Pattern/sequencer section
The main section of the arp screen is taken up with the Arpeggiator pattern/sequencer screen. This
sequencer allows you to have much more complex
arpeggiator
patterns than in most other synthesizers. The
arp sequencer can have
up to 16 steps. The number of steps is set using the
Steps
selector. Each step in
the arp sequencer can have different properties that alter how that arp note is played.
The current selected arp step is shown in orange, and you can select several arp st
eps by alt + left clicking
on the start and end step. Right Clicking in the arp screen brings up an arp menu which allows you to copy,
paste, clear, move, reverse, randomize and turn off / on controls, for both selected steps or all steps.
Step 1
-
16
on/o
ff
This shows the arp sequencer step number. Clicking on it turns this step On or Off.
If it is set to off when an
arpeggiator
is played a rest occurs rather than a new note at this step.
Tie
Tie controls whether the note is tied at the selected step
. You can toggle tie by clicking in the step box.
When a step is in tie, the current arp note continues to play the step ahead. So it allows you to play notes
which are twice(or more) as long as the normal arp notes. In other words, you can tie notes toge
ther using
this function.
Keep two options in mind when using notes with tie:
1. You need to have the arp
step length
control set to 100% to make the steps tied.
2. You have two ways of using tie notes:
normal
:
steps with tie do not have an individual
sl
ide
,
tune
,
velocity
and
free
setting.
special:
steps with tie do still have their individual
slide
,
tune
,
velocity
and
free
settings.
Listen to the presets "SeqArp tie normal" and "SeqArp tie seq" to see the excellent results
you can achieve using this f
eature.
Slide
Slide controls whether the note slides from the previous note s pitch to the current note s pitch or not. The
speed of sliding is controlled by the
Slide
amount knob. Clicking on the slide box inside turns on / off sliding.
Note
: Sliding do
es not work in Chord mode.
Tune
Tuning offset of the arp note, from
-
36 semitones to +36 semitones. If you use tie in a step, the tune does not
work at that step if the
arpeggiator
is in
tie mode
normal
.
Vel
Velocity of the arp sequencer step/note. T
his is used in combination with the
vel /Keyboard
control to control
how the velocity of each arp sequencer step is controlled by the arp sequencer and how much by the velocity
of the played note.
If you use tie in a step, the velocity does not work at th
at step if the
arpeggiator
is in
tie mode
normal
.
Free
Free control allows you to control other properties of Predator (i.e. panning etc) using the
arpeggiator
. This is
because you can use the Free control in the Free modulation section to modulate othe
r controls by selecting
the source to be
Arp Free
.
If you use tie in a step, the free setting does not work at that step if the
arpeggiator
is in
tie mode
normal
.
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