Kurzweil PC3 - Page 18

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Setup Mode
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2)
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EachzoneinasetuphasitsownArpeggiator.Whenactivated,eachArpeggiatortakesMIDI
noteinputfromthePC3keyboard(orviaMIDI)andoutputsarhythmicpatternofMIDInotes.
Youcancontrolthespeedandnatureofthepatterninrealtime.EachArpeggiatorcanaffect
boththe
PC3andexternalMIDIinstruments.ThenotesproducedbytheArpeggiatorinagiven
zonegotoallofthatzone’sdestinations:local,MIDI,orboth.Youcanalsosetonezone’s
arpeggiatortooverridearpeggiatorsonotherzonesusingtheArpeggiatorGlobal(ArpGlobal)
parameteronSetupMode’sCOMMONpage.
The
conceptbehindthePC3’sArpeggiatorsisfairlysimple,althoughtheoptionsareextensive.
YoumightthinkofeachArpeggiator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thekeyboard.Youhavecontroloverseveralprocessingparameters:velocity,order,
duration,transposition,orchestration,whetherthenotesareplayedsimultaneously,and
whethertheintervalsbetweennotesarefilledchromatically.Youcan
alsotelltheArpeggiator
howtodealwithnewinformationcomingfromthekeyboardwhentheArpeggiatorisalready
processingnotes.
Thearpeggiatoralsoincludesstepsequencersfornoteandvelocityshifting,allowingyouto
morepreciselycontrolhowyourMIDInoteinputisprocessed.Setthearpeggiatorparameters
on
theARPEGGIATORandARPEGGIATOR2pages: