The Arpeggiator
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The Arpeggiator
The selection of manufactured arpeggio-types
The arpeggiator is the most used feature to create exciting sequence-figures and also unusual
melodies. Basically the arpeggiator is separated into two different units. The first unit is more or less
the same in every arpeggiator type. As soon as you play one or more keys these notes will be
collected from the first part of the arpeggiator-unit, meaning they will be already saved in a kind of
„in-between memory”. As soon as other keys will be played, this "Pool for notes” will be filled with
new notes. The second unit replays these
„collected notes”. The special thing with this
second unit is the order and rhythmic these
notes will be played back with. The simplest
case for instance will be that the notes of a
played chord won’ be played back all at once
but all the single notes that are part of this chord
will be given back one after the other. Especially
in this second unit there are the greatest differ-
ences if you compare several arpeggiator-types.
While very plain arpeggiators are playing back
these kind of notes in a „settled” follow up,
there are more complex arpeggiators like the
SIRIUS where you are able to „edit” the variety
of change-possibilities and the rhythmic that is
given. In the opposite to the most common arpeggiator-types, the SIRIUS is also able to create poly-
phonic note-pattern. There are even more special features like for instance the chord-trigger-mode
and the gater-function. All the different functions we will explain as follows.
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Basically you can use the Sirius arpeggiator on different tracks - by using the percussion-track even
new rhythm-figures are possible. To get an idea how the arpeggiator is working please go ahead and
try by following these steps:
1)
Use that part, the arpeggiator should play on.
2)
Use a sound that fits on fast melodies and bass-lines.
3)
Turn on the arpeggiator by using the ARPEG.-ON/OFF-button. (If this button flashes
already by choosing the tone, you (discovered) selected a sound that has been
saved with an activated arpeggiator.
If you are playing the keys on your Keyboard now you can hear the typical arpeggiator-lines.
Some basic settings you can select without
editing the arpeggiator. For this case you
hold down the ARPEG.-ON/OFF-button
and choose one of the select-buttons
ranging from 1-16. In this way you get a
first impression on the possibilities of the
arpeggiator. Got nosy?
Then we can go on with the other
possibilities the arpeggiator has.
Trying out the Sirius arpeggiator
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