Stepic 1.5 Live Set Walkthrough by Martin Stürtzer | Devicemeister

[@devicemeister]

This video, a joint effort by Martin Stürtzer and Devicemeister, seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the new Stepic 1.5 features. We aim to not only inspire you, but also guide you in applying these techniques to your own music-making process. If you have any question or suggestion, let us know in the comments. Enjoy!❤

[@robmlisanti]

Do you think you ever make this in a standalone feature?

[@devicemeister]

@@robmlisanti Yes.

[@robmlisanti]

@@devicemeister ❤️ The reason i ask is i still use garageband but would love to have a drag midi feature like Riffer does 🙏🏻

[@devicemeister]

@robmlisanti Take a look at Element by Kushview. It comes with a standalone version and you can use it to host Stepic. You can even sync it up with Garageband (I guess). And the best thing is, it's free. If you end up liking Element and use it regularly, I'm sure the developers would appreciate a supportive donation😉

[@mantrasoul]

am i missing something or is it not possible to create legato glides? Connecting gate steps (each containing a note on a different pitch) doesn't seem to do it, which is what you'd expect. This is such a standard feature on most synths, i'd find it baffling if it weren't possible with Stepic

[@Nicolasin-yn9mu]

The energy of Neptune is completely bonkers, go cat go! ❤

[@stevefranzken]

BTW the kitty Neptune actually does the music creation when the cameras are off. Thank you so much for this valuable tutorials Martin.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thanks for inviting me! 🎉

[@kris_lx]

Let's face it, the cat is the real star of this video.

[@robmlisanti]

I love Neptun's contribution to all your videos

[@yanasitta]

The cat: It's nice you're doing a video and all but don't forget your obligations

[@devicemeister]

😂

[@watchaddicts1213]

Poor Neptune… Very good show! Educational meets calm, nicely-paced and tranquil-except for Neptune’s exile, but I get that. The Felonic Payback (Neptune thinking out loud here): “Ok Buster Brown, next time you’re Begging for my affection, just remember the day I was endeavoring to shower you in it, and you sent me away-on world-wide camera, no less. I’m hungry. Now. Wait a minute, what was I just thinking about? Perhaps it’s nap time.”

[@alfredgrupstra]

Thank you, I learned a lot about Stepic but also not to go to wild with it. Beautiful sounds.

[@Art0691p]

Thanks for a tremendously helpful and well presented video. Stepic purchase next :)

[@hurricane6014]

Stepic rocks and so does ambient. Your studio is impressive and helps to create an environment of exploration but a stripped down room could work just fine. Thank you for sharing

[@CoriMusic97]

I wish I was in Germany to work in your awesome studio!

[@zheobitt]

Very usefull. Thank you for explaining. Btw, the cat is great 😊

[@adijames]

Nothing but love for this video, Stepic, the synths (esp. the Virus and OB-6) and, of course, the cat 🙌🏻

[@devicemeister]

Love back!❤

[@dr.gregoryf.maassen2637]

Have bought Stepic instantly after watching the tutorial. I always wondered how the sequencers were managed. Now I know.

[@Eugene-Braack]

Gruss...... very good tutorial video. Subscribed.

[@danielo174]

so cool . Wow

[@hstriepe]

This is extremely informative hitting the right spots. Herzlichen Dank, Martin und Jens.

[@jamesconraadtucker]

This is exactly the information I was looking for Martin. Particularly with allocating MIDI shortcuts and also the transpose functions. Truly the best general tutorial I've seen on Stepic. Now, if I could only get our two Great Danes (Deutch Dogge's) to play with Neptune! ; ) Wonderful having our animal friends around when we write and perform music. TY and be well! Also, as I now see, "thank you" to Devicemeister for the video and creating such a functional sequencing tool as Stepic. Danke! I'm looking forward to introducing Stepic to my music. James Conrad Tucker

[@devicemeister]

Hi James, thanks for your feedback! We're thrilled that you found the video so helpful. It motivates us to continue producing such content. Take care! ❤️

[@jamesconraadtucker]

​@devicemeister Fantastic! Looking forward to your updates. Along your journey, please stop by my channel and have a listen to "Our Time". I just completed the song using four instances of Stepic as a foundation. It's not so much an ambient piece, as it is progressive. Feel free to leave a comment. I'd like to thank Martin for illustrating the automation possibilities. Particularly with release, and mod perms. TY. Safe, and well. James

[@memecoinmafia2732]

this sequencer is the nuts 👍

[@Rollur1234]

Stepic ❤

[@rogercawkwell5413]

Alles klar! I've just started using 1.5 and this ties it all together.

[@brianmi40]

Ok, not finished yet, but have to comment on how well presented this is. Even caught the "hidden" tip of raising the Resonance until reaching the max desired by ear, then set the max knob to show the sliders move to the top of their range! Very clever and drives home the point that you can right-drag any mod destination slider while listening to hear the min and max ranges you'd like to start targeting then with the knobs! Your mention of the Chord Mode not necessarily being helpful with a number of defined pitches for various steps makes me think that choosing a Scale within Stepic should get you more useful diatonic chords. If somehow it doesn't function that way, just routing the MIDI into another tool that does that would be an easy fix (or as many DAWs like Cubase or Bitwig can natively do within a Track). Great tool, happy Xmas present to myself so looking forward to getting into it! Don't have a studio cat, so tell Neptune to be good, or you'll ship him to some guy who offered you $20 for him! 😀

[@devicemeister]

I agree, the right-click fader option is a pretty neat workflow optimizer. Glad you like the video!

[@DrKairo]

The update makes stepic a really interesting and complex tool, the possibilities, even in combinating more instances of stepic are nealy endless. Thanx Devicemeister and lots of thx to Martin for his excellent workshops!

[@devicemeister]

Thx for your feedback. Glad you like the new update! I like to set up a slow-pace, polyphonic, evolving instance of Stepic and feed it into a second instance with activated Arpeggiator or Chord Play. Then lean back and let Stepic do all the work😊

[@DrKairo]

@@devicemeister Yes, just playing around and catching the spots. I think, even Martin was surprised at 18:40 😊

[@devicemeister]

@@DrKairo He really was!😂

[@shabbyroad]

I’m a fan of Martin’s music and of course Neptun. I bought Stepic as a result of this video. Martin clearly explained the features I am most interested in.

[@sudhanva-bhat]

This is amazing, love the depth of information demonstrated by Martin 🙌 and no words about stepic. It is such a great tool for creativity ❤

[@devicemeister]

Thanks for your great feedback! Martin did a fantastic job with this video.❤

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

thanks a lot Martin

[@joesweeney6262]

Love this. I spent yesterday playing with stepic, setting up my Novation LaunchPad Mk3 with custom pages designed to multiple control stepic instances in Bitwig. Then I realised I could have a stepic device to control the other stepic devices. So I ended up with sequencers controlling sequencers which were supported by a custom midi controller. Impressive. I wish I had this video before then ❤😅

[@devicemeister]

I'm glad you're getting into the groove with Stepic. And feeding one Stepic instance into another gives me Inception vibes😉

[@sapiotone]

The best got better! :)

[@devicemeister]

Thanks, glad you like it!👍

[@philfazer]

Merci Martin , very interesting . Phil from Paris France

[@bernardpassagez302]

Many Thanks Martin ! You are the best music teacher I know.

[@19speedster56]

Outstanding demonstration! The best elemental tutorial I've seen on Stepic. Very clear directions in a precise easy to understand method. Thanks so much for taking the time for these tutorials, you have the best channel on KZbin!

[@sirvazo1633]

Thank you for this walkthrough - I just bought Stepic & your clear explanation on how to use it is greatly appreciated 👍

[@radient2500]

This is phenomenal, Martin! Stepic now bought.

[@stephenmurphy8349]

Was waiting for this. Thanks!

[@edinmesic8015]

Great video! One of the best tools I have ever seen so far.

[@devicemeister]

Thank you for your great feedback, I really appreciate it!❤️

[@petermican]

Thanks for sharing this detailed instructions, keep it coming ;-)

[@avationmusic]

Nah Stepic is crazy, take my money

[@JonathanClark99]

Very cool thank you!!

[@devicemeister]

Thanks for watching!

[@nawothnig]

This is the first and only sequencer plugin that is really fun and intuitive to use! Have you considered releasing a dedicated midi controller for stepic? I would totally buy it!

[@devicemeister]

Hey, thanks for the kind words! I'm pleased that you're enjoying Stepic so much. I currently have no plans to release a dedicated hardware controller. However, I can definitely see making controls on the UI available for mapping via MIDI CC in the future.

[@nawothnig]

The ability to map midi controllers to stepic controls would be amazing! :)

[@amado7760]

Awesome !!!

[@christianbuehner]

thanks so much - great music and video

[@peterwaco]

Thank you Martin for this very useful tutorial, I really appreciate the way you create your sequences.

[@Vincenade]

Stepic is really a wonderful tool! one of my best purchase... Martin, the way you go through the features in live-conditions is soooo user-friendly! thanks a lot ! very useful....

[@devicemeister]

Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad you're enjoying Stepic. As for Martin, I couldn't agree more; he did a fantastic job in the video.👍

[@Vincenade]

@@devicemeister youir tool is really great... the only little issue I have is to map Logic Pro internal plug-ins (like retro synth) with Midi learn functions from Logic that are not that convenient.

[@devicemeister]

@@Vincenade This is unfortunately a limitation of Logic Pro you're running into. For some reason it doesn't allow MIDI CC mapping for its own devices that come from a 3rd-party MIDI FX. There is a workaround that involves routing Stepic's MIDI to the IAC driver and then back into Logic. Personally, I don't think that's an optimal solution. If you still want to give it a try and don't know how to set it up, search on KZbin for "logic pro iac driver route midi".

[@mrtinacrispoti]

Thank you for this great Walkthrough !

[@decreasingmass4577]

wow can it get any betterer.. not only stepic.. but also virus ti luvin too.. martin my hero.. !!!

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank you! This is how I made the sound with the Virus: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4Gyo5xnasx_qKM

[@macronencer]

Many thanks Martin, Devicemeister and of course Neptun! I'm about to update to this new version, and I like the new features a lot. Controlling sequences and arpeggios from the DAW seems like a very sensible approach because you only have to learn one central method and you can then apply it to almost any synth, software or hardware, which is very efficient.

[@devicemeister]

And you've always saved all your sequencer settings with your DAW projects.👍

[@StuartRAberdein]

Really useful. I learned a lot. Thanks.

[@taklamak]

Great tutorial.

[@ProfessorSynth]

Great presentation Martin

[@rayderrich]

Watched... Liked... Subscribed... Purchased.

[@devicemeister]

Thank you!❤

[@CoriMusic97]

Your videos are great! Thank you for the wisdom. Which reverb are you using ?

[@Rollur1234]

Neptune ❤

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

Didn't know about mapping of release latched notes...awesome

[@devicemeister]

Yeah, it's a bit hidden at the end of the list where you rarely scroll at the moment. I plan to move the entry to position 1 in the list, followed by the "Switch Pattern 1 to 16". This way, it should be easy to discover.

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

@@devicemeister moving it up is indeed the best option. Thanks a lot.

[@eddy_sonik]

👍I LOVE ! 💙⚪❤

[@devicemeister]

Thanks man!❤

[@Kabelix]

This is definitely the best Video about the new stepic i have seen. Alongside with so many good practical tips and secrets shown how you made this beautiful piece of music in your session. When I saw this session for the first time, this is exactly what I wished for. Thank you so much! And of course thank you for all the other great stuff i learned from you so far! PS: I could not find the video you mentioned about creating that virus patch. Maybe you could point me to that?

[@devicemeister]

Thx for your great feedback. I also like how deeply he delves into the new features and drops a tip or two. He did a fantastic job with that. By the way, here's the link to the video you were looking for: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4Gyo5xnasx_qKM

[@Krotos420]

Lovely video and thanks for making Stepic, it's the best sequencer out there! If I'm wrong please correct me, but is it possible to change the playback order to ping-pong? (play a pattern forwards and then backwards) It's the only thing I'm missing to this amazing product. Thanks!

[@devicemeister]

Hi, thank you for your feedback and kind words! Ping-pong sequence movement is actually a feature I'd also love to see in Stepic. I've already given it some thought to add some extra flair to it. I've added your request as a +1 to the wishlist. You can expect to see some developments in this direction in the (not too distant) future.

[@Krotos420]

@@devicemeister Excellent news! Thank you sooo much!

[@themcclure]

Thanks for the video and the update. It’s definitely moved Stepic from a mid-tier to a top-tier plugin for me! When you’re in the explicit percentages mode, I can give a percentage for a step to play, or not play. But I can’t seem to give the CON a percentage chance. It would be great for varying the length of steps, and the other random mode lets you do that!

[@devicemeister]

The fact that Stepic made such a significant leap in your tier list is a great compliment. Thank you for that! Your idea of adding probability to Step-Tie hadn't crossed my mind before. It'll surely lead to some intriguing results. I've added it to the wish list.💯

[@themcclure]

@@devicemeister Thanks, that's awesome! I've just about finished my Stepic v1.5 generative showcase track - at one point it has Stepic, driving Stepic, driving a Stepic!

[@devicemeister]

@@themcclure Big! Be careful not to end up in the Stepic Limbo. #stepiception

[@themcclure]

@@devicemeister instepcion? I'll try to avoid it ... or is that what you WANT me to think? :)

[@devicemeister]

@@themcclure Maybe you're already there. Checked your totem today?💎

[@tendingtropic7778]

Great demo showing on how to modulate cc's! how does it work when you want to modulate paramaters of a vst?

[@devicemeister]

It depends on the specific synthesizer and whether you are using the VST3 or Max for Live version of Stepic. With the Max for Live version, you can directly automate parameters in Live with Stepic, just like you would with an LFO, for example. Alternatively, almost every software and hardware synthesizer supports MIDI CC parameter automation today. With MIDI CC, you need to connect (map) Stepic's automation sequencer to the desired parameter via the controller number. Then you can control the parameter from Stepic.

[@Hvranq]

Es wäre toll, wenn im Arpeggiator Mode auch die Akkorde auf einzelnen Steps abgespielt werden könnten.

[@tendingtropic7778]

Woowwww thanks for this! did you ever try kirnu cream? is this better?

[@loresuto5723]

I was going to email you about if you planned a transpose function. Now you've implemented it and a bunch of other really cool things! This may be a shallow request, but is there any way to change the colors of the buttons? Great demo by Martin. I noticed he didn't cover the scale transform function - he has a heavy chromatic bias!

[@devicemeister]

You're right. Scale-Transform isn't covered in this video. The video was already 24 minutes long, and we had to make a cut somewhere. Personally, I think that's okay. In return, other functions are examined very thoroughly and in detail. By the way, Chris explained Scale-Transform well in the 1.5 release video. Check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZXKqq2weNeZbac The button color cannot be changed in the current version. Under the hood, Stepic has a theme system that has been unused so far. I've always planned to offer additional themes, but unfortunately haven't managed to do so due to a lack of time. I've added your request as a +1 to the wishlist for this feature.

[@loresuto5723]

@@devicemeister I agree, it's ok! I was just joking about the Scale Transform feature - I know that Martin doesn't use scale locks in his performances, Being able to change the button colors would be great!

[@tomfoolery4077]

with the midi mapping the sequence changes, along with playing the note / transposing that note, do you have to let go of the note before you change the sequence? As in, can I hold the note down with 1 hand and change the patterns with my other hand.

[@devicemeister]

Hi, that's possible. Just make sure to use notes for pattern changes that you don't need for live playing (like transpose or the arp). That way, the two functions won't interfere with each other. I often use the lowest notes on my keyboard for pattern changes. Alternatively, you can control pattern changes via MIDI-CC. This is a good option if you have CC buttons on your master keyboard or a separate controller. Choose the option that best fits your workflow.

[@tomfoolery4077]

@@devicemeister excellent, thanks for the reply.

[@DAUBSKI]

I like this reverb which one there is on right now, may i ask?

[@devicemeister]

Hi, it's a combination of U-He's Colour Copy and Valhalla's Vintage Verb. Please watch the video in the description titled "Virus TI Sound Design Tutorial" and skip to time code 7:40. 🚀

[@ottam]

This seems like a great sequencer, and I'll likely buy it. However, it seems nobody has made what I'm truly after: a sequencer like the Korg Minilogue XD where you can use a metronome, record chords or single notes and they don't automatically quantize to a grid. I wonder if there are severe software limitations that prevent that. If not, would it be possible in an update? Also, does Stepic allow you to play in the notes of the sequence using your MIDI keyboard, or are the sliders the only way to input the notes? Cheers

[@devicemeister]

Thank you for your interest in Stepic! Since I'm not familiar with the sequencer of the Minilogue XD, I'm not sure what you're specifically referring to. In Stepic, you have the option to delay the timing of individual step notes, similar to a Nudge function, although it only allows for delays. Feel free to check out Part 1 of the Ultimate Stepic Tutorial on our channel, especially the 'Step Swing Section' chapter. Re. your second question: Currently, notes can only be entered via the faders. Various modes are available for this (Normal with the mouse, Draw mode, mouse wheel, etc.). If you want to get an idea of the different input methods, feel free to watch Part 3 of the Ultimate Stepic Tutorial, specifically the 'Pitch Section' chapter. The feature you're requesting is on the wishlist. I think it would be a useful extension for Stepic. Therefore, it's quite possible that it might be included in a future update. I've added your request as a +1 on the wishlist. If you'd like us to keep you posted on this topic, feel free to send an email to our official address.

[@travellogger5080]

I wonder if there is a sysex support?

[@devicemeister]

Hi, do you mean for MIDI Thru or do you want to control Stepic functions using Sysex? Or Both?😉

[@travellogger5080]

​@@devicemeister to put it simple, older sound modules mostly use sysex to change parameters. It would be nice to figure out a way to automate those parameters like he did with cc around 5:40 in the video.

[@devicemeister]

@@travellogger5080 Now I get it! You're looking for a SysEx mode in addition to the CC mode for the modulation sequencer. I haven't considered that before. I must admit, I'm not very familiar with SysEx. If you'd like, drop me an email at the official contact address, and we can delve deeper into the topic.

[@travellogger5080]

@@devicemeister I will!!

[@shinezacharias3118]

how u connecting external synth to stepic can u do a video

[@devicemeister]

That would be hard to cover, because every DAW has a different approuch of how they connect to external hardware. However, you can get in touch with our support. Hit us with an email and let us know, which DAW you use. We'll be happy guide you through the process.

[@alexfalcao]

This video also applies to the Ableton live version?

[@devicemeister]

Yes, the Max for Live and VST3 versions are basically identical. The Max for Live version also gives you the additional option to map and automate Live's own parameters, which the VST3 version can't do.

[@DSWL_]

the automation page could be easier to use imo

[@devicemeister]

Hi, what's causing you issues or what could be optimized? If you need assistance with a specific topic, feel free to contact our support. We're here to help!

[@HalfBakedBeats]

Does this mean we can sell our Digitakts? :)

[@devicemeister]

No, selling Elektron gear is a crime🚨

[@AkkiSan23]

?? wozu die Delay und Hall Effekte , ich find es besser NUR die Software zu erklären OHNE nachträgliche Effekte