Programming Your PC2R
Using the Arpeggiator
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6. Press the
Internal Voices
button. This displays a prompt asking you if you want to save to
the internal setup. Press
Yes
. The display briefly shows
Internal|setup|saved!
, then
returns to Internal Voices mode.
7. Select a few different programs, and you’ll notice that they’re all an octave higher when
you play them.
Using the Arpeggiator
The arpeggiator takes input from your MIDI source and turns it into a constant rhythmic
pattern. You can control the speed and nature of the pattern in real time. The arpeggiator
resembles what were called “sequencers” on old analog synths—playing a finite series of notes
repeatedly, with changes in the series controlled by the notes you play. The arpeggiator can
affect both the PC2R and any MIDI instruments that are slaves of the PC2R. The notes produced
by the arpeggiator in a given setup zone go to all of that zone’s destinations: local, MIDI, or
both.
The concept behind the PC2R’s arpeggiator is fairly simple, although the options are extensive.
Think of it as a “note processor,” generating complex output from relatively modest input. You
can select any number of notes for the input, and tell the arpeggiator to recognize and remember
them. This is called “latching” the notes. The arpeggiator then processes them by playing them
repeatedly, and/or transposing them up and down. You have control over several processing
parameters: tempo, velocity, order, duration, transposition, and whether the intervals between
notes are filled chromatically. You can also tell the arpeggiator how to deal with new
information coming from the MIDI source. The settings you define in the Arpeggiator menu
apply to all zones for which arpeggiation is activated; you can program each zone individually
to respond to or ignore the setup’s arpeggiation values.
Figure 4-1 shows the processing order the PC2R uses to create arpeggios from your input:
Figure 4-1
Arpeggiator Processing Sequence
Many of the PC2R’s factory setups make use of the arpeggiator—for example, those that include
notes in the setup’s name, like setup
001
Dance C7
. There are others as well; you’ll know them
when you find them.
Arpeggiator
Region
Note
Processing
Zone
Enablers
Zone 1 Parameters
Zone 2 Parameters
Zone 3 Parameters
Zone 4 Parameters