F-em User Guide
with all notes from the note list. This means that you have to play at
least two notes to hear the effect. The note list is not advanced. If
“Chord
All Oct”
is selected, the Arpeggiator plays a chord with all
notes from the note list. If
Octave
is set to 2 or higher, all notes of
the selected octaves are played simultaneously.
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Clock
: Sets the note value for the steps of the rhythm pattern in a
range from whole notes to thirty-second triplet notes. Triplets (e.g.
1/8T) and dotted notes (e.g. 1/16.) are available for every note value.
Clock offers a range of useful musical values.
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Length
: Sets the length of the generated arpeggio notes in percent
based on the note values made with the
Clock
parameter.
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Octave
: Determines the range of the single notes in octaves. When it
is set to 1, the note list will be played back in the same octave as
originally entered. Higher values mean that the note list is repeated in
higher or lower octaves. The octave in which the arpeggio starts is
determined by the
Direction
parameter.
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Freeze
: If activated, the arpeggiator splits up all played notes and
generates a continuous arpeggio even when the chord is released.
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Pattern
: Allows you to import your own pattern sequences as a MIDI
file (.mid). Click on the Load button to load a corresponding MIDI file.
All tracks of this MIDI file are summed into one sequence before it is
read into the arpeggiator pattern.
All arpeggiator settings like Direction, Clock Division, Tempo etc. are
performed in F-em. The MIDI file import only sets the steps that
make up the arpeggiator pattern. The pattern starts at 0 (i.e. song
start). The “neutral” time base is 16th but the sequence can contain
arbitrary notes like 32th, 64th, quarter or half notes or anything else.
The pattern notes are read in with the position they have in the MIDI
file. So, if you would place the first note at bar 4 of the song, it would
need these 4 bars upon note press until the first arpeggio note is
generated. If you want to have a simple, neutral arpeggio pattern, set
all notes to C3 in the MIDI file. The result is that the arpeggio
generates its output notes based entirely on the played input notes,
e.g. when playing a C major chord the arpeggiator generates C, E,
and G notes in sequence
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Timing Swing
: Determines how much the timing affects an arpeggio
step. If set to 0%, the arpeggio is played back without any shuffled
timing. Higher settings increase the shuffling of the notes and creates
a typical swing.
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Timing Random Position
: Creates random timing positions for the
played notes. The higher the value, the more the timing differs from
the original timing.
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Timing Random Length
: Creates random note lengths. The higher
the value, the more the note lengths differ from the original note
length.
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Timing Random Velocity
: Creates random velocities. The higher the
value, the more the velocities differ from the original velocities.
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Input Order
: Sets the order in which the note list is arranged. With
this parameter, you can determine how the notes you originally play
are split up for the arpeggio. If “As played” is selected, the notes are
sorted in the exact order you played them. If you e.g. press E1, G1 and
C1, the note list looks exactly like that. If “Ascending” is selected, the
notes are sorted from the lowest note to the highest note. If you e.g.
press E1, G1 and C1, the note list is sorted to C1, E1 and G1.
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