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Mode
Control knob 7 is used to specify the direction
of the arpeggio and other behaviors. For the
following descriptions we’ll use a 3-note chord
with Octave Mode = Up and Range = 2.
• Up plays the notes from low to high in
each octave and starts again from the
bottom.
• Down plays the notes from high to low in
each octave and starts again from the top
note of the low octave.
• Up / Dn plays the notes forward/backward
in each octave and starts again from the
bottom. The top and bottom notes are
repeated in each octave.
• Up & Dn is identical to Up / Dn except the
top and bottom notes are
not
repeated in
each octave.
• Order plays the notes in the order they
were played, repeats the pattern in the
next octave, and starts again from the
bottom.
• Random plays the notes in a random order
in each octave.
• Chord plays all held notes at one time in
the first octave and then plays them again
in the second octave.
• Phrase provides preset musical phrases
that repeat in each octave. There are 64
phrases, and the selection is made on Arp
Edit page 2.
Length
This parameter specifies the number of notes
that will be part of the arpeggio before the
pattern repeats itself. When Mode = Phrase
the Length setting determines how many
steps of the Phrase will be allowed to play.
We’ll give a couple of examples, but it is
necessary to try different settings to gain an
understanding of the way this parameter
interacts with the other settings. For these
examples use Mode = Up, Oct Mode = Up, and
Range = 2.
• With Length = 3, hold a 4-note chord. The
arpeggiator will only play the first 3 notes
in the chord. To hear all four, set Length to
4. They will only play in the first octave.
• Increase Length to 5. The lowest note of
the chord will appear in the second octave.
• Increase Length to 6, then 7, then 8.
Gradually each note of the chord will
appear in the second octave.
• Increase Length to 9. The lowest note
of the chord will be repeated in the first
octave and the pattern will repeat.
• Increase Range to 3. The lowest note of
the chord will appear in the third octave
instead of the first octave.
When Length = Default the arpeggios play
their full length based on the various settings
and the number of held notes.
Arp parameters: page 2
Tap Trig
When Tap Trig is enabled the arpeggiator
triggers a note every time [TAP TEMPO] is
pressed. This lets you walk through the pattern
one note or chord at a time, depending on the
Mode and other settings.
Note that Tap Trig sends signals only to the
Gate output. The Clock out still runs at the
selected clock rate.
Phrase
The Phrase selection is made here. To audition
the phrases the Mode must be set to Phrase
on Arp Edit page 1.
Ratchet
This specifies how many subdivisions of an
arpeggiator step are possible (1, 2, 4, or 8). A
Ratchet event is sent to the Gate output, but
does not affect the clock output.
Note that Ratchet and Tap Trig work together:
Ratchet events are still generated but are
triggered manually.
Chance
This determines the likelihood of a Ratchet
event happening on a given arpeggiator step.
Its values range from 0% (no chance) to 100%
(highly likely on every step).
