Ultimate Stepic Tutorial Pt. 3: Note Sequencer (feat. Jon Audio)

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The Ultimate Stepic Tutorial Part 3: Note Sequencer (feat. ‪@jonaudio‬ )
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Previous Episodes:
1. Quick Start: • Ultimate Stepic Tutori...
2. Top Bar: • Ultimate Stepic Tutori...
Download the Hive 2 preset used in this episode:
drive.google.com/file/d/1C9z6...
Timestamps:
00:00 Overview
01:28 Pitch Section
02:53 Note Audition
03:19 Mute
03:33 Value Randomize
04:08 Note On/Off
04:25 Step Tie
07:09 Octave Section
08:44 Duration Section
09:58 Velocity Section
12:09 Step-Swing Section
13:20 Divider Section
15:14 Note-Repeat Section
About Stepic:
Stepic isn't just a powerful and versatile polyphonic step sequencer. 8 additional and fully integrated modulation sequencers make it a true sound shaping tool. Use them to automate any parameter (e.g. Filter Cutoff, Wavetable Position, Effect Amount) of your favorite synthesizers or effect devices. With its support for MIDI CC, Stepic offers you parameter control for both software plug-ins and hardware devices.
By assigning different tempos and sequence lengths to the modulation sequencers, Stepic lets you create deep, polyrhythmic parameter progressions that add a lot of movement and uniqueness to your sound. And if that's not enough, start to bring the 200+ randomization options into play ;-)

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@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

Our 'Ultimate Stepic Tutorial' series continues with episode three. In this installment, we'll cover each section on sequencer page, with Jon Audio as your expert guide. If you have any questions or would like to share your thoughts with us, don't hesitate to let us know here in the comment section. Enjoy the episode!🎶

@pulsarstar Ай бұрын

This episode reveals the real power of Stepic!

@scubabrit8865 8 ай бұрын

Just keeps getting better the more Jon Audio reveals - amazing product and great tutorial. Thank you and keep it up guys 👍

@alfredgrupstra 8 ай бұрын

Holy smoke! I haven't used half of my Stepic. Great videos!

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

🔥

@itinerantghost 8 ай бұрын

Whoa! I've completely missed a few features shown here. Looking forward to the rest of the series🔥

@mrtinacrispoti 8 ай бұрын

Wow, I've learn new features I didn't know. It makes Stepic even more exciting. Thanks!

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that!❤

@yannbzh100 8 ай бұрын

I think I'm going to fall in love with this sequencer.

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

❤️

@830jkl Ай бұрын

I hope you don’t mind sharing, because I’m in love too. 😊🎹♥️

@petermican 8 ай бұрын

Thank yo very much for setting up these series, really helpful to understand this beast...

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

❤️

@830jkl Ай бұрын

Purchasing stepic this weekend. Things I love most about it, separate step lengths, randomness, swing, modes other than just major/minor, price, customer support and response, gui, and drag and drop. I can’t wait to get creative with this. 🎹♥️

@devicemeister Ай бұрын

Thanks again for you feedback. Enjoy! 🚀

@powermix24 8 ай бұрын

Best sequencer ever!!!

@midibitch 8 ай бұрын

I love it! 💜🙏💜

@moontan91 8 ай бұрын

thanks! some very good tips in there.

@iBananenjoghurt 8 ай бұрын

Being an old Stepic hand, I had to wait until Episode 3 to learn anything new, but I still enjoyed watching EP 1+2 👍 If you haven't finished all the episodes yet, I have a suggestion. You can make wonderful percussion sequences, Stepic's polyrhythm skills really come into their own here. Good work Devicemeister & Jon Audio, keep it up

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

It's great to hear that even experienced users can learn something new from this course.👍All parts are already in post-production. But I find your video suggestion fantastic. The topic could be covered in a future video project.🔥

@lofimat3856 8 ай бұрын

Devicemeister Bestee!!

@impssamri9083 Ай бұрын

thanks Jon!

@astrofreq 8 ай бұрын

This is incredible. Thanks so much!

@vbtheremin9650 8 ай бұрын

I❤️Stepic!

@marcotronic 8 ай бұрын

Another awesome part! Thanks a lot! :)

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback. Glad you liked it!

@DSWL_ 8 ай бұрын

don't forget to subscribe at Jon Audio channel. hes truly a wealth of in depth knowledge ✨

@RenevolutionAccount 8 ай бұрын

ausgezeichnet !👍

@Skiddoo42 8 ай бұрын

Everything I've been doing lately involves operating multiple instances of Stepic simultaneously. I don't know if that of interest to anyone but it would be cool to see a tutorial on it.

@yvesbouillet1290 8 ай бұрын

YES of course !!

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your suggestion! Do you mean that you are running multiple instances of Stepic in parallel on different tracks, or are you feeding Stepic instances into each other?

@DogmaReloaded 8 ай бұрын

@@devicemeister Stepic instances into each other would be cool as a tutorial! I've seen somebody doing it lately and was wondering how he managed to do so.

@exitthelemming145 8 ай бұрын

@@DogmaReloaded With Studio One you could set up a multi instrument (say 3 x vsti) and use the splitter tool to send the output of stepic to each synth depending on pitch range. This would only use one instance of Stepic. (with multiple instances, the possibilities are endless) Bring Scaler 2 into the equation and.... (my head just exploded)

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

@@DogmaReloadedThe routing depends on the DAW you are using. In Bitwig, Live, and Reaper, you can cascade multiple Stepic instances in one channel - a pretty straight forward approach. In other DAWs, you need to use different channels and route them to each other. What you are essentially doing then is sending MIDI notes from one Stepic instance to the second instance to control things like the arpeggiator, chord play, transpose, and pattern changes.

@Pilzhirn 8 ай бұрын

Awesome ❤

@Maplefoxx-vl2ew 6 ай бұрын

oh the divider is cool for variation, i was kinda wondering what note repeat was for, it really only is useful once you use that divider. really neat stuff.

@devicemeister 5 ай бұрын

Here are a few more tips on how to achieve interesting results with Note-Repeat: 1. Make sure your Pitch and Note-Repeat sequences have different lengths. This ensures that the Repeat occurs at a different point within the Pitch sequence on each pass. 2. Set the Note-Repeat fader for Step 1 to a value greater than 1 and set the Play-Head to Random-Direction (green/purple dice). Now, Note-Repeat occurs at random points. Using the Sequence Length knob for Note-Repeat, you can control how often Note-Repeat occurs. 3. Set the Pitch sequence to Random Play-Head (green/purple dice) while letting Note-Repeat run forward. 4. Experiment with Note-Repeat in conjunction with the Arpeggiator function and combine it with the tips from point 1 to 3. As a rule of thumb, the best results with Note-Repeat are achieved when 'repeats' occurs at varying positions within the musical sequence.

@wizard6916 2 ай бұрын

Crazy Stuff! THX!

@devicemeister 2 ай бұрын

You're really working your way through the tutorial. Respect! 🚀

@wizard6916 2 ай бұрын

@@devicemeister I am, for sure!

@exitthelemming145 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff. I was skeptical about the note repeat section i.e. why not just program the pitches you want with the green pitch slider section? but once the individual sequence lengths are made uneven and random kicks in, hey, instant inspiration (and poly-rhythms to boot beeatches....)

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

That's exactly the point! Note Repeat unleashes its full potential with polymetric sequences or when you activate Random Play Direction in the Note Repeat section (the green or purple dice). If you then also activate value randomization on the repeat step and limit the range a bit, as Jon did, it can lead to very interesting results.🎶

@Janomix 8 ай бұрын

Hello, if I have a chord progresión on my song, while combining mayor, menor, and other variable chords, this sequencer follow and correct the notes according to the chord progression? or simple still inline, sounds like a basic one finger arpeggiator? Thank you.

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm not entirely clear on what you mean. Are you asking if you can send chords to Stepic to play its arpeggiator? That's possible! Feel free to watch the two Stepic 1.5 videos on our channel. They will give you a good insight into how Stepic's MIDI Play feature works: - "Stepic 1.5 - MIDI Play, MIDI Mapping, MIDI Thru, FL Studio 21 Support" - "Stepic 1.5 Live Set Walkthrough by Martin Stürtzer"

@krisrhodes5180 4 ай бұрын

In your step tie section you show how to make a single note play for longer, but is there a way to tie two separate notes at different pitches together?

@devicemeister 4 ай бұрын

The feature you're looking for is Legato. In the current state, Stepic doesn't have this feature. However, it is on the wishlist and has a high priority. I can't give you an exact timeline for its implementation yet, but it will be part of one of the next feature updates.

@mylordboudewitz 8 ай бұрын

Great sequencer and tutorial. My question is, can you also tie notes in the sequencer?

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

Stepic has a Step Tie function (see 4:25, Chapter Step Tie). Is that what you're looking for?

@mylordboudewitz 8 ай бұрын

@@devicemeister that"s exactly what i mean. Thanx. Now i gonna buy stepic

@Super-id7bq 8 ай бұрын

Nice. Have any improvements been made yet for working with more than 16 steps? I still struggle with the fact it switches patterns while playing rather than letting me focus on one pattern at a time while it plays through the full 32 steps in the background.

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

You can pause the automatic pattern changes by turning on the yellow 'hold' toggle in the top bar. Also, feel free to check out the second part of this course, specifically the chapter titled 'Hold' on our KZfaq channel.🎥

@kbdrox 8 ай бұрын

I'm using Stepic in FL Studio 21 to run Serum and I cannot get the arpeggiator to work in midi play. Transpose works, but the arpeggiator just plays the single note.

@devicemeister 8 ай бұрын

When you use the arpeggiator, you need to send chords to Stepic from your MIDI keyboard or the piano roll of your DAW in order for it to form arpeggios. Have you tried that? If you can't get it to work, please send an email to our support. Together we will figure it out.👍

@kbdrox 8 ай бұрын

@devicemeister Thank you. I thought it was working off the root note to create the arpeggios in the key and mode that was set. I'll check that out and let you know. Thank you for the reply!

@draga1024 5 ай бұрын

Is it possible to set a note chance?

@devicemeister 5 ай бұрын

Hi, Stepic features a Probability mode, allowing you to set the likelihood that a note of a step will be played. You can choose between fixed or percentage-based probability. With the fixed probability, you determine that a note, for example, is only played on every third and fourth pass. We discuss Probability in part 4 of this course in detail. You can find it on our KZfaq channel.

@eliaszerano3510 5 ай бұрын

how to make steps overlap slightly to trigger legato ?

@devicemeister 5 ай бұрын

Hi, Stepic doesn't have a legato option in its current state. However, this feature is already on the wish list and could be implemented in a future update.

@eliaszerano3510 5 ай бұрын

@@devicemeister awesome!