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For each of the KeyStep Pro's four tracks, the Pitch control voltage (CV) can be set separately
in Utility>CV>Track (1-4) to:
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1.0 Volt/Octave (0-10V)
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1.2 Volt/Octave
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Hertz per Volt
4.1.5. MIDI Connections
Much of the 'mid-vintage' music hardware from the 1980s and 1990s had MIDI DIN jacks
but not CV/Gate connectors or USB ports. KeyStep Pro can be plugged directly into such
devices, letting you control them using its powerful sequencers, arpeggiators and other
controls (keys, knobs, touch strips, etc.)
4.1.5.1. Connecting to a DAW
The KeyStep Pro is an ideal controller for your DAW because you can use its four Voice
outputs to separately control instruments loaded on four tracks of your DAW simultaneously.
Below, we give an example of how to set up Ableton if you want to control instruments via
four MIDI channels.
Connect the KeyStep Pro to a USB port on your computer using the supplied USB host cable.
We first have to 'tell' Ableton that we want to use the KeyStep Pro as a controller in Ableton:
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Open 'Preferences' in the 'Live' menu.
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Select 'Link/MIDI'.
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Select 'KeyStep Pro' as control surface. If the KeyStep Pro is not in the dropdown
list, try selecting Beatstep as the controller.
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Select KeyStep Pro in the input field and the output field.
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In the MIDI ports section below the input and output fields, select Input BeatStep
(or KeyStep Pro) and tick all the boxes.
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Do the same in the Output: BeatStep (or KeyStep Pro).
We're done; Ableton is now able to correctly interpret the (MIDI) control signals arriving from
the KeyStep Pro and we're now ready to make some noise!
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Open Ableton and select 'New live set' to create an empty set.
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Delete the two default audio tracks by selecting them and clicking 'delete' in the
'Edit' menu.
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Select ' Insert MIDI track' from the 'Create' menu and repeat this one more time
to create two empty MIDI tracks. As an alternative, you can right-click in the
empty track space and insert two MIDI tracks.
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Drag a sound from Category>Sounds to Track 1. Repeat this for Tracks 2 to 4.
You should now have four MIDI tracks, each with its own virtual instrument loaded. There's
nothing to hear yet because we haven't made the connection from the KeyStep Pro to
Ableton. Let's do that now:
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