How to real-time recording with Arturia Keystep for REAL 

SImple delete pattern: Shift +(Oct+ and Oct-)

Holy crap! The sync out = metronome trick is amazing!

For more improvising, you can change the MIDI channel to control a different synth and "solo" on that channel while the sequencer continues the original channel and rhythm. great tips and "hacks". thanks!

shift oct- oct+ for removing youre sequence...... great video Thanks.

Danbo! this was exactly the video I needed! thank you so much for sharing

Real time recording. Finally i have freedom

Thanks for sharing. The information is useful. The shared comments people are posting below your video is great too!

What a well thought-out and well structured video. Really helped with my live setup, thank you!

this video was EXTREMELY helpful, thank you!

Great stuff, thank you!

Thank you for this, so many little hidden tricks and you have just made my day by revealing some of them. Added to my favourites for future reference.

clear and concise, that's all that matters. thank you

This is brilliant. Thank you!

Excellent post. Very helpful. Thank you.

Wow! Cool tips and tricks!!! Thanks

Genius! Thank you!

Many many thanks man! Super usefull 🙌🏼

Wow, again and again I'm impressed to learn about new 'hidden' features inside the Keystep 37. Actually never used real-time recording inside the Keystep. Partly due to the limitations you mention and solve here, partly because it was simply not self-explanatory and I was too lazy to look it up in the manual... Once you get it, it's super simple and convenient. Otherwise you don't even notice there is such a feature inside the Keystep :D

love your creative solution! Thanks

Very helpful. Thank you. 💡🎹🌟

Very precious infos, thank you!

Nice Tutorial!! Thanks very much for sharing your findings. Very useful information.

My sync out was playing clicks every 1/16 per beat which is almost impossible to record to. In case anyone else has this issue you can open MIDI Control Center and change "Sync Clock IN/OUT Settings" From 1 step (Clock) to 1 pulse (korg) and it switches it to 1/8 clicks like in the video. Great Video. THANKS!!!

Nicely done.

omg thanks, i tried it with headphones on a live set and it made it

great, you answered so many questions!

This tutorial is gold! Thanks alot 💕

Spot on, very thorough. Thank you!

that is absolutely brilliant! thanks

Excellent.....thank you my friend.

Thanks-very helpful.

Awesome !!many thanks

Thank you for the helpful tips! I really needed a better way to clear all steps and this is perfect!

thank you man. It's very helpful!

Nice Video, gonna try that tomorrow!

clever idea with the metronome

Excellent, thank you!

great info!

Very interesting information! Well done! 😍

Thank you, sir.

best keystep tutorial on youtube hands down.

So thank you very much!!! Best tutorial!!!

Thank you, that's some really good tricks

Be careful using the sync out directly into a speaker or amp. Sync voltage is generally 5 volts, audio amplifiers are usually expecting a maximum peak-to-peak signal of 2 volts. You could damage your speakers or amplifier like this. You could easily reduce the voltage to safe levels with a simple voltage divider or a few diodes in series if you have the possibility to solder a couple of components together. At any rate, I wouldn't recommend playing the sync signal on your favorite bluetooth speaker or a hi-fi system; earbud headphones will probably be damaged immediately.

Brilliant work my friend Thanks very much

Dude... You made my day!

Very nice. This is the second video you made that has helped me. Keep up the good work. I was perplexed why this was an issue to begin with. Looks like the beat step pro is a lot easier to clear a sequence but I like the smaller and simpler form factor of the 37. If the beat step pro was a little cheaper I would buy it. Thanks again for your help!

Great vid man, thanks a lot!

Holy shit Danbo! These discoveries make the little K-32 very usable for playing, composing 'human' songs !

Brilliant tips! Thank you sir, you helped me a lot. 🙂👍

You the man! Thank you 👊

Thanks DannyBoi!

Thank you very much for sharing sir this information. That is some truly unpretentious activity with the keystep.

..thanks professor.. this is the best keystep pro video for real time recording.. I have had the beatstep pro for years but I just got a keystep.. this video really helped me learn the keystep fast I was actually disappointed until you explained how to switch into keyboard play it was stuck in transpose and the other tricks like clearing notes are very useful.. I am now very happy.. I just subscribed to your channel and going to watch all you videos and give you thumbs up and comment..

Omg, finaly normal explain of this device! Thank you.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Great video. Learned a lot. thanks @danbo

Aw thank you very much! If I can make it work suddenly keystep sequencer is useful after all!!

10:35 “can clearly hear, a sweet chorus/phasing effect on your voice” lol. Great video this is really helpful! thanks

KUDOS for the metronom hack !

Thanks man

Your video and comments gave me more understanding than the official manual! Didn't read it lol.

Thanks so much. kudos.

Thanx a lot!

Many thanks fro England 👌

This is genius!!

Awsome

YES! Didn’t even think of using the sync output for a metronome! Thanks for sharing!!!

That was a very helpful video and thank you. Good thinking re the snc out to a device for metronome. When I read the user manual and discovered we have to press a number of keys together to ERASE...the keys bear no resemblence to erasure. With a bit if forthought Arturia could have done this by hitting the SHIFT button and then the ERASE button! It should not have been that difficult to have designed the thing ti be user friendly. Shift is normally the one to hit first before anything is erased. Of course this is not your fault. Excellent work and thank you.

A simple way to clear a sequence is to put it in record mode and tap the tap key just once. Empty it is. Cheers!😇

Shift + Octave Up + Octave Down = Reset sequence content, but still great tutorial

i just purchased a keystep now to learn how to use it - great video thank you

merci

If this works you saved us a real time sequencer purchase bro🙌🏼 No need for metronome when the tap is blinking in rhythm tho.

New to all this, but I have the keystep 37 and volca kick, bass and keys: so I can connect all those to my 37 with the help of a midi solutions quadra thru, set up the midi channels and I am good to go? How about though, setting up a sequence from the bass thru the 37 but also a sequence on the bass itself, switch midi channel to the kick and play notes from it on the 37 at the dame time. Can that be done? Thanks.

Can u tell me od tiha model or art. 37 with 4 Knobs more on the hardware panel?? Or this version od better

Hello, I have a question about the 5v clock pulse. Would it be safe to plug that signal into a yamaha mixer to get the metronome sound?

Sounds great! What is the speaker that you are using my friend?

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Sub.. very nice!!

If a specific bpm value isn't needed, I think it would be easiest to simply use a loop pedal, activated with foot. But alternative methods (such as demonstrated here) are good to know.

@danbo does the kbd play option work with the real time record

I connected a switched piezo beeper to the tap led for metronome...

You can also delete all steps by pressing record, rest, stop buttons one after the other while the sequencer is not playing. This sets it back to one empty step.

when I try to record something its like i have to have a silence after eachnote, otherwise it will see it as a chord, can somebody help me? Also the length of the notes all sound the same.

Hi - So I've got everything syncing perfectly, the transport starts all the gear....BUT....I have one issue that I can't find a solution for - When I press PAUSE or STOP on the Keystep, ALL the clocks in the synths go back to their internal clocks instead of being controlled by the Keystep. When I press PLAY again, the clocks go back to syncing to the Keystep. So put simply, the Keystep is only sending clock when the PLAY button is pushed. Is there a way to avoid that?

Thanks for the video. When I press Record and a number for the steps, it simply records. Also, is there no way to sequence while using a drum machine as the master??

Will this real-time recording video work for the Arturia KeyLab MK2 88 key hammer midi controller keyboard? (not the Essential, the one after)

When doing live recording, how do you make sure the sequence starts at the beginning when you recall it later? When I recall the sequence it always starts toward the end. I tried starting as soon as I hit record/play, and I’ve tried waiting for the sequence to cycle once before I start playing - but it always starts in the middle when I hit restart, never on the first note I played. I know I’m putting the correct number of steps because it loops exactly right. You have this issue ever?

Is it possible to have no-quantisize sequences as recording? As the volca series to be clear

For Keystep 37 it makes buzzing sound instead of kick rhythm. Any idea why is that?

Hi what is that black speaker you are using? Are we hearing the sounds coming out of that tiny thing? Thank you

Does anyone know how to use the real time recording with the clock settings as midi?? so an external midi device is setting the clock and it's not internal? I can't get it to work, it just works with internal clock here :/

I Love how you think #DawlessProblemSolver

I was searching for theses infos tnk u so much . You did your real time recording with chords but does it work with singles notes sequence ?does it record the silences ? Sorry I am very new with that kind of machines … I got arthritis and can’t play like before tnk you for your very useful infos ✌️

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So, all I do to blank a sequence is hit Record, Rest/Tie, Stop. That replaces the sequence with a single rest.

Anyone knows how can I set 64 steps loop? Click on key three times? Thanks

I have a question - how do I activate the aftertouch? I press the key and try to "vibrate", or push and almost release very quickly and it does not affect the sound at all. Someone pls help..

Real time recording was working on my keystep, i was running into my computer with Arturia Pigments, i pressed something on the keystep and its not working anymore. Can you help me.