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The ARPEGGIATOR & ARPEGGIATOR 2 (ARP1, ARP2) Pages
multiplythenotesyouwantperbeatby4.Forexample,4notesperbeat(16thnotes)wouldbe
4*4=16,aBeatsvalueof1/16.Threenotesperbeat(8thnotetriplets)wouldbe3*4=12,aBeats
valueof1/12.Sixnotesperbeat(16thnotetriplets)wouldbe 6*4=24,a
Beatsvalueof1/24.Note
thatwhenrecordingarpeggiationstoaPC3KMIDItrack,youmustturnonreal‐time
quantizationandsetittothesameGridvalueinorderfortheselectedBeatsvaluetosync
properlywiththetempogrid(seeQuantandGrid on page 12‐17.)
Play Order
Thisparameter
determinestheorderinwhichthePC3Kplaysarpeggiatednotes.Playedcauses
themtoplaybackinthechronologicalorderinwhichyouplayedandlatchedthem.Upwards
meansthatnotesplayinascendingpitchorder,regardlessoftheirchronologicalorder.
Downwardsmeansdescendingpitchorder.UpDowncausesnotesto
playfromlowestpitchto
highest,thenfromhighestpitchtolowest,repeatingthecycleuntilyoustopthearpeggiation.
Thenotesattheverytopandverybottomonlyplayonce.UpDownRepeatissimila rto
UpDown,exceptthatthenotesatthetopandbottomplaytwice(repeat) 
whentheArpeggiator
reversesdirection.
Randomplaysthecurrentlylatchednotesincompletelyrandomorder.Shuffleplaysthemat
random,butkeepstrackofthenotessothatnonoterepeatsuntilalloftheothershaveplayed.
Walkisa“randomwalk”order:eachsuccessivenoteiseitherthenext
orpreviousnote(in
chronologicalorder).Forexample,supposeyou’velatchedfournotes—G 4,B4,D5,andF5—
inthatorder.ThefirstnotetheArpeggiatorplaysistheG4.The secondnotewillbeeitherB4
(thenextnotechronologically),orF5(the“previous”notechronologically—thatis,thelast
latchednote).
IfthesecondnoteisB4,thethirdnotewillbeeitherD5orG4.Ifthesecondnote
isF5,thethirdnotewillbeeitherG4orD5.
SimultaneousmakestheArpeggiatorlatcheachnoteyouplayandrepeatitintimewiththe
Tempovalue,sortoflike
adigitaldelaywithnodecay.IfyouplayaCandholditwhileyouplay
anEandaG,theArpeggiatorwillplayallthreenotesatthesametimeandatthesametempo.
SimultaneousalsoworkswellwithShiftandLimit,allowingyoutoshiftmultiple
notes
simultaneously.
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.
Velocity
Velocitysetsthe attackvelocityoftheplayednotes.WithVelocitysettoFirst,allnotesplayat
thevelocityofthefirstplayednote.WithVelocitysettoPlayed,eachnoterepeatswiththesame
velocityyouplayeditat.
WithVelocitysettoLast,allnotesplayatthevelocityofthemost
recentlyplayednote.WithVelocitysettoAftertouch,thevelocitiesarecontrolledbykeyboard
pressure:asyouholdandpushdownonanykey,thevelocitiesgethigher,andasyoueaseup
theygetlower.
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WithVelocitysettoMIDI109,MIDIcontroller109continuallysetsthearpeggiatorvelocity.This
workswellwhenMIDIcontroller109issettoaknoborexpressionpedal.
WithVelocitysettoFixed,allnotesplaywiththesamevelocity.ThedefaultFixedvelocityis
100.LikeMIDI109,
Youcancontrolthisvelocityamountinreal‐timebyassigningacontroller
toVelFix ed,controllerdestinationnumberis175.Inputfromanyphysicalcontrollerassignedto
sendVelFixed(oranyentryvalueforacontrollerassignedtosendVelFixed)overridesthe
programmedvalueoftheVelocityparameter,disablingit
untilyouselectadifferentsetup(orin
Programmode,untilyouselectadifferentcontrolsetupontheMIDI‐modeTRANSMITpage).