I thought it’s since version 2.0 that Arturia also added the ‘one midi channel per pad’ for the drums section of the BeatStep Pro, which you have to setup through the Drum Map in the controller software. The Drum Map also makes it possible to remap the Note used for the drum sound. Both come in handy when drum sounds / samples are on multiple channels or instruments.
Not sure why, but I happen to own all 3 of these sequencers, and not for that long, so I am a newby at all of them. This review left me a bit unsatisfied, but it spurred me on to try out all 3 - synced together. The syncing in itself was a bit of a technical challenge. But I managed to make a DAW-less song using 4 legacy hardware synths, and recorded it. The Arturia BSP was the master, that was easier. Anyways, here is my quick feedback. The Arturia BSP is the easiest to use. Why? It is the only one which allows you to create the sequence in software, then save it to hardware. You don't need a course to get started. The other two forces you to learn obscure button sequences. The learning curve of the Torso T-1 is the steepest and deepest - but it is by far the most powerful of the three in terms of flexibility, generation and randomisation. Best suited for melody composition. But the software is the weakest, can't do much with it at all. The Korg SQ-64 is somewhere in the middle: the hardware is fairly powerful and not easy, the software is not great at all, but at least you can easily backup your sequence to your hard drive once you've learned the buttons. Oxi? Dunno. Can't afford it now.
@@richardlynneweisgerber2552 I was only able to use the Arturia BSP as master. I tried the other two, but could not even get them working as master, esp over the Arturia. So I would say the BSP.
@@montxsuz Thank You. I am considering my Presonus Quantum 2626 as the Master Clock for my studio. DAWless, my BSP. I am a bit stymied on what percussion gizmos for the 8 Gates channels. DIY little $5 individual 'percussion' devices with a DIY Multiplexer for one I will do anyways. But, under $1k, who makes the 'most' versatile drum module? An old Alesis for starters, but... I just need some clues. Reviews generally focus on the unit itself. The one I did find was a Composer DIY Genius on his demo. ;-) Thanks!
I had beatstep pro and now have t1 . I would say the t1 can quite replace the beatstep pro (which I loved too) and add a lot more on top. But the main thing with t1 is how fast you can create a full track with it. The speed of workflow is unmatched.
You didn’t even scratch the surface of torso features and it’s like comparing Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla with Koenigsegg. A fair comparison would be torso, hapax and oxi one
100%, I have the BSP and Torso, and while both are great at what they do, the Torso operates at a whole other level. I like to give folks the benefit of the doubt, but when he starts off by saying it “has a lot of knobs, 16” I kinda just have to laugh. It has 18 knobs, my man! It makes me wonder how much time was spent learning it’s very deep feature set.
I was looking for something similar to Keystep Pro and went with SQ64. Both have 4 tracks but SQ has 64 projects. KSP only has 16. I see the T1 has 8 tracks and 64 projects but cost twice what the SQ cost and 1/3rd more than KSP.
The T-1 is my secret superpower. (Maybe not so secret any more!) I have both a T-1 and a Beatstep Pro. And they are both very capable. But they exist on different ends of the spectrum. I had a SQ-64 for a little while, and I sent it back. It just didn't seem to be worth the effort to get past what I felt were significant fundamental shortcomings.
Those 01 numbers are patterns. MIDI channels are set in a different way, usually one per track. You have 16 patterns per track that you can mix and match with the other tracks. Here they just have pattern 01 selected on all tracks. You can also chain patterns in some particular order if you want to. Like 01-01-01-02-04-04-03-14 and then that track will loop through those patterns and start over. Kinda neat.
@@Noisegate maybe.. Being able to change midi CC and drum notes on the machine, rather than in the editor. A MIDI Control Track, or more. And if they could put out a web editor, it could solve a lot of that also.
@@Noisegate it would be neat if we can record live transposing in a sequence, also trying to copy patterns between step pages is impossible. Gotta use the editor for that. Not sure what else but those are some things ive noticed
