Arturia Beatstep Pro Controller Script for Bitwig

Bitwig controller Script for Arturia Beatstep Pro

Features:

Control Mode:

• Support for relative control changes
• Automaping (Macro) of rotaries (1-4, 9-12) to Device Macro 1-8
• Automaping (Parameters) of rotaries (5-8, 13-16) to Device Params 1-8 (paging with step buttons 5 and 6)
• Step button 15 and 16 : Previous / next preset of active device
• Step button 1 and 2: Previous / next Track
• Step button 3 and 4: Previous / next Device
• Step button 5 and 6: Previous / next Param Page

Global

• Transport buttons start / stop Bitwig

Whats new:

• Track selection
• Device selection
• Device param page selection

How to install:

1. Download this project https://github.com/cyhex/BeatstepProController/releases/latest and extract it to your Bitwig controller scripts folder:
   • Windows: ~Documents\Bitwig Studio\Controller Scripts
   • Linux/Mac: ~Documents/Bitwig Studio/Controller Scripts
2. Open the preferences dialog in Bitwig and go to Controllers
3. Either click "Detect available controllers" which should automatically add the BSP version with 5 inputs: S1, S2, USR, DRUM and ALL).
   • S1 - Step Seq 1
   • S1 - Step Seq 2
   • USR - Controller Mode
   • DRUM - Drum Step Seq

Important

• Make sure you have the latest Firmware (1.1.6)
• Make sure you upload Template.beasteppro to your device using Arturias Midi Center http://www.arturia.com/support/downloads&manuals

Know issues

Transport sucks

• I could not reliably sync Beatstep's tempo with Bitwig.
• Current workaround is to set sync to INT on Beatstep Pro and set same Tempo as Bitwig.

Notes & Credits

Many thanks to https://github.com/justlep for providing Initial code & installation docs

Api Stubs

https://github.com/trappar/bitwig-api-stubs

Sysex codes

Here are the values you are looking for:

F0 00 20 6B 7F 42 02 00 06 [kb] [val] F7

[kb] : knob number from 0x20 (knob1) to 0x2F (knob16)

[val] : mode value 0x00 = Absolute ; 0x01 = Relative 1 ; 0x02 = Relative 2 ; 0x03 = Relative 3 ; For exemple, to set Knob 6 to Relative 2: F0 00 20 6B 7F 42 02 00 06 25 02 F7