In this video, I explore Arturia’s KeyStep MK2 and how its arpeggiator and sequencer work together. I go through Mutate, Spice, scales, chords, automation and performance options, then weigh the pros and cons.
Timeline
0:00 Intro
1:30 Overview
5:00 Build & I/O
6:00 Seq to arp
9:35 Arp to seq
10:25 Mutate
12:55 Spice
14:20 Oct arp twist
15:20 Scale
16:10 Chord
18:20 Sequencing
18:50 Step seq
20:10 Live rec
21:40 Automation
22:00 Misc seq
22:50 Transpose
23:10 KBD play
23:30 Swapping seq
24:00 Chains
24:40 Time div
25:25 Arp menu
26:05 Tidbits
27:20 MIDI CC
27:45 Pros & cons
31:20 Outro
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► CPM DS-2 by Stylophone
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