Arturia Keystep / 37 / Pro. Who has one?

[dubdub]

Does anyone here have one yet? I just heard about it today, seems like it's just coming out in europe. The idea is having a midi keyboard which doubles as a polyphonic arp and sequencer. I'm debating if I should get one since i'm looking for a small midikeyboard anyways and it's somewhat cheap at 120 euros. It doesn't have a lot of knobs/options but it seems to give you quite a bit of freedom in editing sequences/arps. But is it enough to make it versatile enough to compete vs. various software/hardware Arps and Seqs?

youtu.be/JAfn8xXqHMA

[mr.chielos]

I'm perdy shure my limited amount of memory left will not be enough for all the key combo's!

[Stace]

Keen to see the replies on this as I have have nothing but issues with Arturia. Well, the lack of support they provide.

[zukenbauer]

Bumping this thread so i dont have to make new one.
Today i bought keystep to play my model d but im having weird issue and it seems i cant find solution anywhere.

So lets say im playing note C on my keystep keyboard, as soon as i press record it seems like it transpose that note and suddenly its not C anymore. I enter some steps, press record again and its back at the C again..
Just like my record button is mapped to control the transpose or something.
Anybody got any suggestions, im desperate ?
Thanks

[zukenbauer]

Okay it seems like i fixed it

[Ben Kohonays]

Okay it seems like i fixed it

But you're keeping the solution to yourself?

[zukenbauer]

Well, my synth global settings were messed up..
Im sure nobody will find this helpful at all

[Revaron]

As we're on this topic, where in the hell is the keystep pro, maybe with bigger keys, that'll do say 4 or 8 midi devices at once? Been waiting for this ever since the keystep was announced. Thought it was a dead cert considering the beatstep / beatstep pro. Seems I was wrong. Too bad.

[zukenbauer]

As we're on this topic, where in the hell is the keystep pro, maybe with bigger keys, that'll do say 4 or 8 midi devices at once? Been waiting for this ever since the keystep was announced. Thought it was a dead cert considering the beatstep / beatstep pro. Seems I was wrong. Too bad.

Yeah it would be great,, i would like to see overdubbing feature instead of overwrite.. 2 or more seq at the same time, it would be instant buy for me

[BG++]

Mylarmelodies has done a good video showing some of its capabilities.

youtu.be/ElcD2rGi8Tg

[Ben Kohonays]

Well, my synth global settings were messed up..
Im sure nobody will find this helpful at all

Fair do's.

[Críoch]

Another defrib'd re-sus of this thread..

Who here has one? Love it / hate it? Did you get rid of one for another?

Randomly saw a vid a few weeks ago.. could have been a Mylarmelody one.. with the original. Thought it was really impressive. Have checked out a few since, getting interested in the 37, then happening upon the pro. I didn't realise there were several versions.

I had the beatstep pro for about 2 weeks & sent it back. Couldn't vibe with it at all.. so I'm a bit hesitant about the keysteps.

Interested to hear if folk are still impressed with the creative juices & build quality of these units.

I'm leaning towards a 37 or a pro. Though it doesn't have strum, the KSP does seem to be the more complete featured package. The pro looks to be the only one with the welcome addition of a small speaker & metronome, as well as having those extra channels. Tbf.. its v.g value for what it is, giving the ability to jam out extra parts on top.

[Circular]

I had the pro for a while and didn't like it, too bloated with stuff I didn't really need. It also felt a bit... quirky. The 37 and the old keystep are much more useful for me. I can see the value the pro might have for other people's workflows though, so doesn't hurt to try out!

[Críoch]

Cool. That's interesting man. Could totally see how that could be possible. It does seem like it's packed.

I'll be honest though.. I really miss how the MPC2500 could run synths. Was so cool tapping stuff in. I have push, but it hasn't really replaced that same vibe. I think iwould be more than happy with the 37.. but I can see the advantages of being able to run a few patterns simultaneously & bring parts on different synths in & out.

Yeah, could be worth demoing anyway

[Circular]

my advice: get the 37 and pro and try out both, see which one you like the most and send the other one back . I do really like the 37 though, very intuitive and fast, does the job really well. Doesn't get much better than that in terms of compact midi keyboards imo.

[Críoch]

Lol @ both

[orchard]

Lol @ both

Keystep 37 currently on offer here https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/midi-keyboar ... i-keyboard

Not sure if thats good for you as I believe you're in Eire?

I may have accidentally

It just looks so friggin awesome in the mylarmelodies videos.

[Críoch]

Man.. thats a very good price!

Thanks.for suggesting it. Yeah...I'm in the Republic, EU Baby. Days of buying stuff like that from the UK is over with customs etc..

I've returned a pair of trainers recently to the UK, even though I bought them through the irish version of the company. Anyway.. they've been lost.

Have a ticket open with them.. but I think there's definitely some reliability issues in the postal / courier services atm. Thoughts of having to send something back to the UK makes my balls shrivel

Had a synth go missing at Heathrow in Jan on way back to Thomann. It happens. UK is a bit fucked atm imo.

[orchard]

Man.. thats a very good price!

Thanks.for suggesting it. Yeah...I'm in the Republic, EU Baby. Days of buying stuff like that from the UK is over with customs etc..

I've returned a pair of trainers recently to the UK, even though I bought them through the irish version of the company. Anyway.. they've been lost.

Have a ticket open with them.. but I think there's definitely some reliability issues in the postal / courier services atm. Thoughts of having to send something back to the UK makes my balls shrivel

Had a synth go missing at Heathrow in Jan on way back to Thomann. It happens. UK is a bit fucked atm imo.

Shit, that's terrible, although I can't say I'm that surprised, sadly

[psicomagia]

I got a pro last year. For me it's useful because of the cv outs. But I hated using it via MIDI, the clock on the midi out is completely off and the machine still have a lot of bugs and improvements to be made. I don't know if I'm keeping it for good, maybe just using it and waiting for an improved firmware update like the Beatstep got not long ago . But they pretty much released the software part of the sequencer unfinished imo. lol you can't even save or record the arpeggios on hold.