User Manual

6 ARTURIA – BeatStep – USER’S MANUAL
5.5.1 Step Size ........................................................................................................................................ 24
5.5.2 Pattern Length .............................................................................................................................. 24
5.6 T EMPLATE MANAGEMENT : S AVE , D ELETE , I MPORT , E XPORT , ETC . ....................................................... 25
5.7 T HE S EQUENCE WINDOW ....................................................................................................................... 25
5.7.1 Musical notation ........................................................................................................................... 25
5.7.2 Note names.................................................................................................................................... 25
5.7.3 Step on/off ..................................................................................................................................... 26
5.8 U SER S CALE .......................................................................................................................................... 26
6 SEQUENCER OPERATION .................................................................................................................... 28
6.1 W HAT ’ S A STEP SEQUENCER ? ................................................................................................................ 28
6.2 B EAT S TEP S EQUENCER C HARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................... 28
6.2.1 What the Scales do ........................................................................................................................ 28
6.2.2 Scale Types ................................................................................................................................... 29
6.2.3 How the root note of a sequence is determined ............................................................................ 30
6.2.4 How to send an All Notes Off command ....................................................................................... 30
6.3 P ATTERN E DITING ................................................................................................................................. 30
6.3.1 Editing Pitch with the Encoders ................................................................................................... 30
6.3.2 Using the Pads to Enable/Disable Sequence Steps ....................................................................... 30
6.3.3 Setting the Sequence Parameters .................................................................................................. 31
6.3.3.1 Input Scale ................................................................................................................................................ 31
6.3.3.2 Pattern Mode ............................................................................................................................................. 31
6.3.3.3 Step Size ................................................................................................................................................... 31
6.3.3.4 Pattern Length ........................................................................................................................................... 31
6.4 S YNCHRONIZATION ............................................................................................................................... 32
6.4.1 As Master ...................................................................................................................................... 32
6.4.2 As Slave ......................................................................................................................................... 32
6.5 S EQUENCE SETTINGS FOUND ONLY IN THE MIDI C ONTROL C ENTER ..................................................... 33
6.5.1 Sequencer Channel ....................................................................................................................... 33
6.5.2 Swing ............................................................................................................................................ 33
6.5.3 Gate Time ..................................................................................................................................... 33
6.5.4 User Scale ..................................................................................................................................... 34
6.5.5 Legato ........................................................................................................................................... 34
6.5.5.1 Legato Off ................................................................................................................................................. 34
6.5.5.2 Legato On ................................................................................................................................................. 34
7 BEATSTEP AS A CV/GATE OR MIDI INTERFACE .......................................................................... 35
7.1 USB/MIDI FUNCTIONALITY .................................................................................................................. 35
7.1.1 The USB and MIDI Out ports ....................................................................................................... 35
7.1.2 Three types of connections: to each its own data ......................................................................... 35
7.1.3 The Sequencer Channel setting (MIDI Control Center only) ....................................................... 35
7.2 CV/G ATE OPERATION ............................................................................................................................ 36
7.2.1 Selecting the right source for CV/Gate signals ............................................................................. 36
7.2.2 The CV/Gate Channel setting (MIDI Control Center only) .......................................................... 36
7.2.3 BeatStep CV/Gate specifications .................................................................................................. 36
8 DEFAULT SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................. 37
9 ARTURIA BEATSTEP – LEGAL INFORMATION ............................................................................. 38
9.1 FCC INFORMATION (USA) ............................................................................................................... 38
9.2 CANADA ............................................................................................................................................. 38
9.3 EUROPE ............................................................................................................................................... 38