7
While in “
ARP
” mode, the Decrement button is now the Tap Time. Press the button a few
times. The time between the last two taps is the time it takes to play back the number of
notes set by the left hand.
By toggleing back to “
THR
” mode, you can change the key and scale in which the
arpeggio is playing, and the octave range of the right sensor. Changing to a scale with a
different number of notes than the scale in which you set up the arpeggio -- such as moving
from the diatonic scale to a pentatonic scale -- may yield unexpected results.
10. CHANGE THE KEY AND SCALE
Set FUNCTION to any value from 1 to 4. Now turn the KEY
knob slowly to the right while playing notes with your right hand. The display will move through
the twelve root notes of the Western scale, with a decimal indicating Sharp:
C C. D D. E F F. G G. A A. B
Turn the SCALE knob slowly to the right while playing notes. The display will show
1 - 12
. These
are the available scales as listed on the label on the bottom of your Altura. The Altura MkII plays
a wide variety of scales. See the Reference Manual for more details.
Playing your scales was never so easy!
11. TRANSPOSE THE OCTAVE
Turn one of the OCTAvE knobs to cause the Octave display to
appear. Twiddle the OCTAvE knobs until you see
5-5
. This means near the sensor, you are
playing in Octave 5 (out of a range of 1 – 8), and far from the sensor, you are still playing in
Octave 5 – a range of one octave. The overscore indicates the octave is ascending as you move
from far to near. An underscore indicates a descending scale as you move from far to near.
a. Turn the OCTAvE FAR knob left until the display shows
5-4
. Now your hand covers two
octaves ascending: Octave 4 far from the sensor, Octave 5 near the sensor.
b. Turn the OCTAvE FAR knob right until the display shows
5f6
. Now your hand covers two
octaves descending: Octave 6 far from the sensor, Octave 5 near the sensor.
c. Turn the OCTAvE FAR knob left until the display shows
5f5
. Now this one-octave range is
descending! Remember it used to be ascending? Whenever you set the Altura MkII to cover
one octave, that one octave will ascend if the previous range was ascending, and descend if
the previous range was descending.
12. ARTICULATION
It is possible to adjust the sensitivity of the sensors. This serves to strike a balance
between responsiveness and stability. See the Reference Manual for details.
