{"id":17723,"date":"2014-05-13T17:48:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T17:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatsynthesizers.com\/?p=17723"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:24:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T17:24:26","slug":"arturia-beatstep-midiusbcvgate-sequencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatsynthesizers.com\/en\/general\/arturia-beatstep-midiusbcvgate-sequencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Arturia BeatStep – MIDI\/USB\/CVgate Sequencer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chameleon-like in its many control options, BeatStep is designed to work with DAWs, loop triggering software, VST-instruments or effects, MIDI hardware, or even CV\/Gate-equipped analogue instruments (like Arturia’s MiniBrute<\/a> or MicroBrute<\/a> synthesizer). Try triggering audio clips within powerful, flexible software environments such as Ableton Live or playing drum parts …<\/p>\n

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…\u00a0 in conjunction with the likes of FXpansion BFD or Toontrack EZdrummer\u2026 it\u2019s as easy as exercising your trigger fingers! CONTROL and SEQUENCER mode are available simultaneously, so it\u2019s perfectly feasible, for instance, to step sequence an ARP-2600 …<\/p>\n

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… keep that sequence running, then switch to CONTRL mode and use the pads to launch clips in Ableton Live while using the encoders to manipulate Arturia\u2019s latest SEM V soft synth (running on a computer connected via USB) …<\/p>\n