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Setup Mode and the Setup Editor
The Arpeggiator (ARPEG) Page
difference to the original starting note (C4) and plays that note next—C
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4. The next note (F4) is
within the shift limit, but the next note (A4) isn’t, so it gets translated into D4—and so on.
Flt Uni uses the same concept and applies it to Unipolar mode: when the Arpeggiator reaches
the shift limit, it calculates the difference between the next note and the limit, and transposes the
next cycle of notes down by that interval, then shifts each subsequent cycle down until it reaches
the original pitch. Flt Bipl is similar to Flt Uni, but the downward shift limit isn’t the original
pitch, it’s the negative of the Shift Limit value.
The Arpeggiator can be a lot of fun, even if you don’t always understand exactly what it’s doing.
Keep in mind that the stranger the algorithm you set up, the more unlikely the notes will stay
close to one key, so if you want to create something that’s going to sound at all diatonic, keep it
simple.
Glissando
When the Glissando parameter is On, the Arpeggiator chromatically fills between latched notes.
When Glissando is on, the Arpeggiator ignores the Note Shift, Shift Limit, and Limit Option
parameters.
You must latch at least two notes to get a result. When Glissando is on, all notes played in the
arpeggiation range get latched, although you won’t necessarily get meaningful results from all
latched notes. In general, try to get each subsequent note you latch to be a change in direction.
For example, try latching the following sequence of notes: C4, C5, G4, G5, C5, C6, G4, G5. The
“glissando” changes direction around each change in direction of the latched notes.
Velocity
Velocity sets the attack velocity of the played notes. Played means each note repeats with the
same velocity you played it at. Last means all notes play at the velocity of the most-recently
played note. Pressure means the velocities are controlled by keyboard pressure: as you push
down on any key, the velocities get higher, and as you ease up they get lower. Ctrl 117 means the
velocity is controlled by MIDI Controller number 117, which can be assigned as the destination
of any K2661 physical controller or can come from an external MIDI source.
There’s another element that affects arpeggiator velocity: ArpVel, whose global control number
is 45 (not MIDI 45). Input from any physical controller assigned to send ArpVel (or any entry
value for a controller assigned to send ArpVel) overrides the programmed value of the Velocity
parameter, disabling it until you select a setup (or in Program mode, until you select a control
setup on the MIDI-mode TRANSMIT page). The override occurs even if the Velocity parameter
is set to Ctrl117.
There is also a range of fixed values, from Vel 1 to Vel 127. Selecting one of these determines a
fixed velocity setting, which you can use to set a constant volume for the arpeggiated portion of
all zones. The value you choose from this range defines the velocity level for the Arpeggiator,
and will take effect no matter how hard you strike a key.
Duration
Duration determines how long each arpeggiated note plays. 100% means that a note sustains
until the next one sounds—very legato. 50% means that the note fills half the space between
itself and the next note. The lowest value is 1%—stacattissimo. This parameter has no effect on
percussion sounds or other sounds whose duration is fixed.
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