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Arpeggiator
Output Timing
These settings provide additional "special-
purpose" control over the timing of output
notes generated by the arpeggiator. They
can be changed at any time.
Manual Clk Only: This option can
normally be left switched off. Activating it
disables the arpeggiator’s free-running
tempo clock (whether internal or
synchronized to external MIDI), freezing
the arpeggiator in time. Arpeggiator
clocking (i.e., stepping) is now manual
only, via the MIDI key assigned to the Ma-
nual Clocking function (as indicated in
parentheses at far right).
Offset: This is an output delay setting
which can be left set to zero for normal
use. Non-zero values cause the
arpeggiator output to drop "behind" the
beat by the specified number of beats and
clocks (see also Clks / Beat), by delaying
the start of each scan accordingly.
The Offset function can be useful when
two (or more) synchronized arpeggiators
are being used together, connected to the
same MIDI note source. One arpeggiator
is used with Offset set to 0, the other
with a non-zero Offset setting. The se-
cond arpeggiator produces output whose
timing is delayed with respect to that of
the first. This can be merely a delayed
version of the output from the first
arpeggiator – if all other settings on both
arpeggiators are identical – or it can be
radically different.
Setting of the output delay to fractional-
beat values can be done via the Clks
field. Among other possibilities, this
permits an ar peggiator which is
synchronized to a MIDI clock stream
from a sequencer to drop its notes
"between" or somewhat behind the beat
instead of directly on it.
Note that the specified offset is applied
anew on every scan restart, regardless
of whether the restar t is triggered
manually (ReScan), via the Auto
ReScan beat counter, or in response to
new note input from the keyboard – or if
it is an "internal" restart detected and
signalled by the arpeggiator each time it
works its way back around to the "first"
output note.
