User Manual

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Setup Mode
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2)
Pages
EachzoneinasetuphasitsownArpeggiator.Whenactivated,eachArpeggiatortakesMIDI
noteinputfromthePC3Kkeyboard(orviaMIDI)andoutputsarhythmicpatternofMIDI
notes.Youcancontrolthespeedandnatureofthepatterninrealtime.EachArpeggiatorcan
affectboththe
PC3KandexternalMIDIinstruments.ThenotesproducedbytheArpeggiatorin
agivenzonegotoallofthatzone’sdestinations:local,MIDI,orboth.Youcanalsosetonezone’s
arpeggiatortooverridearpeggiatorsonotherzonesusingtheArpeggiatorGlobal(ArpGlobal)
parameteronSetupMode’sCOMMONpage.
The
conceptbehindthePC3K’sArpeggiatorsisfairlysimple,althoughtheoptionsareextensive.
YoumightthinkofeachArpeggiatorasa“noteprocessor,”generatingcomplexoutputfrom
relativelymodestinput.Youcanselectanynumberofnotesfortheinput,andtellthe
Arpeggiatortorecognizeandrememberthem.This
iscalled“latching”thenotes.The
Arpeggiatorthenprocessesthembyplayingthemrepeatedly,and/ortransposingthemupand
downthekeyboard.Youhavecontroloverseveralprocessingparameters:velocity,order,
duration,transposition,orchestration,whetherthenotesareplayedsimultaneously,and
whethertheintervalsbetweennotesarefilledchromatically.Youcan
alsotelltheArpeggiator
howtodealwithnewinformationcomingfromthekeyboardwhentheArpeggiatorisalready
processingnotes.
Thearpeggiatoralsoincludesstepsequencersfornoteandvelocityshifting,allowingyouto
morepreciselycontrolhowyourMIDInoteinputisprocessed.Setthearpeggiatorparameters
on
theARPEGGIATORandARPEGGIATOR2pages:
The ARPEGGIATOR Page
Note:InProgramMode,simultaneouslypresstheArpandSWbuttons(abovetheWheels)toviewthe
ArpeggiatorpagefortheContolSetup,whichcontrolsarpeggiatorsettingsinProgramMode(seeControl
Setup on page 6‐9fordetai ls.)
Parameter Range of Values Default
Active On/Off Off
Beats 1/1 (Whole Notes) to 1/384 (96 notes per
beat)
1/16 (16th Notes)
Play Order Played, Upwards, Downwards, UpDown,
UpDown Repeat, Random, Shuffle,
Walking, Simultaneous
Played
Duration 1% to 100% 100%