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Arpeggiator
If you’re just getting acquainted with the
Arpeggiator, and if you already have a
basic idea of what an arpeggiator is,
there’s nothing at all wrong with going
straight into hands-on experimentation –
you can refer back to the manual to go
more in-depth or for clarification of details
as needed. But
do read the manual
sometime – there are features here you
wouldn't want to miss out on!
Introduction
The Arpeggiator presents you with
tremendous possibilities:
- Use it to effortlessly (and interactively)
generate melodic sequences in real time
– with myriad control options, all of which
can be adjusted at any time to yield
practically endless variations – for direct
use, to stimulate your own musical
imagination, or to advance the frontiers
of musical-acoustic research!
- Even for accomplished keyboardists, for
whom keyboard technique is not an issue,
the Arpeggiator is a
fabulous labor-saving
device!
- The Arpeggiator is a highly dependable
tool for bringing
any relationship (musical
or non-musical) to a speedy end. It's
therefore also a sure-fire vehicle for getting
your solo career (musical
or non-musical)
off to an early start!
But seriously ...
No idea what an arpeggiator is? In
simplest terms, it's a device which
captures chords (or short sequences of
notes) that you play into it, and then
scans
the captured notes, periodically sending
them out one at a time, thus generating
arpeggios from your input.
The results of this simple process can be
annoying and banal, or truly esoteric. Quite
a lot depends upon the sounds you apply
it to and the contexts you use it in. We
won't presume to prescribe these things
for you. All options are open. The
Arpeggiator includes enough features and
flexibility to enable you reach
any extre-
me!
Many features of the arpeggiator are
easier to understand intuitively than by
reading about them. If you can’t make
heads or tails of something you read here
– just go ahead and try it out. You can’t
damage anything. Then come back here
and reread the section in question and
it’ll probably make perfect sense.