Descriptions of Parameters
Setup Editor Parameters
5-31
Bipolar
Starts out the same way as
Unipolar
, but during downward note shifting, it continues past the
original pitch until it hits the shift limit in the
opposite
direction, where it reverses again.
Flt Reset
Adds a bit of apparent randomness to the process.
Flt
stands for “Float,” and it means that when
the arpeggiator reaches the shift limit, it resets—but not to its original pitch as with plain
Reset
.
Like
Unipolar
and
Bipolar
, it looks at the first note that would exceed the shift limit, and
calculates the interval between that note and the shift limit. It then restarts the cycle of latched
notes, transposing the entire cycle by the interval it just calculated, then shifting each
subsequent cycle by the value of Note Shift, until it reaches the shift limit again.
Here’s a very simple example. Suppose that the only note in the arpeggiator cycle is C 4, Note
Shift is
4
(a third), and Shift Limit is
7
(so notes won’t get shifted above G 4). The arpeggiator
plays C 4, then E 4. The next note should be G
#
4, but that’s above the shift limit—so the PC2R
calculates the difference between that G
#
4 and the shift limit (G 4): one semitone. It adds that
difference to the original starting note (C 4) and plays that note next—C
#
4. The next note (F 4) is
within the shift limit, but the next note (A 4) isn’t, so it gets translated into D 4—and so on.
Flt Uni
Uses the same concept as
Flt Reset
and applies it to Unipolar mode: when the arpeggiator
reaches the shift limit, it calculates the difference between the next note and the limit, and
transposes the next cycle of notes down by that interval, then shifts each subsequent cycle down
until it reaches the original pitch.
Flt Bipl
Similar to
Flt Uni
, but the downward shift limit isn’t the original pitch, it’s the negative of the
Shift Limit value.
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 Note
Shift
7 ST (G4)
C4, D
#
4, F
#
4, E4,
C
#
4,
D
#
4, …
Last upward note before shift limit is
F#4, next upward note would be A4,
which is 2 ST from shift limit (G4);
therefore first downward note is E4
(2 ST below last upward note)
8 ST (G
#
4)
C4, D
#
4, F
#
4,
F4, D4,
D
#
4, …
A4 is 1 ST from shift limit, therefore
first downward note is F4 (1 ST lower
than last upward note)
9 ST (A4)
C4, D
#
4, F
#
4, A4
F
#
4, D
#
4, C4,
D#4, …
All symmetrical again; now A4 is
within shift limit
10 ST (A#4)
C4, D
#
4, F
#
4, A4,
G4, E4, C
#
4,
D
#
4, …
Next upward note would be C5, which
is 2 ST from shift limit
11 ST (B4)
C4, D
#
4, F
#
4, A4,
G
#
4, F4, D4,
D
#
4, …
C5 is 1 ST from shift limit
12 ST (C5)
C4, D
#
4, F
#
4, A4, C5,
A4, F
#
4, D
#
4, C4,
D#4, …
Symmetrical again, including C5
