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Setup Mode
The Ribbon Configuration (RIBCFG) Page
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2)
Pages
Each zone in a setup has its own Arpeggiator. When activated, each Arpeggiator takes MIDI note
input from the PC3A keyboard (or via MIDI) and outputs a rhythmic pattern of MIDI notes. You
can control the speed and nature of the pattern in real time. Each Arpeggiator can affect both the
PC3A and external MIDI instruments. The notes produced by the Arpeggiator in a given zone go
to all of that zone’s destinations: local, MIDI, or both. You can also set one zone’s arpeggiator to
override arpeggiators on other zones using the
Arpeggiator Global (ArpGlobal)
parameter on Setup
Mode’s COMMON page.
The concept behind the PC3A’s Arpeggiators is fairly simple, although the options are extensive.
You might think of each Arpeggiator as a “note processor,” generating complex output from
relatively modest input. You can select any number of notes for the input, and tell the
Arpeggiator to recognize and remember them. This is called “latching” the notes. The
Arpeggiator then processes them by playing them repeatedly, and/or transposing them up and
down the keyboard. You have control over several processing parameters: velocity, order,
duration, transposition, orchestration, whether the notes are played simultaneously, and
whether the intervals between notes are filled chromatically. You can also tell the Arpeggiator
how to deal with new information coming from the keyboard when the Arpeggiator is already
processing notes.
The arpeggiator also includes step sequencers for note and velocity shifting, allowing you to
more precisely control how your MIDI note input is processed. Set the arpeggiator parameters on
the ARPEGGIATOR and ARPEGGIATOR2 pages:
The ARPEGGIATOR Page
Note:
In Program Mode, simultaneously press the Arp and SW buttons (above the Wheels) to view the
Arpeggiator page for the Contol Setup, which controls arpeggiator settings in Program Mode (see Control
Setup
on page 6-9
for details.)
Parameter
Range of Values
Default
Active
On/Off
Off
Beats
1/1 (Whole Notes) to 1/384 (96 notes per
beat)
1/16 (16th Notes)
Play Order
Played, Upwards, Downwards, UpDown,
UpDown Repeat, Random, Shuffle,
Walking, Simultaneous
Played
Duration
1% to 100%
100%