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KeyStepPro Studio v0.4.0

Generator styles and drum patterns.

Highlights

  • Generate... with styles: besides Ambient (Classic, Ethereal, Dark, Meditative) there are Techno (Driving), House (Deep, Chill, Melodic) and Drum & bass (Liquid). A style puts track 1 in drum mode with a groove (the last variation ends with a fill) and writes bass, chords and a lead on tracks 2-4, plus the scenes. It also sets the project tempo (techno 130, house 118-128, drum & bass 174 BPM). The window shows a magic wand so it is easy to find.
  • Drum grid: when track 1 is in drum mode, the grid shows 24 drum lanes named after the KeyStep's default General MIDI drum map (kick 36, snare 38, clap 39, hats 42 and 46, ...). Click to add or remove hits, drag to paint, and use the mouse wheel to set velocity. Click a lane name to hear it.
  • Drums switch on track 1's card (drum or sequencer mode; both kinds of patterns stay stored) and Clear to empty the pattern shown.
  • In drum mode, the track 1 instrument listens on the drum channel (10), so a General MIDI style kit or an Ableton Drum Rack plays without remapping.
  • Drum pattern writes verified on a KeyStep Pro (firmware 2.5.20) with a full read-back.
  • Easier to use: a click anywhere on a track card selects it, with a hand pointer over the cards you can select; the number is centred on its dot; FX... is on the top bar.

Install

Download KeyStepProStudio-Setup-0.4.0.exe, run it and start KeyStepPro Studio. Connect the KeyStep Pro by USB and close MIDI Control Center first.

The installer is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC": click More info, then Run anyway. Check the download against SHA256SUMS.txt:

Get-FileHash .\KeyStepProStudio-Setup-0.4.0.exe -Algorithm SHA256

Verify

123342075db850a692af2be7660b0fad3d71c17cdb1d487fd354028808bf8c52  KeyStepProStudio-Setup-0.4.0.exe
7cb71b52f6b89935db15d138b8b50461375dae766078ffb7967ecea0264a6d3a  KeyStepProStudio-0.4.0-portable.zip

Safety

Writes only to a KeyStep Pro on firmware 2.5.20, with an automatic backup before every write and a read-back after. Make a full backup before you start. No warranty.

Not done yet

The arpeggiator, scene editing, a custom drum map (lane names assume the default map) and plugin latency compensation. VST3 only.

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