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How to ACT with Arturia BeatStep ?


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Hello Guys and Gals :)

A very big problem robs me of the last nerve !

I would like to ACT some Plug-Ins, but nothing is working. I was watching a lot of Videos on YT, but no Video about CW and BeatStep !
So i tried some of my logical steps and Ideas...But nothing is working for me. I´m sure i have to re-program the Beatstep via it´s Midi Control Center...
But what i should program this BeatStep ? I have absolutly no idea.

I want to control the Knobs in the Plug-ins and want to use the Pads for the Si Drum-Kit. 
Okay, for the SI-Drumkit the Pads are working, i have to program the Pads in Midi Control Center to Channel 10 and set the Pads for the Kick to C-5 and so on. But the Knobs are not working in Si-Drum-Kit and other Plug-Ins.

I followed these Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObsW0t5FnzM

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK24ySULnf0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7QY3uIdzUQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHKIE3SMkQU

Hopefully some one can Help me out , Thank you so much !
My next big Thing is to add the Novation Launchpad MK2 to CW...But i´m at the beginning atm.

Thx for a Help

Ralph

 

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Not the best videos about the topic... Better just read the documentation, "ACT MIDI" section, it explains everything as far as possible.

Tips:

* you can not use (the same) pads simultaneously in ACT and for playing drums (till you switch what they send on Beatstep)

* ACT MIDI support exactly 8x8x8 controls. So you can set first 8 knobs as knobs and another 8 knobs as faders.

* if you configured knobs as encoders (so they do not send absolute position), Ctrl+Click on ACT MIDI cell to set correct mode

* delivered ACT MIDI mappings can be broken (depends from the Cakewalk version you have installed as the first). Remove them (%appdata%\Cakewalk\ACT Data) and start from scratch.

* mapping can be corrupted, that corrupts all so far learned plug-ins. Backup these XML files often.

 

If you want to understand how all that works and/or do something above ACT MIDI level, read http://www.azslow.com/index.php/topic,107.0.html

 

 

 

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cHi Buddy,

do you want to use the arturia hardware (beatstep) as a midi controller to regulate VST-softsynths within CbB?

I'm using spark 2 for a while and are a bit fimiliar with arturia software.

Not a specialist but also have been through all kinds of ATC horror-experiences.

What about the midi-control-Center software from Arturia?

Cheers ?

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