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Hardware Sequencers => BeatStep Pro => Beatstep Pro - General Discussions => Topic started by: Frisbi on January 25, 2018, 03:57:10 am
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I am considering to buy a beatstep pro but I have some questions I could not find the answer in the manual.
My idea is to use it to trigger sounds from a Novation a station which is a midi module.
So first: can I play the beatstep pro as a proper master keyboard? I mean, even if I don't record any sequence, do the pads send notes to the module? An most of all, can I have a polyphony if I just play the pads without recording sequences?
Question 2: is there a way to change the root note of the scale and so to have a scale starting from another root note like a D for example?
Question 3: what kind of arpeggiator is included? Which modes?
Thanks a lot.
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Hi Frisbi,
So first: can I play the beatstep pro as a proper master keyboard? I mean, even if I don't record any sequence, do the pads send notes to the module? An most of all, can I have a polyphony if I just play the pads without recording sequences?
Yes.
Question 2: is there a way to change the root note of the scale and so to have a scale starting from another root note like a D for example?
Yes, you need to transpose.
Question 3: what kind of arpeggiator is included? Which modes?
Notes are played in the order they have been pressed.
Regards,
Y.
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I read in the manual that sequencers are monophonic. it means that I can play only note by note.isn't it?
If it's so, I think I cannot play polyphony anyway, even when I am not recording a sequence.
And as for the arpeggiator, is it up, down and so on?
Thanks for the answer.
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Your question was:
can I have a polyphony if I just play the pads without recording sequences?
and you said
My idea is to use it to trigger sounds from a Novation a station which is a midi module.
So the answer is yes.
If you use CV outs, it will be monophonic.
I read in the manual that sequencers are monophonic. it means that I can play only note by note.isn't it?
Yes the sequencers are monophonic but it was not your question.
And as for the arpeggiator, is it up, down and so on?
-> "Notes are played in the order they have been pressed" and so on.
Regards,
Y.