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Title: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: menegass on March 06, 2017, 02:28:19 pm
Too bad it's going to be a birthday with little to celebrate.
It's the third time I've had problems with a sequencer.

The first was an Analog Solutions Europa.
The second with a Fyrd MTRX-s.

There is something wrong with the manufacturers of MIDI sequencers. It must be a conspiracy.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: rmri on March 06, 2017, 04:11:39 pm
Pattern shift, pattern transpose, glide time param and tons of smaller features would be very welcome additions.

Instead of buying new a lot of people are buying second hand. Why are people selling? Because it has missing features and not checking the price/value boxes.
If Arturia would come out with regular updates and better functionality people would not sell that easily and it would drive people to buy new.

Look at the OP-1, it's the exact same hardware since years but with constant updates. Prices are very stable, it's almost just easier to buy new than to hunt down a second hand one for not much less.

Worth a tought, I'm also thinking about selling...




Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: turbo_kev on March 06, 2017, 09:29:28 pm
don't sell it yet, you might regret it

apparently there is an update coming soon

fingers crossed

Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: menegass on April 05, 2017, 12:08:23 pm
Last Beatstep Pro update:

BeatStep Pro Firmware   05-Apr-2016   346 Kb   1.4.0.20


Today completes one year since the last update! Congratulations Arturia!
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: luchod1 on April 07, 2017, 03:22:08 pm
when is te update coming? More clock rate options -like in keystep- is a MUST
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: megamarkd on April 09, 2017, 03:44:33 am
when is te update coming? More clock rate options -like in keystep- is a MUST

The BSP has the same clock divisions as the Keystep already just not on a knob.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: luchod1 on April 10, 2017, 09:36:24 pm
Hi Megamarkd, thanks for your answer...maybe I'm missing something

BSP supports 1step, 24ppq and 48ppq clock in/out setting
And Korg seems to speak in 2ppq (not sure!)

I need to send clock out from BSP to a Korg Taktile in order to sync the Arpegiator tempo

Can you tell if it's possible to do via clock adaptor (black):
BSP clock out -> clock adaptor -> midi cable -> Taktile midi in

Korg Taktile is configured to get a clock signal via midi in port
I tried the three clock resolutions with no success

Anyone tried? Thanks!
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: megamarkd on April 11, 2017, 06:47:21 am
Ah I thought you were talking about the different rates the sequence can run at. 
You are correct about Korg using 2ppqn, as do Teenage Engineering (weirdos, but Korg have a history of doing thing different to everyone else CV/Trig wise).
Yeah I agree it's annoying that the Keystep does 2ppqn and the BSP doesn't, but I have both, so I can clock my Volca and Pocket Operator with the Keystep ;)

Okay, here is a work-around for BSP->Volca/TE: Use one of your drum tracks to send a pulse to the Volca by setting it to send a GATE signal to the Volca at double the tempo.  I run my Rhythm Wolf using drum track 8.  It steps forward once each pulse it receives (1ppqn).  So to run a step-sequencer that steps forward every two pulses, run the Volca at double time.  If the BSP drum track is running at 1/16, send the Volca a Gate pulse every step and run the Volca at 1/32, or run the BSP drum track at half-time that which you want the Volca to run.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: tkabd on April 14, 2017, 03:43:09 pm
the trick with gate pulse from a drum track doesn't work with volcas - very instable - sometimes it goes faster, sometimes slower(
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: megamarkd on April 16, 2017, 05:34:10 am
Bummer, I've not tried it myself and was just going off how it works with the Rhythm Wolf, which is perfect.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: redon on May 02, 2017, 03:37:26 am
yes they told to me too that there was a update scheduled in march. they told me in november I think. now we are in May. AND STILL NO NRPN, A LOT OF BUGS AND QUIRKS. unusable in live situations.
thanks arturia. thinking to sell it.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: turbo_kev on May 02, 2017, 09:37:24 am
The testers now have a beta of the new firmwear
so it shouldn't be long now

cheers
kev

ps check out the beatstep facebook group for more info
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: ben arturia on June 06, 2017, 03:37:24 pm
Hi Guys,
Be patient please we are working on it !
Best
Ben
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: hardware 408 on June 11, 2017, 10:01:45 pm
For what its worth, what the BSP can do is pretty neat.  I dont know about all the people throwing out feature requests that are super complicated :D

The only feature Ive heard suggested that I ran into wanting myself, is, during pattern playback, having the current playing pattern finish before advancing to a newly manually-queued pattern, instead of switching instantly.

Also the need to be on usb life support to change midi notes on drum pads is mildly infuriating but I cant fathom how that could be changed via software :(

I liked BSP controlling my analog synths so much I bought a second BSP. It is kind of like building a hardware sequencer two tracks at a time, but I like the interface and setting the pitches by knobs instead of keys. Pretty cool device. I want to use the drum sequencers now on two other machines but im faced with mapping midi notes to the pads and its painful.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: vykaar on June 12, 2017, 12:23:06 am
" during pattern playback, having the current playing pattern finish before advancing to a newly manually-queued pattern, instead of switching instantly."
If I understand this correctly you can already do this in the midi control center under Device Settings, Sync and select Wait to load pattern = on. :)
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: hardware 408 on June 12, 2017, 01:13:20 am
" during pattern playback, having the current playing pattern finish before advancing to a newly manually-queued pattern, instead of switching instantly."
If I understand this correctly you can already do this in the midi control center under Device Settings, Sync and select Wait to load pattern = on. :)

ah ok

thank you much, guess i will have to do the MCC one of these days. tumbsup!
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: ben arturia on June 12, 2017, 04:16:40 pm
With next firmware you will have this option as a shortcut directly on the BSP !
SHIFT + Step 14 in controller mode like with the DrumBrute.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: turbo_kev on June 12, 2017, 07:35:05 pm
HI Ben    as Terry Marsden is sworn to secrecy  by penalty of DEATH
and will not spill any beans

can you spill a few more as to what we have in store with this new firmwear

cheers
Kev
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: megamarkd on June 13, 2017, 08:51:59 am
HI Ben    as Terry Marsden is sworn to secrecy  by penalty of DEATH
and will not spill any beans

can you spill a few more as to what we have in store with this new firmwear

cheers
Kev

Kev, they're peppered across the forum at the moment.  Ben has been commenting here and there and dropping clues!
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: turbo_kev on June 13, 2017, 10:39:48 pm


Kev, they're peppered across the forum at the moment.  Ben has been commenting here and there and dropping clues!
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where iv looked every where and I cant find any beans anywhere
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: ben arturia on June 14, 2017, 12:01:17 pm
Ok guys one more:
SHIFT + Step 2 = Clear steps in selected track

 ;)
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: megamarkd on June 14, 2017, 12:05:20 pm
Ok guys one more:
SHIFT + Step 2 = Clear steps in selected track

 ;)

And that is in the Drum sequencers I'm guessing?  If so, WOOHOO!!!!!  Life is good!
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: ben arturia on June 14, 2017, 12:08:11 pm
For all 3 sequencers. ;D
All sequencer attribute are kept, only the steps are erased.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: Vic-tor on June 23, 2017, 05:42:57 pm
Aaaannnnndddd it's out !

https://www.arturia.com/beatstep-pro/resources

Along with a serie of cool little videos showcasing everything :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZcMb75CqcY

Enjoy
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: Pergamo on June 23, 2017, 08:52:08 pm
Seriously no nudge function? All these complex new features and this simple thing still missing. I don't understand this.
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: neurondivider on June 24, 2017, 04:32:53 am
I'm really digging the new update so far. Now it feels rock solid as a live performance tool!
Title: Re: Birthday ! One year without Beatstep Pro update.
Post by: megamarkd on June 24, 2017, 08:42:10 am
YAY!
Got notified last night of an email regarding this, while I was repatching the entire studio basically!  Had to arrived when I can't test it!!!