1/16, playing a C-E-G chord in Up mode will play all the chord’s notes at
1/16th note subdivisions. See Appendix E for a list of all possible Clock
settings.
Retrigger
The setting of the small Ret (“Retrigger”) switch to the right of the Clck
(“Clock”) popup menu determines whether or not a new chord will restart
the Arpeggiator. If Retrigger is activated and there is a gap between two
consecutive chords, the Arpeggiator will restart when the second chord is
played. If Retrigger is deactivated the Arpeggiator will continue onto the
next step when a new chord is played.
Step Display
The Step Display contains the Arpeggiator’s 32 step values and is the heart
of the module. This is where the rhythmic patterns of the Arpeggiator are
defined.
As we said above, the CronoX 3’s Arpeggiator breaks a chord into separate
notes of equal length (defined by the Clck (“Clock”) parameter) and plays
them sequentially. In the Step Display each note step can be given a
different velocity value, rests can be inserted into the pattern and notes can
be tied together to form notes with a different length.
Within the Step Display, each step can have its own velocity value ranging
from 1 to 127. The values "Off" and “Tie” are also available. “Off” means
that no note value is defined for the step so that a gap or “rest” is created in
the arpeggiator pattern. "Tie" means that consecutive steps are bound
together creating a longer note duration.
Returning to the C-E-G chord example presented above, step values of
127, 127, Off, 100, Tie, 30, Off, Tie would result in the following sequence
of notes (assuming a 1/16 Clck (“Clock”) setting and the Arpeggiator being
in Up mode): Firstly, note C would be played with maximum velocity and
duration 1/16
th
. Then note E would be played with the same parameters as
the previous note. Next there would be a 1/16
th
duration rest, followed by
the note G played with a velocity of 100 and a note duration of 1/8
th
(as the
following step is tied to this step). Then the note C would be played with a
velocity of 30 and a duration of 1/16
th
length. Finally, there would be a 1/8
th
pause. Note that a "Tie" after an "Off" is the same as placing an "Off"
behind an "Off". Both result in a longer pause.
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