* - I settled on 4 because of the Code control surface - sky's the real limit
It's probably not as good as Arturia's implementation, but here's a list of features: So thanks to flu I got to spend a couple days at home, and I thought I would give building the thing in Pure Data a shot because it seemed like it will fit in really well with my Livid Code.
You can do it, but it'll take money or time.unless someone's got the perfect free M4L device I've not yet seen (please I hope so!). and that's what almost any other solution is going to require. You don't seem interested in that "would have to do multitrack recording on Ableton then loop things to create sequences I think, which obviously takes quite a lot of clicking and messing.". If you've got MIDI keyboards, maybe you could sell and use the money to purchase a Keystep? Could be worth it if it's that inspiring to you! Or configure one as a MIDI control 'only' for Ableton, and then map it do the things you're wanting.
That's going to take some trial and error and so us:
Until then, do some digging and report back with anything interesting: Īnother note: much of the brilliance of the Keystep shown can easily be done with stock Ableton and a Push (or a properly configured MIDI device) but it's not going to be quite the same.however, a Push or alternative MIDI device + a few choice M4L devices could scratch that itch and get you close, but even then it's going to depend on your choices of how to build, and what you're willing to sacrifice.obviously, I know, but yeah. I remember one VST sequencer being mentioned in some EKT thread earlier this year that might tick a lot of the boxes displayed in the Keystep video but for the life of me I can't remember what it was called.hopefully someone else will chime in with it.
I'm quite certain you could find a M4L device that does each of the things the Keystep can do (probably even with polyphonics), but there's no one software sequencer that's going to do it quite the same even in a software form. I only mention these specific ones to point out that any sequencer/s you use will be hobbled in some important ways in comparison to an external sequencer like the Keystep. Obviously they're monophonic, but can quickly sequence at varying lengths. First thing that comes to mind is the M4L Mono Sequencer device and K-Devices MOOR. That said, you can definitely do much of anything you're seeing there in Ableton. A software substitute simply won't be the same (though of course it could be more interesting in other ways!). If you like what you can do with the Keystep, how it's being done (speed, ease, interactivity, etc.) you should probably buy it. 'Hardware that does exactly what you want when you want it to is simply not going to be reproducible with software only' is the basic truth here. That's probably obvious but I still wanted to state it just in case you/whoever doesn't realize just how important that is in a situation like this. Unless you've got a dedicated hardware controller with which you could map similar things to in Ableton (or a complex software solution for mapping key combos on your normal computer keyboard), you're simply not going to have quite as quick or 'easy' of an experience. But I'm going to examine why because I'm hopped up on too much caffeine and listening to music.įor one, much of the brilliance of what he's doing in the video is the tactile buttons and keys and so on. That said, the short answer to your question is no. It's seems much more unique than I knew.I will say a lot of those key combos could be a bit difficult to get used to, but no matter it's definitely piqued my curiosity. I've never looked at the Keystep in depth, I knew it had some interesting quirks but didn't realize how many until that video.