User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- User Manual
- Special Thanks
- Thank you for purchasing the Arturia KeyStep!
- Special Message
- Introduction
- Table Of Contents
- Introduction and Overview
- Basic Operations
- Shift Functions
- Creating Sequences
- The Arpeggiator
- Synchronization
- MOD/GATE/PITCH functions
- Controlling external synths
- The MIDI Control Center
- Software License Agreement
- Declaration of Conformity
3.6.5.3. User Scales
From the Arturia factory, the KeyStep 37 comes complete with three predefined scales, but
you can create your own custom scales and store them as User Scale.
In the example below, we'll add Bhairavi, a well-known and popular scale in Indian music.
Bhairavi has lowered second, third, sixth and seventh steps. So, based on C, it plays as C,
Db, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb (C').
To create this scale, we have to eliminate notes that are not part of it. This is how you do it:
Hold down Shift and press Scale>User (C in the upper octave of the keyboard).
Now focus on the 12 keys in the lower octave of the keyboard. The LEDs above all those keys
have lit up in purple, meaning that all keys will play. You can now let go of the Shift button.
The 12 keys will remain lit as long as you keep the user key depressed. We have to eliminate
D, E, F#, A and B so that only the keys of the Bhairavi scale will play. Press those keys to
deactivate them.
♪: If you haven't yet made any changes to the Use scale, it will default to the chromatic scale.
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