Importing MIDI from Ableton to a Keystep Pro

 A brief description of how to transfer MIDI files to the Arturia keystep pro.

1. Open MIDI Control Center and select MIDI-Channels to your likings

    Ive set it up as follows

2. Check Ableton`s MIDI-Preferences

    The Keystep pro doesnt show up as a control srface, ... I use the Beatstep HST2

3. Create an External Instrument in Ableton

    Put the midi clips into the ext instrument.

  

    

4. Configure your External Instrument MIDI-Channel to your Keystep Pro MIDI-Channel-Input

       In this case ill export the various midi clips via channel 4 into the KSP

5. Make sure that your Pattern-length in your Keystep Pro has the same size (here 4 bars) 

     as the MIDI-Clip, which you want to import

6. Now Record your MIDI-File to your Keystep Pro (KSP)

Just ARM the KSP by pressing the record button (on the KSP) and press play on the MIDI clip

within Abelton.

7. If you want to record a MIDI file which is longer pattern than 4 bars, I think the easiest way around this is to break up the pattern into 4Bar sections and record these into different memory slots.

Then simply play the patterns in a row.