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Arpeggiator
Gate Duration : This sets the proportion
of each arpeggiator beat during which the
output note remains in the gate-on
(sustain) state. Adjustment of this setting
through its full range from minimum to
maximum produces a gradual change in
the arpeggiator output from staccato to
legato. The number of clocks for gate-on
and gate-off phases, respectively, are
displayed for reference – these values
cannot be adjusted directly.
Note that this control will have no effect
at the minimum from
Note Length, since
in that case, the only available possibility
is one clock for gate-on and one for gate-
off.
Velocity: These settings provide control
over the note-on velocity of arpeggiator
output notes (Note-On-Velocity).
Use Orig Velocity / Replace Velocity:
One of these two options is always in
effect:
- When Use Orig Velocity is selected,
output notes have the note-on velocity of
the captured note from which they were
generated (and the other velocity controls
described below have no effect).
- When Replace Velocity is selected, the
velocity values of the captured notes are
ignored. Instead, output note velocity is
determined by the following controls. It is
possible to switch back and forth freely
between these two modes – the actual
captured notes are not affected in any way
and the original velocity values are always
available.
This has no influence over the captured
notes whose original dynamics can
always be restored.
LFO Modulation: This setting regulates
modulation of output note-on velocity by
the arpeggiator’s built-in LFO. This setting
is effective only when Replace Velocity
is selected (see above).
LFO modulation causes the velocity
values of arpeggiator output notes to vary
over time. It functions by decreasing
velocities relative to the Max Velocity
value (see above). In effect, the LFO
Modulation control sets the minimum
modulated velocity.
For example:
- At the maximum LFO Modulation
setting, velocity values vary between the
Max Velocity setting and the absolute
minimum possible MIDI velocity value of
1.
- At the "halfway” setting, by contrast,
velocity values still reach Max Velocity at
the high end of the modulation swing, but
at the low end, they go only half as far down
– i.e., to roughly one half of Max Velocity.