Arturia KeyStep Keyboard Controller and Step Sequencer

Keystep is a portable USB MIDI controller combining the functionalities of a keyboard controller with a polyphonic step sequencer to control both analog and digital devices

Key Features:

32-note USB keyboard
Polyphonic step sequencer
CV and MIDI connectivity
Arpeggiator and a chord mode
'Slim' type velocity-sensitive keys with aftertouch
Adjust gate times and swing settings on the fly, and record, overdub and transpose sequences in real time

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The Arturia Keystep is a portable USB MIDI controller combining the functionalities of a 32-note keyboard controller with a polyphonic step sequencer to control both analog and digital devices. You can connect MIDI modules, control modular and analog gear via CV/GATEs, and sync the step sequencer to your favourite modern and vintage gear. The Keystep features an arpeggiator and a chord mode and 'slim' type velocity-sensitive keys with aftertouch. You can also adjust gate times and swing settings on the fly, and record, overdub and transpose sequences in real time.

Connect

Versatility is key
KeyStep is made to widen the potential of your setup, regardless of what instruments compose it. It is compatible with practically all existing synthesizers, either analog or digital, hardware or software. .

CV for enthousiasts
The three CV outputs send pitch and gate signals along with velocity, aftertouch or mod. ribbon signal to control an analog instrument or module.

Digital & Analog
The MIDI DIN output can be used to control any MIDI hardware instrument while the USB connection allows you to control your plugins and virtual instruments.

Sustain or not sustain
KeyStep also integrates a socket for a sustain pedal, sync input and output to follow or send a clock signal, and MIDI input to use an external keyboard or use KeyStep as a MIDI to CV converter.

Create

Never before has a portable keyboard controller incorporated this quantity of features.

Having many devices, many plugins and many modules is a pleasure. Nobody makes secret of it. However, few things are more frustrating than accumulating instruments without being fully able to use them. KeyStep allows you to regain control over your instruments.

KeyStep is loaded with features aimed at boosting your creative freedom. A 32-slimkey keybed with velocity and aftertouch, an 8-mode arpeggiator, a polyphonic equencer with up to 64 steps and 8 simultaneous notes per step.

Perform

Like its brothers BeatStep and BeatStep Pro, KeyStep is representative of a new breed of portable controller allowing musicians to free themselves from their computer, in particular in live conditions.

KeyStep is all about spontaneity and immediacy, strengthening the link that musicians can experience with their performance and their public. Each feature has been thought out to match live artists hopes and needs including real-time sequence rewriting, smart sequence-swapping function and simultaneous playing/sequencing.

KeyStep will give an unprecedented magnitude to your live sessions.

Three modes of operation

Sequencer

In Sequencer mode you can record, play and transpose a polyphonic sequence with up to 64 steps and 8 simultaneous notes per step. Sequencer mode also allows you to rewrite in real-time your sequence and even to play and sequence simultaneously on two different MIDI channels.

Arpeggiator

The arpegiattor allows you to play each note of a chord consecutively instead of simultaneously. The eight possible playing directions and the Time Division knob will enable the creation of complex and mazy melodies.

Controller

KeyStep stands up to most of the bigger keyboard controllers thanks to its prolific array of features including a custom 32-slim-key keybed with velocity and aftertouch, highly reactive pitch and modulation capacitive ribbons and above all the possibility of controlling almost every type of synthesizer by MIDI and CV.

Arturia’s own Slimkey keybed with velocity and aftertouch

Arpeggiator mode:

Up, down, inclusive, exclusive, random, note order, double up, double down modes

Sequencer mode:

8 polyphonic step-sequences with Rest, Tie, and Legato note entry

Rate control and tap tempo:

REC, PLAY, and STOP buttons for performance control over the sequencer and arpeggiator

Sustain HOLD button

Sustain pedal jack

Chord play mode

SHIFT button selection:

MIDI channel selection, GATE time, SWING values

DC jack for standalone operation

USB MIDI connects to computers and our MCC editor

MIDI in/out ports

Sync i/o ports:

Supports 1 pulse per step, 2 PPQ (Korg Volca), 24 PPQ DIN sync, 48 PPQ DIN sync

Sync select switches:

Internal, USB, MIDI, Clock

CV/GATE outputs:

CV supports 1Volt per octave, Volt>Hz modes, Gate output 5V or 12V for modern or vintage gear support
CV Velo/Aftertouch/Modwheel output

Capacitive-touch pitch bend and mod wheels

Each sequence can have 64 steps, each step can have up to 8 notes

Low power; can be powered by Apple iPad® (camera connection kit required)

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