To Next Page

To Previous Page

UNO Synth

6 – The Arpeggiator

Whatisanarpeggiator?Musicistypicallybasedaroundchordprogressions.Thesemaynotbepresentedinan

obviously“chordal”waywhenthenotesofthechordarenotplayedtogethersimultaneously.Forexample,think

ofaguitaristplayingwithfingerpickingandusingintricatepluckstocreateamorecomplexpattern.Oftenthe

patternisstillbasedonsimplechordshapes.Anarpeggiatortakesadvantageofthisfact,anditprovidessynth

playerswithaneasywayofplayingcomplexsynthpartsviasimplechords.

Switchingonanarpeggiatortellsthesynthto“listen”tothenotesbeingplayed,thenitcreatesapatternusing

thesenoteswhichisplayedatthemastertemposoallthatisrequiredoftheplayeristoholdthenotes.Orifthe

arpeggiatorhasa“latch”function,justplaythechordonce,andthepatternwillcontinuetoplayuntilanother

noteorchordisplayed.Simple.

TheUNOSynth’sarpeggiatorsectionisoneofthemostcompleteinitscategoryandincludes10modes:

UP:Heldnotesplayfromthelowesttothehighest.

DOWN:Heldnotesplayfromthehighesttothelowest.

U/D:(up/down)Heldnotesplayfromthelowesttothehighestthendowntothelowestagain.

UD+:AvariationofU/D(up/down)wheretheuppernoteandthelowernoteplaytwiceatthetopandbottomof

thepatterninsteadofjustplayingonce.

D/U:Heldnotesplayfromthehighesttothelowestthenuptothehighestagain.

DU+:AvariationofD/U(down/up)wherethelowernoteandtheuppernoteplaytwiceatthebottomandtopof

thepatterninsteadofjustplayingonce.

RND:Heldnotesplayinarandomorder.

PLY:(asplayed)Theheldnotesplayedintheorderinwhichtheyaretriggered.

X2U:Eachnoteinthearpeggioplaystwicefromthelowesttothehighest.

X2D:Eachnoteinthearpeggioplaystwicefromthehighesttothelowest.

Type	Analog
Polyphony	Monophonic
LFO	1 LFO
Effects	Delay
Sequencer	16-step sequencer
Connectivity	MIDI In/Out, USB
Power	USB power or 4x AA batteries
Dimensions	25.6 x 15 x 4.9 cm
Weight	400 g
Oscillators	2 x VCO with continuously variable waveshape: triangle, sawtooth, pulse with PWM
Filter	2-pole resonant multimode filter (LP/HP/BP)
Keyboard	27 capacitive touch keys

IK Multimedia UNO Synth User Manual

Questions and Answers: