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Mode
Control knob 3 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 3.
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 3
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 2.
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).
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