 38
7.2.1 Sync In/Out types .......................................................................................................................... 39
7.2.2 Clock connectors .......................................................................................................................... 39
8 CV/GATE/MOD FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................. 40
