I also love the fact that you can use both modes at the same time, meaning I can have it sending CV out from the sequencer while it’s doing something else from the pads, be it sending program changes or acting as a toggle switch. The MIDI Control Center software lets you dig in and really customize it’s operation, plus you can store and recall presets quickly. You can configure it to do so many things, from basic pad/percussion control, to sending program changes, or even have the pads be toggle switches.
I love the build quality, and just the overall look of it, but even moreso, it’s super flexible. This is a very dope controller, it’s sleek yet sturdy, and packed with features. connectivity: USB, MIDI out, CV/Gate out.main feature: 16 step analog sequencer, 16 velocity-sensitive backlit pads, 16 rotary encoders, transport buttons, data knob.I’m not even sure what category you’d put this in, I guess the controller category, but…it’s also a sequencer so…we’ll just put it in the “pretty cool stuff” category. Having hands one control of your step sequences through knobs and pads really is a creative way of working and not to mention plenty of fun.
This makes it a very flexible tool even if you already have other pad controllers as that’s not the only thing it’s good for.
The idea behind it is to be a general MIDI controller with 16 pads and 16 knobs, as well as transport and a master data knob.īut in addition to that, it’s also a hardware step sequencer that can work via MIDI, USB, or even CV output. If there's a good tutorial somewhere on how to link up Ablton Live with Beatstep, I'd be very grateful if someone could point me towards it.Finally taking some time to review a product that I’ve been using for a while There's a load of other things I can't work out but they're not important until I've mastered the basic step of playing a tune from start to finish using the Beatstep to improvise when each scene comes in, how the parameters vary and so on. The Loop button along the top of the screen doesn't make any difference.
However, I can't get any given clip or scene to loop each time I either click with the mouse or press the button I've assigned on the Beatstep, it plays just the once and then stops. Now I have managed to get a basic level of connectivity established between Ableton and the Beatstep, to the point where I can assign Beatstep pads in Control mode and have them activate clips in Ableton. I've been using Ableton Live 9 for over a year and got on really well with it, but so far I've only used it for producing tracks at home, not performing live, which is what I bought a Beatstep for. This is a very open-ended question and is as much about Ableton as it is about the Beatstep, so please bear with me. Hi all, I'm new to the forum and thought I'd see if I can get somewhere by replying to an existing thread before starting a new one.
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