Love the irony that Arturia, a company founded on soft-synths, offers some of the best anti-computer hardware solutions out there lol. That's definitely how they got me as a customer.

Oh dear... something else wonderful which I didn't realize I NEEDED.

Your. Demos. Are. The. Best.

The best Arturia Beat StepPro demo so far! Thanks for sharing

What a good demo showing all the functions of the Beatstep Pro. Now I know that's the sequencer I've been waiting for. Thank you.

This product is a godsend for those looking to efficiently interface between hardware and a DAW. It really takes the tediousness out of working with old gear not suited for modern studio needs. I love it because I now have way more time to work on arrangement, mixdown etc...

Alex, I really enjoy your enthusiasm, combined with your excellent presentation. Thanks very much!

Fantastic to hear from Mylar Melodies on tutorial duties, a great and inspiring video all round!

watching this video almost made me cry from awe.. this machine is exactly what i've been missing in my studio and hoping for to exist for years, and its just here , existing

This is the video demo that Arturia should have done! Nice job - very helpful and this is a fabulous product at a sensible price.

Best breakdown of this device that I could find on KZfaq. Thank you!

@ 3:45 ...exactly thats why I love your Demos the MOST! Specialy your modular demos!!

Best demo I've seen in a while. Thanks man. And I learned a lil something about Richard D James as well. Cheers

Very convincing application and cool weird choices, not the least bit typical - a synthist after my own heart!

I already was looking at the Beatstep but now you've convinced me to get this instead. This thing is blowing my mind!

hope arturia payed you because this is hands down the best demo!

great demo - so much potential!

Thanks for this, really helpful as a complete hardware synth noob to (finally) find a video that explains how to actually use one of these!

Got one of these and spent last two days noodling and messing around with it all hope gone now my wife has had enough she hates it thinks I have gone mad Doubt I'll ever play my Strat , Tele or Ibanez again.

What an amazing sequences… thanks for all the tips

Awesome demo and jam!!! Love the aphex-esque grooves. I am ready to cash in some christmas gift certificates, and also recently sold a synth, I think I'll go with the beatstep pro. Although I keep looking at the electribe 2, and novation circuit, While those two are more portable, I think my best option is to go with the bs pro, and grab arturia's v collection while they have it on sale, to add a bit of soft synth in with the analog stuff in my setup.

Outstanding!! THE BEST BEATSTEP PRO VIDEO ON KZfaq!!!)

The. MIDI. device. of. Gods. And definitely the best tutorial so far, he does a fantastic job of quickly yet thoroughly showcasing nearly all of the core features and potential creative abilities. This is the greatest musical device I've ever owned. I never thought anything would complete with my love for my MPD 32.. Anyone want to buy a MPD 32?

Good tutorial/review... I just purchased one for 150$ at Sam Ash and the Midisport 4x4 to hook up all the volcas to it and it is AMAZING! Worth every penny! I have the Beats, Bass Keys running to it but I kept the sample out so I can manually control it. The keys is running thru my Keylab - BSP - Midisport which lets me control its parameters with the sliders and stuff. While everything is running to ableton for effects. Its hours of fun! ST@X13 SoundCloud

very good descriptive and creative demo

nice jams btw :D loving the sound

finally someone covered the 303 style +100 kudos points

You're a pro. Love your style

Awesoem stuff's....I have been looking for these kind of videos since hours now.

This is a delicious piece of kit.

Yes!! I looked on mylarmelodies' channel and found no demo on this but hark! This is here

Really useful video. The Beatstep pro is so much better than the standard Beatstep.

That's all I needed too see and listen... I'm getting one...

so just picked one up. have to say I love it besides to inability to turn of quantization (which I honestly think would make this unit a must have for every electric artist). feel they really need to do something about that and this unit would be perfect.

Brilliant review thank you for explaining everything so well.

I could listen to this music all day.

love this whole set up wit the Juno-60. sounds like some pure aphex

Yay, it's Mylar!! 😁 ACE!

We need that amazing background music for listen in our ears

nice video Alex. Thanks for sharing.

Mine just came in and its sitting in the box and I'm watching this just salivating because I don't have all the cables I need to connect my simmons SDSV rack

I watch this every few months if I'm lacking in inspiration. Hoooly balls.

Great demo !

Good demo!

Awesome gear and love your music man.I am getting one now.

So you can have the drum part loop over 1-2 bars even when you have the sequencer parts set to 4 bars? If so that kind of rocks for quick composition

Great demo! Thank you

This demo was... ace!

Absolutely Fantastic Video... I want one :D

Lovely found the brain for my dawless set up

Hi, did you know what kind of gear you could connect to the clock output? I tried with my volcas and my tb-3 and it dosen't work, thanks for the amazing video!!!

Had a white one, didn’t appreciate its awesomeness, sold it like a fool, now got a black one and loving it, got a black key step com8ng to match, fun!!!

om my god what a cool bit of kit!

could you help me just a bit set the user scale to A-sharp phrygian mode as you've demonstrated? Not quite sure what to turn on and off in the User Scale settings in MIDI control center. Wonderful tutorial BTW.

this video convinced me to buy this machine, thanks :)

Great demo. But how can the clock in and out be used? Can be used with external sequencers or LFOs?

Great video!

that Juno 60 sounds beautiful.. gotta take a look at that tubbutec mod!

Got one (a working replacement). Fun, fun, fun!

Wow, Mylar was in a very Aphex mood when he recorded this demo.

Fantastic tunes, my b. Pro comes tomorrow whoooooooohaaaaa

Thanks for the video! :]

BSP aside (I have one), there are some really nice tunes in this demo.

Thank you for breaking it down.

Suberb demo. Can't say any more than that!

Great review thanks. Unfortunately it seems you can't transpose while playing sequences when triggered by an exterior clock or if you can can somebody please show me

HI, do you know if the drum layer can be used with Midi or only with the 8 gate outs? Also, if it can, can it output each drum to its own midi channel? I am asking to know if ti can work will with the Volca Sample? thanks. Great demo by the way!

brill vid alex..how do you get the your own user scales loaded in from midi control center?

What is that amazing stereo reverb you are using on the Juno? It seems to become really wide half way through the video.

Thanks for the great break down! Is it possible to be able to play your Juno (so not through the pads) and have the beat step pick up the notes. I'm also stuggling to find out is it possible to record in motion sequencing and get the Beat step to pick it up. So for example the way you would press record on a volca bass and it would pick up all the knob turns to creat a dynamic motion sequenced bass line, can this be done and picked up as a sequence on the Beat Step? cheers!

This thing....it's the best.

Can it function as a MIDI to CV converter? It's important for me to know as I'm building a synth myself and if this would do Midi to CV it would solve a lot of problems.

Great video Alex!!

question: with a controller keyboard attached, can you transpose the sequences? So for example, have your left hand holding a C on a controller keyboard, then playing F . . . will the Sequencer(s) also move with the note played? Thanks!

For anyone not into sequencing modular gear the novation circuit might be a much better alternative. It comes with an actual polyphonic sequencer, which the BSP lacks. For instance if you own external gear like the Erebus with has two voices (2 OSC) you would have to program both sequencer lanes of the BSP to make the most out of the Erebus. Using CV you could lay both OSC when on the same gated step. So if you are most likely going to use midi anyway than try the NC orse a good ol MPC which still is the best midi solution . Comes with 4 midi outs, polyphony and as mayn tracks as you need. Compared to this the BSP feels like a backstep. If you plan to seq. a Volca Sample mind you not as easy as they tell you.

Really good video! Thx a lot. But i miss the option to ad accents to zhe drums. How would you fix that? With the velocity output?

is there an option to make a beat but you hear it through your headphones and if its good you can add it to the speaker?

How well, if at all, will the drum lane work with a percussion set on a keyboard synth? Specifically I'm wondering about the Nord Lead 2x; would like to be able to control the Lead's percussion banks with this, but I'm not sure how well that'll work.

Such a good machine

Great piece of hardware.I have important question.Do pads response to different force and timing when triggered for better expression?

Hi, very useful and well made video. Thanks a lot for this! Are the Juno and the Microbrute both plugged via MIDI? If yes do you use a midi splitter? Thanks in advance

i tune to this video, suddenly i hear mylar voice and i know its gonna rock :D

this is excellent, thank you ;)

Is that the microbrute doing the bass around 19:00? Reminds me a bit of the last half of backdoor.ranky.S, that gated kind of bass sound. This is essentially jamming based on quantized scales? Sounds really good!

my next purchase !

If I want to transpose the two sequences with an external midi keyboard, do I need to hold the sequencer button to transpose ?

I would love to use hardware with this Bc that seems ideal but can’t quite afford it yet as a teenager lol. Is there a way to route the beatstep pro in the exact same way but with VST’s? Having one sound on one sequence, one on another, a drum kit on another, etc. ? Would appreciate if you could get back to me, thanks.

Thanks for the awesome videos ! Like it a lot :) ! What did you use for the drums !? Really nice groove. Thanks in advance and keep on the good work. Greetings from germany

very interesting bit of kit ................

Enticing showcase!

great video, just bought one. Some questions, in this video whats connected through Midi Clock Out? I want to connect a X0XB0X a Microbrute and the MFB 522, how will I do that the best and if I just want some others to follow from the Beatstep Pro with Midi whats the best way to connect them without interfering with Midi signals? for example can I connect something through from the X0XB0X?

Great demo, as always. Any relation between you and "Mylar Melodies" ?

Great video! Helps a lot. Can someone answer on one question? I use BSP with Behringer K2 (Korg MS-20 clone) and have a problem: transposing doesn't work with this synth. At the same time with dreadbox typhon and vst synths this function is working correct. Help me please (

how do you program a half step into the sequencer... like 16 steps how do put a sound on 15.5 mark? thanks

wonder how well this pairs with vcv rack

Does anybody know if this has MIDI thru functionality? Can I slave the BeatStep to a drum machine's clock while the BeatStep is simultaneously controlling an external synth, for example?

Hi very good domo tell me because I'm new to this, can you play on the hard wear synth or you have to play on the arturia thanks 👍

thanks for the great video. Are sequences fixed to a quanitized grid or can you nudge individual notes? Also, how many user scales can you add, and is there a user chord memory store and record?

Is the cv out configurable to hertz per volt and volts per octave? Awesome demo btw thank you.

very nice..good job...