Neutral Mode - No sequencer or Arp

[Robin73]

I don't get it - why do I have to have either sequencer or arp turned on?

Use case - I hit record on my loop station which the Keystep is slaved to. This starts the Keystep, so I either have to have an empty sequence running with "play along" mode enabled, or turn off the arp before I can start playing, if I don't want arps.

What gives?

[Seraing]

I came to this forum to ask the same question, did you find an answer?

I just want to play the keys normally and sometimes turn on the arp without having to stop and start my entire liveset 

[jkspost]

Configure the Keystep in the Midi control center to not start on incoming midi clock.
That's how I've setup mine slaved to the Keystep Pro - It will still listen to the midi clock and arp/seq will be in sync when you hit the play button