Hi guys,
I'm looking some help with my beatstep pro, had it for around 6-8 weeks now and having nothing but problems with it. im running the latest firmware update. with a midi thru on the output one to drumbrute and the other to a mutable insruments shruthi, then out of the shruthi out/thru into a microgranny sampler.
Beatstep pro is the master clock for everything.
seq 1 Microbrute via cv
seq 2 shruthi midi channel 1
Drum seq drumbrute chan 10 and microgranny chan 6
First issue
on my drum seq, the bottom row of pads and top 2 left are set to midi channel 10 driving sounds on my drumbrute via midi out on channel 10, and the remaining 6 on the top row are driving my bastl instruments microgranny on channel 6. The drumbrute goes out through individual drum outs into my mackie desk as does the microgranny through a single output.
whenever i have a loop going, and the rhythm gets more than say 5 or 6 parts going, especially when 2 sounds are played on the same step, (1 on drumbrute, 1 on microgranny, i get a ducking effect from the beatstep pro which almost mutes the drumbrute gates and velocity. its very odd. (its definitely not a mixing desk or compression issue. ive troubleshooted all that. only happens with the drum seq when both instruments are done via midi from the beatstep pro. (doesn't happen through desk when i sequence on the actual drumbrute and loop the same sounds on the microgranny at the same time so its definitely a midi issue with the beatstep. and its only the drumbrute that gets quieter, not the sampler. even if i mute the smapler on the drumbrute, or the mixing desk the same ducking occurs until i delete the notes from the microgranny and it returns to normal.
second issue
random note firing and missing, its really annoying, it almost sounds like the randomness and probability encoders are not muting when set to zero. i repeatedly check i doesn't have a value yet it still happens. very annoying
third issue
the machine gets stuck in loop mode at least 5-10 times a day. its getting beyond ridiculous now its starting to become unusable.
Fourth issue
The unit gets midi notes stuck on when pausing or stopping a sequence. whilst its not a bad issue as it doesn't happen whilst playing, its annoying as i have to turn it completely off when resting instead of just leaving it on standby whilst away from the desk.
Fifth issue
my saved patterns keep disappearing for no apparent reason. ill come back to it after saving, powering off, and half the patterns i has saved have disappeared. They havent even reverted to the old versions i had overwritten, they are just completely gone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated before i either throw it out of a window or tear my hair out trying to get it working properly.
cheers
Al
