Arturia beatstep - or other newbie sequencing tips

[smartwentcrazy]

Hi there,
I am currently using the beatstep for a basic sequencer and was just wondering if anyone else out there might have some tips and tricks for using this (especially reprograming the gate - seems to fire every 4th beat of 16). The manual is of zero help (since arturia seems to see the basic beatstep as a soft synth controller only) that I can see, but I haven't looked at the one for the pro yet (its "swiss army knife" approach might give me more info??).

[blakeq]

Make sure you have the latest firmware. You can change the gate time in the Arturia software and it looks like from the unit itself as well:

V 1.1.0.0
New Features
Provide additional settings locally. There is now a way to set up some parameters directly on the unit while in SEQ mode. Shift + Knob 1: set gate time (50%..99%) Shift + Knob 2: set swing (50%..75%) Shift + Knob 3: set legato mode (off/on/on reset)

[smartwentcrazy]

I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the info.