keystep pro / cirklon / nerdseq SEQUENCERS - The Lifelong Search For The One!!
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- The Struggle is real! so many #Sequencers out there. i think im getting a lot closer! close look at the #arturia #keystep pro and cirklon! more info on the cirklon here :-
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arturia did send the keystep a month ago, to give it a go and give feedback on it as i have been bugging them for an updated version of the beatstep pro for a couple of years!, i didnt get asked to do a vid and what not. i just do videos on things i think are useful. and i haven't touched on this sequencer before, hence why it takes up most of the end of the vid. all the other sequencers i mentionned have there own videos on my channel.
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Btw I said the Dublin soundlab residency was uncomfortable. Tbh it was one of the best weeks of my life! i was describing the experience with the beatstep pro that week! It’s was just tough building muscle memory for the beatstep pro! 😂
arturia did send the keystep a month ago, to give it a go and give feedback on it as i have been bugging them for an updated version of the beatstep pro for a couple of years!, i didnt get asked to do a vid and what not. i just do videos on things i think are useful. and i haven't touched on this sequencer before, hence why it takes up most of the end of the vid. all the other sequencers i mentionned have there own videos on my channel.
Cirklon :- czcams.com/video/32Yf_6GacKE/video.html
Cirklon :- czcams.com/video/Pad67oafLwA/video.html
Nerdseq :- czcams.com/video/5qE-WJzdd6k/video.html
and :- czcams.com/video/9TquD64S8v0/video.html
Beatstep pro :- czcams.com/video/t3guovNwxh0/video.html
Seems like now when you have it the Keystep Pro is a good fit?
I got a Keystep and I love that you can change running sequences, so I can slowly evolve a sequence.
@@RegebroRepairs yeah i think it is a good fit! funnily enough i bought a keystep a few months ago and really didnt enjoy it i sold it on to rick holt at frequency central 2 weeks after i bought it. but this is more like the beatstep pro which is music to my ears! glad you enjoy the keystep mind! each to their own!
I'm considering the Keystep Pro. That looks fluid! 🙂
i own a keystep, and can confirm its not a fun workflow for me. Its a good board with some cv. This is a gamechanger. Totally a beatstep pro pro.
Why don't you just build your own sequencer?
Turns out the greatest sequencer was in your heart the whole time
No, it's the friendship we made on the way
Ur prfl pic goes well with this comment
A heart in 3/4 time...Avalanches style.
And the friends are the synths you bought along the way
🙄
Love how he's got his set list just written on the keyboard. And he just writes all over everything.
Such chaotic energy.
I'd be nice if he used tape sometimes.
and then removes the magic marker with body spray? everything must smell nice.lol
It's how audio engineers work. Labels and notes on everything.
It's like a musical asylum! (Musical Asylum is a good name for a band or an album)
He does so many things I would never, could never bring myself to do, but that's his creative path! It goes good places so 🤷♂️
when i heard about the keystep pro you were literally the first thing I thought of
Too Clumsy was well excited!
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER I use keystep and love it, i managed to get three different synths synced up using it, some midi some CV and then using the USB for the third device to sync. tho it doesn't work with everything but you can use the usb to sync to iPad for DM1 drums app (which is awesome btw) CV for my LMNC Analog build and midi to the JP-08 and others in the line. Cant wait till I can afford the pro. looking forward to seeing it in action. :D
same haha
@@illnessofjeez DM1 is a great little app! I use it a lot for composing while away from the studio (usually by hooking up some mini synths and my mobile to a bluetooth speaker via aux in using multiple minijack audio splitters). Never really used it for a song because I have better alternatives in the studio and I don't even have any adapter that allows my to midi sync my mobile via usb. But it does sound great and is very complete. It has pretty much every functionality you'd expect from a proper hardware drum machine.
I need just a tenth of his energy. I’m always inspired by his vids
I like how he went from a bit reluctant, describing it as a Beatstep pro-pro.....to getting really excited and enthusiastic the more he used it.
Never seen Sam this excited and he's already wired up to 11!
His excitement about this, subject is, really high, that is true. He's becoming, the tesla of music.
This made me so happy right now! I ordered a KSP for my 10 year old daughter after researching a ton, and to see you loving it is huge confirmation. Can’t wait to dive in with her! Thank you!!
Tried watching this dude as a noob to Electronic music and legit couldn't understand anything, such an amazing channel to watch now that I actually GET things but still want to learn!
I like the live commentary, energy, and you turn things on with your feet in the most unusual way. I'm a fan.
Hey, Sam, just wanted to let you know how much of an impact you have made on my musical life. Years ago I was just getting into music via EDM and other similarly (crap) music. Then I stumbled into the world of Eurorack via Deadmau5. Then, thanks to CZcams's recommended, I discovered you. You have changed the way I have looked upon music: as an art and outlet. Your music and enthusiasm as inspired me to walk down the road of electronic music on small budget. My first purchase was a BeatStep Pro which I discovered because of you! It is invaluable to my set up and just wanted to thank you. Have a great day, Sam. And keep your music happy and enthusiastic (Desparado Vespa was a little to dark and heavy in my opinion, but the live one in London was great).
hey awqesome :D :D :D have a great day !!!! thanks
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER You too, man! Keystep Pro looks amazing in the hands of a live set master. :DDDDD.
I love watching this guy... I am a 48 year old American that had a Commadore 64, sega and nintendo as a lad...Brilliant composition especially arcade application....
I'm not too far behind you at 32yo lady haha
I am 40 and used to mute and unmute the channels of pro tracker modules. Now I am doing the same on my MPC live.
Rocking the MPC1000 and the Novation SLMKIII here and couldn't be happier - each one has total control over my gear and I have SO much fun playing them!
cool! i had an mpc1000 and it drove me mad so its definitely different spokes for different folks!!! :D
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER I was lucky (unlucky??) to get the MPC1000 as my first bit of hardware in 2005 - so I learnt that thing like crazy when I was a teenager - put it down to about 8 years and dug it back out this year and still found it pretty easy to run - in fact I find it easier than the Novation SLMKIII for sequencing - it is rock solid! Though - I can definitely understand how it is like a different language 😁😁😅
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Does a MPC 1000 count as a computer?
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER , I guess MPC1000 drove you mad because it's not that much capable of doing many things on the fly. Basically MPC is a sampler with a sequencer. I like MPC for its 96ppq resolution that allows to record synth lead solos off beat. All the sequences with only standard note quantasing are just garbage cause primitive quantasing is what has killed music of many genres. What do you think about MidiBOX SEQ V4+ (Midiphy FP design) czcams.com/video/UJ3Wof8eCqc/video.html ?
@@MSM5500 That is a limitation with the MPC alright - the closet I found to get around it is first set up a template (having a bunch of tracks set up, as MIDI on the correct MIDI channel - having your drum samples loaded in (if you want them) and have your tracks ready. Then when jamming, just use the Overdub feature and not the Start+Rec (Which stops playback) - you can disable the Click track on overdub also so it seems fairly seamless. Noted though - I use the JJOS2XL OS
I don't often preorder things, but I did with the Keystep Pro. I am very impatiently waiting on it to ship so I was quite excited to see you do a video about it!
The best demo of the unit so far, simply done but chaotic in nature.
first: oh my my! Such a good subject to hear about!
then: Oh my my my! This cave is amazing
haha
I love my OG beatstep, and have been wanting a BS pro for awhile now. When I saw the keystep at NAMM I was so hyped. 400$ is kinda steep for me atm tho..... probably going to have to wait a bit and get one used. Can’t wait to see what you come up with. Big ups to Arturia for putting it in very deserving and capable hands!!!!
My journey has led me to Elektron sequences. Their amazing sequencers can control external gear via midi and CV but it's the conditional trigs that make them special.
also the melodic track you first improvised on the keystep pro such a vibe all the yellow childish leads and the decadent chords killing it !
That 9:00 jam could be a Crystal Castles song, amazing!
I’m new to synth. I’ve decided to learn synthesis on hardware as much as possible. Seem to be drawn to 80’s stuff. I recently just got a Kawai Q80. I really like it.
This is one of the only channels where I subscribed after just one video.
Really awesome how this thing inspired you to spontaneous creativity for pretty much the last half of this video. That's awesome! I'm totally sold, have been looking for similar solution for long time, can't wait.
Best review so far. I love how stoked you are.
That arpeggiator is awesome. I love the sound of it.
Really inspiring vid like always.. So funny your face of max contentment playing the circklon sequenzer, such a sick loop on that 2 sec Circklon sequenze clip :)))
It's awesome seeing you figure it out as you go, and the animated realizations that it can do what you need it to :)
I am so envious of your cave! Looks like it would be such a creative space to work in.
I borrowed a doepfer dark time a few years ago for two weeks it has been the funnest sequencing experince I've ever had. Extremely limiting but in a fun Berlin school kinda way.
That second song had me in space. You make some very cool stuff.
some of those sounds are so sick, man. Love it!
The first golden age of the sequencer was 1970-2000. For the first 15 years, sequencers were mostly analog, you tuned each note individually. The 80s brought standalone digital sequencing and computer based sequencing. This just evolved gradually up until 2000. After the millennium there were few hardware sequencers, everything was DAW... until to the DAWless trend and Eurorack has brought back hardware sequencers, groove boxes and yes analog sequencers!
I like the cave more than your old studio😁😁😅
Jaako Leksine it’s nice ain’t it! Screw winter mind ha
bruv the beat at 11:40 has to become a full song.... so much power
that sounds sick, you should make a french house version of the first track you played. nice work
Many thanks for the video! You put all the important things into context!
Feedback for Arturia - I have just bought a Keystep Pro based on this excellent video! Thanks Sam
Awesome video! I really enjoyed watching you play around with the KeyStep Pro!
Realizing a mind that builds the craziest, dopest sonic systems felt about the beatstep pro like I feel about it right now makes me feel a bit less dull in the head. Thanks, mate!
Wow, that Keystep Pro was wicked!!!
wow you knowledge of electronics parts and their functions backed with fantastic god-like music skills is friggin amazing Sam
Thanks to this video I was able to recognize a cirklon being on sale on facebook marketplace the day after I saw this exact episode. If I hadn't seen this it would've flown past by! The person who sold it to me didn't even know what a cirklon was! THANKS!!!🤩
Finding the perfect sequencer is like finding the ultimate guitar tone. It's not really possible, but the journey is fun. For the last couple of years I've settled on the Toraiz Squid. I think it's a really great and under appreciated piece of gear.
Nice shirt btw...matches perfectly all the knobs on your home-built monsters!
well, I wasn't sold on this thing until I saw this video. Amazing. Love that you can play ARPS at the same time.
Absolutely mad. Mine is on preorder - can’t wait!
i can feel your flavour of scores and vibration....very nice
That Arturia keystep pro sounds super cool. Awesome info. Sam.
So fun to watch😀 Very inspiring🙏🏼!
That tracks amazing at the end 11:30mins
You have an amazing talent and that sequencer keyboard has got to be the best bang for buck sequencer on the market. Arturia have listened to their customers and built something of great use
fantastic! I preordered the KeyStep Pro within a day or two of its announcement, looking forward to receiving mine hopefully soon!
Kilpatrick Carbon - midi in / out, 4x CV/trig out, 6 independent tracks of 64 steps. Each step is polyphonic (so if you want a chord, you don't have to waste 3 tracks). Also indepentent step lengths, and mainly, you can have it loop different parts of the sequence in each track. Track1 can be looping steps 3-15 and track2 looping steps 1-31 (so polymeter easily possible). Also track1 can be 1/4 triples, and track2 dotted 1/16ths. It has arpegiator and many small fun features... as a bonus, it's power switch isn't ON/OFF switch, but OFF / Sequencer ON / MIDI to CV converter ON.
Yamaha QY70. Controls up to 16 instruments and comes with some great onboard sounds to boot. Cheap as dirt to top it all off. I love mine.
Yup! Got the QY10 and QY100, lots of parts, the 100 can also be used as a sort of arranger (so you can transpose patterns) and it also features a built-in amp sim for guitar or vocals! I recently bought Korg SQ-1 and I love it. What I find completely absurd is that many sequencers are not transposable and are only 16 steps... either you bump up the steps dear of you add transposability, both would be appreciated ;) Playing C major or whatever for half an hour is not my idea of fun ;)
Kudos for mentioning the Toraiz Squid. It’s an awesome 16 channel sequencer.
So awesome keep up the videos and stay safe. Love your music your really talented Godspeed
Yamaha RM1x and RS7000 and MPCs were the good ones of the previous era, IMO.
And the Rolands. MC-505, 909.
Yamaha RM1x I still have one in storage and it is still awesome
Yamaha RM1x was amazing! The best sequencer i have ever used.
RM1x... I only ever used the built in sounds but I know it can control outboard gear ... back in 2003 I bought a used one off eBay for quite some money and used it for about 4-5 years made both dance music and hiphop with it but it sounded dated and I replaced it with Ableton Live and Nexus2 in 2007 ... but the inspiration never came back like when on the RM1x ... stopped making music after some years... sold all my gear... except for the RM1x .... tried Logic Pro 3 years ago, Waveform two years ago, Maschine 1,5years ago and now settled on Serato Studio with a Pioneer DDJ controller and it’s the first time that inspiration flows again like in the old days... I’m in love and for the first time in 14 years of computer music making I enjoy it!
@@tobiaslofi i bought one in 2000, eventually bought an emu 6400 sampler and used the RM1x to sequence it. Used that for about 6 years untill its pads/encoders stopped working. I did the same, Ableton live replaced it, having a similar workflow i just took to it but even with midi controllers i was starting to miss that hands on approach of making music. Tried electribe 2s, electrons but they all (allthough better sounding) lacked what the rm1x could do, for example patterns could be upto 256 measures long! alot of modern sequencers only go upto 4 bars. Currently have push 2 and maschine mk3, like both of them but am giving akais force a try, loving it so far. Didnt know Serato Studio existed, looks interesting.
I've been looking at the beatstep pro for awhile but this is exactly what I've been looking for. And for only $400? I'm absolutely sold
You have forget my favourite midi sequence that's very easy and fast to use with a lot of functions!
The Squarp Pyramid :)
You truly are the new king of electronic music, up there with the likes of The Chemical Brothers and Tangerine Dream. Another hugely enjoyable video and can't wait for the next one.
thanks to you I picked up the beatstep pro and the bass station II ❤️
For melodies, I personally I am in absolute love with the Analog 4's sequencer. Not long ago it got external MIDI sequencing via firmware update. So it now has CV, MIDI, real time transposing while staying in scale, and whatnot.
I'm really curious about why is "Despacito" written next to the keys
Love the enthusiasm and passion mate. Looks like a legit sequencer and them some. Sub’d
I always come back to that vid for the Keystep jam @ 10:55. It's so good it hurts.
Arturia's BSP is a piece of art, and yes, you can sequence polyphonic
Great channel mate loving the dungeon reminds me of smile up vauxhallfew years ago
Thanks buddy! Really appreciate the video!
Oh yeah, the struggle is real definitely! As an eurorack fiend I'm happy with Make Noise Rene + Pressure Points. Really intuitive and hands on. And if I need a few extra melodic lines - there's an old sequencers I luckily haven't sold - first Beatstep (not pro, btw it's still useful as midi to cv converter/master clock from Ableton), Microbrute with it's own sequencer and also relatively obscure Doboz Prizma. Only 6 hp, two cv channels and lots of features for a fraction of price. But Prizma is a DIY kit only. So it's perfect if you don't mind to get your hands dirty with some SMD soldering :D
The prizma is discontinued apparently :(
The Squarp Pyramid is pretty dope too. Kind of like the Cirklon way but a bit simpler.
Agreed! This has been my go-to for a while now. Simple to start out, but I'm still learning new and interesting ways to use it after a couple years.
Yeah, surprised by its absence in the video.
Agree. Pyramid is the best I have found. Carbon isn't bad either.
Yes! Great for building full multi-part songs and live looping
Is the pyramid good for looping midi analog synths on the fly? Seems horrendously complicated to use
Kawai Q80 was mine. Loved it. Fast work flow
Another lesson in Insaneology. Wonderful!
You are such an inspiration!!!!
I havent seen your videos in a bit and I got interested in a cirklon...i missed you!
I love how he seemed all ambivalent about the Keystep Pro and then launched off into ecstacy for the rest of the video
The latest update finally let u record the arp into the internal sequencer which is awesome. AND finally u can move a whole sequenzer pattern in time by holding shift and move the time knop. From my opinion this was absolutely necessary if you don´t have an acme or e-rm timeclock. Even to i´m definitely looking forward to get the circlon 2 as IT REALLY is the Mother of the seq. as u said. Thanks for your hard work doing the videos its really inspiring (got my self a bruel beat oszi because of u) looking forward to your next videos.
I’m pretty psyched to get my hands on a KSP. Imho Arturia really nailed the workflow on both the BSP and the KSP!
That was a sick jam at the end
Great gear, great fun.
thnx Sam, I now see the Keystep Pro is like an ultimate synthmeister live thingy
Awesome video n channela few worthy mentions I've used in past the Roland mc50mk2, Yamaha qy700, akai asq10.
Nice Jam!
I recently bought a novation 49SL MKIII and the sequencer on it is really nice :)
The software sequencer Numerology by Five12 is quite amazing. It can control anything, is polyphonic and can run multiple sequences simultaneously. There is now a hardware incarnation of it (Vector) but it requires a somewhat different approach to programming
I am agree with you : The Keystep Pro will be my next purchase !
Nice setup dude,damn in jealous..like your basement,just started with hardware 1year ago and i see your enthousiasm triggers alot of ideas , keep inspiring beginnersl like me to go hardware man !!! thx for the vid
Yeah. I think this will be where part of my stimulus check will be going. I've been holding off on a KeyStep for awhile, cuz I just KNEW they'd be putting out a KeyStep Pro.
Thanks, nice video, I will probably get this keystep pro as an add-on for my push 2.0 controller, having 2 controllers is fun and gets you in different idea modes, I would use all channels for different synths and the push 2.0 for the samples and beats. BTW, the teenage engineering OPZ is a really fun sequencer as well and can go quite deep. it can do some really amazing and innovative stuff (pattern creation, effects, randomization of patterns, arping, bar variations on patterns, transposing entire sections, sampling anything, etc) and you can take it anywhere and create ideas/songs on it. I travel a lot, and the OPZ has allowed me to be 10x more productive than normal and I got to a point where I created so many ideas on it that I could not keep up and had to take a break from the OPZ to allow myself to get some songs into my DAW. Also some of the OPZ stock sound engines sound really fresh so it can stand on it's own as a multiple instrument musical device.
Thanks for the video Sam! Although I'm a life-long musician, I'm new to making electronic music, so your opinions are helpful. Right now I'm trying to build a decent setup on a budget. Arturia's products seem perfect for a guy like me. Anyway, I'll be sure to stay tuned. Stay healthy out there and keep the great music and vids coming! 👍
Man you're dangerous with that Keystep pro!!!
The nerdseq reminds me of the soundtrackers on the Amiga computer. My favorite sequencer is Korg Gadget on the iPad. They’ve added a midi-out gadget to it about a year ago.
Great VID! Digitakt or Tone have great seq! not real live stage stuff but conditional TRIGS my fav!
Thanks, that was terrific...I have the regular Keystep, and really like it...for just learning things...but it has a real MIDI output... I have the Minilab...to use for sequencing..but I haven't figured it out yet..and it is USB only. But I really like that Keystep pro you showed at the end... I have more to learn...
Excellent!
Rene 2 is my favorite for Eurorack. Very easy to use but also extremely flexible and deep.
My years-long search for the best hardware sequencer always brings me back to Arturia. And this video confirms it. Love Arturia for their innovation, simple workflows and friendly pricing.
I thought so too until I read comments on the KSP on Arturias forum. Now I dont know...
@@psyched0ut what did you read there?
@@O1O1OO1 seems like it has all sorts of problems unfortunately :/ forum.arturia.com/index.php?board=379.0
@@psyched0ut thx will check. I'm using the sequencer of DrumBrute, DrumBrute Impact and Minibrute2s. No problems so far. AFAIK these sequencers are quite the same as the one on the KSP/BSP.
When I was a teenager I had casio cz5000, it had a simple sequencer built into it. That's it.
This is a pretty great album made with the CZ5000 only: czcams.com/video/4B-wZF6jKfM/video.html
@@toomasmoskvinov Many thanks for sharing this. Listened to a couple of tracks and they're great. (FWIW I still have my CZ1 😀)
@@nikolaki You're very welcome! I am quite fond of that album, listen to it weekly :) And awesome to hear you still got the CZ-1. I use the Virtual CZ plugin but the CZ-1 is on my bucket list of hardware synth I'd like to own.
@@toomasmoskvinov I am amazed at how close to the original all these plug ins sound now.
@@nikolaki Yeah, Virtual CZ is pretty damn spot on as far as I can tell! I am playing with Roland D-50 and JV-1080 plugins, they are also quite well sounding.
First off I’m a huge fan and think you are just AWESOOOOMMMMME!!!!!! Second, I did try signing onto Patreon some months ago to support you, and the Patreon people fucked up my acc’t. (it was a flaw in the system imho), so I never got around to re-doing the whole sign-up process, but what better time than quarantine to do so, so I will!☺️ Quick question: I own a Beatstep Pro, tried a few times to figure it out, and always ended up giving up, because, as you say, it’s super confusing to learn. I’m a conservatory-trained percussionist and synth-geek, but other than synthesis, the tech throws me sometimes. Any advice as to where to learn to master the Beatstep Pro (so that I can be fluid w/it like you😎) would be VERY much appreciated! I tried Arturia’s tutorials back when I first got it, but they didn’t help much :( Thanks so much for all you do!!🙌🏽
A shout should also be given to the Electron Analog 4 mk2 (although I think the mk1 also has the same features when it comes to sequencing). You have CV sequencing with 4 CV outs which can be used to lock parameters per step as well as probability and now since the latest update you have midi sequencing too (which includes polyphony), 6 tracks of sequencing.
thank you! You convinced me ❤
I’ve got to get my hands on the Nerdseq, I’ve had so much fun with LSDJ. But over all for sequencers, Elektron is king for me all of the Elektron boxes are so feature packed with their ability to record automation on the fly and sequence other instruments while also being able to add effects there’s nothing better on the market for hardware sequencers in my opinion