Plug-in Reference

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MIDI effects
Finally, the Play Mode setting affects the resulting arpeggio.
Note also that you can choose to keep the original note tim-
ing, note length and note velocities from the dropped MIDI
part, by selecting “Source” in the Quantize and Length
fields, and “Seq” in the Velocity Source section.
Autopan
This plug-in works a bit like an LFO in a synthesizer, allow-
ing you to send out continuously changing MIDI controller
messages. One typical use for this is automatic MIDI pan-
ning (hence the name), but you can select any MIDI Con-
tinuous Controller event type. The Autopan effect has the
following parameters:
Waveform selectors
These determine the shape of the controller curves sent
out. The results of most of these waveforms are obvious
from looking at the buttons, but a few of them require
some extra explanations:
This generates a “random” controller curve.
These generate curves with a “periodical envelope”. The amplitude will
gradually increase or decrease over a time, set with the Period parame-
ter (see below).
Period
This is where you set the speed of the Autopan, or rather
the length of a single controller curve cycle. The value can
be set in ticks (1/480ths of quarter notes), or as rhythmi-
cally exact note values (by clicking the arrow buttons next
to the value). The lower the note value, the slower the
speed. For example, if you set this to 240 (“8th”) the
waveform will be repeated every eighth note.
Density
This determines the density of the controller curves sent
out. The value can be set in ticks (1/480ths of quarter
notes), or as rhythmically exact note values (by clicking the
arrow buttons next to the value). The higher the note value,
the smoother the controller curve. For example, if you set
this to 60 (shown as “32th”) a new controller event will be
sent out every 60th tick (at every 1/32 note position).
Sort Normal Matches the notes in the MIDI input to the notes in the
dropped MIDI part. If there are fewer notes (numbers) in
the MIDI input, some steps in the resulting arpeggio will
be empty.
Sort First As above, but if there are fewer notes in the MIDI input,
the missing notes will be replaced by the first note.
Sort Any As above, but if there are fewer notes in the MIDI input,
the missing notes will be replaced by any (random) note.
Arp. Style As above, but if there are fewer notes in the MIDI input,
the missing notes will be replaced by the last valid note in
the arpeggio.
Trigger Mode Description
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You should probably avoid extremely low Density val-
ues, as these will generate a very large number of
events (which may cause the MIDI instrument to
“choke”, delaying notes etc.).