User Manual

Program Edit Mode
The Arpeggiator Function
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Autohold is similar to Auto. Holding at least one arpeggiated note on and playing other
notes latches those notes. Unlike in Auto mode, if you stop holding at least one arpeggiated
note on, the arpeggiation continues playing (although you can’t latch any more notes). In
this case, if you strike another key within the Multi’s arpeggiation range, you start a new
arpeggiation sequence. Autohold is useful for arpeggiating chords: when you play a chord, it
gets latched, and continues arpeggiating after you release the chord. When you play another
chord, the previous chord gets unlatched, and the new one gets latched. You can use the
Panic soft button to stop arpeggiation at any time.
1NoteAuto is similar to Autohold, except only the last note played is latched (even if
previously played notes are still being held.) 1NoteAuto is specically designed for use with
Shift Patterns (see above) because Shift Patterns are designed to be played from one note at
a time (though you can use 1NoteAuto without a Shift Pattern as well.) Using 1NoteAuto
for zones that use a Shift Pattern ensures that Shift Patterns will sound correct by only
allowing one note at a time to trigger the pattern. You can use the Panic soft button to stop
arpeggiation at any time. 1NoteAutoLow and 1NoteAutoHi are also designed for use with
Shift Patterns. ey work similarly to 1NoteAuto, except 1NoteAutoLow always latches the
lowest note when holding multiple notes, and 1NoteAutoHi always latches the highest note
when holding multiple notes. You can also use these latch types without a Shift Pattern if
desired.
Limit Option
is parameter determines what the Arpeggiator does when it has shifted the currently
latched notes up (or down) to the shift limit. Stop causes the Arpeggiator to stop when it
reaches the shift limit. Reset causes the Arpeggiator to return to its original pitch and repeat
the latched cycle of notes, transposing each cycle according to the settings for Shift Amount
and Shift Limit. If the limit allows the notes to go out of MIDI range (for example, if you set
Shift to 12, set the limit to 60, and play C6), then those “ghost” notes don’t sound, but they
take up rhythmic space: the Arpeggiator waits for the cycle to play itself out before starting
over.
Unipolar means that after playing up to the shift limit, the Arpeggiator begins shifting
notes in the opposite direction, until it reaches the original pitch, where it reverses again.
To determine the next note when it reaches the shift limit, the Arpeggiator calculates the
interval between the shift limit and what the next note would be if the shift limit weren’t
there. It then plays the note that is the calculated interval lower than the last note before the
shift limit. e same thing happens in reverse when the arpeggiated notes get back down to
the original pitch. e following table makes this easier to visualize by showing the result of
arpeggiating one note (C4) in Unipolar mode, with Shift Amount set to 3 ST and various
values for Shift Limit.