Questions about pads as keyboard

[Frisbi]

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.

[I grec]

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.

[Frisbi]

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.

[I grec]

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.