Please update this video to address the problems people are having.

Thanks for all these simple and very helpful tutorials 😀

Love this console. My first purchase ever and still use it a lot! :)

Is there an updated version of this video? For me I have two devices, Arturia Beatep Pro as well as Arturia Beatstep Pro Port 2. When I do Mackie Classic Control, the synth that I have connected to the beatstep pro starts playing notes and controlling Ableton opening and closing all kinds of things.

All you guys having issues with latency and delay when playing with BSP... Transport - sync - remote In /out Transport is start stop, so if you want your BSP to start ableton... -set it as in the video, but you need to check transport and sync buttons... I have Trigger Finger Pro, which is similar midi seq device. To make it play in sync with ableton, I had to put minus latency (a bit higher then my soundcard latency) on Mackie input port... Easy way how to monitor if it's in sync is to check with metronom - put 4/4 kick or hihat on seq of BSP, and turn on ableton metronom, play, and record the 4/4 kick or hihat in ableton. NOTE THAT FIRST about 3 steps will be off sync, but second beat, and next beats should sync correct... These later beats will be your guide, on whether to add minus or plus values (+- some ms) to your Mackie input latency... Transport is start stop, so if you want your BSP to start ableton... You will enable Mackie output transport. And you will to enable Mackie output sync also, as sync is the "clock" info - changing clock on BSP will sync ableton to same bpm... If you want to use also midi information from the BS you will enable midi out remote. That will enable ableton to listen to BSp midi messages

Thanks for the video! Best!

the problem with the internal clock is that it goes off time a lot. Especially when you start using the chop functions, but I have had it go off time after only like 5 minutes of playing.

Guys, this is a five years vid, update it please...

hey I just got the beatstep pro and since 3 hours trying to sync it but it wont sync no matter what!!! what is that?? I was telling my friends according to the compatibility with so many gears this is a must have item and now already had the thought of returning it multiple times. anyway I got 2 weeks time to return it and I will for sure if I dont see any help how to set this up

Every time I launch MidiControl Center or Ableton with BeatStep Pro going, I lose clock sync with my synth...even though the BeatStep has a MIDI out direct to MIDI in on the synth. Have not figured out how to keep it in sync.

Is there a reason why the BSP would suddenly stop receiving sync messages after about 5 minutes requiring a reboot of the BSP to work again?

Can I connect this beatstep pro to my Alesis Micron.

Hi. Can I play a drum VST like Microtonic from Sonic Charge with the pads of the BeatStep Pro in midi mode, with velocity sensitivity? So the question is do the pads of the BeatStep Pro have velocity and pressure sensitivity in midi mode?

I can't seem to sync the beatstep pro properly with ableton. I understand how to program a beat on the beatstep pro using a drumrack on ableton, but how do i properly record the midi data on to ableton?

Can I use a Drum Rack with the BSP? Meaning programing and playing drums with it and recording the MIDI into ableton. Thanks?

Any chance of this for Reason?

Will this work in studio one 4 in its full capacity?

How to us Spark on Ableton with BeatStep Pro ????

how to use the BSP with FL studio 20???

guys were I can find tutorial beatstep pro with cubase 8 full integration

Please make an updated video.

Any guides for using it with Logic?

Could you do a tutorial with Logic pleaaaase ?

Will you make a video using windows on pc version of Ableton live?

does anyone know if this can link in with numark mixtrack quad pro

Hiya, thanks for making this video, it really helps! I've got a problem with the transport mapping though. I've followed your instructions, but I find the Beatstep Pro's play button makes Ableton trigger play twice, so it triggers it twice in quick succession, once when I press play and again when I release it. Any idea what I need to do to fix this? Many thanks, Tim

To say ableton is 'in sync' with the beatstep when receiving clock from it is a reach. Even on the video you can see it jittering around within a bpm or so in either direction. Causes issues with certain plugins. Any solution for this, or is the beatstep pro clock actually just not very stable?

Thanks for the detailed video! :)

How to map from 9 to 16 channel to control Level, pan, mute and solo?

Hello Arturia, I’m so happy, I just bought the Beatstep Pro and I would like as I need to use it with Elektron ARMK2 and A4MK1 I downloaded already the firmware by Cutoff from the video ARMK1 with the Beatstep Pro, I would like to map the scene mode from The AR to the STP, on this firmware there is already the mute and the performance done...very great, I need to know Please is it possible to map even the scene mode on the BSP and if is yes I would like to map even on each channels the volume control. That’s will be so great for me... Thanks a lot!!! Cheers

min 10.32 it's not sync properly i'm actually searching how to sync both tight!!! do yo know how? thnx for the info

BeatStep Pro software that comes in regularly upgrade after it?BeatStep Pro software that comes in regularly upgrade after it?

Hi Arturia. A year ago, I asked questions about how to make the BSP work with ableton live. in USB SYNC mode. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpebgMRj1c_bqZ8.html at the end of your video you say "it just works". spoiler. it does not work, what do we do to get it working?

Hello again, I have got the Arturia finally to sync with ableton, until now it's still not optimal because I still need to quantize in ableton afterwards but other than that the Arturia BS Pro is really a good piece of equipment, I'm keeping it and thanks for your work

Any specific setup for using the drum sequencer with a drum rack?

sorry but i can't map the transport in live 9.1.3 with Mac OSX yosemite. i've the beastep pro upgraded to firmware 1.3 (latest version) I have no problem with all the other CC mappings ( as VST mapping or similar) but i can't use CC map for the transport pannel of live. Any suggestion?

Any idea why, only one sequencer ( drum ) is active and I can sequence a synth, other 2 ( yellow and green) are not active, totally dead, can't program a single note on it. My BSP is connected to Minibrute 2 synth via midi cable, outlet from BSP to in on Minibrute ? Just gonna add when BSP is connected to a DAW , all sequencers are active, not a problem, but I want to use my BSP with a hardware instead of software ???

I have tried to follow this but when I launch the Midi Control Centre, there is no 'Navigator' panel to the right in which to configure the BeatStep as described. Surely integration with Ableton Live 10 & 11 (and Logic Pro X also) should be built in or the appropriate installation/script software be made freely available on the Arturia website

thanx

Wait, what's Mackie control and where do I get it?

How connect this thing?I try all night can't connect with ableton.

I am having on how to use the Beatstep Pro with my Ableton vsts also. I would like it to control a vst i.e. a Sylenth for a bassline. How do I use the Beatstep to change the notes in my daw using the knobs?

why everything has to be so hard man. where did you get the midi control center and why. do I need that whatever I am going to do with it. I don't get it, how did you get there?

I realise this is quite old but...even back then...why no session box for the banks? And why would you midi map what should be device mapped already? ie 1-8 should either address the first 8 macro knobs or the first 8 configured parameters?

Please post a simple straight forward video as to how to get it to sync with ableton. From buffer size in ableton preferences, latency compensation to artruria midi control center. Please cover this as simple as possible. There is not one clear video online showing this. Why can't this thing sync properly? Cheers, Harrison

Just brought the BeatStep Pro updated the firmware but can not find the Navigator.

what about how to sync? in ableton live , syncing synth drums perfectly...please teach us more...i am trying with track delay but can't figure out my drum rack in ableton is way off...everything that i boot up with my bsp goes off differently, i don't have the sync button top let corner in the midi controller...can anyone help a dolphin?

Hi! I have some troubles with my Beatstep (not Pro) too. When I using BS with Ableton 8 in External sync mode it has delay, for example: I play drums from drum rack in Ableton and play sequence from my BS on VST... BS sequence is delayed from drums... How to resolve this? Thanks!

I've tried this several times, and can't get it to connect. ANy ideas?

studio one 3 ????????? The same thing with mackie control? what about reason 8.0

Hi Man, my BSP is not mapping in CC mode anything from Ableton, I am using CC mode with my external gears and I have some more knobs and little pads free that I would like to use to map from Ableton without getting mad in switching between CC and MCU/HUI to use everything How I can make it like you? It will be great for me to use everything in CC mode. Many thanks Cheers!!!

4:00 my mute and solo are flipped (did they update in later versions?) and I can't solo more than one track at a time, anyone have advice how to fix this?

My BSP seems to be incapable to mapping the transport buttons with Ableton... Any ideas on what the issue could be?!?!

Can you use it without a computer? Like the electribe or roland?

And Keystep Pro with Logic Pro please ?

When I put "USB" The beatstep does not follow ableton or any daw for that matter.

this video should probably star with Mapping transports. But I don't think you need to map them any longer, its all done automatically.

i did exactly the same as in this video (preferences) and i cannot controll anything with the beatstep... when i wiggle a knob it just goes wild as fuck, selects clips, enables solomode and so on... i seriously ask myself am i dumb as fuck or is this thing not working at all?

How i wish to get my hands on it

This video is too old and it doesn't show how to sync the Keystep Pro with Ableton in 2020. In USB mode, the transport buttons (record, stop, play) and the 5 other knobs are not being active and being assigned to MIDI/Key mappings.

Getting a crazy glitch happening when Ableton is not in EXT mode, using Ableton's internal clock, and having Beatstep Pro in USB mode. When I press play at bar 1 (& only at bar 1) I get a rapid machine gun fire on beat one that just doesn't stop playing beat one ever hahaha. I have to mouse click anywhere else in the timeline to make it stop.

I couldn't make it work with FL Studio 20 and it seems Arturia won't make a video about that anytime soon, so I will have to get rid of my BSP...

it does a Mutant Solo ?!? wowie!

🖤

Does anyone else get it that when they use Ableton as the main clock it (for lack of a better word) spazzes out in the arrangement view?

Update video...

I'm not quite sure of the statement about MIDI machine control with Ableton. I never had to assign manually the transport controls on my MIDI keyboard...

When I use the Beatstep as a slave I can use the transport buttons only once. If I press stop on the Beatstep, the sync source jumps back from "USB" to "Int". WTF?

synchronization unssuported for this device. Prefer using Store/Recall?

WHY doesn't my sequence play back in usb sync mode? this shit is so confusing

It says synchronization unsupported for this device ...

GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

does anybody checking Arturia's social media? can you pass to your technical team that we need a new firmware update in order to smoothly synch it with Ableton live?

my sync button is deactivated and I can not click on it.

Update the video please

6:27 min.

Why do you keep mentioning a Mackie control? What's that got to do with using a Beatstep Pro and Ableton Live?

needs a newer video actually

J'ai toujours pensé qu'arturia était une entreprise française, pour tout vous dire, un tutoriel en anglais ne me sert à rien, dommage.

Worst integration and instructions ever here! NO USE. Struggle every time to either version of Live. Anyone has clear instruction of how to sync/transport BSP with Ableton 10? TNX! I want o start/stop Live from BSP and play BSP sequences in sync with Ableton tracks in arrangement view (no need for clip launch in mode). It used to be one that worked on YT, but guy disappeared over time. Appreciate!

Where is the fuck..nk sync button? Thanks

not working :/ so much problems i already hate this thing

Where is the fuck..nk Navigator.? Thanks

you guys from Arturia don't make it clear whether is beat step or mb 2s, ,i always have to spend an entire day watching lots of tutorials just to get one thing, which is how to start and what I need in order to start. these 2 questions are never answered in one explanatory video

Syncing Ableton to the beatstep pro makes no sense. You can not instant clip- record in ableton and thus there is no pre count of the metronome ether. BSP has to be synced TO ableton in order to get a pre count and to be able to record to a clip right away.. But if you sync bsp to ableton there is a massive problem with the transport keys, if you want to use them to control ableton: you get a "feedback" loop of some sort. Pressing play on the bsp starts ableton.. ableton then sends out a start signal to the bsp and guess what?.. bsp understands this as a "Pause" ..and triggers a restart in ableton, which triggers a restart in bsp again...which can result in a terrible noise because of the constant restarts of ableton. this problem is mostly based on the fact that the transport buttons on the bsp sends different values for pressing and releasing ..forcing ableton to start at button press and restart on button release, making it not possible to control ableton with the transport buttons of the bsp AND the bsp being synced to ableton at the same time. Seems like the transport buttons can not differentiate if somebody really hard presses the button down or if ableton just sends a start signal to the button logic.

This wasn't helpful for me, I have been unable to use this in an intuitive way on ableton despite hours of trying

You skip so much basic information a new user needs from this that its almost unusable!

Let's all make July 7th the new International Burn your Beatstep day.

Absolutely useless and doesn't work what so ever

I reckon in my 25 years of buying music equipment that the Beatstep would have to rate as the worst purchase. My unit doesn't even sit flat on my desk. The slow knobs debacle and micro-USB power port(s) have ensured that I won't consider buying any Arturia products in the future.

useless! I don’t even find the first page on ableton he is talking about !

Hands down the worse product "setup" video ever created. Had this thing months as thought it would help creativity, instead it's a total pain and as judging by the comments by some poor fellow "users" Arturia have not sorted things. I have been back & forth between tech support and still can't get it operating as follows: Bspro sequencing my drum machine and external synth Recording both midi and audio using ableton as the master clock - be Able to use / midi map the 16 cc knobs to live devices (eg: filter cut off, delay wet/dry etc) Really simple basic stuff - I just don’t get why this isn’t happening. May as well fuck it off and get a midi interface and some extra midi knobs. 1/10

This is hands down the most useless how-to video. You jumped around way too much and never explained how to simply get sound to come out / connect to ableton.

terrible videos