Sixty Four Pixels Arpie, Руководство пользователя

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The trig sequence can add apply variations such as muting a step, adding accents,
transposing a step, extending the gate duration of a step or tying one step to the next
one.
The trig pattern plays back at the same rate as the arpeggiated sequence, however
it does not need to be the same length. This means that different notes may aligning
with each trig each time the patterns loop around, creating interesting variations.
You can explore these by experimenting with the pattern length (PLEN) as well as the
arpeggiation options.
Transposition and Forcing to Scale
As well as transposing by full octaves (SHFT function), Arpie allows chromatic
transposition (TRAN function) so you can transpose the arpeggio up or down by just
a few semitones. The two transpose features work together, so you can transpose
(for example) down by 2 octaves then up by 3 semitones.
Chromatic transposing may change the musical key of the arpeggio and sound out of
tune. If you want to transpose the arpeggio but remain key, Arpie has a force to
scale mode (Long-press SHFT and Long-press SPAN). Using the force to scale
options makes transposition sound more musical.
The TRAN function allows you to transpose playback up or down with a single
keypress. You can also perform transposition by playing notes on an attached MIDI
keyboard (see HOLD long press function)
Via the TRAN function it is possible to sequence transposition so that it happens
automatically, with a pre-defined sequence of transpositions advancing each time
the trig pattern loops. When used with the force-to-scale options, this allows chord
progressions and even song structures to be created on the fly.
Menu Functions
The following sections describe the functions of each menu button in turn.
The second function of a menu button (i.e. long press function) is indicated with an
asterisk before the button name (e.g. *MODE)