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Arpeggiator
Rest Note
This control permits a specific MIDI input
note to be designated as a "rest" note.
Whenever the arpeggiator lands on this
note during a scan of the captured chord,
it inserts a rest – i.e., no output note is
generated for this scan step. The inserted
rest extends to include repeat notes, if
any (see Repeat).
The Rest Note feature can be used to
produce syncopated arpeggios in Note
Order scan mode (hint: this is easiest
with one of the Extend capture modes).
The Rest Note setting can be changed
freely while the arpeggiator is running,
with the result that rests appear at diffe-
rent points in the output. Setting Rest Note
to Off (=128) disables the rest note
function.
The scan mode can be switched to Note
Number while the rest note function is
active without any ill effects. This merely
results in all rests (if there is more than
one) occurring consecutively, since they
are (of course) all generated from notes
having the same note number.