The Arturia BeatStep is cool and all, but why not build your own?

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Avelina
Sat May 14, 2022 1:29 pm

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The Arturia BeatStep is cool and all, but why not build your own?

The Arturia BeatStep is cool and all, but it cost £100 to buy at launch and could only do monophonic sequencing. So I thought to myself, why not see if I could make a 16 channel, 16 pattern MIDI step sequencer from scratch for less money than a BeatStep?

So I did!

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Powered by two Arduino Micros running custom firmware, running off a single micro USB connection (and optional 9 volt bonus power) this bad boy will fulfil all your step sequencing needs!!

Jokes aside, this was a fun project even if it doesn't have the most user friendly design, and I gained a few new skills from it! I literally learnt PCB design just for this project just so I didn't have to run it off breadboards... as shown below.

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Maybe in the future I'll work on other custom MIDI controllers too, possibly using proper pads instead of tactile switches and LEDs haha ^w^

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