Hi Everyone,
I just bought a used Arturia Beatstep (regular, not Pro) with the goal of using this to quickly put together chord progressions and sounds in Ableton. I am using the pads to generate chords in Apollo Chord Designer (a really useful device), and am wondering what people here would think is a good setup for the 16 knobs on the Beatstep. I am thinking that for two oscillators, this might be a useful arrangement:
Knob 1: Osc 1 Attack
Knob 2: Osc 1 Decay
Knob 3: Osc 1 Sustain
Knob 4: Osc 1 Release
Knob 5: Filter 1 Type
Knob 6: Filter 1 Cutoff Frequency
Knob 7: LFO 1 - Osc 1 Parameter 1
Knob 8: LFO 2- Osc 1 Parameter 2
Knob 9: Osc 2 Attack
Knob 10: Osc 2 Decay
Knob 11: Osc 2 Sustain
Knob 12: Osc 2 Release
Knob 13: Filter 2 Type
Knob 14: Filter 2 Cutoff Frequency
Knob 15: LFO 3 - Osc 2 Parameter 1
Knob 16: LFO 4- Osc 2 Parameter 2
I am trying to come up with the most useful arrangement of these 16 knobs. Naturally, if I need to delve into any given synth more deeply, I can simply open up that synth's GUI to do so. Ideally, however, I can get close to where I want to be with just the 16 knob assignments.
Any recommendations/thoughts on the above would be welcome. In addition, what would you think would be two useful parameters to be modulated by the LFOs above?
Recommendations for 16 Knob Midi Controller Setup?
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Recommendations for 16 Knob Midi Controller Setup?
2020-02-02T20:01:10+00:00
Hi Everyone,
I just bought a used Arturia Beatstep (regular, not Pro) with the goal of using this to quickly put together chord progressions and sounds in Ableton. I am using the pads to generate chords in Apollo Chord Designer (a really useful device), and am wondering what people here would think is a good setup for the 16 knobs on the Beatstep. I am thinking that for two oscillators, this might be a useful arrangement:
Knob 1: Osc 1 Attack
Knob 2: Osc 1 Decay
Knob 3: Osc 1 Sustain
Knob 4: Osc 1 Release
Knob 5: Filter 1 Type
Knob 6: Filter 1 Cutoff Frequency
Knob 7: LFO 1 - Osc 1 Parameter 1
Knob 8: LFO 2- Osc 1 Parameter 2
Knob 9: Osc 2 Attack
Knob 10: Osc 2 Decay
Knob 11: Osc 2 Sustain
Knob 12: Osc 2 Release
Knob 13: Filter 2 Type
Knob 14: Filter 2 Cutoff Frequency
Knob 15: LFO 3 - Osc 2 Parameter 1
Knob 16: LFO 4- Osc 2 Parameter 2
I am trying to come up with the most useful arrangement of these 16 knobs. Naturally, if I need to delve into any given synth more deeply, I can simply open up that synth's GUI to do so. Ideally, however, I can get close to where I want to be with just the 16 knob assignments.
Any recommendations/thoughts on the above would be welcome. In addition, what would you think would be two useful parameters to be modulated by the LFOs above?
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