User Manual

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Setup Mode
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
Note:MissedNotesareactuallyoutputasnoteswithavelocityofzero.
Shift Amount
YoucantelltheArpeggiator totransposeallofthecurrentlylatchednoteseachtimeitplays
throughthem.ShiftAmountdetermineshowmuchtranspositionwilloccurforeachcycleof
notes.Forexample,ifyouhavelatched
C4andF4,andyouassignaShiftAmountof2,the
ArpeggiatorwillplayC4,F4,D4,G4,E4,A4,andsoonuntilitreachestheLimitvalue.TheShift
Amountvaluescanrangefrom‐88to88,with0(thedefault)beingnotransposition.
Shift Limit
Limitdetermines
howfarupordowntheArpeggiatorshiftsfromtheoriginalnote.The
minimumvalueis0,andthemaximumis60.Whenthe Arpeggiatorreachesthelimit,the
ArpeggiatorrespondsaccordingtothesettingfortheLimitOptionparameter.
Limit Option
This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shi ftlimitweren’tthere.Itthenplaysthenote
thatisthecalculatedintervallowerthanthelastnotebeforetheshiftlimit.Thesamething
happensinreversewhenthearpeggiatednotesgetbackdown
totheoriginalpitch.The
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.
Velocity Setting Approximate % of Notes Missed
MissNotes1 % 10
MissNotes2 % 20
MissNotes3 % 30
MissNotes4 % 40
MissNotes5 % 50
MissNotes6 % 60
MissNotes7 % 70
MissNotes8 % 80
MissNotes9 % 90
Shift Limit
Resulting Arpeggiation (When LimitOption is Unipolar)
Comment
Up Down Up
6 ST (F#4)
C4, D
#
4, F
#
4, D
#
4, C4
D#4, …
Same notes play in both directions
when Shift Limit is a multiple of
Shift Amount