How to real-time recording with Arturia Keystep for REAL

In this video, I tackled all the difficulties in order to finally make Keystep real-time recording possible. Key knowledge:
1. Quickly remove all sequence
2. Secret "build-in" metronome reveal.
3. Quickly set up a blank sequence with any length

0:00 Intro
1:00 firmware and setup
2:11 hardware setup
3:10 step recording
4:26 quickly remove sequence
7:19 real-time recording
7:50 "build-in" metronome
11:21 quickly create 32 steps
13:19 conclusion

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[karol_p]

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

[RobFlaxMusic]

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

[fillentropy]

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!

[rmanpojo]

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

[bahutu]

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

[jfjlive]

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

[bronze]

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

[danicallate]

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

[mikemarousek]

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!!!

[remowo_]

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

[Raku]

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

[sungaisungai]

best keystep tutorial on youtube hands down.

[normdurkin]

..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..

[gleannmhuire]

Excellent post. Very helpful. Thank you.

[michaos]

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

[palindromeAU]

Real time recording. Finally i have freedom

[JohnAnderson]

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

[robertthompson]

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.

[Granum_music]

this video was EXTREMELY helpful, thank you!

[artemi-music]

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