Arturia Performance | BeatStep Pro

Watch our latest BeatStep Pro performance movie by Sébastien Rochard, Arturia Product Manager, made in real-time with 10 analogue synthesizers and one computer using Ableton Live.
A total hands on control production!
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[@electriceyeslide5959]

The dude’s dance moves steal the show

[@detroittrickster3327]

omg sh it dANCE moves

[@tanseerj]

Awesome stuff Sebastian!

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Nice! All those keys and he didn't touch a single one :)

[@linasmak9199]

Molten Music Technology that's because most of them play drums, and this is a video for a sequencer...so there's that.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

true enough :)

[@TheSynthZone]

Molten Music Technology Morton Subotnik used touch pads in his synth design, what is a sequencer but several touch pads waiting for the push. Relating electrons to pianos has stalled electronic music for years, stalled music from progressing into future control time.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

TheSynthZone Hmmm, i think you call that Equal Temperament and it's enabled people to be creative for hundreds of years. You really think the keyboard paradigm has been holding back electronic music? Maybe, but there's also a danger of thinking that just one more controller will enable me to be creative. Personally i'd love to get my fingers on the keys and my hands on the knobs of all those synths :)

[@TheSynthZone]

I did not say it was the only reason, but you did bring up more. Wendy Carlos for instance has produced amazing sounds using scales I would never consider beautiful if I based my comparison on traditional tunings. A little more work and the tunings that the western world prefers could be easily used to good effect. Looking at a keyboard and seeing the music as being shaped by the preconceived notions of scale and temperament has absolutely an effect on most electronic composition. Creativity is expressed by nuances that many instruments easily allow, fret boards, string /note bending and slurring notes with horns, pressure, after touch and of course scaling, and many more. In electronic music the sequencer it's self plays a major role in maintaining a 'newer' tradition that actually forces the sound designer into a cookie cutter mentality. I seriously doubt that sequencers will replace some modulations and harmonics already done effectively by artists such as Tangerine dream, but they are the foundation of most modern compositions based on repetition of sound events. The cookie cutter of perception also inhibits artistic sound design as most artists depend on other people relating and that is controlled by business to a great extent. Predesignated goals and technology both add to the efforts of artists to express themselves. innovative artists may never be fully accepted, that is part of the reason that Edgar Froese vacillated between music with contemporary instruments (Horns, drums .etc) and his own unique style of sequencing using the basic tools in place-analog synthesizers and sequencers. using soft synths and sequencing programs forces artists to become more convincing but most are stuck in a paradigm they did not really create and to recreate others material with small additions, flourishes if you will. Edgar complained bitterly behind the scenes about the huge number of imitators. Kraftwerk on the other hand looked away when people digitally sampled their material and remodeled sound structuring, often eschewing keyboards entirely. Sure, pieces of traditional composition are included in melodic structures and that is OK, we need a place to start. There is a certain type of magic in hearing songs that ignore the academic approach to music theory and manage to engage our greasy protein brains-and dollars. I feel that we are on the verge of having artists express them selves in ways never imagined by the consumers or fans who prefer free music. I appreciate your comment and will study your idea as it has merit. I myself use keys and altered tunings and may randomly ignore what I either do not have mastery of or tweak the sound components by ear. Chord progressions are like building blocks, some songs demand to be built of air and light. =) Thanks for the thought provoking insight!

[@zanecovington3438]

Look at all these trolls... No respect for innovation. I love what you guys are doing Arturia, keep up the good work!

[@KristerNielsen]

So in reality he is only controlling two of the synths for melodies. The rest are used as a single sound source, like a kick or snare. I would have been truly impressed if he could connect 10 synths and run them all with different melodic sequences.

[@kirkwilliams4942]

That can be done.

[@laypyu]

Those 3 odd minutes just flew by. Wow!

[@nzimas]

The hardware sequencer that seals the deal for me.

[@YouzTube99]

@nzimas Yep. That was the point of this demo/advert.

[@AirwaveMusic]

J’adore cette vidéo ❤

[@lucasvbf]

I don't have the money to buy this thing. If I save money and buy it, I would have to spend more money on other things, such as DAW's or the hardwares. I don't have the hability to learn how to use all those things by myself properly, so I would have to pay also for someone to teach me. All this considering that I live in Brazil, and the market for DJs or Music Producers it's crowded with people that have lots of money and a major lack of talent. The dollar in my country is expensive, so put that on top of list, I'm paying at least the double for the products. And yet, everytime that I wanna watch a video, I have to see this ad, over and over again. I'm not a complainer, I'm just wanna share my reality here. But yeah, great product Arturia! It makes me dream and despite all those things, pursuit my objectives! Sorry for any english mistakes.

[@Heathcliff_hensel]

Lucas Veira Barboza Fontes yeah but you have the women of Brazil to look at, and that is good right?

[@jayc9184]

Get a Daw and a used 49 dollar keyboard with pads. It'll take you a month on your free daw with free sample packs and record your own sounds on you phone or sample other peoples stuf. NO EXUSES freaking play.

[@zoranmitrovic2526]

great product video! nice chops too

[@SourceDistributionTV]

So bloody good. Trop cool, Sebastian.

[@Mabelrode77]

Awesome!!

[@dionysiaex5538]

I'd be impressed if you told us how this setup was connected together. The Beatstep Pro, as far as I can see, doesn't have connections for 10 synths and only 2 sequencers plus a drum sequencer. So how does this work?

[@adrien59cadri]

Herr Absurd Hello, the beatstep pro has 8 cv gate outs (6 are used in this demo) for the drums, There is also 2x3Cv outs for the sequences, both connected in the demo (the sequences could also have been sent by MIDI on 2 different channels if you want on USB or on MIDI DIN). And there is the MIDI USB out to control Live. Look at 00:54 to see the connections. and details are on www.arturia.com/products/beatstep-pro/details . Best

[@jesswah82]

Herr Absurd I agree, I would love to see a behind the scenes video, explaining it all! Such a great performance though! It has sparked my interest :)

[@toysintheattic6887]

Half, maybe more of those synths were receiving data from midi cables, the only midi coming out of the Beatstep was through the USB to Ableton, so most of what we heard was Ableton sequencing with the Beatstep controlling maybe two of them :(

[@sebastianalarcon1204]

@@toysintheattic6887 don't think so, when they showed the computer screen, ableton wasn't doing anything else than recording audio

[@UncleKalle]

It's been a while since original post, but I came across this video just now. Here's my attempt on explanation: The synthesizers found in this video are 5 minibrutes 1st edition (3 to his left, 2 to his right) and 5 microbrutes (1 to his left in white, 4 to his right of which one is yellow). The white microbrute is fed by one of the sequencers. The 3 micros to his front right are fed by the other sequencer. This is possible since the filter and pitch CV inputs on their tops are patched together (the white multipatch cables that allow another plug to be fed in are visible many times on those two). 6 cv gate outs (of 8cv gate outs in total) control 6 synthesizers which are fed with "one note" at a time. Kickdrum is produced by the higher raised synth to his left (the one he starts fiddling knobs with). He then plays in "melody" (which is one note only, going to the yellow synth) and the analogue hat, which is the synth top left of the yellow one. Bassline is created in the yellow sequenzer of the Beatstep, which feeds the white synth. The voice samples come from ableton, fed via USB. One of the synths then seems to be programmed with an analogue "shakerlike" sound, which he activates immediately before getting a hihat sample out of ableton. Melodyline is done with the green sequencer in beatstep. Also a "ping" sound can be heard from now on. The three synths to his front right are used for those. So we have (in order of appearance): 1. Kick (CV out, higher raised synth to his left) 2. One note melody (CV out, yellow synth) 3. Analogue hat (CV out, top left of yellow synth) 4. Bassline (programmed in yellow sequencer, sound from white Synth) 5. Voice samples (Ableton Live) 6. Analogue shaker (CV out, one of the synths) 7. Hihat sample (Ableton Live) 8 + 9 + 10. Melody (programmed in green sequencer, sound from first 3 Synths to his front right) So I'm still missing 2 synths.

[@elgee2007]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Amazing!

[@soadindakhor3932]

Five years later and I will buy one on Monday because it is exactly what you need to get rid of PC controlling

[@baward]

What a talented chap.

[@CAMELEON1721]

Fantastic music , bravo :)

[@prozay6856]

I’d like to see more!!!

[@eddygalera3706]

COOL PERFORMANCE....

[@pdxfunk]

I have a BSP and like it but hoping someday Arturia will make one with more sequencer lanes (maybe 4?) so I wouldn't have to use a computer at all. 2 is a little limitiing. The amount of drum gates is awesome, but more sequencer tracks would be more useful.

[@darrenthomas795]

Nice 👍

[@Metareduxxx]

who is this? its great!

[@alexdacostausa9471]

TOP

[@tomsurf29]

Le dj est trop beau

[@flynn_22]

That's how I want my studio

[@TheSynthZone]

Great presentation, maybe other product managers could learn a trick or two. I would enjoy seeing the prep work done on this project....

[@milo_fpv]

FIRE!

[@DJSTOEK]

😷👽😎

[@camman1056]

Ahhh I'm gonna pre dude

[@slava.meseka]

who is that electro-clash mantis?

[@Ridiculizer]

Pressing play and jumping about as if he's got crabs.

[@johnlewis3848]

Wow! great video. Reminds me of the movie Birdman.

[@SourceDistributionTV]

John Lewis Haha, he should have passed a jazz drummer in the corridor at the start...

[@grauwolf1631]

what did you use for recording? a drone?

[@zoomshortsxd]

Definitely is a guy with one of those gimbal body rig.

[@cardoman3986]

Don't care. Can they please announce ACTUAL availability of the KeyStep? That would be greeeeeeat.

[@florianguigui1302]

Hum, track ID ? :P

[@caballotecaballo188]

and what happen if you dont have hardware synthesizers with CV/Gate , and you have synths only with midi in/out/thru ? how many midi synths can you connect ? i mean synthesizers with midi in/out/thru with no cv/gate . For example, can you connect 1 virus, 1 waldorf blofeld, 1 jp8080 , how many midi synths can you connect ?

[@fluteabl]

caballote caballo There's only one midi out, so you'd need a midi splitter to connect more.

[@caballotecaballo188]

Rebeccaisacrab thanks. yes im thinking in get a midi thru splitter. someday i will buy a microbrute like you. have you see op-1 ? very curious synth , i recommend you

[@herberdth]

Didn't show me much. Could have been a pre-recorded garbage Armin van Buuren track. Hands in the air, "dancing" around sniffing some coke. But I didn't see the connection with the equipment nor felt any live feeling. Show how it is build up. I didn't see ANY composing just waving hands in the air, turning a few un-important knobs. The Backstep Pro looks like a really interesting piece of gear but non of these videos impresses me.

[@FregoniFOSK]

You didn't see the connections huh? The means that you either don't know what you're talking about or that you do not understand how the beatstep/ all synths connected work. You can clearly see all cables sticking out of the back of the beatstep pro, no? These are cv outputs controlling al the synths, in this case all synths are used as drums. It's a crappy track I'll give you that but please don't be so eager to talk shit about stuff you do not know anything about...

[@fedesartorio]

Cool, now please please release cheaper microbrute desktop or rack modules so the room isn't half filled with useless keyboards! Drop the keyboard, sequencer and pitch/mood wheels and sell them for $199

[@YouzTube99]

+Federico Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli I was with you up until "$199". I bid $149!

[@Carolina17cevallos]

Arturia

[@yotrakzproductions7324]

CHEAAAAH Sonnnn!

[@NathanHassall]

*In 2 or 3 years he is going to watch this video and feel as uncomfortable as I do right now.*

[@TheNewNumberTw0]

You wrote this 1 year ago I feel very uncomfortable.

[@jimgravesus]

He's French. Trust me. He probably feels even better about it now. "Ai ahm soopehrkewl!"

[@NathanHassall]

@@jimgravesus lol

[@mylarmelodies]

Nope. 5 years later, and this still slaps.

[@PeterHeard]

i'm pretty sure I saw things come in that were pre recorded...not sure we will ever see truly real time...

[@AmeenKOM]

+Pete Heard watch?v=lciolLc8mfI

[@danhectic5629]

sigh... forgot i had it on 1.5x speed and was like yeyeyea! still nice though.

[@bosslife_bangin]

Tuff af...

[@lilgirlpro]

Can Som1 tell me who makes those Keyboard Stands?

[@sclr]

lilgirlpro most of them are music stands. like for sheet music.

[@toysintheattic6887]

www.pmtonline.co.uk/stagg-music-stand-with-bag

[@mostafaonsy7278]

Bad presentation for Great Product!

[@acatcalledanarchy71]

How is the bass sound possible with Microbrute? Velocity to filter?

[@Diayse]

acatcalledanarchy71 Hi, Yes, I connected the Velocity output of BeatStep Pro to the Filter input of MicroBrute for the bass. The same thing was done for the three MicroBrutes that play a chord, triggered by Sequencer 2 on BeatStep Pro, and using stackable cables to send the same signals (pitch, gate and velocity) to the same destinations on the three Brutes (pitch in, gate in and filter in)

[@acatcalledanarchy71]

+Sébastien Rochard Yep the bass is well sexy time reminds me of really early Orbital. Can you describe your envelope settings, I'm trying to emulate on my Bass Station II but I'm struggling to get the right 'percussive snap'...

[@Diayse]

Microbtute's analog envelopes mate ;-)

[@Diayse]

Band pass filter, resonant, a bit of filter feedback with the brute factor

[@acatcalledanarchy71]

+Sébastien Rochard Cheers ears! Really appreciate you taking the time to respond

[@Carolina17cevallos]

Where audifuse arteria ?

[@riccardotorri8648]

why ableton live? for samples?

[@ArturiaOfficial]

For the sample, and maybe to process some tracks.

[@djpattos]

No probs pre recorded via Ableton lol, everyone does Willy Vanillis these days.

[@RetningNord]

Apart from the ridiculous dance, a good demonstration of a product that promises to be great.

[@BustyGretchen]

RetningNord He urgently had to go to the little boys' room I think.

[@RetningNord]

BustyGretchen Spot on, there's no doubt that which was causing the spastic moves as well as his urgency to turn on all the synths at once in ahurry, you know the feeling when you are having sop much fun that you almost piss in your pants.

[@BustyGretchen]

RetningNord On a sidenote: do people still make music with dozens of hardware synths these days? All I use are samples and VST instruments. I think I got cable-o-phobia.

[@RetningNord]

BustyGretchen Definitely YES, although apart from for gear junkies using ten hardware synths at once for a recording is mostly unprobable (I have used 4 at once), unless you are talking modular, but turning knobs and twitching and switching with hardware it is impossible to emulate 1:1, the combination of hardware and software is a delight. If you are a bit scared, just start out with Korg Volcas (have limited connection capabilites, but are loads of fun) or an Arturia Microbrute, connect it with your DAW, like Ableton, and you are good to go.

[@BustyGretchen]

RetningNord I use Renoise and Live + I have a Launchpad S + midi controller. Incorporating that into music production is the next challenge.

[@vedabou]

1:44

[@hostsofmichael]

i puked

[@-thirteen]

so, my only question is perhaps a stupid one. I just want a sequencer to run one or two hardware synths + Drum VST like Spark and record that into DAW as a performance. and then repeat that on a stage. How easy is that with Beatstep Pro? Is this overkill for this need?

[@evanwiedling5585]

There's no such thing as overkill, only underkill

[@angeyoda]

ha ha ha nice stone room for an electro demo !

[@Petershilak]

I’m very talented because I can push buttons

[@williamswill4063]

А где музыка?.....

[@JCSPartituraseArranjos]

Cut Filter

[@djiatro]

Why will someone require 10 analog instruments? Talent just lies with a bamboo flute!

[@george78779]

Dj should be like this very dynamic

[@edgodsall3740]

T shirt shrunk in the wash.. 😋

[@youknowwhoiam6484]

Arturia is like the apple of music industry

[@frankyr.8514]

MY neck hurts!

[@crystalgt506]

This dude moves like Gumby

[@liojohn]

Wow this is so cool, it's so...generic

[@jayc9184]

It ain't that big. It b a little tiny thing.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Terrible ad. More EDM crapola.

[@dabarli5381]

Nein

[@cybernaumemusic]

Terrible music, but nice equipments.

[@orbitalchiller]

I didn't know that Jesse Pinkman was doing techno music. There is more to go in that meth bunker... :D

[@mrmeoff]

Of course starts with 4 on the floor.... meh

[@exenye]

Whats wrong with 4/4? Still my favorite groove.

[@ParalysedGekko]

A ten-year-old without any musical knowledge would produce better music. This is no offence. This is pure opinion. No inspiration can be heard for controlling 10 synths.

[@NaturalTribulation]

ParalysedGekko Can you show us some of your productions to compare ? I would be curious to hear the big mouth guy works !

[@SPAZZOID100]

Agreed. This sounds exactly like all the other EDM shit out there.

[@tallgeese1]

The intent was to show the capabilities of the BeatStep Pro as the control hub for a hybrid analog/digital sound rig, not as an inspirational performance. Your condescending remark reveals a deep seeded need for elevating yourself as a superior authority which is a juxtaposition of your profile picture: A small, weak, paralyzed, lizard.

[@paulcollins5586]

Cliched and repetitive. No melodies. Paul Nagle does it better.

[@agusg.t.8950]

Shit...play rock and roll

[@777fiddlekrazy]

no less than $3500 sitting in waste! Da phokk???

[@wttw4942]

Sebastiien Rochard - I've been in the real pro-music industry performing music on stage and working as a studio musician with well . . ., you name it, everybody, for over 45 years of my life! During this time, I have had all of the keyboards that you probably virtually have inside your computer rig. The real ones! I don't really dance half of what you do in front of an alternate controller, specially faking that you are doing something which actually was preprogrammed in your laptop. Anyway, It was a good show! However, I was wondering when you was going to actually play a musical instrument. You know at least playing a C mayor chord, I mean ..., if you really know what I'm talking about. Or perhaps a 4 bars simple melody ..., even on two miserable black keys! But no ... it didn't happened because it never happened. Let me know if there are any other videos in which we can see you actually playing something of your own inspiration, that qualifies as a real music composition by its philosophical definition. Perhaps an improvised solo! I hope you are not a "virtual" musician, like the keyboard plugins that you have are. We will really like to see you play on a keyboard. Cheers!

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

General, you wasted a lot of words to say nothing of interest. Did it make you feel better, to put down someone else's kind of music making? I don't know anybody in the "real" pro-music making industry, who would be shallow enough to do that.